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TENNIS · 401 PLAYERS PAID

The 2021 tennis prize money list

$172,376,405 won on court in 2021, split between 401 players. Novak Djokovic took $9,100,550 of it.

Every player the tour paid in 2021, 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 49.8% on 2020, and is the 9th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

PAID OUT $172.4m
TOP EARNER $9.1m
PLAYERS PAID 401
OVER $1M 37
FROM THE MAJORS 49.4%

The twenty biggest earners of 2021

Prize money won in the 2021 season

Top ten hold 26.2%

Novak Djokovic $9.1m Daniil Medvedev $8.3m Alexander Zverev $6.9m Stefanos Tsitsipas $4.0m Andrey Rublev $3.7m Matteo Berrettini $3.2m Cameron Norrie $2.7m Hubert Hurkacz $2.5m Casper Ruud $2.5m Jannik Sinner $2.3m Felix Auger-Aliassime $2.3m Aslan Karatsev $1.8m Diego Schwartzman $1.8m Nikoloz Basilashvili $1.7m Denis Shapovalov $1.7m Carlos Alcaraz $1.6m Rafael Nadal $1.5m Taylor Fritz $1.4m Lloyd Harris $1.4m Grigor Dimitrov $1.4m

Ten players out of 401 took 26.2% 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

2021 against 2020, for the ten biggest earners of 2021

2020 to 2021

# Player 2020 2021 Change
01 Novak Djokovic Serbia $6,511,233 $9,100,550 +39.8%
02 Daniil Medvedev Russia $3,622,891 $8,291,274 +128.9%
03 Alexander Zverev Germany $3,279,966 $6,918,347 +110.9%
04 Stefanos Tsitsipas Greece $2,106,451 $3,978,154 +88.9%
05 Andrey Rublev Russia $2,223,867 $3,650,381 +64.1%
06 Matteo Berrettini Italy $762,245 $3,231,911 +324.0%
07 Cameron Norrie Great Britain $566,434 $2,688,134 +374.6%
08 Hubert Hurkacz Poland $830,683 $2,470,290 +197.4%
09 Casper Ruud Norway $1,013,474 $2,461,829 +142.9%
10 Jannik Sinner Italy $736,792 $2,341,454 +217.8%

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 2020 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 2021

Ranked by prize money won that season

401 players

# Player Titles W-L Events From majors Prize money
001 Novak Djokovic Serbia 5 67-12 18 $6,907,045 $9,100,550$9.1m
002 Daniil Medvedev Russia 5 74-16 25 $4,061,175 $8,291,274$8.3m
003 Alexander Zverev Germany 6 77-22 29 $1,712,350 $6,918,347$6.9m
004 Stefanos Tsitsipas Greece 2 73-31 37 $1,754,282 $3,978,154$4.0m
005 Andrey Rublev Russia 3 89-35 41 $833,333 $3,650,381$3.7m
006 Matteo Berrettini Italy 2 52-17 22 $2,046,517 $3,231,911$3.2m
007 Cameron Norrie Great Britain 2 71-39 42 $538,730 $2,688,134$2.7m
008 Hubert Hurkacz Poland 4 64-40 43 $854,730 $2,470,290$2.5m
009 Casper Ruud Norway 5 74-27 35 $599,696 $2,461,829$2.5m
010 Jannik Sinner Italy 5 74-31 37 $599,148 $2,341,454$2.3m
011 Felix Auger-Aliassime Canada 53-35 36 $1,341,962 $2,270,106$2.3m
012 Aslan Karatsev Russia 3 58-32 34 $934,780 $1,789,144$1.8m
013 Diego Schwartzman Argentina 1 51-32 33 $880,330 $1,774,031$1.8m
014 Nikoloz Basilashvili Georgia 2 44-37 39 $433,896 $1,691,938$1.7m
015 Denis Shapovalov Canada 53-30 29 $906,768 $1,669,644$1.7m
016 Carlos Alcaraz Spain 3 51-21 24 $756,746 $1,632,678$1.6m
017 Rafael Nadal Spain 2 29-5 9 $817,996 $1,478,832$1.5m
018 Taylor Fritz United States 47-31 31 $511,553 $1,431,820$1.4m
019 Lloyd Harris South Africa 44-32 34 $815,405 $1,387,254$1.4m
020 Grigor Dimitrov Bulgaria 31-22 22 $639,872 $1,383,096$1.4m
021 Roberto Bautista Agut Spain 42-27 28 $570,488 $1,372,821$1.4m
022 Karen Khachanov Russia 51-36 36 $688,744 $1,319,971
023 Pablo Carreno Busta Spain 2 50-25 27 $498,498 $1,316,433
024 Frances Tiafoe United States 1 53-37 38 $623,462 $1,295,953
025 Fabio Fognini Italy 36-36 35 $572,063 $1,277,394
026 Alex de Minaur Australia 2 43-39 40 $425,683 $1,260,691
027 Reilly Opelka United States 1 34-29 30 $564,024 $1,237,240
028 Alexander Bublik Kazakhstan 56-56 56 $548,038 $1,228,165
029 Daniel Evans Great Britain 1 50-40 41 $571,709 $1,207,497
030 Marton Fucsovics Hungary 31-29 29 $717,267 $1,196,899
031 Lorenzo Sonego Italy 2 47-34 36 $493,069 $1,168,475
032 Sebastian Korda United States 2 42-23 25 $367,500 $1,128,413
033 Dusan Lajovic Serbia 28-41 40 $523,256 $1,073,043
034 Pierre-Hugues Herbert France 4 61-37 41 $520,155 $1,068,974
035 Jan-Lennard Struff Germany 41-43 42 $437,022 $1,064,680
036 Kei Nishikori Japan 30-20 19 $546,870 $1,044,859
037 Gael Monfils France 26-19 19 $442,027 $1,013,518
038 Mackenzie McDonald United States 1 49-37 38 $527,985 $982,803
039 Cristian Garin Chile 1 38-27 28 $541,601 $980,605
040 Dominik Koepfer Germany 46-46 39 $559,714 $960,686
041 Benoit Paire France 43-50 49 $330,231 $947,842
042 Filip Krajinovic Serbia 32-32 34 $407,626 $925,797
043 Marin Cilic Croatia 2 42-29 28 $385,503 $923,607
044 Tommy Paul United States 1 42-35 36 $312,973 $896,439
045 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Spain 32-32 32 $458,323 $882,544
046 Rajeev Ram United States 2 51-18 22 $530,070 $878,724
047 Ilya Ivashka Belarus 1 45-25 25 $490,228 $873,924
048 Alexei Popyrin Australia 1 35-32 32 $453,245 $857,146
049 Botic van de Zandschulp Netherlands 55-26 26 $687,027 $855,363
050 Lorenzo Musetti Italy 42-39 38 $404,611 $850,610
051 Pedro Martinez Spain 1 45-36 36 $583,782 $840,146
052 Albert Ramos-Vinolas Spain 1 30-34 35 $349,638 $839,694
053 James Duckworth Australia 1 39-28 29 $452,205 $839,058
054 Adrian Mannarino France 25-36 36 $421,407 $838,259
055 Federico Delbonis Argentina 41-35 36 $364,699 $811,769
056 Laslo Djere Serbia 26-34 35 $405,116 $808,233
057 Marcos Giron United States 33-27 27 $432,691 $792,452
058 John Isner United States 2 34-17 18 $270,929 $786,878
059 John Millman Australia 32-35 36 $241,238 $761,770
060 Mate Pavic Croatia 9 72-14 24 $369,586 $746,981
061 Nikola Mektic Croatia 9 72-13 23 $369,586 $745,305
062 Filip Polasek Slovakia 2 45-21 24 $310,218 $745,163
063 Jordan Thompson Australia 32-37 37 $420,526 $738,480
064 Miomir Kecmanovic Serbia 25-36 36 $403,866 $734,511
065 Ugo Humbert France 1 24-23 24 $309,412 $724,351
066 Pablo Andujar Spain 23-27 27 $538,360 $722,112
067 Emil Ruusuvuori Finland 36-34 35 $397,237 $717,722
068 Jeremy Chardy France 41-35 35 $363,773 $701,533
069 Dominic Thiem Austria 15-10 10 $293,082 $698,642
070 Steve Johnson United States 26-26 27 $432,661 $696,311
071 Nicolas Mahut France 4 47-17 24 $245,108 $691,708
072 Guido Pella Argentina 13-28 30 $361,625 $686,411
073 Sam Querrey United States 23-27 27 $407,089 $681,666
074 Mikael Ymer Sweden 27-24 23 $451,421 $669,602
075 Gianluca Mager Italy 1 33-35 36 $364,608 $666,515
076 Ricardas Berankis Lithuania 30-30 30 $435,011 $649,381
077 Roger Federer Switzerland 11-5 5 $570,817 $647,656
078 Yoshihito Nishioka Japan 23-32 30 $365,123 $637,609
079 Feliciano Lopez Spain 26-33 33 $361,358 $619,144
080 Arthur Rinderknech France 1 65-39 40 $299,400 $610,230
081 Egor Gerasimov Belarus 24-35 34 $349,405 $605,073
082 Brandon Nakashima United States 2 52-32 33 $212,498 $604,235
083 Jenson Brooksby United States 3 49-13 17 $338,146 $599,251
084 Soonwoo Kwon South Korea 2 28-21 23 $382,381 $593,730
085 Roberto Carballes Baena Spain 1 49-42 41 $349,412 $591,380
086 Federico Coria Argentina 2 52-48 51 $331,625 $590,016
087 Marco Cecchinato Italy 36-35 35 $339,659 $586,134
088 Andreas Seppi Italy 1 28-27 27 $442,027 $585,986
089 Stefano Travaglia Italy 1 36-41 42 $319,034 $566,415
090 Horacio Zeballos Argentina 2 33-14 17 $212,753 $564,338
091 Kevin Anderson South Africa 1 20-18 18 $347,769 $557,940
092 Marcel Granollers Spain 2 32-16 17 $212,753 $557,338
093 Thiago Monteiro Brazil 1 38-34 35 $389,520 $554,608
094 Facundo Bagnis Argentina 2 45-29 31 $375,029 $547,265
095 David Goffin Belgium 1 20-19 20 $216,876 $545,043
096 Jaume Munar Spain 1 44-36 37 $257,088 $540,148
097 Corentin Moutet France 18-16 16 $349,412 $536,980
098 Radu Albot Moldova 2 34-38 39 $376,822 $529,234
099 Jiri Vesely Czechia 1 29-38 39 $359,715 $525,215
100 Andy Murray Great Britain 23-18 18 $214,369 $520,940
101 Richard Gasquet France 28-23 24 $268,297 $519,525
102 Tennys Sandgren United States 18-36 35 $341,019 $517,846
103 Ivan Dodig Croatia 1 44-26 26 $255,218 $516,844
104 Vasek Pospisil Canada 14-26 26 $314,358 $512,599
105 Salvatore Caruso Italy 23-34 34 $334,003 $511,899
106 Henri Laaksonen Switzerland 1 46-26 28 $396,789 $511,549
107 Aljaz Bedene Slovenia 17-20 19 $327,823 $511,216
108 Peter Gojowczyk Germany 36-29 28 $365,630 $509,507
109 Oscar Otte Germany 4 52-22 26 $446,222 $503,252
110 Hugo Gaston France 51-38 36 $143,145 $498,491
111 Pablo Cuevas Uruguay 2 29-28 31 $365,990 $486,120
112 Denis Kudla United States 44-39 37 $297,855 $465,224
113 Yannick Hanfmann Germany 25-32 31 $290,511 $450,889
114 Robert Farah Colombia 3 47-20 24 $113,479 $440,782
115 Juan Sebastian Cabal Colombia 3 47-20 24 $113,479 $440,282
116 Jamie Murray Great Britain 2 30-22 22 $263,117 $438,624
117 Norbert Gombos Slovakia 28-31 28 $282,318 $436,773
118 Nick Kyrgios Australia 10-13 13 $377,603 $430,103
119 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 11-13 12 $310,929 $425,800
120 Kevin Krawietz Germany 2 45-21 24 $103,864 $416,470
121 Bernabe Zapata Miralles Spain 2 43-38 38 $263,500 $415,667
122 Benjamin Bonzi France 7 72-37 44 $220,232 $414,678
123 Bruno Soares Brazil 2 27-16 16 $263,117 $411,464
124 Michael Venus New Zealand 3 38-16 20 $50,123 $398,651
125 Tim Puetz Germany 5 45-16 23 $47,658 $397,206
126 Mikhail Kukushkin Kazakhstan 14-27 26 $290,511 $385,603
127 Maxime Cressy United States 1 45-38 39 $261,142 $382,787
128 Milos Raonic Canada 9-6 6 $219,936 $376,291
129 Carlos Taberner Spain 3 43-30 32 $190,986 $374,998
130 Kamil Majchrzak Poland 40-27 27 $277,037 $374,034
131 Lucas Pouille France 21-29 29 $213,327 $373,665
132 Alex Molcan Slovakia 3 74-28 31 $210,903 $363,784
133 Holger Rune Denmark 5 73-29 33 $75,000 $362,201
134 Gilles Simon France 8-29 29 $210,357 $358,008
135 Christopher O'Connell Australia 23-17 17 $266,412 $355,826
136 Taro Daniel Japan 31-31 29 $216,876 $355,594
137 Daniel Elahi Galan Colombia 30-37 37 $184,039 $353,259
138 Tallon Griekspoor Netherlands 8 63-24 33 $216,657 $351,216
139 Dennis Novak Austria 26-31 30 $139,045 $343,359
140 Max Purcell Australia 1 35-30 29 $197,073 $326,663
141 Simone Bolelli Italy 3 33-19 22 $129,925 $317,703
142 Marc Polmans Australia 3 40-40 43 $243,049 $317,475
143 Joao Sousa Portugal 36-43 42 $151,317 $313,617
144 Jack Sock United States 3 35-23 26 $197,000 $312,997
145 Juan Ignacio Londero Argentina 19-31 30 $220,047 $307,173
146 Yasutaka Uchiyama Japan 15-33 32 $220,047 $301,985
147 Matthew Ebden Australia 46-35 36 $170,936 $298,574
148 Liam Broady Great Britain 1 52-35 36 $166,777 $297,337
149 Andrej Martin Slovakia 1 62-48 48 $170,970 $296,173
150 Alex Bolt Australia 1 21-22 25 $206,132 $283,398
151 Sebastian Baez Argentina 6 57-20 24 $64,445 $279,976
152 Antoine Hoang France 1 45-43 43 $209,103 $279,867
153 Maximo Gonzalez Argentina 3 35-20 25 $129,925 $279,602
154 Francisco Cerundolo Argentina 1 55-38 38 $170,105 $278,979
155 Yen-Hsun Lu Chinese Taipei 2-10 10 $228,143 $264,380
156 Roman Safiullin Russia 23-28 28 $224,283 $258,973
157 Ernesto Escobedo Mexico 1 37-29 30 $161,914 $256,453
158 Gregoire Barrere France 1 35-33 34 $174,410 $254,947
159 Fernando Verdasco Spain 13-23 23 $163,317 $251,120
160 Marcelo Melo Brazil 19-27 27 $75,704 $249,679
161 Marco Trungelliti Argentina 30-19 19 $221,443 $244,116
162 Ben McLachlan Japan 1 25-31 32 $74,182 $243,405
163 Neal Skupski Great Britain 2 31-25 27 $50,987 $240,651
164 Quentin Halys France 2 47-36 38 $192,130 $240,247
165 Robin Haase Netherlands 27-32 32 $188,021 $236,506
166 Thanasi Kokkinakis Australia 1 35-24 25 $173,004 $236,186
167 Juan Manuel Cerundolo Argentina 5 62-32 35 $41,390 $235,666
168 Andrey Golubev Kazakhstan 1 35-30 32 $155,336 $230,744
169 Hugo Dellien Bolivia 2 50-38 39 $150,603 $229,985
170 Evgeny Donskoy Russia 21-35 34 $121,914 $229,466
171 Maximilian Marterer Germany 33-32 32 $182,503 $229,296
172 Yuichi Sugita Japan 7-14 13 $201,901 $227,367
173 Damir Dzumhur Bosnia and Herzegovina 34-37 36 $131,658 $227,077
174 Enzo Couacaud France 2 37-33 34 $180,371 $222,488
175 Andrea Vavassori Italy 4 69-45 49 $29,745 $221,766
176 Raven Klaasen South Africa 2 27-24 27 $63,872 $221,110
177 Matwe Middelkoop Netherlands 2 33-28 30 $77,189 $220,391
178 Tomas Machac Czechia 1 34-27 28 $166,142 $216,057
179 Elias Ymer Sweden 37-32 32 $111,175 $212,983
180 Fabrice Martin France 1 28-29 30 $56,004 $212,821
181 Marcelo Arevalo El Salvador 1 30-24 24 $65,676 $212,629
182 Illya Marchenko Ukraine 1 37-29 31 $99,056 $211,975
183 Daniel Altmaier Germany 3 51-30 32 $18,784 $210,456
184 Pedro Sousa Portugal 7-22 22 $159,045 $208,717
185 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 3-11 11 $141,832 $207,413
186 Christopher Eubanks United States 3 40-26 29 $131,628 $206,358
187 Wesley Koolhof Netherlands 1 28-20 22 $74,482 $205,157
188 Michael Mmoh United States 22-21 21 $145,239 $202,451
189 Joran Vliegen Belgium 1 26-24 26 $52,455 $202,159
190 Bjorn Fratangelo United States 1 39-25 26 $120,447 $196,289
191 Alexandre Muller France 33-40 39 $145,540 $194,993
192 Aleksandar Vukic Australia 39-30 30 $110,120 $193,809
193 Austin Krajicek United States 25-23 22 $34,786 $190,822
194 Rohan Bopanna India 18-25 25 $74,968 $190,263
195 John-Patrick Smith Australia 34-35 35 $102,408 $189,485
196 Ramkumar Ramanathan India 2 67-54 56 $94,389 $187,674
197 Ariel Behar Uruguay 2 37-29 31 $45,499 $187,453
198 Alejandro Tabilo Chile 1 46-40 40 $87,056 $187,394
199 Philipp Oswald Austria 28-26 26 $69,830 $184,052
200 Frederico Ferreira Silva Portugal 33-36 36 $131,777 $182,574
201 Federico Gaio Italy 44-45 43 $92,230 $182,307
202 Cem Ilkel Turkey 41-36 38 $121,501 $181,146
203 Jurij Rodionov Austria 23-31 32 $71,327 $179,118
204 Nikola Cacic Serbia 1 34-27 29 $75,876 $178,816
205 Alessandro Giannessi Italy 35-34 35 $120,630 $178,103
206 Zdenek Kolar Czechia 7 81-53 60 $80,111 $177,668
207 Borna Coric Croatia 7-3 3 $103,095 $177,667
208 Sumit Nagal India 24-27 26 $108,160 $175,213
209 Emilio Gomez Ecuador 1 43-47 47 $71,628 $175,015
210 Marc-Andrea Huesler Switzerland 2 53-46 49 $82,270 $172,881
211 Sergiy Stakhovsky Ukraine 3 58-35 39 $126,944 $171,063
212 Blaz Rola Slovenia 3 34-32 35 $95,787 $167,398
213 Viktor Troicki Serbia 13-13 13 $106,944 $165,183
214 Tomislav Brkic Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 36-25 27 $81,030 $165,154
215 Jozef Kovalik Slovakia 32-29 28 $58,573 $164,909
216 Daniel Masur Germany 4 44-38 41 $107,498 $164,040
217 Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands 20-23 23 $52,145 $163,833
218 Andres Molteni Argentina 4 37-25 29 $51,591 $163,474
219 Kimmer Coppejans Belgium 30-38 38 $130,120 $161,957
220 Sebastian Ofner Austria 24-26 26 $80,230 $161,657
221 Lukasz Kubot Poland 19-18 19 $75,704 $161,539
222 Nikola Milojevic Serbia 1 40-27 28 $94,389 $159,188
223 Denis Istomin Uzbekistan 26-38 38 $110,329 $156,006
224 Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Pakistan 29-28 28 $71,158 $154,734
225 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Germany 14-20 20 $111,175 $153,805
226 Mitchell Krueger United States 3 44-35 38 $88,501 $151,604
227 Thomas Fabbiano Italy 21-41 41 $66,914 $151,528
228 Tomas Barrios Vera Chile 1 55-37 37 $97,601 $150,949
229 Bernard Tomic Australia 9-13 14 $134,023 $148,979
230 Felipe Meligeni Alves Brazil 6 85-47 54 $85,446 $148,259
231 Ernests Gulbis Latvia 13-23 23 $102,230 $147,235
232 Hugo Nys Monaco 3 35-25 28 $64,968 $146,497
233 Stan Wawrinka Switzerland 4-5 5 $103,095 $145,553
234 Zachary Svajda United States 1 19-15 16 $115,000 $144,418
235 Jason Jung Chinese Taipei 21-35 35 $75,047 $143,660
236 Juan Pablo Varillas Peru 2 58-29 32 $49,731 $141,804
237 Jay Clarke Great Britain 23-41 41 $94,769 $140,020
238 Thiago Seyboth Wild Brazil 32-45 44 $48,111 $139,940
239 Altug Celikbilek Turkey 2 50-35 39 $58,214 $138,535
240 Arthur Cazaux France 2 48-29 30 $83,661 $133,469
241 Renzo Olivo Argentina 1 41-45 45 $66,914 $132,703
242 Steven Diez Canada 18-34 35 $73,787 $132,138
243 Lukas Lacko Slovakia 1 21-24 26 $59,628 $131,913
244 Tomas Martin Etcheverry Argentina 3 74-37 38 $58,214 $131,271
245 Jack Draper Great Britain 22-21 21 $58,171 $129,935
246 Filip Horansky Slovakia 1 33-33 34 $78,914 $128,196
247 Zhizhen Zhang China 18-15 14 $101,657 $128,144
248 Ivo Karlovic Croatia 7-9 9 $85,301 $127,981
249 Constant Lestienne France 1 24-20 21 $90,528 $125,253
250 Mats Moraing Germany 3 38-27 29 $69,484 $124,200
251 Lorenzo Giustino Italy 25-44 43 $66,501 $122,018
252 Prajnesh Gunneswaran India 19-28 28 $78,501 $120,803
253 Edouard Roger-Vasselin France 1 12-13 15 $28,833 $116,564
254 Borna Gojo Croatia 28-29 29 $85,814 $115,996
255 Dmitry Popko Kazakhstan 1 42-52 53 $49,731 $115,506
256 Jiri Lehecka Czechia 8 86-37 45 $42,000 $113,924
257 Kacper Zuk Poland 1 47-31 32 $62,928 $111,434
258 Andre Goransson Sweden 2 38-33 36 $46,357 $105,880
259 Andrea Collarini Argentina 30-55 54 $59,628 $102,527
260 Paolo Lorenzi Italy 10-23 23 $71,628 $100,515
261 Emilio Nava United States 1 35-19 20 $75,000 $100,269
262 Andrea Pellegrino Italy 1 32-46 47 $49,731 $99,822
263 Lukas Rosol Czechia 27-36 36 $59,628 $99,791
264 Zizou Bergs Belgium 3 46-28 31 $32,000 $98,359
265 Dominic Stricker Switzerland 4 52-27 33 $0 $98,312
266 Dimitar Kuzmanov Bulgaria 1 37-33 33 $42,445 $97,305
267 J.J. Wolf United States 1 16-11 12 $32,000 $95,095
268 Andreas Mies Germany 7-9 9 $27,000 $91,192
269 Mohamed Safwat Egypt 12-32 32 $62,270 $90,330
270 Joao Domingues Portugal 13-34 34 $59,628 $85,437
271 Christian Harrison United States 3 53-27 30 $32,000 $84,620
272 Guido Andreozzi Argentina 1 24-37 38 $59,628 $84,496
273 Hugo Grenier France 2 51-36 37 $20,000 $83,980
274 Stefan Kozlov United States 5 52-18 24 $20,000 $82,363
275 Vit Kopriva Czechia 1 46-40 41 $20,000 $82,234
276 Gastao Elias Portugal 2 38-22 24 $42,000 $79,876
277 Jackson Withrow United States 3 34-29 32 $31,281 $78,106
278 Aleksandr Nedovyesov Kazakhstan 7 61-29 37 $17,271 $77,137
279 Lloyd Glasspool Great Britain 5 38-20 25 $28,179 $75,994
280 Manuel Guinard France 5 68-49 54 $19,430 $75,383
281 Malek Jaziri Tunisia 1 23-38 41 $0 $75,095
282 Nathaniel Lammons United States 4 45-35 39 $24,271 $71,439
283 Attila Balazs Hungary 0-2 2 $68,730 $71,230
284 Nicolas Jarry Chile 4 54-23 27 $0 $67,386
285 Lucas Miedler Austria 5 80-55 58 $0 $66,641
286 Alexander Erler Austria 9 97-46 53 $0 $66,094
287 Tung-Lin Wu Chinese Taipei 22-37 37 $36,083 $64,038
288 Juan Pablo Ficovich Argentina 1 21-25 26 $42,301 $63,840
289 Martin Klizan Slovakia 10-17 17 $39,628 $63,317
290 Matej Sabanov Serbia 2 39-28 30 $7,271 $63,302
291 Nuno Borges Portugal 9 96-30 40 $0 $61,994
292 Ivan Sabanov Serbia 2 38-28 30 $7,271 $61,217
293 Nino Serdarusic Croatia 1 45-47 47 $0 $58,701
294 Aleksandar Kovacevic United States 22-22 22 $42,000 $58,621
295 Hunter Reese United States 2 34-24 26 $27,000 $57,915
296 Jason Kubler Australia 2 29-21 23 $24,056 $57,386
297 Flavio Cobolli Italy 2 56-43 45 $0 $57,185
298 Shintaro Mochizuki Japan 2 54-43 44 $18,784 $55,976
299 Gonzalo Oliveira Venezuela 3 68-62 65 $0 $54,173
300 Rudolf Molleker Germany 11-27 27 $17,183 $54,170
301 Nicolas Kicker Argentina 4 65-29 33 $0 $52,322
302 Roman Jebavy Czechia 3 34-30 33 $7,271 $51,777
303 Pavel Kotov Russia 1 41-42 42 $0 $50,280
304 Roberto Quiroz Ecuador 2 43-54 54 $0 $49,972
305 Robert Galloway United States 2 49-35 37 $17,000 $49,898
306 Franco Agamenone Italy 13 117-38 49 $0 $49,679
307 Tommy Robredo Spain 4-12 12 $39,628 $49,031
308 Mischa Zverev Germany 11-20 20 $17,183 $46,846
309 Rinky Hijikata Australia 5 55-22 27 $24,056 $44,982
310 Leonardo Mayer Argentina 9-16 16 $22,445 $44,592
311 Albano Olivetti France 2 40-30 32 $7,010 $44,457
312 Pedro Cachin Argentina 6 73-40 46 $0 $43,864
313 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran United States 5 55-22 26 $20,000 $43,052
314 Camilo Ugo Carabelli Argentina 1 56-44 45 $0 $42,725
315 Thiago Agustin Tirante Argentina 2 50-39 41 $0 $42,379
316 Arthur Fils France 2 37-37 39 $19,430 $42,002
317 Andrea Arnaboldi Italy 24-33 33 $0 $41,639
318 Duje Ajdukovic Croatia 38-46 47 $0 $41,158
319 Ben Shelton United States 2 28-11 13 $32,000 $40,677
320 Chun-Hsin Tseng Chinese Taipei 3 54-40 43 $0 $40,482
321 Geoffrey Blancaneaux France 1 43-53 53 $0 $40,328
322 Giulio Zeppieri Italy 2 43-34 36 $0 $40,229
323 Adrian Andreev Bulgaria 1 32-28 29 $0 $39,728
324 Timofey Skatov Kazakhstan 38-40 40 $0 $39,610
325 Teymuraz Gabashvili Russia 30-51 51 $0 $39,494
326 Arthur Fery Great Britain 1 28-21 22 $30,903 $38,696
327 Tim van Rijthoven Netherlands 4 53-29 33 $0 $38,056
328 Sam Weissborn Austria 4 34-22 26 $10,310 $38,039
329 Jan Zielinski Poland 4 55-27 31 $0 $36,776
330 Luca Van Assche France 25-27 27 $12,144 $34,585
331 Facundo Diaz Acosta Argentina 2 57-42 44 $0 $34,286
332 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna Argentina 6 112-47 53 $0 $33,298
333 Yosuke Watanuki Japan 18-18 18 $0 $33,079
334 Miguel Reyes-Varela Mexico 2 35-23 26 $0 $32,527
335 Yu Hsiou Hsu Chinese Taipei 11 108-43 54 $0 $31,701
336 Nicolas Mejia Colombia 41-41 40 $0 $31,361
337 Jurgen Melzer Austria 0-5 5 $24,281 $30,433
338 Kaichi Uchida Japan 3 45-38 43 $0 $30,159
339 Hans Hach Verdugo Mexico 2 29-13 16 $0 $29,403
340 Gijs Brouwer Netherlands 6 90-44 50 $0 $28,457
341 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard France 3 36-34 38 $12,144 $28,162
342 Aziz Dougaz Tunisia 3 71-50 57 $0 $27,773
343 Luciano Darderi Italy 6 88-32 38 $0 $27,617
344 Daniel Dutra da Silva Brazil 4 66-37 41 $0 $25,209
345 Zsombor Piros Hungary 3 50-24 28 $0 $25,030
346 Harold Mayot France 1 23-21 22 $0 $24,432
347 Aleksandr Shevchenko Kazakhstan 2 60-40 40 $0 $24,154
348 Nicolas Barrientos Colombia 5 68-32 37 $0 $24,035
349 Paul Jubb Great Britain 5 48-13 18 $0 $23,671
350 Filip Misolic Austria 5 44-18 23 $0 $22,918
351 Genaro Alberto Olivieri Argentina 1 41-33 34 $0 $21,808
352 Daniel Michalski Poland 5 65-36 41 $0 $21,675
353 Matteo Arnaldi Italy 2 44-32 34 $0 $21,645
354 Hamad Medjedovic Serbia 1 18-18 19 $0 $21,107
355 Yuki Bhambri India 2 11-4 6 $0 $20,745
356 Alexander Ritschard Switzerland 28-28 28 $0 $20,736
357 Otto Virtanen Finland 2 45-29 32 $0 $20,283
358 Oliver Crawford Great Britain 2 56-29 31 $0 $20,043
359 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Spain 1-6 6 $17,183 $19,626
360 Calvin Hemery France 1 43-25 26 $0 $19,436
361 Treat Huey Philippines 22-18 18 $0 $19,196
362 Francesco Passaro Italy 5 55-39 44 $0 $19,168
363 Dudi Sela Israel 1-3 3 $18,784 $18,928
364 Ryan Harrison United States 1 18-12 13 $0 $17,704
365 Lukas Neumayer Austria 2 43-35 37 $0 $17,613
366 Fabian Marozsan Hungary 4 64-34 37 $0 $17,605
367 William Blumberg United States 4 18-6 10 $0 $16,046
368 Antoine Bellier Switzerland 1 41-35 36 $0 $15,910
369 Martin Damm United States 5 54-36 41 $0 $15,597
370 Titouan Droguet France 31-23 23 $0 $15,183
371 Donald Young United States 15-19 18 $0 $14,953
372 Mariano Navone Argentina 2 69-45 47 $0 $14,848
373 Roman Andres Burruchaga Argentina 4 50-31 35 $0 $14,027
374 Valentin Vacherot Monaco 2 34-19 21 $0 $12,923
375 Valentin Royer France 1 25-21 21 $0 $12,531
376 Thomaz Bellucci Brazil 2-17 17 $0 $12,070
377 Juncheng Shang China 3 17-4 7 $0 $10,854
378 Joris De Loore Belgium 1 16-12 13 $0 $10,512
379 Patrick Kypson United States 1 23-14 15 $0 $10,326
380 Mattia Bellucci Italy 3 42-25 28 $0 $10,232
381 Sho Shimabukuro Japan 1 39-33 35 $0 $9,914
382 Stefano Napolitano Italy 6-25 25 $0 $9,825
383 Adam Pavlasek Czechia 2 30-20 22 $0 $6,368
384 Terence Atmane France 18-26 26 $0 $5,949
385 Raphael Collignon Belgium 18-20 20 $0 $5,621
386 Daniel Merida Spain 1 11-13 14 $0 $5,190
387 Xavier Malisse Belgium 2-1 1 $0 $5,089
388 Jaime Faria Portugal 10-17 17 $0 $3,586
389 Coleman Wong Hong Kong 11-12 12 $0 $2,711
390 Ignacio Buse Peru 6-8 8 $0 $1,960
391 Jan Choinski Great Britain 6-2 2 $0 $1,506
392 Brandon Holt United States 5-8 8 $0 $1,504
393 Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spain 1-3 3 $0 $1,035
394 Jakub Mensik Czechia 0-4 4 $0 $985
395 Adam Walton Australia 2-3 3 $0 $838
396 Dino Prizmic Croatia 3-6 6 $0 $756
397 Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Paraguay 1-7 7 $0 $678
398 Joao Fonseca Brazil 1-2 2 $0 $450
399 Arthur Gea France 1-1 1 $0 $430
400 Ethan Quinn United States 0-1 1 $0 $260
401 Steve Darcis Belgium 2-1 1 $0 $162

Where 2021 sits

Every season the tour has paid, in order

55 seasons

2021 is the 9th biggest season of the 55 on the chart.

Which countries won the 2021 money

The fifteen biggest flags on the 2021 list

63 countries paid

# Country Players Titles Share Prize money
01 Russia 8 12 9.1% $15,628,983$15.6m
02 United States 41 66 9.1% $15,621,426$15.6m
03 Italy 27 53 7.8% $13,437,774$13.4m
04 Serbia 11 12 7.7% $13,290,947$13.3m
05 Germany 17 27 7.4% $12,720,842$12.7m
06 Spain 19 19 7.3% $12,509,937$12.5m
07 France 37 46 6.8% $11,712,682$11.7m
08 Argentina 28 60 4.4% $7,621,802$7.6m
09 Australia 18 17 4.3% $7,340,849$7.3m
10 Great Britain 13 21 3.4% $5,823,048$5.8m
11 Canada 5 2.9% $4,960,778$5.0m
12 Greece 1 2 2.3% $3,978,154$4.0m
13 Croatia 10 22 2.0% $3,454,996$3.5m
14 Poland 6 14 1.8% $3,175,748$3.2m
15 Japan 10 7 1.7% $2,939,947$2.9m

63 countries had a player paid in 2021, and the top three of them took 25.9% 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 2021?

Novak Djokovic, $9,100,550 from 18 events, with 5 titles and a 67-12 record.

How much prize money did tennis pay out in 2021?

$172,376,405 across the 401 players on this list, the 9th biggest season of the 55 the list covers. The season is up 49.8% on 2020, and is the 9th biggest of the 55 seasons we hold.

How many tennis players earned a million dollars in 2021?

37 of them. The top ten took 26.2% of everything paid out that season.

What share of 2021 prize money came from the grand slams?

49.4%. The four majors paid $85,089,023 of the $172,376,405 won that season.

Which country won the most tennis prize money in 2021?

Russia, $15,628,983 across 8 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 2021. 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 2021

The 2020 money list · The 2022 money list

Every season

By era

The 2021 top sixty

Elsewhere in tennis