CrossFit has announced it is expanding its Games payout for the 2022 season. The total prize purse will increase by $330,000 compared to last season to over $2.8 million, the largest in its history. The number of athletes receiving a share of the prize purse will include all individual elite athletes, top 10 teams, and adaptive athletes from all 8 divisions.
Although there will be an increase in the total prize purse, the Fittest on Earth will receive the same amount as last year. The biggest difference this year is more athletes will now receive a part of the prize purse.
What’s New?
Individual athletes
Last year, and in previous CrossFit Games, only the top 20 individual athletes would receive part of the total prize purse depending on their final placement. This has now expanded to all 40 elite athletes competing in Madison this year.
Teams
Previously, only the top 5 teams won part of the prize purse. Now, the top 10 teams will receive cash depending on the leaderboard placement.
Adaptive athletes
In 2021, 8 adaptive divisions were first introduced to the CrossFit season. The best of three divisions (upper extremity, lower extremity, and neuromuscular) were invited to compete for the title of Fittest adaptive athlete on Earth. Only podium finishers of those 3 divisions received part of the prize purse at the end of the CrossFit Games in 2021.
Although this year we will continue having athletes from the same 3 divisions competing in Madison, the top 3 athletes from all other divisions will also win part of the prize purse allocated this year.
“Five of the 8 divisions will name their champions during the Semifinal stage of the competition, and the top three finishers from each division will receive the same prize money as the three divisions that will compete in Madison,” CrossFit announced.
Source: Photo courtesy of CrossFit Inc.2022 CrossFit Games Payout
Individual
1st – $310,000
2nd – $120,000
3rd – $80,000
4th through 20th – $55,000, $40,000, $35,000, $31,000, $29,000, $27,000, $25,000, $20,000, $18,000, $15,000, $14,000, $13,000, $12,000, $11,000, $10,000, $9,000, $8,000.
21st through 40th (new) – $7,000, $6,750, $6,500, $6,250, $6,000, $5,750, $5,500, $5,250, $5,000, $4,750, $4,500, $4,250, $4,000, $3,750, $3,500, $3,250, $3,000, $2,750, $2,500, $2,250.
Total for men’s and women’s divisions: $1,949,00
Individual events
1st place – $3,000
2nd place – $2,000
3rd place – $1,000
Teams
1st place: $100,000
2nd place: $70,000
3rd place: $40,000
4th place: $25,000
5th place: $20,000
6th place (new): $15,000
7th place (new): $12,000
8th place (new): $9,000
9th place (new): $6,000
10th place (new): $3,000
Total: $300,000
Adaptive Divisions
Podium finishers of all adaptive divisions will earn the same amount of money, regardless of competing in Madison or being crowned the Fittest on Earth after Semifinals.
Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, Neuromuscular:
1st – $5,000
2nd – $3,000
3rd – $2,000
Vision, intellectual, seated without hip function, seated with hip function, short stature (NEW):
1st – $5,000
2nd – $3,000
3rd – $2,000
Total for men’s and women’s adaptive divisions: $160,000
Masters
Masters 35-39:
1st place – $25,000
2nd place – $10,000
3rd place – $5,000
Masters 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64:
1st place – $10,000
2nd place – $5,000
3rd place – $3,000
Masters 65+
1st place – $5,000
2nd place – $3,000
3rd place – $2,000
Total for all men’s and women’s Masters divisions: $280,000.
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Image Sources
- CrossFit Games lower extremity adaptive divisions: Photo courtesy of CrossFit Inc.
- Men’s Podium 2021 CrossFit Games: Photo Courtesy of CrossFit Games