TENNIS · PRIZE MONEY · AGE 36
Tennis prize money at 36
Novak Djokovic won $16,407,765 in 2023, the year he turned 36. That is the most any of the 696 men we hold won at 36, across 142 seasons. The median season at 36 paid $197,351.
MOST AT 36 $16.4m Novak Djokovic, 2023
MEDIAN SEASON $197,351 13th of 27 ages
SEASONS 142 14 at seven figures
MOST BEFORE 2010 $840,538 Daniel Nestor, 2008
The twenty biggest seasons at 36
Prize money won in the calendar year a player turned 36, singles and doubles together
Every season at 36
Ranked by prize money. Win-loss is singles.
| # | PLAYER | YEAR | PRIZE MONEY | W-L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 2023 | $16,407,765$16.4m | 61-7 |
| 2 | Roger Federer | 2017 | $13,054,857$13.1m | 60-5 |
| 3 | Rafael Nadal | 2022 | $9,635,420$9.6m | 46-9 |
| 4 | Feliciano Lopez | 2017 | $1,731,751$1.7m | 30-24 |
| 5 | Adrian Mannarino | 2024 | $1,488,720$1.5m | 31-33 |
| 6 | Neal Skupski | 2025 | $1,355,926$1.4m | - |
| 7 | Fernando Verdasco | 2019 | $1,293,592 | 30-27 |
| 8 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 2024 | $1,207,861 | 37-28 |
| 9 | Matthew Ebden | 2023 | $1,199,856 | - |
| 10 | Jan-Lennard Struff | 2026 | $1,191,002 | 16-19 |
| 11 | Paolo Lorenzi | 2017 | $1,152,042 | 38-36 |
| 12 | Nikola Mektic | 2024 | $1,141,950 | - |
| 13 | Ivo Karlovic | 2015 | $1,125,290 | 46-25 |
| 14 | Andy Murray | 2023 | $1,022,634 | 33-19 |
| 15 | Nicolas Mahut | 2018 | $996,062 | 17-23 |
| 16 | Lukasz Kubot | 2018 | $917,592 | - |
| 17 | Daniel Nestor | 2008 | $840,538 | - |
| 18 | Richard Gasquet | 2022 | $833,725 | 34-25 |
| 19 | Gael Monfils | 2022 | $822,883 | 19-7 |
| 20 | Bruno Soares | 2018 | $813,325 | - |
| 21 | John Isner | 2021 | $786,878 | 27-14 |
| 22 | Jean-Julien Rojer | 2017 | $784,518 | - |
| 23 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 2019 | $782,918 | 32-26 |
| 24 | Marcelo Melo | 2019 | $767,766 | - |
| 25 | Filip Polasek | 2021 | $745,163 | - |
| 26 | Julien Benneteau | 2017 | $731,896 | 36-24 |
| 27 | Marcelo Arevalo | 2026 | $726,958 | - |
| 28 | Radek Stepanek | 2014 | $684,599 | 24-20 |
| 29 | Fabio Fognini | 2023 | $628,332 | 28-24 |
| 30 | Raven Klaasen | 2018 | $610,320 | - |
| 31 | Leander Paes | 2009 | $592,774 | - |
| 32 | Jonas Bjorkman | 2008 | $580,733 | 13-17 |
| 33 | Horacio Zeballos | 2021 | $564,338 | - |
| 34 | Marco Trungelliti | 2026 | $560,168 | 24-21 |
| 35 | Andres Molteni | 2024 | $540,135 | - |
| 36 | Pablo Andujar | 2022 | $533,741 | 20-24 |
| 37 | Edouard Roger-Vasselin | 2019 | $529,220 | - |
| 38 | Rajeev Ram | 2020 | $526,965 | 0-1 |
| 39 | Ivan Dodig | 2021 | $516,844 | - |
| 40 | Marcel Granollers | 2022 | $516,777 | 0-0 |
| 41 | Michael Venus | 2023 | $516,070 | - |
| 42 | David Ferrer | 2018 | $510,315 | 17-18 |
| 43 | Fabrice Santoro | 2008 | $509,789 | 30-21 |
| 44 | Gilles Simon | 2020 | $486,083 | 16-16 |
| 45 | Tim Puetz | 2023 | $466,465 | - |
| 46 | Juan Sebastian Cabal | 2022 | $462,180 | - |
| 47 | Mikhail Youzhny | 2018 | $400,642 | 20-26 |
| 48 | Tommy Haas | 2014 | $391,182 | 19-11 |
| 49 | Jamie Murray | 2022 | $384,547 | - |
| 50 | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | 2024 | $376,542 | 28-32 |
| 51 | Robin Haase | 2023 | $375,472 | 4-8 |
| 52 | Marin Cilic | 2024 | $368,781 | 9-11 |
| 53 | Andreas Seppi | 2020 | $354,062 | 13-16 |
| 54 | Jimmy Connors | 1988 | $353,866 | 43-11 |
| 55 | Kei Nishikori | 2025 | $350,428 | 15-12 |
| 56 | Rohan Bopanna | 2016 | $333,067 | 1-0 |
| 57 | Austin Krajicek | 2026 | $327,344 | - |
| 58 | Dusan Lajovic | 2026 | $327,174 | 19-22 |
| 59 | Jeremy Chardy | 2023 | $322,213 | 1-5 |
| 60 | Simone Bolelli | 2021 | $317,703 | - |
| 61 | John-Patrick Smith | 2025 | $312,922 | - |
| 62 | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | 2019 | $310,813 | 48-29 |
| 63 | Maximo Gonzalez | 2019 | $300,717 | 0-0 |
| 64 | Max Mirnyi | 2013 | $282,723 | - |
| 65 | Michael Russell | 2014 | $249,019 | 19-26 |
| 66 | Ariel Behar | 2025 | $247,315 | - |
| 67 | Fabrice Martin | 2022 | $215,760 | - |
| 68 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2021 | $207,413 | 1-8 |
| 69 | Matwe Middelkoop | 2019 | $205,639 | - |
| 70 | Gianluca Pozzi | 2001 | $204,884 | 16-31 |
| 71 | Radu Albot | 2025 | $200,000 | 27-34 |
| 72 | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 2023 | $194,701 | 0-1 |
| 73 | Albert Montanes | 2016 | $192,327 | 24-22 |
| 74 | Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi | 2016 | $190,796 | - |
| 75 | Paul Haarhuis | 2002 | $188,554 | - |
| 76 | Pablo Cuevas | 2022 | $177,660 | 15-12 |
| 77 | Marc Gicquel | 2013 | $175,040 | 47-24 |
| 78 | Martin Damm | 2008 | $163,745 | - |
| 79 | Andre Agassi | 2006 | $156,700 | 12-8 |
| 80 | Michael Berrer | 2016 | $153,545 | 26-26 |
| 81 | Stan Wawrinka | 2021 | $145,553 | 4-4 |
| 82 | Mikhail Kukushkin | 2023 | $142,437 | 24-24 |
| 83 | Robert Farah | 2023 | $135,308 | - |
| 84 | Steve Darcis | 2020 | $134,324 | 2-2 |
| 85 | Ronald Agenor | 2000 | $129,966 | 23-34 |
| 86 | Andrey Golubev | 2023 | $124,685 | 0-1 |
| 87 | Kevin Anderson | 2022 | $124,543 | 4-8 |
| 88 | Miguel Reyes-Varela | 2023 | $123,262 | - |
| 89 | Philipp Oswald | 2022 | $123,217 | - |
| 90 | Tommy Robredo | 2018 | $123,206 | 24-23 |
| 91 | Nicolas Barrientos | 2023 | $118,516 | 1-5 |
| 92 | Wayne Arthurs | 2007 | $118,305 | 9-6 |
| 93 | Daniel Evans | 2026 | $117,794 | 2-6 |
| 94 | David Goffin | 2026 | $105,708 | 2-9 |
| 95 | Andrei Olhovskiy | 2002 | $104,002 | - |
| 96 | Lukas Rosol | 2021 | $99,791 | 13-26 |
| 97 | Jurgen Melzer | 2017 | $99,454 | 19-10 |
| 98 | Carlos Berlocq | 2019 | $77,880 | 14-24 |
| 99 | Younes El Aynaoui | 2007 | $70,640 | 30-12 |
| 100 | Benjamin Becker | 2017 | $60,769 | 8-15 |
| 101 | Illya Marchenko | 2023 | $54,832 | 42-22 |
| 102 | Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo | 2014 | $52,248 | 31-26 |
| 103 | Malek Jaziri | 2020 | $50,764 | 14-17 |
| 104 | Andrej Martin | 2025 | $48,834 | 28-21 |
| 105 | Daniel Dutra da Silva | 2024 | $47,833 | 52-35 |
| 106 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 2021 | $39,494 | 14-30 |
| 107 | Norbert Gombos | 2026 | $36,515 | 23-20 |
| 108 | Bjorn Borg | 1992 | $34,930 | 0-8 |
| 109 | Denis Istomin | 2022 | $32,894 | 13-26 |
| 110 | Benoit Paire | 2025 | $26,284 | 7-16 |
| 111 | Hans Hach Verdugo | 2025 | $24,455 | 0-1 |
| 112 | Treat Huey | 2021 | $19,196 | - |
| 113 | Dudi Sela | 2021 | $18,928 | 1-1 |
| 114 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2022 | $18,130 | 0-1 |
| 115 | Andrea Arnaboldi | 2023 | $18,093 | 16-22 |
| 116 | Jim Grabb | 2000 | $18,010 | - |
| 117 | Tomislav Brkic | 2026 | $17,454 | - |
| 118 | Jason Jung | 2025 | $16,510 | 2-7 |
| 119 | Thomaz Bellucci | 2023 | $15,710 | 0-1 |
| 120 | Martin Klizan | 2025 | $13,223 | 9-10 |
| 121 | Gastao Elias | 2026 | $12,187 | 6-8 |
| 122 | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 2026 | $9,880 | 2-4 |
| 123 | Scott Davis | 1998 | $9,467 | - |
| 124 | Antony Dupuis | 2009 | $8,536 | 23-16 |
| 125 | Rainer Schuettler | 2012 | $7,335 | 3-2 |
| 126 | Vincent Spadea | 2010 | $5,675 | 1-5 |
| 127 | Libor Pimek | 1999 | $5,419 | - |
| 128 | Johan Kriek | 1994 | $2,595 | 1-1 |
| 129 | David Pate | 1998 | $1,525 | - |
| 130 | Daniel Gimeno-Traver | 2021 | $1,035 | 0-2 |
| 131 | Brad Gilbert | 1997 | $1,000 | - |
| 132 | Paul Annacone | 1999 | $750 | - |
| 133 | Mischa Zverev | 2023 | $730 | 2-1 |
| 134 | Paolo Cane | 2001 | $495 | 1-1 |
| 135 | Marc-Kevin Goellner | 2006 | $450 | - |
| 136 | Albert Portas | 2009 | $394 | - |
| 137 | Karel Novacek | 2001 | $365 | - |
| 138 | Davide Sanguinetti | 2008 | $300 | 2-3 |
| 139 | Mohamed Safwat | 2026 | $205 | - |
| 140 | Christo Van Rensburg | 1998 | $185 | - |
| 141 | Dominik Hrbaty | 2014 | $64 | - |
| 142 | Aljaz Bedene | 2025 | $54 | - |
The biggest seasons at 36 before 2010
Prize money has grown every decade, so the older seasons are ranked on their own
| # | PLAYER | YEAR | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Nestor | 2008 | $840,538 |
| 2 | Leander Paes | 2009 | $592,774 |
| 3 | Jonas Bjorkman | 2008 | $580,733 |
| 4 | Fabrice Santoro | 2008 | $509,789 |
| 5 | Jimmy Connors | 1988 | $353,866 |
36 against the ages either side
The median season and the record at each age
| AGE | MEDIAN | MOST | PRIZE MONEY | PEAKED |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | $203,280 | Rafael Nadal | $16,349,587$16.3m | 17 |
| 34 | $198,699 | Novak Djokovic | $9,100,550$9.1m | 7 |
| 35 | $177,104 | Novak Djokovic | $10,525,791$10.5m | 13 |
| 36 | $197,351 | Novak Djokovic | $16,407,765$16.4m | 9 |
| 37 | $174,262 | Roger Federer | $8,629,234$8.6m | 8 |
| 38 | $249,679 | Roger Federer | $8,716,976$8.7m | 1 |
| 39 | $176,127 | Novak Djokovic | $3,000,801$3.0m | 4 |
Peaked counts the players whose biggest season in prize money came at that age. Across all 696, the most common age for a best season is 27. The median at 36 is higher than at 35 and higher than at 37.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most prize money a tennis player has won at 36?
Novak Djokovic won $16,407,765 in 2023, singles and doubles together. Before 2010 the most at 36 was Daniel Nestor's $840,538 in 2008.
How much prize money does a tennis player win at 36?
The median season at 36 among the 696 men we hold paid $197,351. 14 of the 142 seasons at 36 paid a million dollars or more.
Was 36 Novak Djokovic's best year?
No. His biggest season came in 2015, at 28, when he won $21,146,145.
At what age do tennis players win the most prize money?
The median season is highest at 27. The single biggest season at any age is Carlos Alcaraz's $21,354,778 at 22, in 2025. More of the players we hold had their best season at 27 than at any other age: 72 of them.
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