Highest paid boxers
Floyd Mayweather Jr has been paid $1,000,500,000 across 21 bouts, more than any other boxer here. The 45 careers on this page are worth $5,648,560,459 between them.
The twenty biggest careers
Career purses, biggest first. Each figure is the sum of the fight purses we hold for that boxer.
Every boxer we hold
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | BOXER | DIVISION | BOUTS | CAREER PURSES | BIGGEST PURSE | SPAN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Floyd Mayweather Jr | Welterweight | 21 | $1,000,500,000$1.00bn | $260,000,000$260.0m | 2002-2017 |
| 02 | Canelo Alvarez | Middleweight | 21 | $743,000,000$743.0m | $150,000,000$150.0m | 2013-2025 |
| 03 | Manny Pacquiao | Welterweight | 51 | $741,942,000$741.9m | $150,000,000$150.0m | 1998-2025 |
| 04 | Tyson Fury | Heavyweight | 38 | $557,205,000$557.2m | $114,000,000$114.0m | 2008-2026 |
| 05 | Anthony Joshua | Heavyweight | 23 | $523,575,000$523.6m | $88,500,000$88.5m | 2014-2026 |
| 06 | Oleksandr Usyk | Heavyweight | 21 | $465,950,000$465.9m | $132,000,000$132.0m | 2014-2026 |
| 07 | Jake Paul | Cruiserweight | 14 | $180,590,000$180.6m | $70,000,000$70.0m | 2020-2025 |
| 08 | Deontay Wilder | Heavyweight | 27 | $148,400,000$148.4m | $35,000,000$35.0m | 2012-2026 |
| 09 | Ryan Garcia | Super Lightweight | 10 | $116,300,000$116.3m | $30,000,000$30.0m | 2019-2026 |
| 10 | Devin Haney | Lightweight | 16 | $116,135,000$116.1m | $35,000,000$35.0m | 2018-2025 |
| 11 | Naoya Inoue | Bantamweight | 12 | $102,000,000$102.0m | $25,000,000$25.0m | 2021-2026 |
| 12 | Daniel Dubois | Heavyweight | 18 | $96,047,450$96.0m | $71,000,000$71.0m | 2018-2025 |
| 13 | Gervonta Davis | Super Featherweight | 15 | $92,600,000$92.6m | $55,000,000$55.0m | 2017-2025 |
| 14 | Terence Crawford | Middleweight | 11 | $81,875,000$81.9m | $25,000,000$25.0m | 2017-2025 |
| 15 | Joseph Parker | Heavyweight | 26 | $56,830,666$56.8m | $17,300,000$17.3m | 2015-2025 |
| 16 | Amir Khan | Welterweight | 15 | $40,300,000$40.3m | $11,000,000$11.0m | 2009-2022 |
| 17 | Dillian Whyte | Heavyweight | 13 | $39,500,000$39.5m | $9,400,000$9.4m | 2015-2025 |
| 18 | Andy Ruiz Jr | Heavyweight | 17 | $39,495,000$39.5m | $23,500,000$23.5m | 2013-2024 |
| 19 | Danny Garcia | Light Middleweight | 23 | $38,180,000$38.2m | $4,500,000$4.5m | 2009-2024 |
| 20 | Shakur Stevenson | Lightweight | 16 | $37,210,000$37.2m | $10,000,000$10.0m | 2019-2026 |
| 21 | Derek Chisora | Heavyweight | 28 | $36,687,000$36.7m | $5,800,000$5.8m | 2010-2026 |
| 22 | Keith Thurman | Light Middleweight | 13 | $35,525,000$35.5m | $10,000,000$10.0m | 2013-2025 |
| 23 | Conor Benn | Middleweight | 3 | $35,300,000$35.3m | $15,000,000$15.0m | 2025-2026 |
| 24 | Teofimo Lopez Jr | Super Lightweight | 14 | $34,816,700$34.8m | $10,000,000$10.0m | 2018-2026 |
| 25 | Chris Eubank Jr | Middleweight | 24 | $33,210,000$33.2m | $9,800,000$9.8m | 2013-2025 |
| 26 | Ricky Hatton | Welterweight | 6 | $32,450,000$32.5m | $12,000,000$12.0m | 2006-2009 |
| 27 | Dmitry Bivol | Light Heavyweight | 18 | $32,075,000$32.1m | $12,000,000$12.0m | 2016-2025 |
| 28 | Leo Santa Cruz | Super Featherweight | 21 | $31,155,600$31.2m | $4,500,000$4.5m | 2012-2022 |
| 29 | Tony Bellew | Cruiserweight | 18 | $25,777,000$25.8m | $7,960,000$8.0m | 2010-2018 |
| 30 | Gilberto Ramírez | Cruiserweight | 21 | $21,715,674$21.7m | $3,800,000$3.8m | 2014-2025 |
| 31 | Kubrat Pulev | Heavyweight | 22 | $17,212,360$17.2m | $6,000,000$6.0m | 2011-2024 |
| 32 | Luis Ortiz | Heavyweight | 16 | $15,150,000$15.2m | $7,000,000$7.0m | 2015-2025 |
| 33 | David Benavidez | Super Lightweight | 12 | $15,100,000$15.1m | $5,000,000$5.0m | 2017-2025 |
| 34 | Sebastian Fundora | Light Middleweight | 11 | $14,545,000$14.5m | $4,000,000$4.0m | 2020-2025 |
| 35 | Jaron Ennis | Welterweight | 9 | $9,000,000$9.0m | $2,670,000$2.7m | 2020-2025 |
| 36 | Alexis Rocha | Welterweight | 12 | $7,520,000$7.5m | $2,000,000$2.0m | 2020-2024 |
| 37 | Badou Jack | Cruiserweight | 20 | $7,290,509$7.3m | $750,000$750k | 2013-2025 |
| 38 | Brian Norman Jr | Welterweight | 8 | $5,070,000$5.1m | $3,000,000$3.0m | 2023-2025 |
| 39 | Vergil Ortiz Jr | Welterweight | 10 | $4,850,000$4.8m | $2,000,000$2.0m | 2019-2025 |
| 40 | Subriel Matías | Super Lightweight | 11 | $4,687,000$4.7m | $1,950,000$1.9m | 2019-2025 |
| 41 | Lamont Roach Jr | Super Featherweight | 17 | $4,307,000$4.3m | $2,400,000$2.4m | 2017-2025 |
| 42 | Isaac Cruz | Super Lightweight | 11 | $3,225,000$3.2m | $750,000$750k | 2020-2025 |
| 43 | Callum Walsh | Light Middleweight | 3 | $1,850,000$1.9m | $1,000,000$1.0m | 2025 |
| 44 | Moses Itauma | Heavyweight | 1 | $1,500,000$1.5m | $1,500,000$1.5m | 2025 |
| 45 | David Allen | Heavyweight | 10 | $906,500$907k | $350,000$350k | 2016-2025 |
Where the money sits
The 10 weight divisions these careers run through, by what they have paid.
| DIVISION | BOXERS | BOUTS | TOTAL PURSES | HIGHEST PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | 13 | 260 | $1,998,458,976$2.00bn | Tyson Fury |
| Welterweight | 8 | 132 | $1,841,632,000$1.84bn | Floyd Mayweather Jr |
| Middleweight | 4 | 59 | $893,385,000$893.4m | Canelo Alvarez |
| Cruiserweight | 4 | 73 | $235,373,183$235.4m | Jake Paul |
| Super Lightweight | 5 | 58 | $174,128,700$174.1m | Ryan Garcia |
| Lightweight | 2 | 32 | $153,345,000$153.3m | Devin Haney |
| Super Featherweight | 3 | 53 | $128,062,600$128.1m | Gervonta Davis |
| Bantamweight | 1 | 12 | $102,000,000$102.0m | Naoya Inoue |
| Light Middleweight | 4 | 50 | $90,100,000$90.1m | Danny Garcia |
| Light Heavyweight | 1 | 18 | $32,075,000$32.1m | Dmitry Bivol |
Where the purses were paid
The 29 countries we can place a bout in, by what was paid out in them.
United States has staged 411 of the 712 bouts we can place, and 63.8% of the money they paid out went there: $3,551,698,174. Saudi Arabia is next on $899,180,000 from 39 bouts, ahead of United Kingdom on $816,207,100 from 157 bouts.
| COUNTRY | BOUTS | TOTAL PURSES | SHARE | BIGGEST PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 411 | $3,551,698,174$3.55bn | 63.8% | Floyd Mayweather Jr |
| Saudi Arabia | 39 | $899,180,000$899.2m | 16.1% | Oleksandr Usyk |
| United Kingdom | 157 | $816,207,100$816.2m | 14.7% | Oleksandr Usyk |
| Japan | 10 | $62,000,000$62.0m | 1.1% | Naoya Inoue |
| China | 2 | $53,000,000$53.0m | 1.0% | Manny Pacquiao |
| Australia | 5 | $41,350,000$41.4m | 0.7% | Manny Pacquiao |
| Egypt | 1 | $40,000,000$40.0m | 0.7% | Oleksandr Usyk |
| Germany | 16 | $18,525,026$18.5m | 0.3% | Tyson Fury |
| Malaysia | 1 | $16,000,000$16.0m | 0.3% | Manny Pacquiao |
| Poland | 3 | $15,565,250$15.6m | 0.3% | Oleksandr Usyk |
| Mexico | 3 | $15,320,000$15.3m | 0.3% | Canelo Alvarez |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | $11,115,000$11.1m | 0.2% | Jake Paul |
| New Zealand | 11 | $8,774,066$8.8m | 0.2% | Joseph Parker |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | $5,450,000$5.5m | 0.1% | Gilberto Ramírez |
| Gibraltar | 1 | $5,000,000$5.0m | 0.1% | Dillian Whyte |
| Bulgaria | 5 | $2,883,334$2.9m | 0.1% | Kubrat Pulev |
| Philippines | 11 | $1,925,000$1.9m | 0.0% | Manny Pacquiao |
| Russia | 4 | $1,115,000$1.1m | 0.0% | Dmitry Bivol |
| Canada | 3 | $650,000$650k | 0.0% | Badou Jack |
| Finland | 1 | $500,000$500k | 0.0% | Derek Chisora |
| Monaco | 3 | $490,000$490k | 0.0% | Luis Ortiz |
| Ukraine | 4 | $475,000$475k | 0.0% | Oleksandr Usyk |
| Latvia | 1 | $250,000$250k | 0.0% | Oleksandr Usyk |
| Samoa | 1 | $200,000$200k | 0.0% | Joseph Parker |
| Macau | 3 | $120,000$120k | 0.0% | Gilberto Ramírez |
| Colombia | 1 | $100,000$100k | 0.0% | Luis Ortiz |
| Ireland | 1 | $60,000$60k | 0.0% | Tyson Fury |
| Thailand | 2 | $57,000$57k | 0.0% | Manny Pacquiao |
| France | 1 | $30,000$30k | 0.0% | David Allen |
How top-heavy the list is
The ten biggest careers are worth $4,593,597,000 of the $5,648,560,459 on this page, which is 81.3% of it. The middle career here is $35,300,000, and 11 of the 45 boxers have been paid less than $10,000,000 in a whole career.
What a purse is, and what it is not
Every figure on these pages is what a boxer was paid to fight: the contracted purse for one night. It is not what he earned that year and it is not his income. Pay-per-view points, sponsorship, ticket money and whatever a promoter settles afterwards sit outside it. A bonus written into the fight contract is inside it.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid boxer?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. His fight purses come to $1,000,500,000 across 21 bouts, ahead of Canelo Alvarez on $743,000,000. The biggest single night of his career paid $260,000,000.
How much have the 45 boxers on this list been paid?
$5,648,560,459, across 747 bouts. The ten biggest careers account for 81.3% of it.
Which weight division has paid the most?
Heavyweight, on $1,998,458,976 across 260 bouts from 13 boxers. Tyson Fury is the biggest earner in it, on $557,205,000.
How many boxers does this rank?
45, every boxer we hold a fight purse for, from Floyd Mayweather Jr on $1,000,500,000 down to David Allen on $906,500. Nobody is cut from the list for earning too little.
Boxing purses year by year
The 18 years we hold enough purses to rank, newest first.