Prize Money by Nation: Every Country Ranked

Q: Which country has won the most prize money?

United States, with £5,459,695,071 across 8674 people. That is 43.1% of everything on this table, and more than every other nation put together holds £7,216,896,948.

Q: Which country is second for prize money?

Australia, on £669,388,166, with golf the biggest part of it at £458,572,974.

Q: How many countries have won a million pounds in prize money?

96 of the 168 nations here have passed £1,000,000 between their golfers, tennis players, athletes and the rest.

Q: Which sport pays the most prize money?

Golf, at £7,490,582,387 across 878 players, then tennis at £3,374,025,611.

The highest earners, every nation

The top 50 people across all 39 sports, with the country they play for

The highest prize money earners across every sport, with their nation.
#	NAME	NATION	SPORT	PRIZE MONEY
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	Golf	£162,326,771£162.3m
2	Scottie Scheffler	United States	Golf	£159,647,428£159.6m
3	Novak Djokovic	Serbia	Tennis	£146,358,511£146.4m
4	Jon Rahm	Spain	Golf	£141,216,789£141.2m
5	Dustin Johnson	United States	Golf	£126,290,277£126.3m
6	Tiger Woods	United States	Golf	£116,124,029£116.1m
7	Rafael Nadal	Spain	Tennis	£101,698,371£101.7m
8	Roger Federer	Switzerland	Tennis	£98,191,235£98.2m
9	Phil Mickelson	United States	Golf	£88,688,486£88.7m
10	Xander Schauffele	United States	Golf	£88,098,674£88.1m
11	Justin Thomas	United States	Golf	£83,909,084£83.9m
12	Bryson DeChambeau	United States	Golf	£82,153,508£82.2m
13	Sergio Garcia	Spain	Golf	£78,947,347£78.9m
14	Joaquin Niemann	Chile	Golf	£78,361,286£78.4m
15	Brooks Koepka	United States	Golf	£74,405,323£74.4m
16	Jordan Spieth	United States	Golf	£73,900,980£73.9m
17	Cameron Smith	Australia	Golf	£68,858,323£68.9m
18	Patrick Cantlay	United States	Golf	£67,959,988£68.0m
19	Collin Morikawa	United States	Golf	£64,907,569£64.9m
20	Justin Rose	England	Golf	£64,643,699£64.6m
21	Patrick Reed	United States	Golf	£64,565,041£64.6m
22	Adam Scott	Australia	Golf	£64,441,399£64.4m
23	Talor Gooch	United States	Golf	£63,573,066£63.6m
24	Charles Howell III	United States	Golf	£59,267,109£59.3m
25	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	Golf	£58,388,113£58.4m
26	Viktor Hovland	Norway	Golf	£57,574,942£57.6m
27	Jim Furyk	United States	Golf	£57,526,071£57.5m
28	Jason Day	Australia	Golf	£57,032,522£57.0m
29	Vijay Singh	Fiji	Golf	£56,325,071£56.3m
30	Marc Leishman	Australia	Golf	£55,760,535£55.8m
31	Paul Casey	England	Golf	£55,001,689£55.0m
32	Rickie Fowler	United States	Golf	£54,959,455£55.0m
33	Bubba Watson	United States	Golf	£54,659,599£54.7m
34	Jannik Sinner	Italy	Tennis	£52,320,728£52.3m
35	Matt Kuchar	United States	Golf	£51,721,032£51.7m
36	Alexander Zverev	Germany	Tennis	£51,422,793£51.4m
37	Keegan Bradley	United States	Golf	£51,155,610£51.2m
38	Tommy Fleetwood	England	Golf	£49,787,550£49.8m
39	Carlos Alcaraz	Spain	Tennis	£48,870,375£48.9m
40	Andy Murray	Great Britain	Tennis	£48,721,080£48.7m
41	Tony Finau	United States	Golf	£48,137,799£48.1m
42	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	Golf	£47,073,322£47.1m
43	Russell Henley	United States	Golf	£45,174,696£45.2m
44	Wyndham Clark	United States	Golf	£43,963,459£44.0m
45	Branden Grace	South Africa	Golf	£41,799,892£41.8m
46	Zach Johnson	United States	Golf	£41,356,734£41.4m
47	Kevin Na	United States	Golf	£41,199,535£41.2m
48	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	Golf	£40,502,157£40.5m
49	Ernie Els	South Africa	Golf	£40,007,855£40.0m
50	Abraham Ancer	Mexico	Golf	£39,403,726£39.4m

Every nation ranked

All 168, by total prize money won

Every nation ranked by the prize money its sportspeople have won, with its top sport and top earner.
#	NATION	PRIZE MONEY	EARNERS	TOP SPORT	TOP EARNER
1	United States	£5,459,695,071£5.46bn	8,674	Golf	Scottie Scheffler
2	Australia	£669,388,166£669.4m	611	Golf	Cameron Smith
3	Spain	£663,970,710£664.0m	361	Tennis	Jon Rahm
4	England	£563,068,645£563.1m	501	Golf	Justin Rose
5	Japan	£390,287,624£390.3m	1,096	Keirin	Hideki Matsuyama
6	South Africa	£314,076,130£314.1m	179	Golf	Louis Oosthuizen
7	France	£305,041,501£305.0m	858	Tennis	Gael Monfils
8	Germany	£271,136,762£271.1m	1,185	Tennis	Alexander Zverev
9	Canada	£260,437,000£260.4m	833	Golf	Corey Conners
10	Sweden	£255,267,212£255.3m	503	Golf	Henrik Stenson
11	South Korea	£219,895,727£219.9m	401	Golf	Sungjae Im
12	Italy	£217,798,638£217.8m	702	Tennis	Jannik Sinner
13	Argentina	£204,474,578£204.5m	129	Tennis	Emiliano Grillo
14	Northern Ireland	£204,091,898£204.1m	17	Golf	Rory McIlroy
15	Serbia	£192,341,463£192.3m	70	Tennis	Novak Djokovic
16	Switzerland	£175,242,501£175.2m	495	Tennis	Roger Federer
17	Russia	£171,438,092£171.4m	274	Tennis	Daniil Medvedev
18	Great Britain	£132,729,494£132.7m	1,024	Tennis	Andy Murray
19	Chile	£129,169,944£129.2m	46	Golf	Joaquin Niemann
20	Austria	£128,425,687£128.4m	358	Tennis	Sepp Straka
21	Norway	£119,256,606£119.3m	432	Golf	Viktor Hovland
22	Croatia	£95,781,973£95.8m	93	Tennis	Marin Cilic
23	Czechia	£93,824,901£93.8m	238	Tennis	Tomas Berdych
24	China	£80,084,813£80.1m	967	Snooker	Ding Junhui
25	Mexico	£79,918,824£79.9m	100	Golf	Abraham Ancer
26	Ireland	£77,644,567£77.6m	250	Golf	Shane Lowry
27	Scotland	£75,977,257£76.0m	94	Golf	Martin Laird
28	Netherlands	£74,805,657£74.8m	1,143	Tennis	Richard Krajicek
29	Brazil	£69,364,403£69.4m	236	Tennis	Gustavo Kuerten
30	India	£66,204,277£66.2m	587	Golf	Anirban Lahiri
31	Belgium	£59,672,697£59.7m	329	Tennis	David Goffin
32	Slovakia	£58,690,691£58.7m	76	Golf	Rory Sabbatini
33	Fiji	£56,400,033£56.4m	7	Golf	Vijay Singh
34	Colombia	£54,307,165£54.3m	79	Golf	Camilo Villegas
35	Denmark	£45,356,277£45.4m	246	Golf	Holger Rune
36	New Zealand	£41,710,442£41.7m	152	Golf	Danny Lee
37	Chinese Taipei	£36,871,037£36.9m	437	Golf	C.T. Pan
38	Poland	£36,459,824£36.5m	375	Tennis	Hubert Hurkacz
39	Greece	£32,009,197£32.0m	79	Tennis	Stefanos Tsitsipas
40	Bulgaria	£26,820,967£26.8m	85	Tennis	Grigor Dimitrov
41	Zimbabwe	£24,416,046£24.4m	7	Golf	Scott Vincent
42	Kazakhstan	£24,398,287£24.4m	102	Tennis	Alexander Bublik
43	Wales	£22,440,638£22.4m	54	Snooker	Mark Williams
44	Finland	£20,813,301£20.8m	253	Tennis	Jarkko Nieminen
45	Venezuela	£20,750,802£20.8m	104	Golf	Jhonattan Vegas
46	Ukraine	£19,869,537£19.9m	176	Tennis	Alexandr Dolgopolov
47	Egypt	£19,486,543£19.5m	199	Squash	Nour El Sherbini
48	Portugal	£17,907,261£17.9m	110	Tennis	Joao Sousa
49	Thailand	£16,387,841£16.4m	218	Badminton	Kiradech Aphibarnrat
50	Hungary	£14,998,149£15.0m	130	Tennis	Marton Fucsovics
51	Hawaii	£13,952,897£14.0m	71	Surfing	Carissa Moore
52	Belarus	£13,553,505£13.6m	38	Tennis	Max Mirnyi
53	Slovenia	£13,390,512£13.4m	153	Tennis	Aljaz Bedene
54	Philippines	£12,312,347£12.3m	159	Pool	Efren Reyes
55	Indonesia	£10,967,176£11.0m	317	Badminton	Jonatan Christie
56	Uruguay	£10,735,741£10.7m	12	Tennis	Pablo Cuevas
57	Romania	£10,020,981£10.0m	105	Tennis	Andrei Pavel
58	Paraguay	£9,428,882£9.4m	16	Golf	Carlos Franco
59	Malaysia	£9,017,704£9.0m	255	Badminton	Nicol David
60	Ecuador	£8,491,456£8.5m	17	Tennis	Nicolas Lapentti
61	Morocco	£8,359,881£8.4m	67	Tennis	Younes El Aynaoui
62	Peru	£8,326,080£8.3m	65	Tennis	Luis Horna
63	Kenya	£8,148,062£8.1m	236	Athletics	Faith Kipyegon
64	Hong Kong	£8,030,018£8.0m	139	Snooker	Marco Fu
65	Georgia	£7,879,438£7.9m	25	Tennis	Nikoloz Basilashvili
66	Jamaica	£7,191,612£7.2m	164	Athletics	Rory McLeod
67	Cyprus	£7,095,521£7.1m	20	Tennis	Marcos Baghdatis
68	Latvia	£7,085,135£7.1m	56	Tennis	Ernests Gulbis
69	Israel	£6,238,502£6.2m	59	Tennis	Dudi Sela
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	£6,118,691£6.1m	12	Tennis	Damir Dzumhur
71	Lithuania	£5,169,138£5.2m	46	Tennis	Ricardas Berankis
72	Uzbekistan	£5,118,045£5.1m	46	Tennis	Denis Istomin
73	Monaco	£4,951,004£5.0m	17	Tennis	Valentin Vacherot
74	Luxembourg	£4,751,418£4.8m	24	Tennis	Gilles Muller
75	El Salvador	£4,400,102£4.4m	7	Tennis	Marcelo Arevalo
76	Moldova	£4,307,441£4.3m	15	Tennis	Radu Albot
77	Ethiopia	£4,293,233£4.3m	148	Athletics	Gudaf Tsegay
78	Tunisia	£3,756,365£3.8m	27	Tennis	Malek Jaziri
79	Puerto Rico	£3,604,351£3.6m	36	Golf	Rafael Campos
80	Pakistan	£3,227,294£3.2m	32	Tennis	Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
81	Bolivia	£2,409,014£2.4m	1	Tennis	Hugo Dellien
82	Armenia	£2,154,747£2.2m	20	Tennis	Sargis Sargsian
83	Costa Rica	£1,863,567£1.9m	14	Surfing	Juan Antonio Marin
84	Cuba	£1,719,965£1.7m	62	Athletics	Leyanis Pérez
85	Turkey	£1,640,658£1.6m	112	Tennis	Cem Ilkel
86	Iran	£1,607,334£1.6m	50	Snooker	Hossein Vafaei
87	Haiti	£1,539,550£1.5m	3	Tennis	Ronald Agenor
88	Estonia	£1,528,730£1.5m	73	Pool	Denis Grabe
89	Iceland	£1,371,450£1.4m	15	CrossFit	Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir
90	Cayman Islands	£1,361,738£1.4m	4	Motorsport	Kyffin Simpson
91	Botswana	£1,225,446£1.2m	21	Athletics	Collen Kebinatshipi
92	Singapore	£1,202,803£1.2m	75	Badminton	Loh Kean Yew
93	Liechtenstein	£1,084,157£1.1m	8	Alpine skiing	Tina Weirather
94	Albania	£1,049,679£1.0m	12	Pool	Eklent Kaci
95	Nigeria	£1,013,810£1.0m	89	Athletics	Tobi Amusan
96	Bahrain	£1,005,241£1.0m	21	Athletics	Salwa Eid Naser
97	Bahamas	£846,736£847k	23	Athletics	Shaunae Miller-Uibo
98	Qatar	£844,224£844k	65	Athletics	Mutaz Barsham
99	Trinidad and Tobago	£801,384£801k	21	Athletics	Keshorn Walcott
100	Dominican Republic	£744,598£745k	26	Athletics	Marileidy Paulino
101	Vietnam	£660,865£661k	89	Pool	Quoc Hoang Duong
102	Malta	£602,434£602k	11	Snooker	Tony Drago
103	Azerbaijan	£595,095£595k	34	Chess	Teimour Radjabov
104	Ivory Coast	£592,481£592k	8	Athletics	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith
105	Grenada	£476,880£477k	6	Athletics	Kirani James
106	Algeria	£458,445£458k	33	Athletics	Djamel Sedjati
107	Uganda	£421,429£421k	21	Athletics	Joshua Cheptegei
108	Saint Lucia	£387,036£387k	3	Athletics	Julien Alfred
109	Kuwait	£346,483£346k	47	Pool	Omar Al Shaheen
110	Barbados	£299,968£300k	12	Enhanced Games	Tristan Evelyn
111	Mongolia	£296,316£296k	25	3x3 basketball	Ulaanbaatar
112	Macau	£267,410£267k	10	Table tennis	Yuling Zhu
113	Saudi Arabia	£258,208£258k	55	3x3 basketball	Jeddah
114	Panama	£239,994£240k	7	Athletics	Alonso Edward
115	United Arab Emirates	£236,982£237k	63	Pool	Salem Saleh
116	Tahiti	£233,421£233k	15	Surfing	Mihimana Braye
117	Sri Lanka	£226,762£227k	10	Athletics	Rumesh Tharanga
118	Burundi	£201,880£202k	3	Athletics	Francine Niyonsaba
119	Senegal	£174,436£174k	3	Athletics	Saly Sarr
120	British Virgin Islands	£167,857£168k	5	Athletics	Kyron McMaster
121	Liberia	£163,910£164k	7	Enhanced Games	Emmanuel Matadi
122	Djibouti	£163,346£163k	4	Athletics	Ayanleh Souleiman
123	North Macedonia	£155,569£156k	15	Handball	RK Eurofarm Pelister
124	Burkina Faso	£131,015£131k	2	Athletics	Hugues Fabrice Zango
125	Montenegro	£126,780£127k	7	Handball	OTP Group Budućnost
126	Andorra	£100,103£100k	7	Alpine skiing	Joan Verdu
127	Dominica	£99,248£99k	2	Athletics	Thea LaFond
128	Guyana	£86,960£87k	5	Squash	Nicolette Fernandes
129	Syria	£77,410£77k	10	Athletics	Majd Eddin Ghazal
130	Cameroon	£75,947£76k	4	Athletics	Emmanuel Eseme
131	Zambia	£65,789£66k	7	Athletics	Muzala Samukonga
132	Tanzania	£52,632£53k	1	Athletics	Alphonce Simbu
133	Bangladesh	£49,301£49k	15	Chess	Ziaur Rahman
134	Iraq	£47,932£48k	8	Pool	Ameer Ali
135	Bermuda	£47,019£47k	4	Athletics	Tyrone Smith
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis	£46,992£47k	1	Athletics	Kim Collins
137	Sudan	£38,835£39k	2	Athletics	Abubaker Kaki
138	Namibia	£38,534£39k	4	Athletics	Christine Mboma
139	Jordan	£25,628£26k	22	Pool	Jalal Al Saresi
140	Aruba	£23,365£23k	3	Pool	Soledad Ayala
141	Samoa	£22,932£23k	1	Athletics	Alex Rose
142	Eritrea	£21,946£22k	7	Athletics	Yemane Haileselassie
143	Isle of Man	£21,467£21k	1	Snooker	Darryl Hill
144	Russian Ski Federation	£21,275£21k	2	Freestyle skiing	Pavel Krotov
145	Gambia	£19,549£20k	2	Athletics	Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye
146	Myanmar	£18,258£18k	5	Badminton	Thet Htar Thuzar
147	Kyrgyzstan	£17,588£18k	5	Chess	Eldiar Orozbaev
148	Antigua and Barbuda	£17,105£17k	5	Athletics	Daniel Bailey
149	Guatemala	£14,076£14k	8	Athletics	Luis Grijalva
150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	£13,346£13k	1	Athletics	Shafiqua Maloney
151	Palestine	£12,701£13k	5	Show jumping	Egor Shchibrik
152	Lebanon	£12,344£12k	4	Pool	Mohamad Ali Berjaoui
153	Congo	£10,429£10k	2	Athletics	Franck Elemba
154	Ghana	£9,981£10k	15	Table tennis	Benjamin Azamati
155	Libya	£9,707£10k	4	Chess	Abobker Mohamed Elarabi
156	Niger	£9,586£10k	1	Athletics	Aminatou Seyni
157	Benin	£8,609£9k	5	Athletics	Noélie Yarigo
158	Kosovo	£5,627£6k	11	Pool	Labinot Markaj
159	Oman	£5,083£5k	11	Table tennis	Haitham Al Mahri
160	South Sudan	£4,511£5k	3	Athletics	Deng Cypriano Rehan
161	Afghanistan	£3,977£4k	3	Snooker	Azizullah Hamrah
162	North Korea	£2,392£2k	3	Gymnastics	Kyong Byol Jo
163	Maldives	£1,530£2k	4	Pool	Hassan Shaz
164	North Cyprus	£1,299£1k	2	Pool	Berk Mehmetcik
165	Somalia	£752£752	1	Athletics	Abdullahi Jama Mahamed
166	American Samoa	£503£503	1	Snowboarding	Kanoe Pelfrey
167	Curaçao	£376£376	1	Pool	Jeffrey Nieuwenhuijzen
168	Honduras	£158£158	1	Pool	Freddy A Giron

The next twenty after United States

United States is left off the chart: at £5,459,695,071 it is 8.2 times Australia, and drawn to scale it would flatten every bar below it.

Prize money by sport

What each sport has paid, and the nation that has won most of it

Prize money by sport, with the number of earners and nations and the leading nation in each.
SPORT	PRIZE MONEY	EARNERS	NATIONS	LEADING NATION
Golf	£7,490,582,387£7.49bn	878	47	United States
Tennis	£3,374,025,611£3.37bn	689	72	Spain
Rodeo	£389,890,657£389.9m	1,517	6	United States
Snooker	£222,940,234£222.9m	771	57	England
Keirin	£183,873,988£183.9m	218	1	Japan
Alpine skiing	£130,269,763£130.3m	809	40	Switzerland
Bowling	£124,209,808£124.2m	3,227	33	United States
Surfing	£103,285,961£103.3m	448	27	Australia
Athletics	£98,573,217£98.6m	3,720	124	United States
Badminton	£93,793,975£93.8m	2,620	63	China
Pool	£93,150,191£93.2m	3,838	96	United States
Motorsport	£49,911,389£49.9m	172	19	United States
Squash	£46,319,189£46.3m	600	54	Egypt
Shogi	£32,696,143£32.7m	33	1	Japan
Table tennis	£31,940,493£31.9m	1,800	99	China
Go	£29,578,513£29.6m	43	2	South Korea
Show jumping	£22,915,510£22.9m	3,328	72	Netherlands
Ski jumping	£17,393,311£17.4m	239	22	Austria
Cross-country skiing	£15,212,733£15.2m	377	22	Norway
Freestyle skiing	£14,528,609£14.5m	504	24	Canada
CrossFit	£13,449,942£13.4m	218	32	United States
Biathlon	£12,189,231£12.2m	233	23	France
Snowboarding	£11,174,752£11.2m	413	30	Japan
Chess	£9,732,708£9.7m	698	101	United States
Curling	£8,684,887£8.7m	146	13	Canada
Figure skating	£8,445,113£8.4m	147	25	Japan
3x3 basketball	£8,193,234£8.2m	65	26	Serbia
Swimming	£6,746,918£6.7m	299	42	United States
Handball	£5,808,547£5.8m	32	13	Germany
Enhanced Games	£4,962,406£5.0m	30	19	United States
Nordic combined	£4,807,948£4.8m	132	13	Norway
Speedway	£4,364,957£4.4m	85	12	Poland
Triathlon	£4,121,993£4.1m	167	29	Great Britain
Speed skating	£3,214,286£3.2m	171	22	Netherlands
Sled dog racing	£2,819,602£2.8m	110	9	United States
Fencing	£1,469,925£1.5m	130	20	Italy
Trail running	£833,077£833k	197	32	United States
Gymnastics	£390,586£391k	352	64	China
Gravel racing	£90,226£90k	22	13	United States

The sports side by side

Golf and tennis carry 85.7% of the table, which is why the nations that lead it are the ones with a deep bench of touring golfers and tennis players. Kenya and Ethiopia rank on athletics alone.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has won the most prize money?

United States, with £5,459,695,071 across 8674 people. That is 43.1% of everything on this table, and more than every other nation put together holds £7,216,896,948.

Which country is second for prize money?

Australia, on £669,388,166, with golf the biggest part of it at £458,572,974.

How many countries have won a million pounds in prize money?

96 of the 168 nations here have passed £1,000,000 between their golfers, tennis players, athletes and the rest.

Which sport pays the most prize money?

Golf, at £7,490,582,387 across 878 players, then tennis at £3,374,025,611.

Where to next

Each sport keeps its own money list: golf, tennis, athletics, badminton, table tennis, biathlon, chess, show jumping, snooker, surfing, squash, bowling, pool, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, figure skating, triathlon, CrossFit, swimming, trail running, motorsport, handball, gymnastics, rodeo, sled dog racing, Enhanced Games, Go, curling, shogi, keirin, 3x3 basketball, fencing, gravel racing, speedway. For what the best-paid athletes earn in salary as well as prize money, see the highest paying sports.

Prize money by nation