China Prize Money by Sport and Player

Q: How much prize money has China won?

£80,084,813 across 967 people in 24 sports. That ranks China 24th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Q: Who is China's highest earning sportsperson?

Ding Junhui, with £5,549,244 in snooker prize money: 6.9% of everything China has won. Next is Zhizhen Zhang on £3,476,935.

Q: Which sport has earned China the most prize money?

Snooker, at £27,095,193 across 140 players, ahead of badminton on £20,594,718.

Q: Which nation is just above China?

Czechia, 23rd on £93,824,901. Mexico is 25th, just below, on £79,918,824.

China's highest earners

The top 60 of 967 people, every sport together

China's sportspeople ranked by prize money won, with their sport.
#	NAME	SPORT	PRIZE MONEY
1	Ding Junhui	Snooker	£5,549,244£5.5m
2	Zhizhen Zhang	Tennis	£3,476,935£3.5m
3	Haotong Li	Golf	£2,698,955£2.7m
4	Zhao Xintong	Snooker	£2,553,579£2.6m
5	Xiao Guodong	Snooker	£1,932,081£1.9m
6	Juncheng Shang	Tennis	£1,891,214£1.9m
7	Carl Yuan	Golf	£1,652,851£1.7m
8	Xinjun Zhang	Golf	£1,583,540£1.6m
9	Yibing Wu	Tennis	£1,545,953£1.5m
10	Wu Yize	Snooker	£1,544,743£1.5m
11	Zecheng Dou	Golf	£1,540,930£1.5m
12	Chen Yufei	Badminton	£1,429,915£1.4m
13	Zhou Yuelong	Snooker	£1,389,062£1.4m
14	Shi Yuqi	Badminton	£1,332,382£1.3m
15	Liang Wenbo	Snooker	£1,317,771£1.3m
16	Zhang Anda	Snooker	£1,312,790£1.3m
17	Yan Bingtao	Snooker	£1,212,251£1.2m
18	Wang Zhiyi	Badminton	£1,118,726£1.1m
19	Huang Dongping	Badminton	£1,031,661£1.0m
20	Huang Yaqiong	Badminton	£1,003,875£1.0m
21	Zheng Siwei	Badminton	£998,453£998k
22	Yingsha Sun	Table tennis	£990,993£991k
23	Si Jiahui	Snooker	£990,700£991k
24	Jia Yifan	Badminton	£902,614£903k
25	Chuqin Wang	Table tennis	£838,809£839k
26	Manyu Wang	Table tennis	£826,140£826k
27	Feng Yanzhe	Badminton	£754,848£755k
28	Lyu Haotian	Snooker	£732,189£732k
29	Pang Junxu	Snooker	£693,900£694k
30	Liu Shengshu	Badminton	£680,260£680k
31	Tan Ning	Badminton	£669,854£670k
32	Chen Qingchen	Badminton	£668,283£668k
33	Yuan Sijun	Snooker	£665,412£665k
34	Han Yue	Badminton	£615,654£616k
35	Xiao Huai Zheng	Pool	£585,239£585k
36	Yidi Wang	Table tennis	£571,664£572k
37	Tian Pengfei	Snooker	£556,362£556k
38	Li Hang	Snooker	£523,119£523k
39	Shidong Lin	Table tennis	£522,387£522k
40	Cao Yupeng	Snooker	£512,024£512k
41	Fan Zhengyi	Snooker	£507,950£508k
42	Xu Si	Snooker	£497,400£497k
43	Wang Chang	Badminton	£494,844£495k
44	Wei Yaxin	Badminton	£492,274£492k
45	Liang Weikeng	Badminton	£485,918£486k
46	Xingtong Chen	Table tennis	£481,791£482k
47	Li Shifeng	Badminton	£467,299£467k
48	Ashun Wu	Golf	£449,633£450k
49	Siming Chen	Pool	£447,544£448k
50	Jiang Zhenbang	Badminton	£434,779£435k
51	Chang Bingyu	Snooker	£429,900£430k
52	Peifan Lei	Snooker	£426,450£426k
53	He Bingjiao	Badminton	£416,289£416k
54	Zhang Shuxian	Badminton	£411,945£412k
55	Han Yu	Pool	£395,538£396k
56	Jia-Qing Wu	Pool	£384,674£385k
57	Sha Sha Liu	Pool	£348,674£349k
58	Zhendong Fan	Table tennis	£334,962£335k
59	Man Kuai	Table tennis	£331,865£332k
60	Jingkun Liang	Table tennis	£328,214£328k

The top 12, side by side

Ding Junhui £5.5m Zhizhen Zhang £3.5m Haotong Li £2.7m Zhao Xintong £2.6m Xiao Guodong £1.9m Juncheng Shang £1.9m Carl Yuan £1.7m Xinjun Zhang £1.6m Yibing Wu £1.5m Wu Yize £1.5m Zecheng Dou £1.5m Chen Yufei £1.4m

Ding Junhui alone accounts for 6.9% of China's total. The top ten between them hold 30.5%, and the other 957 share the rest.

Prize money by sport

Where China's £80,084,813 came from

China's prize money split by sport, with the number of earners and the top earner in each.
SPORT	PRIZE MONEY	SHARE	EARNERS	TOP EARNER
Snooker	£27,095,193£27.1m	33.8%	140	Ding Junhui
Badminton	£20,594,718£20.6m	25.7%	240	Chen Yufei
Golf	£8,025,605£8.0m	10.0%	8	Haotong Li
Table tennis	£7,878,815£7.9m	9.8%	123	Yingsha Sun
Tennis	£6,914,102£6.9m	8.6%	3	Zhizhen Zhang
Pool	£5,093,858£5.1m	6.4%	140	Xiao Huai Zheng
Athletics	£1,343,797£1.3m	1.7%	114	Gong Lijiao
Freestyle skiing	£1,011,743£1.0m	1.3%	33	Ailing Eileen Gu
Chess	£717,669£718k	0.9%	37	Ding Liren
3x3 basketball	£439,098£439k	0.5%	5	Hangzhou
Swimming	£299,887£300k	0.4%	10	Qin Haiyang
Snowboarding	£238,122£238k	0.3%	19	Yiming Su
Speed skating	£142,820£143k	0.2%	10	Zhongyan Ning
Figure skating	£62,406£62k	0.1%	5	Wenjing Sui / Cong Han
Trail running	£52,350£52k	0.1%	12	Miao Yao
Ski jumping	£34,963£35k	0.0%	8	Ping Zeng
Fencing	£33,835£34k	0.0%	5	Pan Qimiao
Gymnastics	£33,718£34k	0.0%	27	Fanyuwei Yang
Curling	£29,792£30k	0.0%	4	Xiao Ming Xu
Squash	£20,680£21k	0.0%	8	Li Dongjin
Cross-country skiing	£12,420£12k	0.0%	3	Qiang Wang
CrossFit	£3,571£4k	0.0%	1	Ant Haynes
Bowling	£3,271£3k	0.0%	1	Siu Hong Wu
Show jumping	£2,379£2k	0.0%	11	Yifan Zhang

Snooker is China's biggest earner at 33.8% of the total. We hold nobody from China in biathlon, surfing, alpine skiing, Nordic combined, triathlon, motorsport, handball, rodeo, sled dog racing, Enhanced Games, Go, shogi, keirin, gravel racing, speedway.

The nations either side of China

China is 24th of 168 on total prize money

The nations ranked around China by total prize money won.
#	NATION	PRIZE MONEY	EARNERS
12	Italy	£217,798,638£217.8m	702
13	Argentina	£204,474,578£204.5m	129
14	Northern Ireland	£204,091,898£204.1m	17
15	Serbia	£192,341,463£192.3m	70
16	Switzerland	£175,242,501£175.2m	495
17	Russia	£171,438,092£171.4m	274
18	Great Britain	£132,729,494£132.7m	1,024
19	Chile	£129,169,944£129.2m	46
20	Austria	£128,425,687£128.4m	358
21	Norway	£119,256,606£119.3m	432
22	Croatia	£95,781,973£95.8m	93
23	Czechia	£93,824,901£93.8m	238
24	China	£80,084,813£80.1m	967
25	Mexico	£79,918,824£79.9m	100
26	Ireland	£77,644,567£77.6m	250
27	Scotland	£75,977,257£76.0m	94
28	Netherlands	£74,805,657£74.8m	1,143
29	Brazil	£69,364,403£69.4m	236
30	India	£66,204,277£66.2m	587
31	Belgium	£59,672,697£59.7m	329
32	Slovakia	£58,690,691£58.7m	76
33	Fiji	£56,400,033£56.4m	7
34	Colombia	£54,307,165£54.3m	79
35	Denmark	£45,356,277£45.4m	246
36	New Zealand	£41,710,442£41.7m	152

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has China won?

£80,084,813 across 967 people in 24 sports. That ranks China 24th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Who is China's highest earning sportsperson?

Ding Junhui, with £5,549,244 in snooker prize money: 6.9% of everything China has won. Next is Zhizhen Zhang on £3,476,935.

Which sport has earned China the most prize money?

Snooker, at £27,095,193 across 140 players, ahead of badminton on £20,594,718.

Which nation is just above China?

Czechia, 23rd on £93,824,901. Mexico is 25th, just below, on £79,918,824.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on prize money by nation. China's snooker money has its own page: China in snooker.China's badminton money has its own page: China in badminton.China's golf money has its own page: China in golf.China's table tennis money has its own page: China in table tennis.China's tennis money has its own page: China in tennis.China's pool money has its own page: China in pool.China's athletics money has its own page: China in athletics.China's freestyle skiing money has its own page: China in freestyle skiing.China's chess money has its own page: China in chess.China's 3x3 basketball money has its own page: China in 3x3 basketball.China's swimming money has its own page: China in swimming.China's snowboarding money has its own page: China in snowboarding.China's speed skating money has its own page: China in speed skating.China's figure skating money has its own page: China in figure skating.China's trail running money has its own page: China in trail running.China's ski jumping money has its own page: China in ski jumping.China's fencing money has its own page: China in fencing.China's gymnastics money has its own page: China in gymnastics.China's curling money has its own page: China in curling.China's squash money has its own page: China in squash.China's cross-country skiing money has its own page: China in cross-country skiing.China's show jumping money has its own page: China in show jumping. One place up is Czechia. One place down is Mexico.

China prize money