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SURFING PRIZE MONEY · 2009

Surfing prize money in 2009

Surfing paid £3,144,586 across 14 editions in 2009, to 122 surfers. Mick Fanning earned the most, £181,429.

PAID IN 2009£3.1m
EDITIONS14
SURFERS PAID122
TOP EARNER£181k

The 2009 money list

The top 50 surfers by prize money won in 2009

Surfing surfers ranked by prize money won in 2009.
# SURFER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Mick Fanning Australia 3 £181,429£181k
2 Taj Burrow Australia 1 £132,932£133k
3 Joel Parkinson Australia 3 £132,256£132k
4 Adriano de Souza Brazil 1 £100,150£100k
5 Kelly Slater United States 1 £96,917£97k
6 Bede Durbidge Australia 0 £86,541£87k
7 Bobby Martinez United States 1 £75,714£76k
8 C.J. Hobgood United States 0 £70,827£71k
9 Damien Hobgood United States 0 £64,737£65k
10 Dane Reynolds United States 0 £64,211£64k
11 Chris Davidson Australia 0 £53,158£53k
12 Jordy Smith South Africa 0 £51,955£52k
13 Freddy Patacchia Jr. Hawaii 0 £51,278£51k
14 Taylor Knox United States 0 £50,752£51k
15 Dean Morrison Australia 0 £50,602£51k
16 Kai Otton Australia 0 £48,195£48k
17 Kieren Perrow Australia 0 £46,842£47k
18 Tom Whitaker Australia 0 £46,842£47k
19 Tiago Pires Portugal 0 £44,962£45k
20 Kekoa Bacalso Hawaii 0 £43,759£44k
21 Stephanie Gilmore Australia 2 £43,684£44k
22 Aritz Aranburu Spain 0 £43,383£43k
23 Mick Campbell Australia 0 £42,782£43k
24 Silvana Lima Brazil 2 £42,556£43k
25 Michel Bourez France 0 £42,556£43k
26 Ben Dunn Australia 0 £42,406£42k
27 Drew Courtney Australia 0 £41,504£42k
28 Tim Reyes United States 0 £41,353£41k
29 Heitor Alves Brazil 0 £41,203£41k
30 Dustin Barca Hawaii 0 £40,150£40k
31 Roy Powers Hawaii 0 £39,699£40k
32 Tim Boal France 0 £39,173£39k
33 Greg Emslie South Africa 0 £39,023£39k
34 Jay Thompson Australia 0 £38,797£39k
35 Dayyan Neve Australia 0 £38,647£39k
36 Chris Ward United States 0 £38,647£39k
37 Mikael Picon France 0 £38,496£38k
38 Nic Muscroft Australia 0 £38,496£38k
39 Jihad Khodr Brazil 0 £38,120£38k
40 Phillip MacDonald Australia 0 £37,594£38k
41 Nathaniel Curran United States 0 £37,594£38k
42 David Weare South Africa 0 £37,444£37k
43 Josh Kerr Australia 0 £35,263£35k
44 Adrian Buchan Australia 0 £34,662£35k
45 Sofía Mulánovich Peru 1 £34,211£34k
46 Marlon Lipke Germany 0 £32,857£33k
47 Coco Ho Hawaii 1 £31,880£32k
48 Jeremy Flores France 0 £29,248£29k
49 Sally Fitzgibbons Australia 0 £28,195£28k
50 Melanie Bartels Hawaii 0 £27,744£28k

Every edition in 2009

By prize money paid

Every year we hold

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most surfing prize money in 2009?

Mick Fanning, with £181,429 and 3 titles. Taj Burrow was next on £132,932.

How much prize money was paid in 2009?

£3,144,586 across 14 editions, to 122 surfers.

Which edition paid the most in 2009?

The Billabong Pipeline Masters, at £349,774.

How does 2009 compare with 2008?

2008 paid £2,921,052 across 14 editions.

Where to next

Every year and every surfer is on surfing prize money. The year before is 2008. The year after is 2010. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's surfing prize money.