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TENNIS · 168 PLAYERS PAID

The 1992 tennis prize money list

$50,576,832 won on court in 1992, split between 168 players. Michael Stich took $2,777,411 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 1992, ranked by what they won that season and nothing else. A career total rewards longevity; a season list rewards the year, which is why the two rankings almost never agree at the top. The season is up 15.2% on 1991, and is the 35th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $50.6m
TOP EARNER $2.8m
PLAYERS PAID 168
OVER $1M 10
FROM THE MAJORS 20.5%

The twenty biggest earners of 1992

Prize money won in the 1992 season

Top ten hold 37.7%

Michael Stich $2.8m Stefan Edberg $2.4m Boris Becker $2.3m Jim Courier $2.3m Pete Sampras $2.0m Michael Chang $1.9m Goran Ivanisevic $1.9m Petr Korda $1.4m Andre Agassi $1.1m Richard Krajicek $1.1m Ivan Lendl $962k John McEnroe $941k Guy Forget $829k Emilio Sanchez $801k Wayne Ferreira $780k Mark Woodforde $707k Todd Woodbridge $657k Henri Leconte $620k Sergi Bruguera $603k Jim Grabb $601k

Ten players out of 168 took 37.7% of the season. A prize-money sport concentrates that way by construction: there is no wage and no appearance money on this list, so everything follows the rounds, and a player who reaches the second week of four majors has out-earned a year of quarter-finals everywhere else.

What the top ten did the year before

1992 against 1991, for the ten biggest earners of 1992

1991 to 1992

# Player 1991 1992 Change
01 Michael Stich Germany $1,670,116 $2,777,411 +66.3%
02 Stefan Edberg Sweden $2,363,575 $2,441,804 +3.3%
03 Boris Becker Germany $1,228,708 $2,293,687 +86.7%
04 Jim Courier United States $1,848,171 $2,253,385 +21.9%
05 Pete Sampras United States $1,908,413 $1,995,087 +4.5%
06 Michael Chang United States $1,461,730 $1,924,467 +31.7%
07 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia $566,355 $1,858,241 +228.1%
08 Petr Korda Czechia $578,970 $1,350,353 +133.2%
09 Andre Agassi United States $982,611 $1,127,834 +14.8%
10 Richard Krajicek Netherlands $231,590 $1,063,241 +359.1%

A season list moves harder than a career list. Prize money is paid for results and nothing else, so a player who was hurt for half of 1991 can treble his money in a year without doing anything differently, and a player who slips two rounds at three majors loses a third of his.

Every player paid in 1992

Ranked by prize money won that season

168 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Michael Stich Germany 5 88-30 38 $260,861 $2,777,411$2.8m
002 Stefan Edberg Sweden 3 93-38 43 $725,896 $2,441,804$2.4m
003 Boris Becker Germany 8 83-26 37 $112,752 $2,293,687$2.3m
004 Jim Courier United States 5 83-23 28 $914,775 $2,253,385$2.3m
005 Pete Sampras United States 5 89-26 33 $439,452 $1,995,087$2.0m
006 Michael Chang United States 3 71-29 30 $163,707 $1,924,467$1.9m
007 Goran Ivanisevic Croatia 5 96-38 43 $351,761 $1,858,241$1.9m
008 Petr Korda Czechia 3 95-49 54 $292,763 $1,350,353$1.4m
009 Andre Agassi United States 3 57-20 27 $701,984 $1,127,834
010 Richard Krajicek Netherlands 2 66-34 36 $159,651 $1,063,241
011 Ivan Lendl United States 1 68-35 37 $148,621 $961,566
012 John McEnroe United States 3 72-26 32 $342,502 $941,077
013 Guy Forget France 1 83-39 43 $149,302 $829,487
014 Emilio Sanchez Spain 7 105-51 58 $113,323 $800,983
015 Wayne Ferreira South Africa 3 98-46 50 $208,120 $779,610
016 Mark Woodforde Australia 8 93-42 49 $164,896 $706,836
017 Todd Woodbridge Australia 8 98-41 49 $162,627 $656,642
018 Henri Leconte France 34-25 28 $171,054 $619,544
019 Sergi Bruguera Spain 4 53-25 28 $19,723 $603,378
020 Jim Grabb United States 7 96-41 48 $192,389 $601,189
021 Carlos Costa Spain 2 55-30 33 $81,882 $598,547
022 Wally Masur Australia 85-56 56 $131,954 $580,504
023 Jakob Hlasek Switzerland 3 74-45 50 $177,218 $558,643
024 Alexander Volkov Russia 51-35 34 $116,491 $547,331
025 Karel Novacek Czechia 4 74-50 54 $30,517 $537,022
026 MaliVai Washington United States 2 63-28 30 $66,018 $516,453
027 Richey Reneberg United States 4 79-37 41 $191,862 $500,057
028 Marc Rosset Switzerland 6 82-45 53 $165,160 $489,070
029 Thomas Muster Austria 4 50-32 36 $31,018 $456,653
030 Anders Jarryd Sweden 4 65-36 43 $49,377 $399,116
031 Patrick McEnroe United States 3 60-41 45 $77,891 $378,881
032 Francisco Clavet Spain 61-46 46 $35,108 $377,338
033 Paul Haarhuis Netherlands 2 79-58 61 $68,300 $371,195
034 Carl-Uwe Steeb Germany 44-40 39 $73,603 $370,278
035 Javier Sanchez Spain 1 60-61 62 $50,965 $363,990
036 Amos Mansdorf Israel 42-31 31 $63,255 $357,625
037 Henrik Holm Sweden 3 57-37 41 $62,544 $345,399
038 Arnaud Boetsch France 44-36 36 $75,931 $343,596
039 Brad Gilbert United States 1 52-35 36 $71,379 $342,949
040 Andrei Medvedev Ukraine 3 34-18 23 $34,600 $335,840
041 Andrei Cherkasov Russia 46-37 40 $85,811 $319,456
042 Omar Camporese Italy 1 46-41 45 $64,482 $317,957
043 John Fitzgerald Australia 3 59-33 39 $36,945 $312,940
044 Alberto Mancini Argentina 33-26 25 $27,354 $295,244
045 Nicklas Kulti Sweden 2 29-30 33 $90,570 $293,630
046 Cedric Pioline France 37-31 31 $76,419 $291,029
047 Aaron Krickstein United States 1 36-15 17 $39,474 $286,304
048 David Wheaton United States 50-36 36 $78,254 $285,869
049 Andrei Chesnokov Russia 35-32 33 $46,766 $282,666
050 Magnus Larsson Sweden 5 45-25 31 $56,841 $255,801
051 Magnus Gustafsson Sweden 1 38-26 28 $26,480 $246,083
052 Sergio Casal Spain 5 52-27 35 $18,999 $245,084
053 Jan Siemerink Netherlands 36-47 48 $63,632 $242,182
054 Andrei Olhovskiy Russia 1 53-53 59 $91,344 $240,218
055 Olivier Delaitre France 30-36 36 $37,482 $237,052
056 Derrick Rostagno United States 30-30 28 $46,787 $234,047
057 Stefano Pescosolido Italy 1 29-39 41 $35,386 $233,471
058 Jonathan Stark United States 2 51-37 41 $47,656 $228,391
059 Jordi Arrese Spain 3 56-37 41 $14,723 $227,253
060 Diego Nargiso Italy 42-51 53 $46,380 $221,425
061 Goran Prpic Croatia 35-40 41 $33,306 $220,141
062 Gianluca Pozzi Italy 39-45 47 $50,515 $213,260
063 Simon Youl Australia 1 44-50 52 $63,137 $213,012
064 Tomas Carbonell Spain 3 52-40 43 $34,138 $210,548
065 Jacco Eltingh Netherlands 2 56-52 54 $54,226 $207,621
066 Jeff Tarango United States 2 29-27 30 $39,003 $202,758
067 Jaime Yzaga Peru 2 38-26 31 $31,185 $202,670
068 Todd Witsken United States 1 56-49 50 $40,135 $202,645
069 Renzo Furlan Italy 38-41 41 $18,903 $201,168
070 Fabrice Santoro France 29-30 30 $22,195 $199,390
071 Michiel Schapers Netherlands 34-57 57 $57,002 $192,615
072 Bryan Shelton United States 1 35-47 48 $50,722 $187,777
073 Sandon Stolle Australia 4 51-39 44 $48,771 $185,321
074 Luiz Mattar Brazil 6 64-45 52 $26,968 $180,698
075 Christian Bergstrom Sweden 29-25 26 $41,766 $173,966
076 Guillermo Perez-Roldan Argentina 3 44-29 32 $7,323 $171,063
077 Patrik Kuhnen Germany 35-43 43 $26,311 $170,381
078 Jonas Svensson Sweden 25-35 36 $34,388 $167,068
079 Marcelo Filippini Uruguay 2 46-36 41 $34,600 $166,610
080 Todd Martin United States 27-28 30 $36,282 $162,062
081 Bernd Karbacher Germany 2 36-25 28 $19,605 $157,850
082 Franco Davin Argentina 2 41-25 27 $14,723 $157,248
083 Guillaume Raoux France 2 25-23 25 $32,863 $153,763
084 Kevin Curren United States 1 38-37 38 $35,875 $153,595
085 Horst Skoff Austria 29-30 32 $18,903 $152,888
086 Gary Muller South Africa 1 41-40 41 $31,402 $151,537
087 Shuzo Matsuoka Japan 1 27-19 22 $36,127 $150,097
088 Javier Frana Argentina 2 54-45 47 $46,119 $147,879
089 Danie Visser South Africa 3 43-25 30 $16,546 $146,711
090 Horacio de la Pena Argentina 4 55-46 51 $20,351 $145,546
091 Martin Damm Czechia 4 58-44 50 $31,723 $140,238
092 Richard Fromberg Australia 5 44-34 40 $45,543 $139,813
093 Jimmy Connors United States 20-17 18 $27,246 $139,431
094 Marcos Ondruska South Africa 3 51-40 47 $11,488 $137,670
095 Christo Van Rensburg South Africa 2 35-39 41 $32,507 $136,212
096 Byron Black Zimbabwe 1 52-51 53 $40,434 $136,189
097 Thomas Enqvist Sweden 1 28-19 23 $6,815 $132,859
098 David Prinosil Germany 4 52-47 53 $23,616 $126,231
099 Lars Jonsson Sweden 20-33 36 $39,057 $121,102
100 Jeremy Bates Great Britain 1 34-37 38 $48,238 $120,998
101 Andres Gomez Ecuador 1 20-24 30 $21,125 $117,075
102 Diego Perez Uruguay 1 35-36 40 $39,391 $117,071
103 Jason Stoltenberg Australia 25-34 34 $26,025 $115,693
104 Claudio Mezzadri Switzerland 21-28 29 $14,338 $115,413
105 Gilad Bloom Israel 1 34-37 44 $29,102 $114,521
106 Alex Antonitsch Austria 29-31 35 $9,650 $114,520
107 Marc-Kevin Goellner Germany 4 50-45 51 $14,872 $108,617
108 Ronald Agenor Haiti 1 26-31 34 $7,323 $105,333
109 Brett Steven New Zealand 53-41 42 $3,750 $105,140
110 Martin Jaite Argentina 22-27 26 $18,553 $104,003
111 Libor Pimek Belgium 2 30-29 35 $9,866 $103,555
112 Scott Davis United States 24-20 22 $70,042 $102,187
113 Alex Corretja Spain 29-33 34 $14,723 $99,168
114 Kenneth Carlsen Denmark 2 42-23 31 $0 $97,445
115 David Pate United States 22-22 27 $41,515 $92,018
116 Peter Lundgren Sweden 1 19-28 35 $17,397 $85,777
117 Cassio Motta Brazil 1 39-33 38 $34,745 $84,520
118 Mikael Tillstrom Sweden 4 40-22 29 $0 $83,779
119 Alberto Berasategui Spain 25-29 32 $7,323 $74,808
120 Alex O'Brien United States 4 41-25 29 $9,650 $73,745
121 Daniel Vacek Czechia 2 39-30 36 $10,895 $69,861
122 Jean-Philippe Fleurian France 20-25 25 $21,498 $62,523
123 Grant Stafford South Africa 3 36-27 36 $24,487 $62,105
124 Gilbert Schaller Austria 3 35-20 23 $12,265 $61,410
125 Nicolas Pereira Venezuela 3 68-42 55 $0 $59,688
126 Paolo Cane Italy 16-20 23 $6,815 $58,665
127 Kelly Evernden New Zealand 29-27 32 $14,472 $56,256
128 Thomas Hogstedt Sweden 14-17 24 $4,180 $55,814
129 Jordi Burillo Spain 13-21 27 $0 $53,429
130 Pablo Arraya Peru 15-26 27 $4,180 $53,425
131 Paul Annacone United States 1 20-31 34 $5,894 $47,989
132 Fernando Meligeni Brazil 38-46 47 $7,400 $44,940
133 Jimmy Arias United States 1 14-14 16 $4,180 $43,375
134 Greg Rusedski Great Britain 1 16-16 20 $0 $39,903
135 Pat Cash Australia 8-6 6 $19,097 $39,417
136 Slava Dosedel Czechia 1 18-19 22 $7,400 $39,275
137 Bjorn Borg Sweden 0-15 15 $0 $34,930
138 Daniel Nestor Canada 1 19-18 26 $4,180 $33,690
139 Patrick Rafter Australia 1 27-31 35 $6,388 $29,722
140 Jimmy Brown United States 13-13 15 $7,400 $29,510
141 Ramesh Krishnan India 17-13 22 $0 $28,440
142 Mikael Pernfors Sweden 1 11-11 13 $7,400 $26,490
143 Filip Dewulf Belgium 2 45-27 29 $0 $24,669
144 Sebastien Lareau Canada 2 16-7 10 $0 $22,040
145 Leander Paes India 3 44-20 31 $0 $21,973
146 Karol Kucera Slovakia 1 12-12 17 $0 $18,824
147 Christian Ruud Norway 9-14 14 $7,400 $14,480
148 Jonas Bjorkman Sweden 1 8-7 8 $0 $14,100
149 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia 1-6 7 $0 $13,785
150 Younes El Aynaoui Morocco 5-8 11 $0 $12,014
151 Hernan Gumy Argentina 15-18 18 $0 $8,945
152 Wayne Arthurs Australia 9-12 16 $1,325 $8,930
153 Karim Alami Morocco 3-10 10 $0 $8,255
154 Andrea Gaudenzi Italy 6-10 10 $0 $5,685
155 Vincent Spadea United States 2-3 4 $2,250 $5,070
156 Magnus Norman Sweden 0-1 1 $0 $4,230
157 Andrei Pavel Romania 0-8 9 $0 $3,985
158 Hendrik Dreekmann Germany 5-6 6 $0 $2,810
159 Albert Portas Spain 2-7 7 $0 $2,675
160 Johan Kriek United States 0-1 1 $0 $2,560
161 Adrian Voinea Romania 3-3 3 $0 $1,340
162 Tim Henman Great Britain 1 $0 $1,210
163 Nicolas Escude France 0-1 1 $0 $1,095
164 Scott Draper Australia 1 $0 $695
165 Lars Burgsmuller Germany 0-1 1 $0 $520
166 Hicham Arazi Morocco 0-1 1 $0 $475
167 Marcelo Rios Chile 0-1 1 $0 $90
168 Mark Philippoussis Australia 0-1 1 $0 $90

Where 1992 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

1992 is the 35th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 1992 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 1992 list

36 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 United States 29 51 27.7% $14,022,278$14.0m
02 Germany 9 23 11.9% $6,007,785$6.0m
03 Sweden 17 26 9.7% $4,881,948$4.9m
04 Spain 12 25 7.2% $3,657,201$3.7m
05 Australia 13 30 5.9% $2,989,615$3.0m
06 France 9 3 5.4% $2,737,479$2.7m
07 Czechia 5 14 4.2% $2,136,749$2.1m
08 Croatia 2 5 4.1% $2,078,382$2.1m
09 Netherlands 5 6 4.1% $2,076,854$2.1m
10 South Africa 6 15 2.8% $1,413,845$1.4m
11 Russia 5 1 2.8% $1,403,456$1.4m
12 Italy 7 2 2.5% $1,251,631
13 Switzerland 3 9 2.3% $1,163,126
14 Argentina 7 11 2.0% $1,029,928
15 Austria 4 7 1.6% $785,471

36 countries had a player paid in 1992, and the top three of them took 49.3% of the money between them. A flag gets a link here where we hold two or more careers behind it.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the most prize money in tennis in 1992?

Michael Stich, $2,777,411 from 38 events, with 5 titles and a 88-30 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 1992?

$50,576,832 across the 168 players on this list, the 35th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is up 15.2% on 1991, and is the 35th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 1992?

10 of them. The top ten took 37.7% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 1992 prize money came from the grand slams?

20.5%. The four majors paid $10,381,570 of the $50,576,832 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 1992?

United States, $14,022,278 across 29 players on the list.

Is this prize money or total earnings?

Prize money: what the tour and the majors paid for results on court in 1992. Endorsements, appearance fees and exhibition money are a separate business and are not in these figures.

Where to next

The seasons either side, the eras, and the players who made 1992

The 1991 money list · The 1993 money list

Every season

By era

The 1992 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis