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PRIZE MONEY BY NATION · 47th OF 168

Egypt prize money

Egypt's sportspeople have won £19,197,822 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, £1,721,093 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 £1,721,093£1.7m
2 Ali Farag Squash £1,436,085£1.4m
3 Nouran Gohar Squash £1,217,142£1.2m
4 Mostafa Asal Squash £1,094,754£1.1m
5 Hania El Hammamy Squash £977,145£977k
6 Karim Gawad Squash £850,804£851k
7 Tarek Momen Squash £814,550£815k
8 Mohamed Safwat Tennis £671,100£671k
9 Raneem El Weleily Squash £645,636£646k
10 Nour El Tayeb Squash £548,184£548k
11 Ramy Ashour Squash £534,808£535k
12 Amina Orfi Squash £496,431£496k
13 Mazen Hesham Squash £417,663£418k
14 Fares Dessouky Squash £408,967£409k
15 Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed Squash £391,607£392k
16 Youssef Ibrahim Squash £348,456£348k
17 Omar Mosaad Squash £340,184£340k
18 Rowan Reda Araby Squash £334,787£335k
19 Mohamed Abouelghar Squash £324,186£324k
20 Youssef Soliman Squash £315,554£316k
21 Nada Abbas Squash £237,883£238k
22 Amr Shabana Squash £224,616£225k
23 Fayrouz Aboelkheir Squash £205,000£205k
24 Karim Darwish Squash £200,931£201k
25 Farida Mohamed Squash £186,904£187k
26 Aly Abou Eleinen Squash £180,758£181k
27 Mariam Ibrahim Metwally Squash £180,521£181k
28 Nadine Shahin Squash £169,430£169k
29 Omar Assar Table tennis £167,663£168k
30 Sana Ibrahim Squash £163,125£163k
31 Mohamed Zakaria Squash £155,105£155k
32 Omneya Abdel Kawy Squash £151,380£151k
33 Zeina Mickawy Squash £151,011£151k
34 Hana Goda Table tennis £148,704£149k
35 Hana Ramadan Squash £132,799£133k
36 Mohamed ElSherbini Squash £129,259£129k
37 Karim El Hammamy Squash £116,614£117k
38 Dina Meshref Table tennis £114,954£115k
39 Yathreb Adel Squash £108,074£108k
40 Zahed Mohamed Squash £105,990£106k
41 Yahya Elnawasany Squash £100,732£101k
42 Hana Moataz Squash £97,705£98k
43 Kenzy Ayman Squash £92,850£93k
44 Sohib Khaled Enhanced Games £92,593£93k
45 Nour Aboulmakarim Squash £88,963£89k
46 Malak Khafagy Squash £83,027£83k
47 Moustafa El Sirty Squash £56,513£57k
48 Kareem El Torkey Squash £56,495£56k
49 Mohamed Reda Squash £55,532£56k
50 Menna Hamed Squash £52,779£53k
51 Hisham Mohd Ashour Squash £49,382£49k
52 Karim Ali Fathy Squash £49,285£49k
53 Salma El Tayeb Squash £47,807£48k
54 Nour Heikal Squash £47,601£48k
55 Heba El Torky Squash £46,625£47k
56 Wael El Hindi Squash £45,249£45k
57 Mariam Alhodaby Table tennis £42,104£42k
58 Bassem Amin Chess £40,741£41k
59 Mayar Hany Squash £38,361£38k
60 Omar Abdel Meguid Squash £38,314£38k

The top 12, side by side

Nour El Sherbini £1.7m Ali Farag £1.4m Nouran Gohar £1.2m Mostafa Asal £1.1m Hania El Hammamy £977k Karim Gawad £851k Tarek Momen £815k Mohamed Safwat £671k Raneem El Weleily £646k Nour El Tayeb £548k Ramy Ashour £535k Amina Orfi £496k

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 £19,197,822 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 £17,507,740£17.5m 91.2% 129 Nour El Sherbini
Tennis £671,100£671k 3.5% 1 Mohamed Safwat
Table tennis £543,131£543k 2.8% 16 Omar Assar
Chess £126,667£127k 0.7% 12 Bassem Amin
Show jumping £110,507£111k 0.6% 7 Karim Elzoghby
Enhanced Games £92,593£93k 0.5% 1 Sohib Khaled
Snooker £67,314£67k 0.4% 10 Mostafa Dorgham
Athletics £32,037£32k 0.2% 4 Ihab Abdelrahman
Fencing £25,926£26k 0.1% 6 Mohamed Amer
Badminton £13,167£13k 0.1% 3 Doha Hany
Gymnastics £5,566£6k 0.0% 7 Omar Mohamed
Pool £2,074£2k 0.0% 3 Amr Rashad Abdeltouab

The split between sports

Squash £18m
Tennis £671k
Table tennis £543k Chess £127k Show jumping £111k
Enhanced Games £93k
Snooker £67k Athletics £32k Fencing £26k
Badminton £13k
Gymnastics £5,566 Pool £2,074

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 £44,669,811£44.7m 246
36 New Zealand £41,101,975£41.1m 152
37 Chinese Taipei £36,324,843£36.3m 437
38 Poland £35,925,989£35.9m 375
39 Greece £31,535,843£31.5m 79
40 Bulgaria £26,425,066£26.4m 85
41 Zimbabwe £24,054,300£24.1m 7
42 Kazakhstan £24,038,949£24.0m 102
43 Wales £22,396,857£22.4m 54
44 Finland £20,524,655£20.5m 253
45 Venezuela £20,443,383£20.4m 104
46 Ukraine £19,576,981£19.6m 176
47 Egypt £19,197,822£19.2m 199
48 Portugal £17,639,077£17.6m 110
49 Thailand £16,203,635£16.2m 218
50 Hungary £14,768,947£14.8m 130
51 Hawaii £13,746,186£13.7m 71
52 Belarus £13,352,713£13.4m 38
53 Slovenia £13,276,933£13.3m 153
54 Philippines £12,129,981£12.1m 159
55 Indonesia £10,804,688£10.8m 317
56 Uruguay £10,576,693£10.6m 12
57 Romania £9,868,235£9.9m 105
58 Paraguay £9,289,195£9.3m 16
59 Malaysia £8,885,881£8.9m 255

Egypt against its neighbours

Denmark £45m New Zealand £41m Chinese Taipei £36m Poland £36m Greece £32m Bulgaria £26m Zimbabwe £24m Kazakhstan £24m Wales £22m Finland £21m Venezuela £20m Ukraine £20m Egypt £19m Portugal £18m Thailand £16m Hungary £15m Hawaii £14m Belarus £13m Slovenia £13m Philippines £12m Indonesia £11m Uruguay £11m Romania £9.9m Paraguay £9.3m Malaysia £8.9m

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Egypt won?

£19,197,822 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 £1,721,093 in squash prize money: 9.0% of everything Egypt has won. Next is Ali Farag on £1,436,085.

Which sport has earned Egypt the most prize money?

Squash, at £17,507,740 across 129 players, ahead of tennis on £671,100.

Which nation is just above Egypt?

Ukraine, 46th on £19,576,981. Portugal is 48th, just below, on £17,639,077.

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.