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PRIZE MONEY BY NATION · 47th OF 168

Egypt prize money

Egypt's sportspeople have won £19,486,543 in prize money across 12 sports, which puts Egypt 47th of the 168 nations on our prize money by nation table. Nour El Sherbini has won the most, £1,746,974 in squash .

PRIZE MONEY WON £19m
NATION RANK47th of 168
EARNERS199
SPORTS12
TOP SPORT · SQUASH £18m
SHARE OF WORLD0.2%

Egypt's highest earners

The top 60 of 199 people, every sport together

Egypt's sportspeople ranked by prize money won, with their sport.
# NAME SPORT PRIZE MONEY
1 Nour El Sherbini Squash £1,746,974£1.7m
2 Ali Farag Squash £1,457,680£1.5m
3 Nouran Gohar Squash £1,235,445£1.2m
4 Mostafa Asal Squash £1,111,217£1.1m
5 Hania El Hammamy Squash £991,839£992k
6 Karim Gawad Squash £863,599£864k
7 Tarek Momen Squash £826,799£827k
8 Mohamed Safwat Tennis £681,192£681k
9 Raneem El Weleily Squash £655,344£655k
10 Nour El Tayeb Squash £556,427£556k
11 Ramy Ashour Squash £542,850£543k
12 Amina Orfi Squash £503,896£504k
13 Mazen Hesham Squash £423,944£424k
14 Fares Dessouky Squash £415,117£415k
15 Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed Squash £397,496£397k
16 Youssef Ibrahim Squash £353,696£354k
17 Omar Mosaad Squash £345,300£345k
18 Rowan Reda Araby Squash £339,822£340k
19 Mohamed Abouelghar Squash £329,061£329k
20 Youssef Soliman Squash £320,299£320k
21 Nada Abbas Squash £241,460£241k
22 Amr Shabana Squash £227,994£228k
23 Fayrouz Aboelkheir Squash £208,083£208k
24 Karim Darwish Squash £203,953£204k
25 Farida Mohamed Squash £189,715£190k
26 Aly Abou Eleinen Squash £183,476£183k
27 Mariam Ibrahim Metwally Squash £183,236£183k
28 Nadine Shahin Squash £171,977£172k
29 Omar Assar Table tennis £170,184£170k
30 Sana Ibrahim Squash £165,578£166k
31 Mohamed Zakaria Squash £157,438£157k
32 Omneya Abdel Kawy Squash £153,656£154k
33 Zeina Mickawy Squash £153,282£153k
34 Hana Goda Table tennis £150,940£151k
35 Hana Ramadan Squash £134,796£135k
36 Mohamed ElSherbini Squash £131,203£131k
37 Karim El Hammamy Squash £118,368£118k
38 Dina Meshref Table tennis £116,682£117k
39 Yathreb Adel Squash £109,699£110k
40 Zahed Mohamed Squash £107,584£108k
41 Yahya Elnawasany Squash £102,247£102k
42 Hana Moataz Squash £99,174£99k
43 Kenzy Ayman Squash £94,246£94k
44 Sohib Khaled Enhanced Games £93,985£94k
45 Nour Aboulmakarim Squash £90,301£90k
46 Malak Khafagy Squash £84,275£84k
47 Moustafa El Sirty Squash £57,363£57k
48 Kareem El Torkey Squash £57,344£57k
49 Mohamed Reda Squash £56,367£56k
50 Menna Hamed Squash £53,573£54k
51 Hisham Mohd Ashour Squash £50,125£50k
52 Karim Ali Fathy Squash £50,026£50k
53 Salma El Tayeb Squash £48,526£49k
54 Nour Heikal Squash £48,317£48k
55 Heba El Torky Squash £47,326£47k
56 Wael El Hindi Squash £45,929£46k
57 Mariam Alhodaby Table tennis £42,737£43k
58 Bassem Amin Chess £41,353£41k
59 Mayar Hany Squash £38,938£39k
60 Omar Abdel Meguid Squash £38,890£39k

The top 12, side by side

Nour El Sherbini £1.7m Ali Farag £1.5m Nouran Gohar £1.2m Mostafa Asal £1.1m Hania El Hammamy £992k Karim Gawad £864k Tarek Momen £827k Mohamed Safwat £681k Raneem El Weleily £655k Nour El Tayeb £556k Ramy Ashour £543k Amina Orfi £504k

Nour El Sherbini alone accounts for 9.0% of Egypt's total. The top ten between them hold 52.0%, and the other 189 share the rest.

Prize money by sport

Where Egypt's £19,486,543 came from

Egypt's prize money split by sport, with the number of earners and the top earner in each.
SPORT PRIZE MONEY SHARE EARNERS TOP EARNER
Squash £17,771,016£17.8m 91.2% 129 Nour El Sherbini
Tennis £681,192£681k 3.5% 1 Mohamed Safwat
Table tennis £551,299£551k 2.8% 16 Omar Assar
Chess £128,571£129k 0.7% 12 Bassem Amin
Show jumping £113,296£113k 0.6% 7 Karim Elzoghby
Enhanced Games £93,985£94k 0.5% 1 Sohib Khaled
Snooker £67,314£67k 0.3% 10 Mostafa Dorgham
Athletics £32,519£33k 0.2% 4 Ihab Abdelrahman
Fencing £26,316£26k 0.1% 6 Mohamed Amer
Badminton £13,365£13k 0.1% 3 Doha Hany
Gymnastics £5,566£6k 0.0% 7 Omar Mohamed
Pool £2,105£2k 0.0% 3 Amr Rashad Abdeltouab

The split between sports

Squash £18m
Tennis £681k
Table tennis £551k Chess £129k Show jumping £113k
Enhanced Games £94k
Snooker £67k Athletics £33k Fencing £26k
Badminton £13k
Gymnastics £5,566 Pool £2,105

Squash is Egypt's biggest earner at 91.2% of the total. We hold nobody from Egypt in golf, biathlon, surfing, bowling, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, figure skating, triathlon, CrossFit, swimming, trail running, motorsport, handball, rodeo, sled dog racing, Go, curling, shogi, keirin, 3x3 basketball, gravel racing, speedway.

The nations either side of Egypt

Egypt is 47th of 168 on total prize money

The nations ranked around Egypt by total prize money won.
# NATION PRIZE MONEY EARNERS
35 Denmark £45,356,277£45.4m 246
36 New Zealand £41,710,442£41.7m 152
37 Chinese Taipei £36,871,037£36.9m 437
38 Poland £36,459,824£36.5m 375
39 Greece £32,009,197£32.0m 79
40 Bulgaria £26,820,967£26.8m 85
41 Zimbabwe £24,416,046£24.4m 7
42 Kazakhstan £24,398,287£24.4m 102
43 Wales £22,440,638£22.4m 54
44 Finland £20,813,301£20.8m 253
45 Venezuela £20,750,802£20.8m 104
46 Ukraine £19,869,537£19.9m 176
47 Egypt £19,486,543£19.5m 199
48 Portugal £17,907,261£17.9m 110
49 Thailand £16,387,841£16.4m 218
50 Hungary £14,998,149£15.0m 130
51 Hawaii £13,952,897£14.0m 71
52 Belarus £13,553,505£13.6m 38
53 Slovenia £13,390,512£13.4m 153
54 Philippines £12,312,347£12.3m 159
55 Indonesia £10,967,176£11.0m 317
56 Uruguay £10,735,741£10.7m 12
57 Romania £10,020,981£10.0m 105
58 Paraguay £9,428,882£9.4m 16
59 Malaysia £9,017,704£9.0m 255

Egypt against its neighbours

Denmark £45m New Zealand £42m Chinese Taipei £37m Poland £36m Greece £32m Bulgaria £27m Zimbabwe £24m Kazakhstan £24m Wales £22m Finland £21m Venezuela £21m Ukraine £20m Egypt £19m Portugal £18m Thailand £16m Hungary £15m Hawaii £14m Belarus £14m Slovenia £13m Philippines £12m Indonesia £11m Uruguay £11m Romania £10m Paraguay £9.4m Malaysia £9.0m

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Egypt won?

£19,486,543 across 199 people in 12 sports. That ranks Egypt 47th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Who is Egypt's highest earning sportsperson?

Nour El Sherbini, with £1,746,974 in squash prize money: 9.0% of everything Egypt has won. Next is Ali Farag on £1,457,680.

Which sport has earned Egypt the most prize money?

Squash, at £17,771,016 across 129 players, ahead of tennis on £681,192.

Which nation is just above Egypt?

Ukraine, 46th on £19,869,537. Portugal is 48th, just below, on £17,907,261.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on prize money by nation. Egypt's squash money has its own page: Egypt in squash.Egypt's table tennis money has its own page: Egypt in table tennis.Egypt's chess money has its own page: Egypt in chess.Egypt's show jumping money has its own page: Egypt in show jumping.Egypt's snooker money has its own page: Egypt in snooker.Egypt's athletics money has its own page: Egypt in athletics.Egypt's fencing money has its own page: Egypt in fencing.Egypt's gymnastics money has its own page: Egypt in gymnastics.Egypt's pool money has its own page: Egypt in pool. One place up is Ukraine. One place down is Portugal.