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FREESTYLE SKIING · VENUE PRIZE MONEY

World Championships freestyle prize money

The World Championships has paid £1,062,600 across 42 competitions from 2021 to 2025. In 2025 Zoe Atkin took £11,040.

PAID IN TOTAL£1.1m
EDITIONS42
2025 TOP PRIZE£11k
SKIERS PAID159
RANK1 of 57

Every edition

Who won, what they took, and what the competition paid in all

Every edition of the World Championships with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
COMPETITION WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2025 Engadin halfpipe, women Zoe Atkin £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin halfpipe, men Finley Melville Ives £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin aerials, women Kaila Kuhn £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin aerials, men Noe Roth £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin big air, women Flora Tabanelli £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin big air, men Luca Harrington £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin slopestyle, women Mathilde Gremaud £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin slopestyle, men Birk Ruud £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin ski cross, women Fanny Smith £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin ski cross, men Ryan Regez £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin dual moguls, women Jaelin Kauf £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin dual moguls, men Mikael Kingsbury £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin moguls, women Perrine Laffont £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2025 Engadin moguls, men Ikuma Horishima £11,040£11k £27,600£28k
2023 Bakuriani halfpipe, women Hanna Faulhaber £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani halfpipe, men Brendan Mackay £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani big air, women Tess Ledeux £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani big air, men Troy Podmilsak £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani slopestyle, women Mathilde Gremaud £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani slopestyle, men Birk Ruud £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani ski cross, women Sandra Naeslund £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani ski cross, men Simone Deromedis £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani dual moguls, women Perrine Laffont £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani dual moguls, men Mikael Kingsbury £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani moguls, women Perrine Laffont £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani moguls, men Mikael Kingsbury £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani aerials, women Fanyu Kong £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2023 Bakuriani aerials, men Noe Roth £10,120£10k £25,300£25k
2021 Aspen big air, women Anastasia Tatalina £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Aspen big air, men Oliwer Magnusson £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Aspen slopestyle, women Ailing Eileen Gu £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Aspen slopestyle, men Andri Ragettli £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Aspen halfpipe, women Ailing Eileen Gu £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Aspen halfpipe, men Nico Porteous £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Almaty aerials, women Laura Peel £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Almaty aerials, men Maxim Burov £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Almaty dual moguls, women Anastasiia Smirnova £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Almaty dual moguls, men Mikael Kingsbury £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Almaty moguls, women Perrine Laffont £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Almaty moguls, men Mikael Kingsbury £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Idre Fjäll ski cross, women Sandra Naeslund £9,200£9k £23,000£23k
2021 Idre Fjäll ski cross, men Alex Fiva £9,200£9k £23,000£23k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025 payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025.
PLACE SKIERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Women's 1st 1 £11,040£11k £11,040£11k
Women's 2nd 1 £6,900£7k £6,900£7k
Women's 3rd 1 £4,140£4k £4,140£4k
Women's 4th 1 £2,760£3k £2,760£3k
Women's 5th 1 £1,656£2k £1,656£2k
Women's 6th 1 £1,104£1k £1,104£1k

Every cheque by name is on the Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025 payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the World Championships

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The skiers who have won the most prize money at the World Championships.
# SKIER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Mikael Kingsbury Canada 5 £56,580£57k
2 Perrine Laffont France 4 £42,136£42k
3 Birk Ruud Norway 2 £29,095£29k
4 Mathilde Gremaud Switzerland 2 £26,910£27k
5 Jaelin Kauf United States 1 £23,690£24k
6 Ikuma Horishima Japan 1 £22,908£23k
7 Ailing Eileen Gu China 2 £21,850£22k
8 Megan Oldham Canada 0 £21,666£22k
9 Matt Graham Australia 0 £21,666£22k
10 Noe Roth Switzerland 2 £21,160£21k
11 Zoe Atkin Great Britain 1 £20,815£21k
12 Fanny Smith Switzerland 1 £20,585£21k
13 Sandra Naeslund Sweden 2 £19,320£19k
14 Andri Ragettli Switzerland 1 £16,675£17k
15 Flora Tabanelli Italy 1 £13,800£14k
16 Luca Harrington New Zealand 1 £13,662£14k
17 Quinn Dehlinger United States 0 £13,225£13k
18 Danielle Scott Australia 0 £12,765£13k
19 Anastasiia Smirnova Russian Ski Federation 1 £12,650£13k
20 Kaila Kuhn United States 1 £12,558£13k
21 Hanna Faulhaber United States 1 £12,420£12k
22 Tess Ledeux France 1 £12,420£12k
23 Rachael Karker Canada 0 £12,305£12k
24 Mac Forehand United States 0 £11,960£12k
25 Troy Podmilsak United States 1 £11,776£12k

The top 12 here

Mikael Kingsbury £57k Perrine Laffont £42k Birk Ruud £29k Mathilde Gremaud £27k Jaelin Kauf £24k Ikuma Horishima £23k Ailing Eileen Gu £22k Megan Oldham £22k Matt Graham £22k Noe Roth £21k Zoe Atkin £21k Fanny Smith £21k

Other freestyle skiing venues

The venues either side of the World Championships by prize money paid

Freestyle skiing venues ranked around the World Championships.
# VENUE EDITIONS PAID
46 Montafon 2 £59,694£60k
47 Snowmass 2 £59,694£60k
48 Cardrona 2 £55,200£55k
49 Changchun 2 £55,200£55k
50 Klagenfurt 2 £55,200£55k
51 St. Moritz 2 £55,200£55k
52 Stoneham 2 £55,200£55k
53 Engadin 2 £50,600£51k
54 Font Romeu 2 £46,000£46k
55 Moscow 2 £46,000£46k
56 Raubichi 2 £46,000£46k
57 Sunny Valley 2 £46,000£46k
1 World Championships 42 £1,062,600£1.1m
2 Idre Fjäll 40 £1,002,800£1.0m
3 Deer Valley 30 £759,000£759k
4 Ruka 30 £721,882£722k
5 Val Thorens 24 £625,296£625k
6 Innichen 20 £533,388£533k
7 Almaty 20 £529,000£529k
8 Val St. Come 16 £441,388£441k
9 Veysonnaz 16 £427,496£427k
10 Bakuriani 16 £420,210£420k
11 Calgary 16 £418,494£418k
12 Tignes 15 £414,058£414k
Montafon £60k Snowmass £60k Cardrona £55k Changchun £55k Klagenfurt £55k St. Moritz £55k Stoneham £55k Engadin £51k Font Romeu £46k Moscow £46k Raubichi £46k Sunny Valley £46k World Championships £1.1m Idre Fjäll £1.0m Deer Valley £759k Ruka £722k Val Thorens £625k Innichen £533k Almaty £529k Val St. Come £441k Veysonnaz £427k Bakuriani £420k Calgary £418k Tignes £414k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025?

Zoe Atkin took £11,040. The whole competition paid £27,600 across 6 skiers.

How much prize money has the World Championships paid?

£1,062,600 across 42 editions from 2021 to 2025. The richest was the Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025, at £27,600.

Who has won the most money at the World Championships?

Mikael Kingsbury, with £56,580 and 5 wins. Perrine Laffont is next on £42,136.

Who has won the World Championships the most times?

Mikael Kingsbury, 5 times in the editions we hold.

Where does the World Championships rank for prize money?

1st of the 57 freestyle skiing venues we hold, by total prize money paid.

Where to next

Every freestyle skiing venue and skier is ranked on freestyle skiing prize money. The latest edition is the Engadin World Championships halfpipe, women, March 2025, and the one before it the Engadin World Championships halfpipe, men, March 2025. What the men's and women's fields are paid is compared on men's vs women's freestyle skiing prize money. How much of the pot a freestyle skiing winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.