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SWIMMING · 2025-10-25

2025 Swimming World Cup series prize money

The 2025 Swimming World Cup series paid £566,917 to 19 swimmers. Hubert Kos and Kate Douglass won £75,188 each. Shaine Casas and Gretchen Walsh took £52,632 each as runners-up.

TOTAL PAID£567k
WINNER£75k
SWIMMERS PAID19
PAYOUT BANDS11

Men's payouts

9 swimmers paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each swimmer at the 2025 Swimming World Cup series.
PLACE SWIMMER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Hubert Kos Hungary £75,188£75k
2nd Shaine Casas United States £52,632£53k
3rd Caspar Corbeau Netherlands £22,556£23k
4th Ilya Kharun Canada £11,278£11k
5th Carson Foster United States £10,526£11k
6th Noe Ponti Switzerland £9,023£9k
7th Chris Guiliano United States £8,271£8k
8th Thomas Ceccon Italy £7,519£8k
3 Triple Crowns Hubert Kos Hungary £22,556£23k
2 Triple Crowns Shaine Casas United States £15,038£15k
2 Triple Crowns Ilya Kharun Canada £15,038£15k
Triple Crown Caspar Corbeau Netherlands £7,519£8k
Triple Crown Luke Hobson United States £7,519£8k

Women's payouts

10 swimmers paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each swimmer at the 2025 Swimming World Cup series.
PLACE SWIMMER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Kate Douglass United States £75,188£75k
2nd Gretchen Walsh United States £52,632£53k
3rd Kaylee McKeown Australia £22,556£23k
4th Lani Pallister Australia £11,278£11k
5th Regan Smith United States £10,526£11k
6th Mollie O'Callaghan Australia £9,023£9k
7th Alexandria Perkins Australia £8,271£8k
8th Erika Fairweather New Zealand £7,519£8k
3 Triple Crowns Kate Douglass United States £22,556£23k
3 Triple Crowns Gretchen Walsh United States £22,556£23k
2 Triple Crowns Kaylee McKeown Australia £15,038£15k
2 Triple Crowns Lani Pallister Australia £15,038£15k
Triple Crown Regan Smith United States £7,519£8k
Triple Crown Mollie O'Callaghan Australia £7,519£8k
Triple Crown Alex Walsh United States £7,519£8k
Triple Crown Katarzyna Wasick Poland £7,519£8k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each swimmer, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2025 Swimming World Cup series.
PLACE SWIMMERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 2 £75,188£75k £150,376£150k
2nd 2 £52,632£53k £105,263£105k
3rd 2 £22,556£23k £45,113£45k
4th 2 £11,278£11k £22,556£23k
5th 2 £10,526£11k £21,053£21k
6th 2 £9,023£9k £18,045£18k
7th 2 £8,271£8k £16,541£17k
8th 2 £7,519£8k £15,038£15k
3 Triple Crowns 3 £22,556£23k £67,669£68k
2 Triple Crowns 4 £15,038£15k £60,150£60k
Triple Crown 6 £7,519£8k £45,113£45k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £150k
2nd £105k
3rd £45k
4th £23k
5th £21k
6th £18k
7th £17k
8th £15k
3 Triple Crowns £68k
2 Triple Crowns £60k
Triple Crown £45k

The rest of 2025

Every other swimming edition we hold from 2025

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2025 Swimming World Cup series get?

Hubert Kos took £75,188, and Kate Douglass took £75,188.

How much did the runners-up get?

Shaine Casas and Gretchen Walsh took £52,632 each, 70% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2025 Swimming World Cup series?

£566,917, paid to 19 swimmers.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2024 Swimming World Cup series paid £529,323.

Where to next

Every edition is on the World Cup series prize money page, and the whole year on swimming prize money in 2025. The edition before was the 2024 Swimming World Cup series. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's swimming prize money.