PRIZE MONEY BY NATION · 57th OF 168

Romania prize money

Q: How much prize money has Romania won?

£10,020,981 across 105 people in 12 sports. That ranks Romania 57th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Q: Who is Romania's highest earning sportsperson?

Andrei Pavel, with £3,928,593 in tennis prize money: 39.2% of everything Romania has won. Next is Victor Hanescu on £3,255,897.

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

Tennis, at £8,659,186 across 4 players, ahead of table tennis on £669,859.

Q: Which nation is just above Romania?

Uruguay, 56th on £10,735,741. Paraguay is 58th, just below, on £9,428,882.

Romania's sportspeople have won £10,020,981 in prize money across 12 sports, which puts Romania 57th of the 168 nations on our prize money by nation table. Andrei Pavel has won the most, £3,928,593 in tennis .

PRIZE MONEY WON £10m

NATION RANK57th of 168

EARNERS105

SPORTS12

TOP SPORT · TENNIS £8.7m

SHARE OF WORLD0.1%

Romania's highest earners

The top 60 of 105 people, every sport together

Romania's sportspeople ranked by prize money won, with their sport.
#	NAME	SPORT	PRIZE MONEY
1	Andrei Pavel	Tennis	£3,928,593£3.9m
2	Victor Hanescu	Tennis	£3,255,897£3.3m
3	Adrian Voinea	Tennis	£1,380,659£1.4m
4	Bernadette Szocs	Table tennis	£248,402£248k
5	Elizabeta Samara	Table tennis	£179,859£180k
6	CSM București	Handball	£166,667£167k
7	CS Dinamo București	Handball	£136,752£137k
8	CS Gloria Bistrița	Handball	£104,274£104k
9	Ilie Nastase	Tennis	£94,037£94k
10	Adina Diaconu	Table tennis	£48,286£48k
11	Eduard Ionescu	Table tennis	£43,513£44k
12	Ovidiu Ionescu	Table tennis	£42,720£43k
13	Andreea Dragoman	Table tennis	£36,483£36k
14	Alexander Motylev	Chess	£24,812£25k
15	Constantin Lupulescu	Chess	£23,684£24k
16	Nicoleta Grasu	Athletics	£22,180£22k
17	Bogdan-Daniel Deac	Chess	£20,301£20k
18	Iulian Chirita	Table tennis	£19,577£20k
19	Ancuţa Bobocel	Athletics	£16,165£16k
20	Elena Zaharia	Table tennis	£13,288£13k
21	Radu Nițu	Fencing	£13,158£13k
22	Irina Bulmaga	Chess	£12,594£13k
23	Angela Moroşanu	Athletics	£12,406£12k
24	Madalina Florea	Trail running	£11,966£12k
25	Marian Oprea	Athletics	£10,526£11k
26	Ioan Ladanyi	Pool	£10,126£10k
27	Mircea Pârligras	Chess	£9,962£10k
28	Darius Movileanu	Table tennis	£8,652£9k
29	Daniela Haralambie	Ski jumping	£7,695£8k
30	Kirill Shevchenko	Chess	£7,519£8k
31	Andrei Istrate	Table tennis	£6,389£6k
32	Alina Rotaru-Kottmann	Athletics	£6,203£6k
33	Rares Sipos	Table tennis	£6,077£6k
34	Elena Andreea Taloș	Athletics	£5,639£6k
35	Vlad Covaliu	Fencing	£5,639£6k
36	George Dragomir	Fencing	£5,639£6k
37	Răzvan Ursachi	Fencing	£5,639£6k
38	Dmitrii Shamaev	Biathlon	£5,470£5k
39	Elena Mirela Lavric	Athletics	£4,511£5k
40	Cristian Pletea	Table tennis	£4,457£4k
41	Ioana Singeorzan	Table tennis	£4,195£4k
42	Ramona Elena Verman	Athletics	£4,135£4k
43	Anca Heltne	Athletics	£3,759£4k
44	Ciprian Gandac	Pool	£3,417£3k
45	Gabriel Cindac Ciprian	Pool	£3,185£3k
46	Claudia Bobocea	Athletics	£2,820£3k
47	Tania Plaian	Table tennis	£2,276£2k
48	Alin Firfirică	Athletics	£1,880£2k
49	Diana Ana Maria Ion	Athletics	£1,880£2k
50	Mihai Donisan	Athletics	£1,880£2k
51	Irina Ciobanu	Table tennis	£1,771£2k
52	Mihai robert Braga	Pool	£1,547£2k
53	Andrea Miklós	Athletics	£1,316£1k
54	Bogdan Damian	Trail running	£1,197£1k
55	Sabrina Maneca-Voinea	Gymnastics	£1,150£1k
56	Hunor Szocs	Table tennis	£1,147£1k
57	Alexandra Ștefania Uță	Athletics	£1,128£1k
58	Bianca Denisa Răzor	Athletics	£1,128£1k
59	Cornelia Ioana Deiac	Athletics	£1,128£1k
60	Cristina Casandra	Athletics	£1,128£1k

The top 12, side by side

Andrei Pavel £3.9m Victor Hanescu £3.3m Adrian Voinea £1.4m Bernadette Szocs £248k Elizabeta Samara £180k CSM București £167k CS Dinamo București £137k CS Gloria Bistrița £104k Ilie Nastase £94k Adina Diaconu £48k Eduard Ionescu £44k Ovidiu Ionescu £43k

Andrei Pavel alone accounts for 39.2% of Romania's total. The top ten between them hold 95.2%, and the other 95 share the rest.

Prize money by sport

Where Romania's £10,020,981 came from

Romania's prize money split by sport, with the number of earners and the top earner in each.
SPORT	PRIZE MONEY	SHARE	EARNERS	TOP EARNER
Tennis	£8,659,186£8.7m	86.4%	4	Andrei Pavel
Table tennis	£669,859£670k	6.7%	21	Bernadette Szocs
Handball	£407,692£408k	4.1%	3	CSM București
Athletics	£101,880£102k	1.0%	21	Nicoleta Grasu
Chess	£98,872£99k	1.0%	6	Alexander Motylev
Fencing	£30,075£30k	0.3%	4	Radu Nițu
Pool	£22,147£22k	0.2%	20	Ioan Ladanyi
Trail running	£14,444£14k	0.1%	4	Madalina Florea
Ski jumping	£7,879£8k	0.1%	2	Daniela Haralambie
Biathlon	£5,769£6k	0.1%	2	Dmitrii Shamaev
Show jumping	£2,027£2k	0.0%	17	Daria Maria Copos
Gymnastics	£1,150£1k	0.0%	1	Sabrina Maneca-Voinea

The split between sports

Tennis £8.7m Table tennis £670k Handball £408k Athletics £102k Chess £99k Fencing £30k Pool £22k Trail running £14k Ski jumping £7,879 Biathlon £5,769 Show jumping £2,027

Gymnastics £1,150

Tennis is Romania's biggest earner at 86.4% of the total. We hold nobody from Romania in golf, badminton, snooker, surfing, squash, bowling, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, speed skating, figure skating, triathlon, CrossFit, swimming, motorsport, rodeo, sled dog racing, Enhanced Games, Go, curling, shogi, keirin, 3x3 basketball, gravel racing, speedway.

The nations either side of Romania

Romania is 57th of 168 on total prize money

The nations ranked around Romania by total prize money won.
#	NATION	PRIZE MONEY	EARNERS
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
60	Ecuador	£8,491,456£8.5m	17
61	Morocco	£8,359,881£8.4m	67
62	Peru	£8,326,080£8.3m	65
63	Kenya	£8,148,062£8.1m	236
64	Hong Kong	£8,030,018£8.0m	139
65	Georgia	£7,879,438£7.9m	25
66	Jamaica	£7,191,612£7.2m	164
67	Cyprus	£7,095,521£7.1m	20
68	Latvia	£7,085,135£7.1m	56
69	Israel	£6,238,502£6.2m	59

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Romania won?

£10,020,981 across 105 people in 12 sports. That ranks Romania 57th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Who is Romania's highest earning sportsperson?

Andrei Pavel, with £3,928,593 in tennis prize money: 39.2% of everything Romania has won. Next is Victor Hanescu on £3,255,897.

Which sport has earned Romania the most prize money?

Tennis, at £8,659,186 across 4 players, ahead of table tennis on £669,859.

Which nation is just above Romania?

Uruguay, 56th on £10,735,741. Paraguay is 58th, just below, on £9,428,882.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on prize money by nation. Romania's tennis money has its own page: Romania in tennis.Romania's table tennis money has its own page: Romania in table tennis.Romania's handball money has its own page: Romania in handball.Romania's athletics money has its own page: Romania in athletics.Romania's chess money has its own page: Romania in chess.Romania's fencing money has its own page: Romania in fencing.Romania's pool money has its own page: Romania in pool.Romania's trail running money has its own page: Romania in trail running.Romania's ski jumping money has its own page: Romania in ski jumping.Romania's biathlon money has its own page: Romania in biathlon.Romania's show jumping money has its own page: Romania in show jumping. One place up is Uruguay. One place down is Paraguay. Romania's football team was paid £10,470,085 at Euro 2024: Euro 2024 prize money.