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FREESTYLE SKIING PRIZE MONEY · 2025

Freestyle skiing prize money in 2025

Freestyle skiing paid £3,530,132 across 125 competitions in 2025, to 292 skiers. Jaelin Kauf earned the most, £134,141.

PAID IN 2025£3.5m
COMPETITIONS125
SKIERS PAID292
TOP EARNER£134k

The 2025 money list

The top 50 skiers by prize money won in 2025

Freestyle skiing skiers ranked by prize money won in 2025.
# SKIER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Jaelin Kauf United States 8 £134,141£134k
2 Mikael Kingsbury Canada 8 £124,890£125k
3 Reece Howden Canada 8 £115,777£116k
4 Ikuma Horishima Japan 6 £114,009£114k
5 Fanny Smith Switzerland 5 £111,356£111k
6 Perrine Laffont France 3 £85,537£86k
7 Simone Deromedis Italy 3 £75,009£75k
8 Luca Harrington New Zealand 3 £69,736£70k
9 Flora Tabanelli Italy 4 £65,964£66k
10 Mengtao Xu China 3 £65,324£65k
11 Laura Peel Australia 5 £64,890£65k
12 Sandra Naeslund Sweden 4 £57,454£57k
13 Daniela Maier Germany 1 £53,115£53k
14 Marielle Berger Sabbatel France 1 £53,054£53k
15 Zoe Atkin Great Britain 3 £51,347£51k
16 Youri Duplessis Kergomard France 2 £50,963£51k
17 Tess Johnson United States 2 £49,100£49k
18 Florian Wilmsmann Germany 2 £48,293£48k
19 Courtney Hoffos Canada 0 £46,716£47k
20 Noe Roth Switzerland 2 £43,475£43k
21 Jole Galli Italy 2 £43,122£43k
22 Guangpu Qi China 2 £42,619£43k
23 Finley Melville Ives New Zealand 3 £39,412£39k
24 Anni Karava Finland 1 £38,816£39k
25 Matej Svancer Austria 2 £38,783£39k
26 Marielle Thompson Canada 3 £38,778£39k
27 Matt Graham Australia 1 £37,577£38k
28 Alexander Hall United States 2 £34,592£35k
29 Birk Ruud Norway 2 £34,095£34k
30 Alex Ferreira United States 2 £33,441£33k
31 Megan Oldham Canada 1 £33,165£33k
32 Kirsty Muir Great Britain 2 £33,095£33k
33 Troy Podmilsak United States 2 £32,005£32k
34 Ryan Regez Switzerland 2 £31,854£32k
35 Ailing Eileen Gu China 2 £29,752£30k
36 India Sherret Canada 1 £29,497£29k
37 Tianma Li China 2 £28,955£29k
38 Mengting Liu China 1 £27,641£28k
39 Mac Forehand United States 0 £27,611£28k
40 Maia Schwinghammer Canada 1 £27,599£28k
41 Meiting Chen China 0 £27,167£27k
42 Olivia Giaccio United States 0 £26,753£27k
43 Fanghui Li China 1 £26,400£26k
44 Danielle Scott Australia 0 £25,862£26k
45 Nick Page United States 0 £25,600£26k
46 Alex Fiva Switzerland 0 £25,554£26k
47 Naomi Urness Canada 1 £25,408£25k
48 Kevin Drury Canada 1 £25,333£25k
49 Quinn Dehlinger United States 1 £23,731£24k
50 Xindi Wang China 1 £22,953£23k

The top 15 in 2025

Jaelin Kauf £134k Mikael Kingsbury £125k Reece Howden £116k Ikuma Horishima £114k Fanny Smith £111k Perrine Laffont £86k Simone Deromedis £75k Luca Harrington £70k Flora Tabanelli £66k Mengtao Xu £65k Laura Peel £65k Sandra Naeslund £57k Daniela Maier £53k Marielle Berger Sabbatel £53k Zoe Atkin £51k

Every competition in 2025

By prize money paid

Freestyle skiing competitions in 2025 with winner and total paid.
COMPETITION WINNER PAID
Secret Garden halfpipe, women, December 2025 Ailing Eileen Gu £33,918£34k
Secret Garden halfpipe, men, December 2025 Finley Melville Ives £33,918£34k
Secret Garden big air, women, November 2025 Kirsty Muir £33,918£34k
Secret Garden big air, men, November 2025 Troy Podmilsak £33,918£34k
Laax slopestyle, women, January 2025 Ailing Eileen Gu £32,201£32k
Laax slopestyle, men, January 2025 Birk Ruud £32,201£32k
Beijing big air, women, December 2025 Anni Karava £32,050£32k
Beijing big air, men, December 2025 Ulrik Samnoey £32,050£32k
Innichen ski cross, women, December 2025 Sandra Naeslund £29,847£30k
Innichen ski cross, men, December 2025 Reece Howden £29,847£30k
Innichen ski cross, women, December 2025 Marielle Berger Sabbatel £29,847£30k
Innichen ski cross, men, December 2025 Reece Howden £29,847£30k
Copper halfpipe, women, December 2025 Zoe Atkin £29,847£30k
Copper halfpipe, men, December 2025 Alex Ferreira £29,847£30k
Secret Garden aerials, women, December 2025 Fanyu Kong £29,847£30k
Secret Garden aerials, men, December 2025 Tianma Li £29,847£30k
Arosa ski cross, women, December 2025 Sandra Naeslund £29,847£30k
Arosa ski cross, men, December 2025 Reece Howden £29,847£30k
Steamboat big air, women, December 2025 Naomi Urness £29,847£30k
Steamboat big air, men, December 2025 Troy Podmilsak £29,847£30k
Val Thorens ski cross, women, December 2025 Sandra Naeslund £29,847£30k
Val Thorens ski cross, men, December 2025 Kevin Drury £29,847£30k
Val Thorens ski cross, women, December 2025 Sandra Naeslund £29,847£30k
Val Thorens ski cross, men, December 2025 Simone Deromedis £29,847£30k
Ruka moguls, women, December 2025 Jakara Anthony £29,847£30k
Ruka moguls, men, December 2025 Matt Graham £29,847£30k
Ruka moguls, women, December 2025 Tess Johnson £29,847£30k
Ruka moguls, men, December 2025 Ikuma Horishima £29,847£30k
Ruka aerials, women, December 2025 Mengtao Xu £29,847£30k
Ruka aerials, men, December 2025 Oleksandr Okipniuk £29,847£30k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, women, March 2025 Fanny Smith £27,600£28k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, men, March 2025 Reece Howden £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025 Zoe Atkin £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships halfpipe, men, March 2025 Finley Melville Ives £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships aerials, women, March 2025 Kaila Kuhn £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships aerials, men, March 2025 Noe Roth £27,600£28k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, women, March 2025 Daniela Maier £27,600£28k
Idre Fjäll ski cross, men, March 2025 Reece Howden £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships big air, women, March 2025 Flora Tabanelli £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships big air, men, March 2025 Luca Harrington £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships slopestyle, women, March 2025 Mathilde Gremaud £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships slopestyle, men, March 2025 Birk Ruud £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships ski cross, women, March 2025 Fanny Smith £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships ski cross, men, March 2025 Ryan Regez £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships dual moguls, women, March 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships dual moguls, men, March 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships moguls, women, March 2025 Perrine Laffont £27,600£28k
Engadin World Championships moguls, men, March 2025 Ikuma Horishima £27,600£28k
Craigleith ski cross, women, March 2025 Fanny Smith £27,600£28k
Craigleith ski cross, men, March 2025 Florian Wilmsmann £27,600£28k
Tignes slopestyle, women, March 2025 Kirsty Muir £27,600£28k
Tignes slopestyle, men, March 2025 Alexander Hall £27,600£28k
Craigleith ski cross, women, March 2025 Fanny Smith £27,600£28k
Craigleith ski cross, men, March 2025 Reece Howden £27,600£28k
Tignes big air, women, March 2025 Flora Tabanelli £27,600£28k
Tignes big air, men, March 2025 Miro Tabanelli £27,600£28k
Livigno aerials, women, March 2025 Laura Peel £27,600£28k
Livigno aerials, men, March 2025 Noe Roth £27,600£28k
Livigno dual moguls, women, March 2025 Charlotte Wilson £27,600£28k
Livigno dual moguls, men, March 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Livigno moguls, women, March 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Livigno moguls, men, March 2025 Ikuma Horishima £27,600£28k
Almaty aerials, women, March 2025 Laura Peel £27,600£28k
Almaty aerials, men, March 2025 Xindi Wang £27,600£28k
Gudauri ski cross, women, March 2025 Jole Galli £27,600£28k
Gudauri ski cross, men, March 2025 Reece Howden £27,600£28k
Almaty dual moguls, women, March 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Almaty dual moguls, men, March 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Gudauri ski cross, women, February 2025 Fanny Smith £27,600£28k
Gudauri ski cross, men, February 2025 Simone Deromedis £27,600£28k
Almaty moguls, women, February 2025 Tess Johnson £27,600£28k
Almaty moguls, men, February 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Beidahu aerials, women, February 2025 Mengtao Xu £27,600£28k
Beidahu aerials, men, February 2025 Tianma Li £27,600£28k
Stoneham slopestyle, women, February 2025 Flora Tabanelli £27,600£28k
Stoneham slopestyle, men, February 2025 Matej Svancer £27,600£28k
Beidahu dual moguls, women, February 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Beidahu dual moguls, men, February 2025 Severi Vierela £27,600£28k
Beidahu moguls, women, February 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Beidahu moguls, men, February 2025 Ikuma Horishima £27,600£28k
Calgary halfpipe, women, February 2025 Fanghui Li £27,600£28k
Calgary halfpipe, men, February 2025 Finley Melville Ives £27,600£28k
Val di Fassa ski cross, women, February 2025 Jole Galli £27,600£28k
Val di Fassa ski cross, men, February 2025 Reece Howden £27,600£28k
Val di Fassa ski cross, women, February 2025 Marielle Thompson £27,600£28k
Val di Fassa ski cross, men, February 2025 Ryan Regez £27,600£28k
Deer Valley dual moguls, women, February 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Deer Valley dual moguls, men, February 2025 Ikuma Horishima £27,600£28k
Deer Valley aerials, women, February 2025 Laura Peel £27,600£28k
Deer Valley aerials, men, February 2025 Quinn Dehlinger £27,600£28k
Deer Valley moguls, women, February 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Deer Valley moguls, men, February 2025 Ikuma Horishima £27,600£28k
Aspen big air, women, February 2025 Megan Oldham £27,600£28k
Aspen big air, men, February 2025 Matej Svancer £27,600£28k
Veysonnaz ski cross, women, February 2025 Marielle Thompson £27,600£28k
Veysonnaz ski cross, men, February 2025 Youri Duplessis Kergomard £27,600£28k
Aspen halfpipe, women, February 2025 Zoe Atkin £27,600£28k
Aspen halfpipe, men, February 2025 Alex Ferreira £27,600£28k
Aspen slopestyle, women, February 2025 Tess Ledeux £27,600£28k
Aspen slopestyle, men, February 2025 Alexander Hall £27,600£28k
Veysonnaz ski cross, women, February 2025 Marielle Thompson £27,600£28k
Veysonnaz ski cross, men, February 2025 Simone Deromedis £27,600£28k
Val St. Come dual moguls, women, February 2025 Jaelin Kauf £27,600£28k
Val St. Come dual moguls, men, February 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Val St. Come moguls, women, January 2025 Maia Schwinghammer £27,600£28k
Val St. Come moguls, men, January 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Lac-Beauport aerials, women, January 2025 Laura Peel £27,600£28k
Lac-Beauport aerials, men, January 2025 Guangpu Qi £27,600£28k
Waterville dual moguls, women, January 2025 Perrine Laffont £27,600£28k
Waterville dual moguls, men, January 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Lac-Beauport aerials, women, January 2025 Laura Peel £27,600£28k
Lac-Beauport aerials, men, January 2025 Guangpu Qi £27,600£28k
Waterville moguls, women, January 2025 Perrine Laffont £27,600£28k
Waterville moguls, men, January 2025 Mikael Kingsbury £27,600£28k
Lake Placid aerials, women, January 2025 Mengtao Xu £27,600£28k
Lake Placid aerials, men, January 2025 Jiaxu Sun £27,600£28k
Reiteralm ski cross, women, January 2025 India Sherret £27,600£28k
Reiteralm ski cross, men, January 2025 Youri Duplessis Kergomard £27,600£28k
Reiteralm ski cross, women, January 2025 Hannah Schmidt £27,600£28k
Reiteralm ski cross, men, January 2025 Florian Wilmsmann £27,600£28k
Kreischberg big air, women, January 2025 Flora Tabanelli £27,600£28k
Kreischberg big air, men, January 2025 Luca Harrington £27,600£28k
Klagenfurt big air, women, January 2025 Mengting Liu £27,600£28k
Klagenfurt big air, men, January 2025 Luca Harrington £27,600£28k
Stubai slopestyle, women, November 2025 Mathilde Gremaud £14,923£15k

The richest competitions of 2025

Secret Garden halfpipe, women, December 2025 £34k Secret Garden halfpipe, men, December 2025 £34k Secret Garden big air, women, November 2025 £34k Secret Garden big air, men, November 2025 £34k Laax slopestyle, women, January 2025 £32k Laax slopestyle, men, January 2025 £32k Beijing big air, women, December 2025 £32k Beijing big air, men, December 2025 £32k Innichen ski cross, women, December 2025 £30k Innichen ski cross, men, December 2025 £30k Innichen ski cross, women, December 2025 £30k Innichen ski cross, men, December 2025 £30k Copper halfpipe, women, December 2025 £30k Copper halfpipe, men, December 2025 £30k Secret Garden aerials, women, December 2025 £30k

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 2025?

Jaelin Kauf, with £134,141 and 8 titles. Mikael Kingsbury was next on £124,890.

How much prize money was paid in 2025?

£3,530,132 across 125 competitions, to 292 skiers.

Which competition paid the most in 2025?

The Secret Garden halfpipe, women, December 2025, at £33,918.

How does 2025 compare with 2024?

2024 paid £2,608,200 across 95 competitions.

Where to next

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