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FREESTYLE SKIING PRIZE MONEY · 2021

Freestyle skiing prize money in 2021

Freestyle skiing paid £2,046,862 across 92 competitions in 2021, to 264 skiers. Sandra Naeslund earned the most, £94,070.

PAID IN 2021£2.0m
COMPETITIONS92
SKIERS PAID264
TOP EARNER£94k

The 2021 money list

The top 50 skiers by prize money won in 2021

Freestyle skiing skiers ranked by prize money won in 2021.
# SKIER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Sandra Naeslund Sweden 8 £94,070£94k
2 Fanny Smith Switzerland 4 £88,320£88k
3 Maxim Burov Individual Neutral Athletes 9 £76,820£77k
4 Mikael Kingsbury Canada 7 £73,485£73k
5 Ailing Eileen Gu China 5 £54,798£55k
6 Tess Ledeux France 3 £44,390£44k
7 Reece Howden Canada 3 £41,918£42k
8 Bastien Midol France 2 £38,525£39k
9 Perrine Laffont France 3 £37,950£38k
10 Ikuma Horishima Japan 2 £36,397£36k
11 Laura Peel Australia 2 £35,995£36k
12 Jakara Anthony Australia 2 £34,730£35k
13 Colby Stevenson United States 2 £27,370£27k
14 Marielle Thompson Canada 1 £27,312£27k
15 Alizee Baron France 1 £26,854£27k
16 Florian Wilmsmann Germany 2 £25,357£25k
17 Rachael Karker Canada 1 £24,380£24k
18 Pirmin Werner Switzerland 1 £24,093£24k
19 Birk Ruud Norway 2 £23,920£24k
20 Noe Roth Switzerland 1 £23,633£24k
21 Terence Tchiknavorian France 1 £22,942£23k
22 Ryan Regez Switzerland 1 £22,368£22k
23 Anri Kawamura Japan 1 £22,252£22k
24 Matej Svancer Austria 2 £21,275£21k
25 Winter Vinecki United States 1 £20,671£21k
26 Marielle Berger Sabbatel France 0 £19,895£20k
27 Kai Owens United States 1 £19,838£20k
28 Alex Fiva Switzerland 2 £19,550£20k
29 Danielle Scott Australia 2 £19,291£19k
30 Anastasiia Smirnova Individual Neutral Athletes 1 £18,859£19k
31 Brendan Mackay Canada 1 £18,630£19k
32 Alex Ferreira United States 1 £18,630£19k
33 Benjamin Cavet France 0 £18,054£18k
34 Sarah Hoefflin Switzerland 0 £17,710£18k
35 Nico Porteous New Zealand 1 £17,480£17k
36 Marion Thenault Canada 1 £16,905£17k
37 David Mobaerg Sweden 1 £16,847£17k
38 Kelly Sildaru Estonia 1 £16,502£17k
39 Oliwer Magnusson Sweden 1 £16,330£16k
40 Johannes Rohrweck Austria 1 £15,525£16k
41 Megan Nick United States 2 £15,525£16k
42 Matt Graham Australia 0 £14,375£14k
43 Liubov Nikitina Individual Neutral Athletes 0 £14,145£14k
44 Alexander Hall United States 0 £13,455£13k
45 Fanyu Kong China 1 £13,254£13k
46 Anastasia Tatalina Individual Neutral Athletes 1 £12,604£13k
47 Mengtao Xu China 1 £12,593£13k
48 Giulia Tanno Switzerland 1 £12,248£12k
49 Christopher Lillis United States 0 £12,248£12k
50 Ashley Caldwell United States 0 £12,190£12k

The top 15 in 2021

Sandra Naeslund £94k Fanny Smith £88k Maxim Burov £77k Mikael Kingsbury £73k Ailing Eileen Gu £55k Tess Ledeux £44k Reece Howden £42k Bastien Midol £39k Perrine Laffont £38k Ikuma Horishima £36k Laura Peel £36k Jakara Anthony £35k Colby Stevenson £27k Marielle Thompson £27k Alizee Baron £27k

Every competition in 2021

By prize money paid

Freestyle skiing competitions in 2021 with winner and total paid.
COMPETITION WINNER PAID
Calgary halfpipe, women, December 2021 Ailing Eileen Gu £23,000£23k
Calgary halfpipe, men, December 2021 Brendan Mackay £23,000£23k
Innichen ski cross, women, December 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Innichen ski cross, men, December 2021 Bastien Midol £23,000£23k
Innichen ski cross, women, December 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Innichen ski cross, men, December 2021 Ryan Regez £23,000£23k
Alpe d'Huez dual moguls, women, December 2021 Jakara Anthony £23,000£23k
Alpe d'Huez dual moguls, men, December 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Alpe d'Huez moguls, women, December 2021 Jakara Anthony £23,000£23k
Alpe d'Huez moguls, men, December 2021 Ikuma Horishima £23,000£23k
Arosa ski cross, women, December 2021 Marielle Thompson £23,000£23k
Arosa ski cross, men, December 2021 David Mobaerg £23,000£23k
Val Thorens ski cross, women, December 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Val Thorens ski cross, men, December 2021 Alex Fiva £23,000£23k
Idre Fjall dual moguls, women, December 2021 Perrine Laffont £23,000£23k
Idre Fjall dual moguls, men, December 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Val Thorens ski cross, women, December 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Val Thorens ski cross, men, December 2021 Terence Tchiknavorian £23,000£23k
Idre Fjall moguls, women, December 2021 Anri Kawamura £23,000£23k
Idre Fjall moguls, men, December 2021 Ikuma Horishima £23,000£23k
Copper Mountain halfpipe, women, December 2021 Ailing Eileen Gu £23,000£23k
Copper Mountain halfpipe, men, December 2021 Alex Ferreira £23,000£23k
Ruka aerials, women, December 2021 Anastasiya Novosad £23,000£23k
Ruka aerials, men, December 2021 Maxim Burov £23,000£23k
Ruka moguls, women, December 2021 Olivia Giaccio £23,000£23k
Ruka moguls, men, December 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Steamboat big air, women, December 2021 Ailing Eileen Gu £23,000£23k
Steamboat big air, men, December 2021 Matej Svancer £23,000£23k
Ruka aerials, women, December 2021 Fanyu Kong £23,000£23k
Ruka aerials, men, December 2021 Maxim Burov £23,000£23k
Secret Garden ski cross, women, November 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Secret Garden ski cross, men, November 2021 Sergey Ridzik £23,000£23k
Stubai slopestyle, women, November 2021 Kelly Sildaru £23,000£23k
Stubai slopestyle, men, November 2021 Birk Ruud £23,000£23k
Chur big air, men, October 2021 Matej Svancer £23,000£23k
Silvaplana slopestyle, women, March 2021 Tess Ledeux £23,000£23k
Silvaplana slopestyle, men, March 2021 Colby Stevenson £23,000£23k
Aspen halfpipe, women, March 2021 Rachael Karker £23,000£23k
Aspen halfpipe, men, March 2021 Aaron Blunck £23,000£23k
Aspen slopestyle, women, March 2021 Tess Ledeux £23,000£23k
Aspen slopestyle, men, March 2021 Colby Stevenson £23,000£23k
Aspen World Championships big air, women, March 2021 Anastasia Tatalina £23,000£23k
Aspen World Championships big air, men, March 2021 Oliwer Magnusson £23,000£23k
Aspen World Championships slopestyle, women, March 2021 Ailing Eileen Gu £23,000£23k
Aspen World Championships slopestyle, men, March 2021 Andri Ragettli £23,000£23k
Sunny Valley ski cross, women, March 2021 Fanny Smith £23,000£23k
Sunny Valley ski cross, men, March 2021 Reece Howden £23,000£23k
Almaty aerials, women, March 2021 Marion Thenault £23,000£23k
Almaty aerials, men, March 2021 Pirmin Werner £23,000£23k
Aspen World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2021 Ailing Eileen Gu £23,000£23k
Aspen World Championships halfpipe, men, March 2021 Nico Porteous £23,000£23k
Almaty World Championships aerials, women, March 2021 Laura Peel £23,000£23k
Almaty World Championships aerials, men, March 2021 Maxim Burov £23,000£23k
Almaty World Championships dual moguls, women, March 2021 Anastasiia Smirnova £23,000£23k
Almaty World Championships dual moguls, men, March 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Almaty World Championships moguls, women, March 2021 Perrine Laffont £23,000£23k
Almaty World Championships moguls, men, March 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Bakuriani ski cross, women, February 2021 Fanny Smith £23,000£23k
Bakuriani ski cross, men, February 2021 Florian Wilmsmann £23,000£23k
Reiteralm ski cross, women, February 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Reiteralm ski cross, men, February 2021 Johannes Rohrweck £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll World Championships ski cross, women, February 2021 Sandra Naeslund £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll World Championships ski cross, men, February 2021 Alex Fiva £23,000£23k
Deer Valley aerials, women, February 2021 Danielle Scott £23,000£23k
Deer Valley aerials, men, February 2021 Noe Roth £23,000£23k
Deer Valley dual moguls, women, February 2021 Kai Owens £23,000£23k
Deer Valley dual moguls, men, February 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Deer Valley moguls, women, February 2021 Perrine Laffont £23,000£23k
Deer Valley moguls, men, February 2021 Mikael Kingsbury £23,000£23k
Raubichi aerials, women, January 2021 Megan Nick £23,000£23k
Raubichi aerials, men, January 2021 Maxim Burov £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, women, January 2021 Fanny Smith £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, men, January 2021 Reece Howden £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, women, January 2021 Alizee Baron £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, men, January 2021 Reece Howden £23,000£23k
Moscow aerials, women, January 2021 Winter Vinecki £23,000£23k
Moscow aerials, men, January 2021 Maxim Burov £23,000£23k
Yaroslavl aerials, women, January 2021 Laura Peel £23,000£23k
Yaroslavl aerials, men, January 2021 Maxim Burov £23,000£23k
Kreischberg big air, women, January 2021 Giulia Tanno £23,000£23k
Kreischberg big air, men, January 2021 Birk Ruud £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, women, January 2021 Fanny Smith £23,000£23k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, men, January 2021 Bastien Midol £23,000£23k
Chur big air, women, October 2021 Tess Ledeux £22,954£23k
Veysonnaz ski cross, women, March 2021 Sandra Naeslund £22,954£23k
Veysonnaz ski cross, men, March 2021 Florian Wilmsmann £22,954£23k
Ruka aerials, women, December 2021 Danielle Scott £11,500£12k
Ruka aerials, men, December 2021 Maxim Burov £11,500£12k
Ruka aerials, women, December 2021 Mengtao Xu £11,500£12k
Ruka aerials, men, December 2021 Maxim Burov £11,500£12k
Yaroslavl aerials, women, January 2021 Megan Nick £11,500£12k
Yaroslavl aerials, men, January 2021 Maxim Burov £11,500£12k

The richest competitions of 2021

Calgary halfpipe, women, December 2021 £23k Calgary halfpipe, men, December 2021 £23k Innichen ski cross, women, December 2021 £23k Innichen ski cross, men, December 2021 £23k Innichen ski cross, women, December 2021 £23k Innichen ski cross, men, December 2021 £23k Alpe d'Huez dual moguls, women, December 2021 £23k Alpe d'Huez dual moguls, men, December 2021 £23k Alpe d'Huez moguls, women, December 2021 £23k Alpe d'Huez moguls, men, December 2021 £23k Arosa ski cross, women, December 2021 £23k Arosa ski cross, men, December 2021 £23k Val Thorens ski cross, women, December 2021 £23k Val Thorens ski cross, men, December 2021 £23k Idre Fjall dual moguls, women, December 2021 £23k

Every year we hold

2020 £414k 2021 £2.0m 2022 £1.7m 2023 £2.7m 2024 £2.6m 2025 £3.5m 2026 £1.7m

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most freestyle skiing prize money in 2021?

Sandra Naeslund, with £94,070 and 8 titles. Fanny Smith was next on £88,320.

How much prize money was paid in 2021?

£2,046,862 across 92 competitions, to 264 skiers.

Which competition paid the most in 2021?

The Calgary halfpipe, women, December 2021, at £23,000.

How does 2021 compare with 2020?

2020 paid £413,908 across 18 competitions.

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