PRIZE MONEY BY NATION · 45th OF 168

Venezuela prize money

Q: How much prize money has Venezuela won?

£20,443,383 across 104 people in 9 sports. That ranks Venezuela 45th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Q: Who is Venezuela's highest earning sportsperson?

Jhonattan Vegas, with £16,679,381 in golf prize money: 81.6% of everything Venezuela has won. Next is Amleto A Monacelli on £1,984,424.

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

Golf, at £16,679,381 across 1 player, ahead of bowling on £2,052,484.

Q: Which nation is just above Venezuela?

Finland, 44th on £20,524,655. Ukraine is 46th, just below, on £19,576,981.

Venezuela's sportspeople have won £20,443,383 in prize money across 9 sports, which puts Venezuela 45th of the 168 nations on our prize money by nation table. Jhonattan Vegas has won the most, £16,679,381 in golf , more than half of the country's total on their own.

PRIZE MONEY WON £20m

NATION RANK45th of 168

EARNERS104

SPORTS9

TOP SPORT · GOLF £17m

SHARE OF WORLD0.2%

Venezuela's highest earners

The top 60 of 104 people, every sport together

Venezuela's sportspeople ranked by prize money won, with their sport.
#	NAME	SPORT	PRIZE MONEY
1	Jhonattan Vegas	Golf	£16,679,381£16.7m
2	Amleto A Monacelli	Bowling	£1,984,424£2.0m
3	Nicolas Pereira	Tennis	£797,896£798k
4	Gonzalo Oliveira	Tennis	£402,922£403k
5	Yulimar Rojas	Athletics	£228,148£228k
6	Jesus Atencio	Pool	£132,444£132k
7	Ildemaro Ruiz Jr.	Bowling	£44,085£44k
8	Jerry Calderon	Pool	£36,056£36k
9	Gregorio Sanchez	Pool	£25,722£26k
10	Robeilys Peinado	Athletics	£23,519£24k
11	Carlos E Granados	Bowling	£17,948£18k
12	Justin Mujica	Surfing	£8,667£9k
13	Frailin Guanipa	Pool	£8,593£9k
14	Tilsia Varela	Chess	£5,556£6k
15	Jonny Martinez	Pool	£4,659£5k
16	Dario Guanipa	Pool	£4,444£4k
17	Amleto Monacelli (INT)	Bowling	£2,963£3k
18	Alexander Tapiquen	Pool	£2,963£3k
19	Pedro Ramón Martínez Reyes	Chess	£2,778£3k
20	Arturo Hernandez	Bowling	£2,341£2k
21	Carlos Ramirez	Pool	£1,933£2k
22	Jose Placid	Pool	£1,481£1k
23	Anthony Rodriguez	Pool	£1,481£1k
24	Yousseff Jaffar	Pool	£1,481£1k
25	Dakota Ferrer	Table tennis	£1,274£1k
26	Cristina Gomez	Table tennis	£1,256£1k
27	Eure Yañez	Athletics	£1,111£1k
28	Juliver Bracho	Pool	£1,000£1k
29	Nathacha Dennys Mata Aponte	Table tennis	£967£967
30	Cesar Castillo	Table tennis	£948£948
31	Juliana Zefanya Gabriela	Badminton	£938£938
32	Javier Martinez	Pool	£741£741
33	Jose Luis Perez	Pool	£733£733
34	Reydnier Chavez	Bowling	£722£722
35	Carlos Rios	Table tennis	£622£622
36	Roxy Gonzalez	Table tennis	£622£622
37	Camila Obando	Table tennis	£596£596
38	Raymondo Medina	Table tennis	£556£556
39	Emigdio Velasquez	Pool	£296£296
40	Luis Munoz	Pool	£296£296
41	Rodolfo Moreno	Pool	£296£296
42	Carlos Navarro	Pool	£296£296
43	Erick Abraham Perez Rico	Table tennis	£289£289
44	Yeifrer Yoandri Soteldo Goyo	Table tennis	£274£274
45	Diana Marcunez	Table tennis	£170£170
46	Paola Magaly Zerpa Flores	Table tennis	£170£170
47	David Abraham Pino Hernandez	Table tennis	£163£163
48	Katherinee Bello	Table tennis	£163£163
49	Marco Navas	Table tennis	£163£163
50	Sofia Criollo	Table tennis	£163£163
51	Alondra Gonzalez	Table tennis	£159£159
52	Barbara Betancourt	Table tennis	£159£159
53	Jesus Alejandro Tovar Giraldo	Table tennis	£159£159
54	Liudwing Perozo	Table tennis	£159£159
55	Enderson Ramirez	Pool	£156£156
56	Luis Orellana	Pool	£156£156
57	Albania Romero	Table tennis	£152£152
58	Ana Becerra	Table tennis	£152£152
59	Andrea Romero	Table tennis	£152£152
60	Andres Jesus Lopez Patinez	Table tennis	£152£152

The top 12, side by side

Jhonattan Vegas £17m Amleto A Monacelli £2.0m Nicolas Pereira £798k Gonzalo Oliveira £403k Yulimar Rojas £228k Jesus Atencio £132k Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. £44k Jerry Calderon £36k Gregorio Sanchez £26k Robeilys Peinado £24k Carlos E Granados £18k Justin Mujica £8,667

Jhonattan Vegas alone accounts for 81.6% of Venezuela's total. The top ten between them hold 99.6%, and the other 94 share the rest.

Prize money by sport

Where Venezuela's £20,443,383 came from

Venezuela's prize money split by sport, with the number of earners and the top earner in each.
SPORT	PRIZE MONEY	SHARE	EARNERS	TOP EARNER
Golf	£16,679,381£16.7m	81.6%	1	Jhonattan Vegas
Bowling	£2,052,484£2.1m	10.0%	6	Amleto A Monacelli
Tennis	£1,200,818£1.2m	5.9%	2	Nicolas Pereira
Athletics	£252,778£253k	1.2%	3	Yulimar Rojas
Pool	£225,230£225k	1.1%	20	Jesus Atencio
Table tennis	£14,756£15k	0.1%	68	Dakota Ferrer
Surfing	£8,667£9k	0.0%	1	Justin Mujica
Chess	£8,333£8k	0.0%	2	Tilsia Varela
Badminton	£938£938	0.0%	1	Juliana Zefanya Gabriela

The split between sports

Golf £17m

Bowling £2.1m Tennis £1.2m Athletics £253k Pool £225k Table tennis £15k

Surfing £8,667

Chess £8,333

Badminton £938

Golf is Venezuela's biggest earner at 81.6% of the total. We hold nobody from Venezuela in biathlon, show jumping, snooker, squash, 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.

The nations either side of Venezuela

Venezuela is 45th of 168 on total prize money

The nations ranked around Venezuela by total prize money won.
#	NATION	PRIZE MONEY	EARNERS
33	Fiji	£55,564,477£55.6m	7
34	Colombia	£53,502,479£53.5m	79
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

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Venezuela won?

£20,443,383 across 104 people in 9 sports. That ranks Venezuela 45th of the 168 nations we hold prize money for.

Who is Venezuela's highest earning sportsperson?

Jhonattan Vegas, with £16,679,381 in golf prize money: 81.6% of everything Venezuela has won. Next is Amleto A Monacelli on £1,984,424.

Which sport has earned Venezuela the most prize money?

Golf, at £16,679,381 across 1 player, ahead of bowling on £2,052,484.

Which nation is just above Venezuela?

Finland, 44th on £20,524,655. Ukraine is 46th, just below, on £19,576,981.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on prize money by nation. Venezuela's bowling money has its own page: Venezuela in bowling.Venezuela's tennis money has its own page: Venezuela in tennis.Venezuela's athletics money has its own page: Venezuela in athletics.Venezuela's pool money has its own page: Venezuela in pool.Venezuela's table tennis money has its own page: Venezuela in table tennis.Venezuela's chess money has its own page: Venezuela in chess. One place up is Finland. One place down is Ukraine.