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SQUASH PRIZE MONEY · 2010 TO 2026

Squash prize money

600 players have been paid £46,319,189 across 442 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. Nour El Sherbini has won the most, £1,746,974. A squash purse is split by a fixed percentage for each round reached, so the size of the draw and the purse together set every cheque.

PRIZE MONEY PAID£46m
PLAYERS PAID600
EDITIONS442
TOURNAMENTS97
PAID IN 2026£4.2m

The squash money list

The top 100 of 600 players by career prize money

Squash players ranked by career prize money.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Nour El Sherbini Egypt 38 £1,746,974£1.7m
2 Ali Farag Egypt 35 £1,457,680£1.5m
3 Mohamed El Shorbagy England 33 £1,455,489£1.5m
4 Nouran Gohar Egypt 25 £1,235,445£1.2m
5 Paul Coll New Zealand 22 £1,153,665£1.2m
6 Mostafa Asal Egypt 23 £1,111,217£1.1m
7 Hania El Hammamy Egypt 16 £991,839£992k
8 Diego Elías Peru 17 £971,650£972k
9 Karim Gawad Egypt 12 £863,599£864k
10 Tarek Momen Egypt 5 £826,799£827k
11 Marwan El Shorbagy England 3 £735,197£735k
12 Grégory Gaultier France 11 £665,704£666k
13 Raneem El Weleily Egypt 18 £655,344£655k
14 Amanda Sobhy United States 4 £601,662£602k
15 Nick Matthew England 12 £592,538£593k
16 Nour El Tayeb Egypt 7 £556,427£556k
17 Ramy Ashour Egypt 19 £542,850£543k
18 Nicol David Malaysia 37 £523,353£523k
19 Joelle King New Zealand 8 £522,018£522k
20 Joel Makin Wales 4 £519,977£520k
21 Olivia Weaver United States 7 £513,319£513k
22 Camille Serme France 7 £507,417£507k
23 Amina Orfi Egypt 10 £503,896£504k
24 James Willstrop England 4 £494,647£495k
25 Sarah-Jane Perry England 2 £448,229£448k
26 Mazen Hesham Egypt 0 £423,944£424k
27 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Colombia 1 £423,886£424k
28 Fares Dessouky Egypt 2 £415,117£415k
29 Tinne Gilis Belgium 2 £400,034£400k
30 Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed Egypt 0 £397,496£397k
31 Nele Coll Belgium 2 £396,524£397k
32 Laura Massaro England 10 £393,829£394k
33 Georgina Kennedy England 2 £376,726£377k
34 Youssef Ibrahim Egypt 0 £353,696£354k
35 Sivasangari Subramaniam Malaysia 4 £349,571£350k
36 Grégoire Marche France 0 £345,479£345k
37 Omar Mosaad Egypt 0 £345,300£345k
38 Simon Rösner Germany 1 £341,562£342k
39 Rowan Reda Araby Egypt 0 £339,822£340k
40 Mohamed Abouelghar Egypt 3 £329,061£329k
41 Nicolas Müller Switzerland 0 £320,566£321k
42 Youssef Soliman Egypt 0 £320,299£320k
43 Victor Crouin France 0 £307,302£307k
44 Tesni Murphy Wales 0 £299,546£300k
45 Saurav Ghosal India 0 £289,314£289k
46 Satomi Watanabe Japan 2 £286,198£286k
47 Alison Waters England 3 £265,880£266k
48 Nada Abbas Egypt 0 £241,460£241k
49 Ng Eain Yow Malaysia 0 £240,279£240k
50 Amr Shabana Egypt 2 £227,994£228k
51 Baptiste Masotti France 0 £226,141£226k
52 Borja Golán Spain 0 £219,935£220k
53 Annie Au Hong Kong 1 £210,918£211k
54 Raphael Kandra Germany 0 £208,304£208k
55 Fayrouz Aboelkheir Egypt 1 £208,083£208k
56 Greg Lobban Scotland 0 £207,160£207k
57 Jasmine Hutton England 0 £206,123£206k
58 Karim Darwish Egypt 2 £203,953£204k
59 Daryl Selby England 0 £203,668£204k
60 Cameron Pilley Australia 0 £194,836£195k
61 Hollie Naughton Canada 0 £194,792£195k
62 Emily Whitlock Wales 0 £192,371£192k
63 Farida Mohamed Egypt 0 £189,715£190k
64 Adrian Waller England 0 £184,731£185k
65 Aly Abou Eleinen Egypt 0 £183,476£183k
66 Mariam Ibrahim Metwally Egypt 0 £183,236£183k
67 Olivia Clyne United States 0 £180,543£181k
68 Joshna Chinappa India 0 £179,515£180k
69 Mathieu Castagnet France 0 £177,488£177k
70 Dimitri Steinmann Switzerland 0 £177,188£177k
71 Jenny Duncalf England 1 £176,554£177k
72 Sabrina Sobhy United States 0 £175,555£176k
73 Rachael Grinham Malaysia 2 £174,994£175k
74 Peter Barker England 1 £172,709£173k
75 Nadine Shahin Egypt 0 £171,977£172k
76 Mélissa Alves France 0 £170,522£171k
77 Iker Pajares Bernabeu Spain 0 £170,231£170k
78 Sana Ibrahim Egypt 0 £165,578£166k
79 Abdulla Al-Tamimi Qatar 0 £161,630£162k
80 Declan James Jamaica 0 £159,417£159k
81 Mohamed Zakaria Egypt 1 £157,438£157k
82 Omneya Abdel Kawy Egypt 2 £153,656£154k
83 Zeina Mickawy Egypt 0 £153,282£153k
84 Lucy Turmel England 0 £151,580£152k
85 Tom Richards England 0 £149,392£149k
86 César Salazar Mexico 0 £147,793£148k
87 Leonel Cárdenas Mexico 1 £145,289£145k
88 Low Wee Wern Malaysia 2 £145,250£145k
89 Rachel Arnold Malaysia 1 £144,339£144k
90 Donna Lobban Australia 0 £136,901£137k
91 Ramit Tandon India 0 £136,570£137k
92 Ho Tze Lok Hong Kong 0 £135,102£135k
93 Hana Ramadan Egypt 0 £134,796£135k
94 Madeline Perry Ireland 2 £132,438£132k
95 Mohamed ElSherbini Egypt 0 £131,203£131k
96 Ryan Cuskelly Australia 0 £130,080£130k
97 Auguste Dussourd France 0 £126,136£126k
98 Max Lee Hong Kong 0 £122,823£123k
99 Nathan Lake England 0 £122,711£123k
100 Lucas Serme France 0 £122,699£123k

The top fifteen

Nour El Sherbini £1.7m Ali Farag £1.5m Mohamed El Shorbagy £1.5m Nouran Gohar £1.2m Paul Coll £1.2m Mostafa Asal £1.1m Hania El Hammamy £992k Diego Elías £972k Karim Gawad £864k Tarek Momen £827k Marwan El Shorbagy £735k Grégory Gaultier £666k Raneem El Weleily £655k Amanda Sobhy £602k Nick Matthew £593k

Every tournament

97 tournaments, by the prize money each has paid

Every squash tournament with its editions, latest winner and total prize money paid.
TOURNAMENT EDITIONS LATEST WINNER PAID
Men's World Championship 16 Mostafa Asal £4,896,440£4.9m
Women's World Championship 16 Amina Orfi £4,103,552£4.1m
Men's British Open 14 Paul Coll £1,900,408£1.9m
Men's Qatar Classic 14 Mostafa Asal £1,761,926£1.8m
Women's British Open 14 Amina Orfi £1,732,086£1.7m
Men's Tournament of Champions 16 Mostafa Asal £1,705,583£1.7m
Men's El Gouna Open 14 Diego Elías £1,645,693£1.6m
Men's US Open 15 Mostafa Asal £1,620,357£1.6m
Women's US Open 15 Hania El Hammamy £1,515,759£1.5m
Men's Hong Kong Open 13 Mostafa Asal £1,508,065£1.5m
Women's Tournament of Champions 14 Hania El Hammamy £1,376,760£1.4m
Men's Egyptian Open 6 Mostafa Asal £1,260,579£1.3m
Men's Windy City Open 9 Mostafa Asal £1,258,947£1.3m
Women's Windy City Open 9 Nour El Sherbini £1,207,353£1.2m
Women's Egyptian Open 5 Hania El Hammamy £1,128,437£1.1m
Women's Hong Kong Open 13 Nour El Sherbini £1,123,052£1.1m
Women's El Gouna Open 8 Hania El Hammamy £1,083,551£1.1m
Women's Qatar Classic 7 Amina Orfi £789,188£789k
Women's Black Ball Open 8 Nouran Gohar £772,301£772k
Men's Black Ball Open 6 Mostafa Asal £569,956£570k
Women's China Open 8 Amina Orfi £488,919£489k
Men's Grasshopper Cup 5 Karim Gawad £429,479£429k
Men's Australian Open 5 Paul Coll £427,102£427k
Men's Optasia Championships 5 Mostafa Asal £423,042£423k
Canary Wharf Classic 5 Paul Coll £404,893£405k
Motor City Open 7 Diego Elías £397,583£398k
Women's Grasshopper Cup 4 Sivasangari Subramaniam £346,772£347k
Women's Manchester Open 6 Georgina Kennedy £332,505£333k
Men's China Open 4 Mohamed Abouelghar £331,996£332k
Women's Singapore Open 5 Amina Orfi £328,578£329k
Men's NetSuite Open 4 Mohamed El Shorbagy £323,276£323k
North American Open 4 Ramy Ashour £312,038£312k
Women's NetSuite Open 4 Amanda Sobhy £300,810£301k
Men's Paris Open 2 Mostafa Asal £295,880£296k
Women's Paris Open 2 Nour El Sherbini £295,880£296k
Women's Australian Open 5 Sivasangari Subramaniam £292,229£292k
Men's Manchester Open 5 Joel Makin £278,219£278k
PSA Masters 2 James Willstrop £268,398£268k
Men's London Classic 3 Paul Coll £266,228£266k
Women's London Classic 3 Amina Orfi £266,228£266k
Kuwait Open 2 Ramy Ashour £264,662£265k
Cleveland Classic 7 Georgina Kennedy £253,987£254k
Men's Singapore Open 3 Ali Farag £248,120£248k
Men's New Zealand Open 4 Paul Coll £246,134£246k
Women's New Zealand Open 4 Tinne Gilis £242,866£243k
Houston Open 3 Ali Farag £234,456£234k
Cincinnati Gaynor Cup 4 Amanda Sobhy £219,013£219k
Women's Malaysian Open 5 Raneem El Weleily £210,369£210k
Men's Malaysian Open 5 Mohamed El Shorbagy £187,970£188k
Men's Silicon Valley Open 2 Karim Gawad £180,357£180k
Women's Silicon Valley Open 2 Olivia Weaver £180,357£180k
Women's Optasia Championships 2 Hania El Hammamy £176,790£177k
Pittsburgh Open 3 Joel Makin £169,285£169k
Men's Squash in the Land 3 Paul Coll £164,469£164k
Women's Squash in the Land 3 Olivia Weaver £164,469£164k
Women's Texas Open 4 Nouran Gohar £161,250£161k
Kuala Lumpur Open 4 Laura Massaro £160,902£161k
Carol Weymuller Open 5 Alison Waters £158,827£159k
South Western Open 2 Nour El Tayeb £157,153£157k
Channel VAS Championships 2 Karim Gawad £151,424£151k
British Grand Prix 2 Ramy Ashour £144,737£145k
Women's Canadian Open 2 Amina Orfi £132,145£132k
Canada Cup 2 Tarek Momen £118,039£118k
DAC Pro Squash Classic 2 Olivia Weaver £117,859£118k
Sky Open 1 Nick Matthew £112,782£113k
Saudi Open 1 Nour El Sherbini £107,142£107k
Bellevue Squash Classic 1 Grégory Gaultier £100,713£101k
Monte-Carlo Classic 5 Nouran Gohar £90,238£90k
Men's Palm Hills Open 1 Mostafa Asal £87,856£88k
Women's Palm Hills Open 1 Nouran Gohar £87,856£88k
Men's Karachi Open 1 Mohamed Zakaria £85,714£86k
Women's Karachi Open 1 Amina Orfi £85,714£86k
Macau Open 4 Nicol David £85,199£85k
Men's SmartCentres Kinetic Florida Open 1 Mostafa Asal £83,088£83k
Women's SmartCentres Kinetic Florida Open 1 Nour El Sherbini £83,088£83k
Cayman Islands Open 2 Nicol David £82,925£83k
Necker Mauritius Open 1 Diego Elías £82,141£82k
Greenwich Open 3 Nour El Sherbini £80,796£81k
Men's Texas Open 1 Ali Farag £79,284£79k
Men's DPD Open 1 Ali Farag £75,712£76k
Women's DPD Open 1 Raneem El Weleily £75,712£76k
Chestnut Hill Classic 1 Fayrouz Aboelkheir £61,605£62k
Steel City Open 1 Satomi Watanabe £61,434£61k
CCI International 1 Tarek Momen £55,571£56k
Harrow Greenwich Open 2 Joelle King £54,477£54k
Torneo International Bicentenario Mexico 1 Nicol David £50,755£51k
Men's Open de France 1 Paul Coll £50,733£51k
Women's Open de France 1 Camille Serme £50,733£51k
Men's Canadian Open 1 Diego Elías £41,359£41k
Chennai Open 1 Nicol David £39,853£40k
Hurghada International 2 Raneem El Weleily £34,740£35k
Burning River Classic 1 Alison Waters £29,362£29k
Dutch Open 1 Vanessa Atkinson £19,023£19k
El-Kersh Heliopolis Open 1 Rachael Grinham £19,023£19k
Granite Open 1 Amanda Sobhy £18,800£19k
Boca del Río Veracruz International 1 Samantha Terán £15,038£15k
Seoul Open 1 Annie Au £15,038£15k

The fifteen richest tournaments

Men's World Championship £4.9m Women's World Championship £4.1m Men's British Open £1.9m Men's Qatar Classic £1.8m Women's British Open £1.7m Men's Tournament of Champions £1.7m Men's El Gouna Open £1.6m Men's US Open £1.6m Women's US Open £1.5m Men's Hong Kong Open £1.5m Women's Tournament of Champions £1.4m Men's Egyptian Open £1.3m Men's Windy City Open £1.3m Women's Windy City Open £1.2m Women's Egyptian Open £1.1m

Season by season

What squash paid each year, and who earned the most

Squash prize money paid by year, with the top earner of each year.
YEAR TOP EARNER TOURNAMENTS PAID
2026 Amina Orfi 29 £4,177,997£4.2m
2025 Mostafa Asal 41 £5,458,965£5.5m
2024 Nouran Gohar 44 £5,450,778£5.5m
2023 Ali Farag 35 £3,938,588£3.9m
2022 Nouran Gohar 34 £4,197,317£4.2m
2021 Nour El Sherbini 20 £2,850,772£2.9m
2020 Ali Farag 15 £1,769,839£1.8m
2019 Ali Farag 29 £3,544,509£3.5m
2018 Raneem El Weleily 20 £2,207,821£2.2m
2017 Grégory Gaultier 17 £1,895,102£1.9m
2016 Mohamed El Shorbagy 15 £1,549,594£1.5m
2015 Mohamed El Shorbagy 15 £1,432,229£1.4m
2014 Mohamed El Shorbagy 24 £1,440,709£1.4m
2013 Nick Matthew 21 £1,374,208£1.4m
2012 Ramy Ashour 23 £1,372,629£1.4m
2011 Nick Matthew 27 £1,570,353£1.6m
2010 Nick Matthew 33 £2,087,779£2.1m

Prize money paid per year

Squash prize money by country

54 nations, by what their players have won

Squash prize money by nation.
# NATION PLAYERS PRIZE MONEY
1 Egypt 129 £17,771,016£17.8m
2 England 74 £7,761,235£7.8m
3 France 30 £3,126,703£3.1m
4 United States 51 £2,138,236£2.1m
5 Malaysia 29 £2,131,784£2.1m
6 New Zealand 19 £1,832,993£1.8m
7 Hong Kong 25 £1,172,052£1.2m
8 Wales 8 £1,039,941£1.0m
9 Peru 1 £971,650£972k
10 India 17 £935,979£936k
11 Belgium 3 £797,686£798k
12 Australia 32 £785,742£786k
13 Switzerland 9 £636,688£637k
14 Germany 6 £572,121£572k
15 Spain 8 £559,803£560k
16 Colombia 6 £540,204£540k
17 Scotland 6 £528,144£528k
18 Canada 16 £448,276£448k
19 Mexico 12 £406,843£407k
20 Japan 5 £334,019£334k
21 Netherlands 11 £253,777£254k
22 Qatar 6 £189,209£189k
23 South Africa 10 £184,628£185k
24 Ireland 3 £177,263£177k
25 Jamaica 2 £163,995£164k
26 Pakistan 16 £158,211£158k
27 Finland 3 £149,157£149k
28 Botswana 1 £77,551£78k
29 Hungary 3 £67,723£68k
30 Argentina 3 £59,326£59k
31 Denmark 2 £56,198£56k
32 Czechia 7 £55,559£56k
33 Latvia 1 £42,325£42k
34 Guyana 1 £35,347£35k
35 Portugal 1 £33,853£34k
36 Italy 5 £22,035£22k
37 China 8 £20,680£21k
38 Singapore 7 £15,641£16k
39 Kuwait 3 £14,850£15k
40 Ukraine 1 £13,986£14k
41 Brazil 2 £6,005£6k
42 Cayman Islands 1 £4,220£4k
43 Poland 1 £3,947£4k
44 South Korea 4 £3,421£3k
45 Israel 1 £3,238£3k
46 Macau 1 £2,750£3k
47 Saudi Arabia 2 £2,478£2k
48 Austria 2 £2,309£2k
49 Serbia 1 £1,880£2k
50 Barbados 1 £1,689£2k
51 Philippines 1 £1,536£2k
52 Norway 1 £1,266£1k
53 Paraguay 1 £1,081£1k
54 Zambia 1 £940£940

The leading nations

Egypt £18m England £7.8m France £3.1m United States £2.1m Malaysia £2.1m New Zealand £1.8m Hong Kong £1.2m Wales £1.0m
Peru £972k
India £936k Belgium £798k Australia £786k

Frequently asked questions

Who has won the most prize money in squash?

Nour El Sherbini, with £1,746,974 and 38 titles. Ali Farag is second on £1,457,680.

What is the biggest winner's cheque in squash?

Mostafa Asal took £80,171 for winning the Men's World Championship 2025/26, the largest single first prize we hold.

How much prize money was paid in squash in 2025?

£5,458,965 across 41 tournaments. Mostafa Asal earned the most that year, £305,361.

Which tournament pays the most?

Men's World Championship has paid £4,896,440 across 16 editions. The richest single edition was the Men's World Championship 2025/26, at £501,070.

Which country has won the most squash prize money?

Egypt, with £17,771,016 across 129 players.

Where to next

For every country's prize money across squash and every other sport we hold, see prize money by nation. The richest tournament here is Men's World Championship, and the latest year is 2026. The men's and women's fields are set side by side on men's vs women's squash prize money, and every sport's cases on where women earn more prize money than men. Every sport's richest competitions are ranked on prize money in sport, and what each winner keeps of the pot on the winner's share of prize money, and how many places each one pays on how deep prize money pays.