Freestyle skiing prize money
535 skiers have been paid £14,748,619 across 565 competitions from 2020 to 2026. Mikael Kingsbury has won the most, £568,154. A World Cup competition pays the top ten from a fixed ladder, with 45% of the pot to the winner, and the men and the women are paid alike in every discipline from moguls to big air. The World Championships pay six places in each event.
The freestyle skiing money list
The top 100 of 535 skiers by career prize money
The top fifteen
Every venue
57 venues, by the prize money each has paid
The fifteen richest venues
Season by season
What freestyle skiing paid each year, and who earned the most
| YEAR | TOP EARNER | COMPETITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sandra Naeslund | 56 | £1,672,107£1.7m |
| 2025 | Jaelin Kauf | 125 | £3,530,132£3.5m |
| 2024 | Jakara Anthony | 95 | £2,608,200£2.6m |
| 2023 | Mikael Kingsbury | 106 | £2,732,400£2.7m |
| 2022 | Sandra Naeslund | 73 | £1,745,010£1.7m |
| 2021 | Sandra Naeslund | 92 | £2,046,862£2.0m |
| 2020 | Perrine Laffont | 18 | £413,908£414k |
Prize money paid per year
Freestyle skiing prize money by country
25 nations, by what their skiers have won
| # | NATION | SKIERS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 76 | £2,695,559£2.7m |
| 2 | United States | 91 | £2,216,850£2.2m |
| 3 | Switzerland | 42 | £1,475,846£1.5m |
| 4 | France | 35 | £1,327,340£1.3m |
| 5 | Sweden | 28 | £1,140,078£1.1m |
| 6 | China | 33 | £1,011,743£1.0m |
| 7 | Australia | 16 | £927,447£927k |
| 8 | Japan | 35 | £761,112£761k |
| 9 | Germany | 22 | £554,703£555k |
| 10 | Italy | 13 | £479,826£480k |
| 11 | Norway | 11 | £446,609£447k |
| 12 | Austria | 23 | £390,972£391k |
| 13 | New Zealand | 15 | £262,287£262k |
| 14 | Great Britain | 16 | £260,783£261k |
| 15 | Individual Neutral Athletes | 31 | £220,010£220k |
| 16 | Ukraine | 14 | £155,040£155k |
| 17 | Finland | 9 | £144,835£145k |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 9 | £132,312£132k |
| 19 | Estonia | 2 | £84,286£84k |
| 20 | South Korea | 4 | £30,472£30k |
| 21 | Russian Ski Federation | 2 | £21,275£21k |
| 22 | Czechia | 3 | £4,529£5k |
| 23 | Spain | 2 | £2,945£3k |
| 24 | Chile | 1 | £897£897 |
| 25 | Georgia | 2 | £862£862 |
The leading nations
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most prize money in freestyle skiing?
Mikael Kingsbury, with £568,154 and 42 titles. Sandra Naeslund is second on £455,937.
What is the biggest winner's cheque in freestyle skiing?
Tess Ledeux took £15,525 for winning the Beijing big air, women, December 2024, the largest single first prize we hold.
How much prize money was paid in freestyle skiing in 2025?
£3,530,132 across 125 competitions. Jaelin Kauf earned the most that year, £134,141.
Which venue pays the most?
World Championships has paid £1,062,600 across 42 editions. The richest single edition was the Beijing big air, women, December 2024, at £34,500.
Which country has won the most freestyle skiing prize money?
Canada, with £2,695,559 across 76 skiers.
Where to next
For every country's prize money across freestyle skiing and every other sport we hold, see prize money by nation. The richest venue here is World Championships, and the latest year is 2026. The men's and women's fields are set side by side on men's vs women's freestyle skiing prize money, and every sport's cases on where women earn more prize money than men. Every sport's richest competitions are ranked on prize money in sport, and what each winner keeps of the pot on the winner's share of prize money, and how many places each one pays on how deep prize money pays. All six sports on snow are set side by side, men against women included, on skiing and snowboarding prize money compared.