Katinka Hosszu led all earners with $9,500 in prize money at the Tokyo World Cup this week.
Hosszu earned medals in 8 different events, winning 4 en route to the nearly-five-figure paycheck. That pushed her over $150,000 earned on the series this year.
On the men’s side, Mitch Larkin led with $4,000 in prize money thanks to two wins and a silver medal. Series leader Cameron van der Burgh was second with $3,000 to crack $120,000 for the year.
PRIZE MONEY SYSTEM
- 1st place: $1,500
- 2nd place: $1,000
- 3rd place: $500
Other:
- World record: $10,000
- Cluster bonuses:
- 1st: $50,000
- 2nd: $35,000
- 3rd: $30,000
- 4th: $20,000
- 5th: $10,000
- 6th: $5,000
Tokyo was the first stop of the third cluster, with meets in Doha and Dubai to round out the 2015 series.
You can find full point standings here.
Men’s Money List
| Rank | Name | TOTAL: Tokyo | TOTAL Money Earned |
| 1 | Mitch Larkin | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 2 | Cameron van der Burgh | $3,000 | $120,500 |
| 2 | Katsumi Nakamura | $3,000 | $12,000 |
| 4 | Shinri Shioura | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 4 | Ryosuke Irie | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 4 | David Plummer | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 4 | Yousuke Miyamoto | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 4 | Takehashi Kawamoto | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | Masato Sakai | $1,500 | $50,750 |
| 9 | David Verraszto | $1,500 | $19,500 |
| 9 | Hiromasa Fujimori | $1,500 | $3,500 |
| 9 | Ippei Watanabe | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| 9 | Keita Sunama | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 9 | Naito Ehara | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 9 | Yukihiro Takahashi | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 9 | Giles Smith | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 9 | Yuuki Kobori | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 9 | Christopher Wright | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 9 | Ayatsugu Hirai | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 20 | Giulio Zorzi | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | Nao Horomura | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | Michael Andrew | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | Takeharu Fujimori | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | Reo Sakata | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | Jake Packard | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | Syogo Takeda | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 27 | Tom Shields | $500 | $3,000 |
| 27 | Blake Jones | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Ryouta Nomura | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Yuuya Yajima | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Zane Grothe | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Oleg Kostin | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Yoshiki Yamanaka | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Anthony Ervin | $500 | $500 |
| 27 | Masaki Kaneko | $500 | $500 |
| 36 | Ashley Delaney | $0 | $43,500 |
| 36 | Chad Le Clos | $0 | $43,500 |
| 36 | Nicholas Fink | $0 | $34,000 |
| 36 | Yuki Shirai | $0 | $29,500 |
| 36 | Camille Lacourt | $0 | $26,000 |
| 36 | Dan Smith | $0 | $21,500 |
| 36 | Cody Miller | $0 | $13,000 |
| 36 | Myles Brown | $0 | $9,500 |
| 36 | Kenneth To | $0 | $5,500 |
| 36 | Tomas Elliot | $0 | $4,500 |
| 36 | Quah Zheng Wen | $0 | $4,250 |
| 36 | David Brandl | $0 | $4,000 |
| 36 | Josh Schneider | $0 | $4,000 |
| 36 | Akihiro Yamaguchi | $0 | $3,500 |
| 36 | Nic Brown | $0 | $3,500 |
| 36 | Tommy Sucipto | $0 | $3,500 |
| 36 | Viacheslav Prudnikov | $0 | $3,250 |
| 36 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | $0 | $3,000 |
| 36 | Te Haumi Maxwell | $0 | $3,000 |
| 36 | Tim Phillips | $0 | $3,000 |
| 36 | Geoff Cheah | $0 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Jan Micka | $0 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Josh Beaver | $0 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Kazmir Boscovic | $0 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Semen Makovich | $0 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Xu Jiayu | $0 | $2,500 |
| 36 | Aleksandr Kudashev | $0 | $2,000 |
| 36 | Andrii Govorov | $0 | $2,000 |
| 36 | Danila Izotov | $0 | $2,000 |
| 36 | Velimir Stjepanovic | $0 | $2,000 |
| 36 | Brendan McHugh | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Chase Kalisz | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Evgeny Sedov | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Grigory Tarasevich | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Jacob Hansford | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Kyle Chalmers | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Li Zhuhao | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Mao Feilian | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Marco Koch | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Mehdy Metella | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Nikita Lobintsev | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Phillip Heintz | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Viktor Bromer | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Yan Zibei | $0 | $1,500 |
| 36 | Kevin Cordes | $0 | $1,250 |
| 36 | Matthew Treloar | $0 | $1,250 |
| 36 | Ban Bao | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Benjamin Doyle | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Clement Mignon | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Damien Joly | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Federico Turrini | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Ganesh Pedurand | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | He Jianbin | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Jeremy Stravius | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Jordan Bouchaut | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Jordan Coelho | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Jordan Pothain | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Omar Pinzon | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Pavel Sankovich | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Peter John Stevens | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Shun Wang | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Wang Yizhe | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Zhang Jie | $0 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Yeo Kai Quan | $0 | $750 |
| 36 | Alexander Osipenko | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Benjamin Stasiulis | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Cao Jiwen | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | David Morgan | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Evgeny Drobotov | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Hu Yiyong | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Jayden Hadler | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Kazuki Kohinata | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Li Xiang | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Low Zi Xuan Bryant | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Marco Loughran | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Mohammed Al Ghaferi | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Ning Zetao | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Renato Prono | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Shi Weijia | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Wang Shun | $0 | $500 |
| 36 | Nosy Pelagie | $0 | $250 |
| 36 | Tommaso D’Orsogna | $0 | $250 |
| Total | $48,000 | $587,000 |
Women’s Money List
| Rank | Athlete | TOTAL: Tokyo | TOTAL Money Earned |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | $9,500 | $158,000 |
| 2 | Rikako Ikee | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 3 | Emily Seebohm | $4,500 | $94,000 |
| 4 | Molly Hannis | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 4 | Miki Uchida | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 6 | Zsuzsanna Jakobos | $2,000 | $59,500 |
| 6 | Natsumi Hoshi | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 8 | Runa Imai | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8 | Melanie Wright | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8 | Yukimi Moriyama | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8 | Rie Kaneto | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 12 | Alia Atkinson | $1,000 | $24,250 |
| 12 | Natalie Coughlin | $1,000 | $3,500 |
| 12 | Leah Neale | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Leiston Pickett | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Felicia Lee | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Miyuki Takemura | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Caitlin Leverenz | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Chihiro Igarashi | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Kanako Watanabe | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | Miho Takahashi | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | Natsumi Sakai | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | Asari Wada | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | Haruno Itou | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | Kierra Smith | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | Jessica Hobbin | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | Sakiko Shimizu | $500 | $500 |
| 28 | Katie Meili | $0 | $35,000 |
| 28 | Cate Campbell | $0 | $29,000 |
| 28 | Vitalina Simonova | $0 | $28,500 |
| 28 | Jeanette Ottesen | $0 | $11,500 |
| 28 | Bronte Campbell | $0 | $10,500 |
| 28 | Missy Franklin | $0 | $9,000 |
| 28 | Breeja Larson | $0 | $8,500 |
| 28 | Daria Ustinova | $0 | $3,500 |
| 28 | Micah Lawrence | $0 | $3,500 |
| 28 | Madeline Groves | $0 | $3,250 |
| 28 | Holly Barratt | $0 | $3,000 |
| 28 | Cammile Adams | $0 | $2,500 |
| 28 | Franziska Hentke | $0 | $2,500 |
| 28 | Lauren Boyle | $0 | $2,500 |
| 28 | Rika Omoto | $0 | $2,500 |
| 28 | Shao Yiwen | $0 | $2,500 |
| 28 | Beryl Gastaldello | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Bronte Barratt | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Diletta Carli | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Hou Yawen | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Lindsay Vrooman | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Lisa Zaiser | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Natalia Lovtcova | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Vien Nguyen | $0 | $2,000 |
| 28 | Claire Donahue | $0 | $1,750 |
| 28 | Anna Santamans | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Fu Yuanhui | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Guo Junjun | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Li Shuang | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Liu Xiaoyu | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Lu Ying | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Marie Wattel | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Melanie Margalis | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Mie Nielsen | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Sally Hunter | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Shen Duo | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Shi Jinglin | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Wang Guoyue | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Zhang Xinyu | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Zhang Yuhan | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Zhou Min | $0 | $1,500 |
| 28 | Brianna Throssell | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Charlotte Bonnet | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Chen Jie | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Dar’Ya Stepanyuk | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Li Bingjie | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Liu Zige | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Svetlana Chimrova | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Sze Hang Yu | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Tessa Wallace | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Zhang Jiaying | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Zhang Yufei | $0 | $1,000 |
| 28 | Belinda Hocking | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Cheung Hui Yan Cheyenne | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Daryna Zevina | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Jessica Pengelly | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Jordis Steinegger | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Lara Grangeon | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Liu Siya | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Madison Kennedy | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Mariia Astashkina | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Martina Caramignoli | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Qiu Yuhan | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Sasha Touretski | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Sun Minje | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Veronika Popova | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Zhu Menghui | $0 | $500 |
| 28 | Melanie Henique | $0 | $250 |
| Total | $48,000 | $587,500 |
Venus Williams made 480k for winning 3 level tennis tournament in China.
We have ways to go.
Oh yeah…and there is professional boxing… I am also surprised that people freaking out how much some swimmers make, some thousand of dollars for an event is not THAT much at all… they deserve a lot more I think…