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SWIMMING PRIZE MONEY · 2021

Swimming prize money in 2021

Swimming paid £1,099,248 across 5 editions in 2021, to 91 swimmers. Emma McKeon earned the most, £108,271.

PAID IN 2021£1.1m
EDITIONS5
SWIMMERS PAID91
TOP EARNER£108k

The 2021 money list

The top 50 swimmers by prize money won in 2021

Swimming swimmers ranked by prize money won in 2021.
# SWIMMER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Emma McKeon Australia 3 £108,271£108k
2 Matthew Sates South Africa 2 £105,263£105k
3 Kira Toussaint Netherlands 1 £80,827£81k
4 Tom Shields United States 1 £77,820£78k
5 Arno Kamminga Netherlands 0 £47,744£48k
6 Madison Wilson Australia 0 £39,774£40k
7 Kyle Chalmers Australia 0 £36,015£36k
8 Maria Ugolkova Switzerland 0 £27,444£27k
9 Danas Rapsys Lithuania 0 £26,241£26k
10 Zsuzsanna Jakabos Hungary 0 £25,639£26k
11 Holly Barratt Australia 0 £24,361£24k
12 Fabian Schwingenschlögl Germany 0 £24,361£24k
13 Michelle Coleman Sweden 0 £23,383£23k
14 Szebasztian Szabo Hungary 0 £23,308£23k
15 Yakov Toumarkin Israel 0 £22,180£22k
16 Jesse Puts Netherlands 0 £18,872£19k
17 Vladimir Morozov Russia 0 £18,496£18k
18 Leah Neale Australia 0 £18,346£18k
19 Daiya Seto Japan 2 £18,045£18k
20 Katja Fain Slovenia 0 £17,444£17k
21 Yuliya Efimova Russia 0 £15,414£15k
22 Peter Stevens Slovenia 0 £9,850£10k
23 Andrius Sidlauskas Lithuania 0 £9,774£10k
24 Louis Croenen Belgium 0 £9,699£10k
25 Anastasia Gorbenko Israel 1 £9,023£9k
26 Hubert Kos Hungary 0 £7,669£8k
27 Viktoria Gunes Turkey 0 £7,143£7k
28 Linnea Mack United States 0 £6,917£7k
29 Lydia Jacoby United States 0 £6,917£7k
30 Maaike de Waard Netherlands 0 £6,767£7k
31 Luc Kroon Netherlands 0 £6,541£7k
32 Quintin McCarty United States 0 £6,541£7k
33 Cavan Gormsen United States 0 £6,090£6k
34 Maggie MacNeil Canada 0 £6,015£6k
35 Pieter Coetze South Africa 0 £4,511£5k
36 Nika Godun 0 £4,511£5k
37 Christian Diener Germany 0 £4,511£5k
38 Louise Hansson Sweden 0 £4,511£5k
39 Kristof Milak Hungary 0 £4,135£4k
40 Kliment Kolesnikov 0 £4,060£4k
41 Isabel Gose Germany 0 £4,060£4k
42 Chad le Clos South Africa 0 £4,060£4k
43 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 0 £3,985£4k
44 Minna Atherton Australia 0 £3,985£4k
45 Kristyna Horska Czechia 0 £3,985£4k
46 Pavel Samusenko 0 £3,910£4k
47 Ilaria Cusinato Italy 0 £3,910£4k
48 Kylie Masse Canada 0 £3,910£4k
49 Vitalina Simonova Russia 0 £3,835£4k
50 Hwang Sun-woo South Korea 0 £3,835£4k

The top 15 in 2021

Emma McKeon £108k Matthew Sates £105k Kira Toussaint £81k Tom Shields £78k Arno Kamminga £48k Madison Wilson £40k Kyle Chalmers £36k Maria Ugolkova £27k Danas Rapsys £26k Zsuzsanna Jakabos £26k Holly Barratt £24k Fabian Schwingenschlögl £24k Michelle Coleman £23k Szebasztian Szabo £23k Yakov Toumarkin £22k

Every edition in 2021

By prize money paid

Swimming editions in 2021 with winner and total paid.
EDITION WINNER PAID
2021 Swimming World Cup series Matthew Sates, Emma McKeon £418,045£418k
2021 Swimming World Cup Kazan Daiya Seto, Emma McKeon £175,940£176k
2021 Swimming World Cup Doha Daiya Seto, Kira Toussaint £168,421£168k
2021 Swimming World Cup Budapest Tom Shields, Emma McKeon £168,421£168k
2021 Swimming World Cup Berlin Matthew Sates, Anastasia Gorbenko £168,421£168k

The richest editions of 2021

2021 Swimming World Cup series £418k 2021 Swimming World Cup Kazan £176k 2021 Swimming World Cup Doha £168k 2021 Swimming World Cup Budapest £168k 2021 Swimming World Cup Berlin £168k

Every year we hold

2021 £1.1m 2022 £1.3m 2023 £1.4m 2024 £1.5m 2025 £1.5m

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most swimming prize money in 2021?

Emma McKeon, with £108,271 and 3 titles. Matthew Sates was next on £105,263.

How much prize money was paid in 2021?

£1,099,248 across 5 editions, to 91 swimmers.

Which edition paid the most in 2021?

The 2021 Swimming World Cup series, at £418,045.

Where to next

Every year and every swimmer is on swimming prize money. The year after is 2022. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's swimming prize money.