SHOW JUMPING · 19 SHOWS · 66 EDITIONS

What every show jumping show pays

Q: Which show jumping show pays the most prize money?

CHI Geneva, £7,442,776 across 53 classes and 4 editions.

Q: What is the biggest prize in show jumping?

£1,104,000, the pot for the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva at CHI Geneva in 2022. That is the whole class fund, split down the placings rather than paid to the winner.

Q: How much does a show jumping class pay?

The median cheque anywhere in this data is £83, and 18,059 of the 22,099 paid placings are under £500. A show week is a few large classes standing on a calendar of small ones, and the small ones are most of what is jumped.

£22,463,868 across 1,671 classes and 66 editions between 2018 and 2026, by the show that wrote the cheques.

A show jumping week is not one prize fund. It is a calendar of classes, each with a pot of its own, and the difference between the top and the bottom of it is larger than the difference between two sports. The largest single class here is the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva at CHI Geneva, £1,104,000.

RICHEST SHOW £7.4m

RICHEST WEEK £2.0m

SHOWS 19

EDITIONS 66

CLASSES PAID 1,671

MEDIAN CHEQUE £83

The shows, by prize money paid

Every edition of each added together

19 shows

CHI Geneva £7.4m The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch £5.6m Hickstead £1.8m CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde £1.2m Horse of the Year Show £965k CSI Ommen £928k Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde £896k Saut Hermes, Paris £612k Jumping Indoor Maastricht £583k CSIO Rome, Piazza di Siena £509k CSI Twente, Geesteren £389k CSI Exloo £361k CSI Houten £285k CSI Ermelo £277k Indoor Groningen £187k Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen £153k CSI Eindhoven £147k CHIO Aachen £128k CSI Outdoor Wierden £49k

#	Show	Editions	Classes	Per edition	Per class	Span	Prize money
01	CHI Geneva Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva, £1,104,000	4	53	£1,860,694	£140,430	2018 to 2022	£7,442,776£7.4m
02	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch Rolex Grand Prix The Dutch Masters - Part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, £833,333	6	109	£933,912	£51,408	2021 to 2026	£5,603,471£5.6m
03	Hickstead THE AGRIA KING GEORGE V GOLD CUP (GRAND PRIX), £137,958	5	120	£356,422	£14,851	2022 to 2026	£1,782,109£1.8m
04	CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde Gemeente de Wolden Prize, £27,778	5	414	£232,987	£2,814	2022 to 2026	£1,164,937£1.2m
05	Horse of the Year Show Leading Showjumper of the Year - Grand Prix, £48,900	5	125	£192,998	£7,720	2021 to 2025	£964,992
06	CSI Ommen Handelshuis Schuttert Grote Prijs, £50,375	6	111	£154,741	£8,364	2021 to 2026	£928,448
07	Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde RABOBANK GROTE PRIJS VAN GELDERLAND, P.B. MORSSINKHOF PLASTICS - Grand Prix (LR), £50,000	5	167	£179,270	£5,367	2022 to 2026	£896,352
08	Saut Hermes, Paris Grand Prix Hermès, £333,333	1	9	£611,667	£67,963	2019	£611,667
09	Jumping Indoor Maastricht Grand Prix of Maastricht 2024, £87,917	3	41	£194,453	£14,228	2022 to 2024	£583,358
10	CSIO Rome, Piazza di Siena ROLEX Grand Prix Rome, £335,000	1	14	£509,229	£36,374	2021	£509,229
11	CSI Twente, Geesteren Equestrian Park Erve Maathuis Grand Prix, £52,750	3	60	£129,694	£6,485	2022 to 2024	£389,082
12	CSI Exloo VOF Scholtens Prize, £22,167	3	99	£120,418	£3,649	2021 to 2023	£361,254
13	CSI Houten Autojobs Prijs, £23,917	4	72	£71,268	£3,959	2021 to 2025	£285,071
14	CSI Ermelo Provincie Gelderland Prize, £23,625	3	71	£92,444	£3,906	2024 to 2026	£277,333
15	Indoor Groningen Ruitersport Veendam-prijs, £23,750	3	43	£62,379	£4,352	2024 to 2026	£187,137
16	Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen Grote Prijs van Twente aangeboden door Huiskes Kokkeler, £25,250	2	38	£76,664	£4,035	2025 to 2026	£153,328
17	CSI Eindhoven VDL GROEP GRAND PRIX EINDHOVEN, £50,000	1	17	£146,700	£8,629	2022	£146,700
18	CHIO Aachen Grand Prix of the Aachener Bank, £8,333	5	90	£25,608	£1,423	2021 to 2025	£128,041
19	CSI Outdoor Wierden Nijwa Grand Prix of Wierden, £21,250	1	18	£48,583	£2,699	2021	£48,583

Per class is the column that separates the two kinds of show on this list. A five-star indoor week pays a large sum over a short calendar, so its per-class figure is high and its class count is low.

The richest weeks on record

One edition of one show, ranked by what it paid out

66 editions

#	Edition	Classes	Paid placings	Per class	Prize money
01	CHI Geneva 2022	13	169	£154,348	£2,006,520£2.0m
02	CHI Geneva 2018	14	148	£134,840	£1,887,767£1.9m
03	CHI Geneva 2019	14	181	£131,774	£1,844,833£1.8m
04	CHI Geneva 2021	12	154	£141,971	£1,703,656£1.7m
05	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 2024	22	138	£48,262	£1,061,754£1.1m
06	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 2025	23	149	£46,064	£1,059,471£1.1m
07	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 2026	26	172	£40,700	£1,058,213£1.1m
08	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 2023	22	134	£48,051	£1,057,117£1.1m
09	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 2021	9	112	£76,403	£687,625
10	The Dutch Masters, 's-Hertogenbosch 2022	7	87	£97,042	£679,292
11	Saut Hermes, Paris 2019	9	121	£67,963	£611,667
12	CSIO Rome, Piazza di Siena 2021	14	173	£36,374	£509,229
13	Hickstead 2026	38	389	£12,311	£467,800
14	Hickstead 2025	28	315	£16,344	£457,625
15	Hickstead 2024	28	300	£15,819	£442,944
16	CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde 2022	88	1354	£3,190	£280,736
17	Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 2023	60	827	£4,348	£260,850
18	Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 2022	56	785	£4,353	£243,771
19	CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde 2026	86	1284	£2,620	£225,328
20	CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde 2025	81	1207	£2,745	£222,338
21	CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde 2023	82	1195	£2,686	£220,226
22	CH De Wolden, Zuidwolde 2024	77	1135	£2,809	£216,309
23	Hickstead 2023	18	158	£11,913	£214,440
24	Jumping Indoor Maastricht 2024	14	175	£14,710	£205,942
25	Hickstead 2022	8	103	£24,913	£199,300
26	Horse of the Year Show 2023	25	233	£7,879	£196,966
27	Horse of the Year Show 2022	25	232	£7,816	£195,389
28	Horse of the Year Show 2021	25	235	£7,782	£194,554
29	Horse of the Year Show 2025	25	235	£7,577	£189,433
30	Jumping Indoor Maastricht 2022	14	162	£13,506	£189,083
31	Horse of the Year Show 2024	25	234	£7,546	£188,650
32	Jumping Indoor Maastricht 2023	13	156	£14,487	£188,333
33	CSI Ommen 2024	19	313	£8,687	£165,054
34	CSI Ommen 2026	19	313	£8,568	£162,785
35	CSI Ommen 2022	19	317	£8,218	£156,150
36	CSI Ommen 2025	18	316	£8,612	£155,008
37	CSI Ommen 2023	19	314	£7,975	£151,517
38	CSI Eindhoven 2022	17	212	£8,629	£146,700
39	CSI Ommen 2021	17	311	£8,114	£137,933
40	CSI Ermelo 2026	35	544	£3,939	£137,870
41	CSI Twente, Geesteren 2022	23	294	£5,879	£135,208
42	CSI Exloo 2023	33	508	£4,065	£134,154
43	Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 2025	18	281	£7,361	£132,496
44	CSI Twente, Geesteren 2024	19	289	£6,889	£130,883
45	Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 2026	18	282	£7,250	£130,506
46	Outdoor Gelderland, Lichtenvoorde 2024	15	243	£8,582	£128,729
47	CSI Twente, Geesteren 2023	18	239	£6,833	£122,991
48	CSI Exloo 2022	36	517	£3,180	£114,467
49	CSI Exloo 2021	30	491	£3,754	£112,633
50	Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen 2025	18	247	£4,291	£77,242
51	Jumping Schroder, Tubbergen 2026	20	285	£3,804	£76,086
52	CSI Houten 2024	20	302	£3,726	£74,529
53	CSI Houten 2025	20	304	£3,711	£74,212
54	Indoor Groningen 2025	15	214	£4,739	£71,083
55	Indoor Groningen 2024	15	201	£4,738	£71,063
56	CSI Ermelo 2024	18	277	£3,881	£69,854
57	CSI Ermelo 2025	18	272	£3,867	£69,608
58	CSI Houten 2022	17	274	£4,055	£68,938
59	CSI Houten 2021	15	257	£4,493	£67,392
60	CSI Outdoor Wierden 2021	18	269	£2,699	£48,583
61	Indoor Groningen 2026	13	205	£3,461	£44,992
62	CHIO Aachen 2022	17	161	£1,604	£27,266
63	CHIO Aachen 2023	17	163	£1,593	£27,083
64	CHIO Aachen 2024	17	156	£1,570	£26,690
65	CHIO Aachen 2025	23	126	£1,037	£23,840
66	CHIO Aachen 2021	16	150	£1,448	£23,162

What each level of show pays

The star rating is a promise about the prize fund

7 levels

Level	Classes	Paid placings	Median cheque	Typical winner	Prize money
CSI5*	124	1,561	£1,099	£7,050	£14,500,889£14.5m
International, no star rating	226	2,867	£39	£208	£423,125
CSI4*	71	947	£500	£3,125	£1,657,862£1.7m
CSI3*	173	2,301	£417	£3,300	£2,597,738£2.6m
CSI2*	325	4,777	£100	£469	£2,141,934£2.1m
National	272	1,995	£94	£167	£486,720
CSI1*	480	7,651	£33	£250	£655,601

The stars are a floor on the prize fund rather than a description of the jumping, which is why they are worth reading as money. A CSI5* is obliged to put up a Grand Prix at a level a CSI2* is not, and the entry fee a rider pays moves with it.

What the calendar paid out each season

Every show of every year added together

8 seasons

£1.9m

£2.5m

£3.5m

£4.4m

£2.6m

£2.8m

£2.5m

£2.3m

Frequently asked questions

Which show jumping show pays the most prize money?

CHI Geneva, £7,442,776 across 53 classes and 4 editions.

What is the biggest prize in show jumping?

£1,104,000, the pot for the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva at CHI Geneva in 2022. That is the whole class fund, split down the placings rather than paid to the winner.

How much does a show jumping class pay?

The median cheque anywhere in this data is £83, and 18,059 of the 22,099 paid placings are under £500. A show week is a few large classes standing on a calendar of small ones, and the small ones are most of what is jumped.

Do riders get appearance money at a show?

Not at most of them. A show pays prize money for the rounds that place, and an invitation carries no fee. A handful of the biggest weeks pay a contribution towards transport for invited teams, and a rider outside that is paying to be there.

How many shows are on this list?

19, covering 66 editions between 2018 and 2026. The median show here has paid £509,229 in total.

What every show jumping show pays

The shows, by prize money paid

The richest weeks on record

What each level of show pays

What the calendar paid out each season

Frequently asked questions

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