Keirin prize money
218 riders have been paid £183,873,988 across 12 years from 2014 to 2025. Yusaku Kosho has won the most, £7,241,731. Every keirin rider's prize money is added up across the calendar year and ranked at the end of it. Men and women race apart and are ranked on lists of their own, fifty men a year and twenty women. Yusaku Kosho took ¥383,115,596 in 2024, the most in any year held and more than twice the ¥152,590,948 of Yuta Wakimoto in second. Mina Sato's ¥48,425,000 in 2025 is the most by a woman. The foot of the list has risen too: the fiftieth man took ¥40,809,400 in 2025, against ¥27,570,800 in 2014.
The keirin money list
The top 100 of 218 riders by career prize money
| # | RIDER | NATION | YEARS TOP | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yusaku Kosho | Japan | 2 | £7,241,731£7.2m |
| 2 | Yuta Wakimoto | Japan | 1 | £6,444,836£6.4m |
| 3 | Kota Asai | Japan | 2 | £5,502,188£5.5m |
| 4 | Kota Hirahara | Japan | 0 | £5,472,682£5.5m |
| 5 | Yuji Matsuura | Japan | 1 | £5,347,971£5.3m |
| 6 | Kohei Gunji | Japan | 1 | £5,148,029£5.1m |
| 7 | Yudai Nitta | Japan | 0 | £4,837,914£4.8m |
| 8 | Shintaro Sato | Japan | 1 | £4,154,249£4.2m |
| 9 | Hiroto Shimizu | Japan | 0 | £3,568,061£3.6m |
| 10 | Tomohiro Fukaya | Japan | 0 | £3,340,901£3.3m |
| 11 | Ryuki Mitani | Japan | 1 | £3,122,174£3.1m |
| 12 | Toyoki Takeda | Japan | 1 | £3,002,767£3.0m |
| 13 | Yoshihiro Murakami | Japan | 1 | £2,897,899£2.9m |
| 14 | Kyohei Shinzan | Japan | 0 | £2,826,828£2.8m |
| 15 | Takuya Yoshida | Japan | 0 | £2,803,222£2.8m |
| 16 | Takumi Masugi | Japan | 0 | £2,622,805£2.6m |
| 17 | Kentaro Wada | Japan | 1 | £2,593,183£2.6m |
| 18 | Megumu Morohashi | Japan | 0 | £2,245,931£2.2m |
| 19 | Futoshi Morisawa | Japan | 0 | £2,232,474£2.2m |
| 20 | Hiroyuki Murakami | Japan | 0 | £2,133,144£2.1m |
| 21 | Takumi Sonoda | Japan | 0 | £2,049,811£2.0m |
| 22 | Ryuji Ogura | Japan | 0 | £1,992,089£2.0m |
| 23 | Yusuke Iwatsu | Japan | 0 | £1,979,573£2.0m |
| 24 | Sho Inakawa | Japan | 0 | £1,844,703£1.8m |
| 25 | Kenya Yamaguchi | Japan | 0 | £1,789,005£1.8m |
| 26 | Seiichiro Nakagawa | Japan | 0 | £1,776,378£1.8m |
| 27 | Hiroyuki Inagaki | Japan | 0 | £1,677,310£1.7m |
| 28 | Hideaki Yamada | Japan | 0 | £1,628,061£1.6m |
| 29 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | 0 | £1,608,273£1.6m |
| 30 | Kentaro Harada | Japan | 0 | £1,583,132£1.6m |
| 31 | Shuji Minami | Japan | 0 | £1,557,243£1.6m |
| 32 | Yoshitomo Higashiguchi | Japan | 0 | £1,471,114£1.5m |
| 33 | Taichi Komatsuzaki | Japan | 0 | £1,418,718£1.4m |
| 34 | Takuya Kamiyama | Japan | 0 | £1,394,554£1.4m |
| 35 | Kazuya Narita | Japan | 0 | £1,374,104£1.4m |
| 36 | Tomonori Kashino | Japan | 0 | £1,372,082£1.4m |
| 37 | Tsubasa Kitatsuru | Japan | 0 | £1,358,057£1.4m |
| 38 | Kazumichi Sugata | Japan | 0 | £1,352,318£1.4m |
| 39 | Hisanori Yamada | Japan | 0 | £1,342,880£1.3m |
| 40 | Takashi Kaneko | Japan | 0 | £1,333,125£1.3m |
| 41 | Shunsuke Iwamoto | Japan | 0 | £1,330,751£1.3m |
| 42 | Yohei Yamada | Japan | 0 | £1,330,176£1.3m |
| 43 | Yuya Inubushi | Japan | 0 | £1,303,044£1.3m |
| 44 | Masaki Inoue | Japan | 0 | £1,265,836£1.3m |
| 45 | Toshihiro Yoshida | Japan | 0 | £1,259,947£1.3m |
| 46 | Yo Sakai | Japan | 0 | £1,236,986£1.2m |
| 47 | Yasuyoshi Kigure | Japan | 0 | £1,200,034£1.2m |
| 48 | Tatsuo Muto | Japan | 0 | £1,197,018£1.2m |
| 49 | Yoshihito Yamazaki | Japan | 0 | £1,175,090£1.2m |
| 50 | Aoi Kodama | Japan | 3 | £1,147,622£1.1m |
| 51 | Takahiro Arai | Japan | 0 | £1,135,573£1.1m |
| 52 | Koyu Matsui | Japan | 0 | £1,134,665£1.1m |
| 53 | Hideyuki Matsutani | Japan | 0 | £1,113,026£1.1m |
| 54 | Yuichiro Kamiyama | Japan | 0 | £1,093,535£1.1m |
| 55 | Takaharu Matsumoto | Japan | 0 | £1,056,396£1.1m |
| 56 | Kohei Terasaki | Japan | 0 | £1,043,764£1.0m |
| 57 | Hiroshi Nakamura | Japan | 0 | £1,025,333£1.0m |
| 58 | Hiroko Ishii | Japan | 2 | £1,016,765£1.0m |
| 59 | Taito Kanaga | Japan | 0 | £1,003,418£1.0m |
| 60 | Kei Wada | Japan | 0 | £965,593£966k |
| 61 | Jun Okamura | Japan | 0 | £948,750£949k |
| 62 | Makuru Wada | Japan | 0 | £942,835£943k |
| 63 | Riko Kobayashi | Japan | 0 | £917,645£918k |
| 64 | Fumi Okui | Japan | 0 | £906,545£907k |
| 65 | Junpei Yoshizawa | Japan | 0 | £893,155£893k |
| 66 | Taiki Obara | Japan | 0 | £889,181£889k |
| 67 | Yuki Kitai | Japan | 0 | £870,146£870k |
| 68 | Sakura Yamahara | Japan | 0 | £837,814£838k |
| 69 | Yusaku Takeuchi | Japan | 0 | £831,821£832k |
| 70 | Hironori Otsuki | Japan | 0 | £818,708£819k |
| 71 | Ryuma Ota | Japan | 0 | £815,868£816k |
| 72 | Yuta Watanabe | Japan | 0 | £780,960£781k |
| 73 | Mutsumi Ozaki | Japan | 0 | £735,422£735k |
| 74 | Toshio Shitchi | Japan | 0 | £717,598£718k |
| 75 | Yoichi Yadoguchi | Japan | 0 | £714,874£715k |
| 76 | Hidehisa Naito | Japan | 0 | £712,773£713k |
| 77 | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Japan | 0 | £689,203£689k |
| 78 | Yusuke Kagawa | Japan | 0 | £662,055£662k |
| 79 | Fuka Sakaguchi | Japan | 0 | £655,489£655k |
| 80 | Mina Sato | Japan | 2 | £650,304£650k |
| 81 | Kosuke Sakaguchi | Japan | 0 | £647,925£648k |
| 82 | Harutomo Watanabe | Japan | 0 | £614,746£615k |
| 83 | Koji Kawamura | Japan | 0 | £593,782£594k |
| 84 | Tetsuo Watanabe | Japan | 0 | £591,919£592k |
| 85 | Mao Yanagihara | Japan | 1 | £590,336£590k |
| 86 | Makibi Takagi | Japan | 1 | £562,635£563k |
| 87 | Takako Ishii (Chiba) | Japan | 0 | £555,579£556k |
| 88 | Takuma Abe | Japan | 0 | £538,651£539k |
| 89 | Daisuke Ashizawa | Japan | 0 | £534,368£534k |
| 90 | Uta Kume | Japan | 0 | £526,617£527k |
| 91 | Hiroshi Suzuki | Japan | 0 | £515,229£515k |
| 92 | Shuji Ishii | Japan | 0 | £514,277£514k |
| 93 | Satomi Aramaki | Japan | 0 | £514,235£514k |
| 94 | Takuya Shikio | Japan | 0 | £506,168£506k |
| 95 | Mao Ogata | Japan | 0 | £503,772£504k |
| 96 | Shota Mitani | Japan | 0 | £500,684£501k |
| 97 | Ryuji Kondo | Japan | 0 | £494,258£494k |
| 98 | Atsushi Shibasaki | Japan | 0 | £487,645£488k |
| 99 | Mai Kajita | Japan | 2 | £476,008£476k |
| 100 | Yuki Sasaki | Japan | 0 | £470,554£471k |
The top fifteen
Every money list
2 money lists, by the prize money each has paid
| MONEY LIST | YEARS | LATEST TOP EARNER | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Keirin Money List | 12 | Kohei Gunji | £166,190,925£166.2m |
| Women's Keirin Money List | 12 | Mina Sato | £17,683,062£17.7m |
What each money list has paid
Year by year
What keirin paid each year, and who earned the most
| YEAR | TOP EARNER | MONEY LISTS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kohei Gunji | 2 | £21,012,872£21.0m |
| 2024 | Yusaku Kosho | 2 | £20,020,429£20.0m |
| 2023 | Yuji Matsuura | 2 | £18,843,408£18.8m |
| 2022 | Yuta Wakimoto | 2 | £17,111,240£17.1m |
| 2021 | Yusaku Kosho | 2 | £14,297,519£14.3m |
| 2020 | Kentaro Wada | 2 | £12,012,393£12.0m |
| 2019 | Shintaro Sato | 2 | £13,693,628£13.7m |
| 2018 | Ryuki Mitani | 2 | £13,588,485£13.6m |
| 2017 | Kota Asai | 2 | £13,417,388£13.4m |
| 2016 | Yoshihiro Murakami | 2 | £13,942,172£13.9m |
| 2015 | Kota Asai | 2 | £13,062,033£13.1m |
| 2014 | Toyoki Takeda | 2 | £12,872,423£12.9m |
Prize money paid per year
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most prize money in keirin?
Yusaku Kosho, with £7,241,731 and 2 years at the top. Yuta Wakimoto is second on £6,444,836.
What is the most anyone has won in one keirin money list in a year?
£1,930,903, by Yusaku Kosho in the 2024 Men's Keirin Money List, the most in any year we hold.
How much prize money was paid in keirin in 2025?
£21,012,872 across 2 money lists. Kohei Gunji earned the most that year, £1,298,766.
Which money list pays the most?
Men's Keirin Money List has paid £166,190,925 across 12 years. The richest single year was the 2025 Men's Keirin Money List, at £18,865,456.
Which country has won the most keirin prize money?
Japan, with £183,873,988 across 218 riders.
Where to next
For every country's prize money across keirin and every other sport we hold, see prize money by nation. The richest money list here is Men's Keirin Money List, and the latest year is 2025.