SURFING PRIZE MONEY · 2008 TO 2026
Surfing prize money
450 surfers have been paid £103,376,281 across 215 editions from 2008 to 2026. Gabriel Medina has won the most, £2,874,985. Every Championship Tour stop pays the same ladder by finishing place, men and women each with their own, so a surfer is paid for every heat they win.
PRIZE MONEY PAID£103m
SURFERS PAID450
EDITIONS215
EVENTS32
PAID IN 2026£6.9m
The surfing money list
The top 100 of 450 surfers by career prize money
| # | SURFER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Medina | Brazil | 17 | £2,874,985£2.9m |
| 2 | Carissa Moore | Hawaii | 30 | £2,592,865£2.6m |
| 3 | Kelly Slater | United States | 22 | £2,435,248£2.4m |
| 4 | Filipe Toledo | Brazil | 16 | £2,399,290£2.4m |
| 5 | Jordy Smith | South Africa | 8 | £2,287,011£2.3m |
| 6 | Tyler Wright | Australia | 16 | £2,102,884£2.1m |
| 7 | Italo Ferreira | Brazil | 11 | £1,998,211£2.0m |
| 8 | Stephanie Gilmore | Australia | 26 | £1,986,305£2.0m |
| 9 | John John Florence | Hawaii | 9 | £1,977,515£2.0m |
| 10 | Lakey Peterson | United States | 7 | £1,742,741£1.7m |
| 11 | Mick Fanning | Australia | 13 | £1,730,526£1.7m |
| 12 | Sally Fitzgibbons | Australia | 12 | £1,726,575£1.7m |
| 13 | Julian Wilson | Australia | 5 | £1,579,887£1.6m |
| 14 | Adriano de Souza | Brazil | 7 | £1,543,346£1.5m |
| 15 | Caroline Marks | United States | 7 | £1,517,030£1.5m |
| 16 | Tatiana Weston-Webb | Brazil | 4 | £1,509,199£1.5m |
| 17 | Courtney Conlogue | United States | 13 | £1,431,312£1.4m |
| 18 | Johanne Defay | France | 6 | £1,416,342£1.4m |
| 19 | Griffin Colapinto | United States | 5 | £1,411,880£1.4m |
| 20 | Owen Wright | Australia | 4 | £1,397,263£1.4m |
| 21 | Joel Parkinson | Australia | 6 | £1,345,414£1.3m |
| 22 | Kanoa Igarashi | Japan | 1 | £1,327,094£1.3m |
| 23 | Michel Bourez | France | 3 | £1,277,876£1.3m |
| 24 | Jeremy Flores | France | 4 | £1,277,444£1.3m |
| 25 | Miguel Pupo | Brazil | 3 | £1,256,512£1.3m |
| 26 | Jack Robinson | Australia | 9 | £1,209,124£1.2m |
| 27 | Yago Dora | Brazil | 4 | £1,200,248£1.2m |
| 28 | Adrian Buchan | Australia | 2 | £1,165,715£1.2m |
| 29 | Kolohe Andino | United States | 0 | £1,136,741£1.1m |
| 30 | Taj Burrow | Australia | 5 | £1,057,519£1.1m |
| 31 | Ethan Ewing | Australia | 3 | £1,048,369£1.0m |
| 32 | Gabriela Bryan | Hawaii | 5 | £1,018,120£1.0m |
| 33 | Matt Wilkinson | Australia | 3 | £1,010,226£1.0m |
| 34 | Molly Picklum | Australia | 4 | £997,744£998k |
| 35 | Caitlin Simmers | United States | 6 | £953,384£953k |
| 36 | Connor O'Leary | Japan | 1 | £909,714£910k |
| 37 | Leonardo Fioravanti | Italy | 1 | £874,526£875k |
| 38 | Malia Manuel | Hawaii | 0 | £860,000£860k |
| 39 | Jadson Andre | Brazil | 1 | £844,643£845k |
| 40 | Brisa Hennessy | Costa Rica | 1 | £841,703£842k |
| 41 | Sebastian Zietz | Hawaii | 1 | £831,504£832k |
| 42 | Bede Durbidge | Australia | 1 | £826,504£827k |
| 43 | Josh Kerr | Australia | 0 | £768,158£768k |
| 44 | Caio Ibelli | Brazil | 0 | £719,692£720k |
| 45 | Isabella Nichols | Australia | 2 | £719,414£719k |
| 46 | Seth Moniz | Hawaii | 1 | £707,696£708k |
| 47 | Coco Ho | Hawaii | 1 | £701,316£701k |
| 48 | Barron Mamiya | Hawaii | 3 | £686,959£687k |
| 49 | Bettylou Sakura Johnson | Hawaii | 2 | £674,812£675k |
| 50 | Kai Otton | Australia | 1 | £674,173£674k |
| 51 | Nikki Van Dijk | Australia | 1 | £665,244£665k |
| 52 | Ryan Callinan | Australia | 0 | £652,026£652k |
| 53 | Nat Young | United States | 0 | £651,365£651k |
| 54 | Alejo Muniz | Brazil | 0 | £619,711£620k |
| 55 | C.J. Hobgood | United States | 1 | £607,369£607k |
| 56 | Conner Coffin | United States | 0 | £587,256£587k |
| 57 | Silvana Lima | Brazil | 4 | £566,936£567k |
| 58 | Sage Erickson | United States | 1 | £546,090£546k |
| 59 | Matthew McGillivray | South Africa | 0 | £535,613£536k |
| 60 | Bronte Macaulay | Australia | 0 | £530,158£530k |
| 61 | Frederico Morais | Portugal | 0 | £510,218£510k |
| 62 | Adam Melling | Australia | 0 | £505,827£506k |
| 63 | Rio Waida | Indonesia | 0 | £490,853£491k |
| 64 | Keely Andrew | Australia | 0 | £487,556£488k |
| 65 | Cole Houshmand | United States | 3 | £484,526£485k |
| 66 | Freddy Patacchia Jr. | Hawaii | 0 | £478,872£479k |
| 67 | Erin Brooks | Canada | 4 | £477,820£478k |
| 68 | Sawyer Lindblad | United States | 1 | £457,895£458k |
| 69 | Luana Silva | Brazil | 0 | £456,662£457k |
| 70 | Joao Chianca | Brazil | 1 | £455,335£455k |
| 71 | Jake Marshall | United States | 0 | £451,519£452k |
| 72 | Samuel Pupo | Brazil | 0 | £447,891£448k |
| 73 | Brett Simpson | United States | 0 | £440,639£441k |
| 74 | Kieren Perrow | Australia | 1 | £427,820£428k |
| 75 | Bianca Buitendag | South Africa | 0 | £411,466£411k |
| 76 | Liam O'Brien | Australia | 0 | £398,323£398k |
| 77 | Damien Hobgood | United States | 0 | £394,436£394k |
| 78 | Ezekiel Lau | Hawaii | 0 | £390,624£391k |
| 79 | Callum Robson | Australia | 0 | £383,639£384k |
| 80 | Laura Enever | Australia | 0 | £380,827£381k |
| 81 | Paige Hareb | New Zealand | 0 | £376,072£376k |
| 82 | Joan Duru | France | 0 | £375,038£375k |
| 83 | Tiago Pires | Portugal | 0 | £371,805£372k |
| 84 | Jack Freestone | Australia | 0 | £363,308£363k |
| 85 | Patrick Gudauskas | United States | 0 | £356,203£356k |
| 86 | Crosby Colapinto | United States | 0 | £353,045£353k |
| 87 | Vahine Fierro | France | 1 | £349,030£349k |
| 88 | Keanu Asing | Hawaii | 1 | £348,410£348k |
| 89 | Travis Logie | South Africa | 0 | £347,744£348k |
| 90 | Deivid Silva | Brazil | 0 | £345,899£346k |
| 91 | Wiggolly Dantas | Brazil | 0 | £344,173£344k |
| 92 | Dusty Payne | Hawaii | 0 | £340,151£340k |
| 93 | Wade Carmichael | Australia | 0 | £338,196£338k |
| 94 | Dane Reynolds | United States | 0 | £317,368£317k |
| 95 | Willian Cardoso | Brazil | 1 | £308,722£309k |
| 96 | Taylor Knox | United States | 0 | £299,511£300k |
| 97 | Macy Callaghan | Australia | 0 | £297,308£297k |
| 98 | Pauline Ado | France | 0 | £293,139£293k |
| 99 | Morgan Cibilic | Australia | 0 | £285,985£286k |
| 100 | Ramzi Boukhiam | Morocco | 0 | £272,342£272k |
The top fifteen
Every event
32 events, by the prize money each has paid
The fifteen richest events
Season by season
What surfing paid each year, and who earned the most
| YEAR | TOP EARNER | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Erin Brooks | 9 | £6,875,190£6.9m |
| 2025 | Molly Picklum | 11 | £7,695,384£7.7m |
| 2024 | Caitlin Simmers | 9 | £6,969,098£7.0m |
| 2023 | Carissa Moore | 10 | £6,954,812£7.0m |
| 2022 | Filipe Toledo | 10 | £6,795,396£6.8m |
| 2021 | Gabriel Medina | 6 | £3,623,309£3.6m |
| 2020 | John John Florence | 1 | £606,015£606k |
| 2019 | Italo Ferreira | 12 | £8,183,308£8.2m |
| 2018 | Gabriel Medina | 13 | £7,311,881£7.3m |
| 2017 | Gabriel Medina | 13 | £6,965,415£7.0m |
| 2016 | John John Florence | 13 | £6,615,039£6.6m |
| 2015 | Filipe Toledo | 13 | £6,376,693£6.4m |
| 2014 | Gabriel Medina | 13 | £6,009,024£6.0m |
| 2013 | Kelly Slater | 13 | £4,165,415£4.2m |
| 2012 | Kelly Slater | 13 | £4,009,024£4.0m |
| 2011 | Kelly Slater | 14 | £4,516,918£4.5m |
| 2010 | Kelly Slater | 14 | £3,638,723£3.6m |
| 2009 | Mick Fanning | 14 | £3,144,586£3.1m |
| 2008 | Kelly Slater | 14 | £2,921,052£2.9m |
Prize money paid per year
£2.9m 08
£3.1m 09
£3.6m 10
£4.5m 11
£4.0m 12
£4.2m 13
£6.0m 14
£6.4m 15
£6.6m 16
£7.0m 17
£7.3m 18
£8.2m 19
£606k 20
£3.6m 21
£6.8m 22
£7.0m 23
£7.0m 24
£7.7m 25
£6.9m 26
Surfing prize money by country
28 nations, by what their surfers have won
| # | NATION | SURFERS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 122 | £31,949,290£31.9m |
| 2 | Brazil | 62 | £20,222,935£20.2m |
| 3 | United States | 51 | £17,933,412£17.9m |
| 4 | Hawaii | 71 | £13,952,897£14.0m |
| 5 | France | 25 | £5,894,061£5.9m |
| 6 | South Africa | 27 | £4,175,895£4.2m |
| 7 | Japan | 5 | £2,301,846£2.3m |
| 8 | Portugal | 13 | £1,295,824£1.3m |
| 9 | Italy | 3 | £1,135,466£1.1m |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 3 | £922,120£922k |
| 11 | New Zealand | 8 | £624,267£624k |
| 12 | Indonesia | 5 | £533,793£534k |
| 13 | Canada | 1 | £477,820£478k |
| 14 | Spain | 6 | £367,504£368k |
| 15 | Peru | 10 | £315,188£315k |
| 16 | Morocco | 1 | £272,342£272k |
| 17 | Tahiti | 15 | £233,421£233k |
| 18 | Mexico | 5 | £221,782£222k |
| 19 | Ireland | 1 | £151,692£152k |
| 20 | Israel | 1 | £110,526£111k |
| 21 | Barbados | 2 | £90,320£90k |
| 22 | Fiji | 6 | £74,962£75k |
| 23 | El Salvador | 2 | £52,150£52k |
| 24 | Germany | 1 | £37,368£37k |
| 25 | Venezuela | 1 | £8,797£9k |
| 26 | Netherlands | 1 | £7,519£8k |
| 27 | Great Britain | 1 | £7,068£7k |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 1 | £6,015£6k |
The leading nations
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most prize money in surfing?
Gabriel Medina, with £2,874,985 and 17 titles. Carissa Moore is second on £2,592,865.
What is the biggest winner's cheque in surfing?
Owen Wright took £225,564 for winning the Quiksilver Pro New York, the largest single first prize we hold.
How much prize money was paid in surfing in 2025?
£7,695,384 across 11 editions. Molly Picklum earned the most that year, £369,549.
Which event pays the most?
Bells Beach has paid £9,812,137 across 17 editions. The richest single edition was the Western Australia Margaret River Pro, at £848,556.
Which country has won the most surfing prize money?
Australia, with £31,949,290 across 122 surfers.
Where to next
For every country's prize money across surfing and every other sport we hold, see prize money by nation. The richest event here is Bells Beach, and the latest year is 2026. The men's and women's fields are set side by side on men's vs women's surfing prize money, and every sport's cases on where women earn more prize money than men.