Prize Purse Increases for Semifinals and the CrossFit Games

CrossFit has announced the combined prize purse for athletes competing at the Semifinals and CrossFit Games this season has increased. Title sponsor NOBULL will pay $431,000 during Semifinals and $2.945 million for eligible athletes and teams at the CrossFit Games.

The news broke just before the first day of CrossFit Semifinals started in Miami this week. CrossFit and NOBULL were increasing the payout for athletes competing at the Semifinals this season depending on their leaderboard placement.

Here is how, overall, the payout increased compared to last year:

• Semifinals – from $414,000 to $431,000
• CrossFit Games – from $2.845 million to $2.945 million

Below is a breakdown of how much each individual athlete and team will earn this year.

Note: Adaptive athletes and age-group payouts remained unchanged from last year’s, with the increase going to individual elite athletes and team payouts.

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2023 CrossFit Games and Semifinals Prize Purse

Semifinals

The winner at this year’s Semifinals will earn double compared to last year (from $5,000 to $10,000) – 2^nd to 5^th also see an increase in their prize purse.

The payout, however, is not the same across all Semifinals, with athletes from Oceania, South America, Africa and Asia receiving the same amount as last year’s.

North America and Europe

Individuals

1. $10,000
2. $7,000
3. $5,000
4. $4,000
5. $3,000

Each additional Games-qualifying individual athlete will be awarded $2,000. Click here to find out how many Games-qualifying athletes are in each Semifinal.

Teams

1. $5,000
2. $4,000
3. $3,000
4. $2,000
5. $1,000

Oceania, South America, Asia, and Africa

Individuals

1. $5,000
2. $4,000
3. $3,000

Teams

1. $5,000
2. $4,000
3. $3,000

2023 CrossFit Games

As mentioned above, NOBULL is increasing its payout at the Games by $100,000. Although most athletes won’t see an increase in their payouts (from 11^th to 40^th the payout is the same), 2^nd to 5^th placed teams will receive $5,000 more each compared to 2022.

Individuals

1. $315,000
2. $125,000
3. $85,000

4^th through 9^th –  $60,000, $45,000, $40,000, $35,000, $32,000, $29,000, $26,000

10^th through 40^th (unchanged) $20,000, $18,000, $15,000, $14,000, $13,000, $12,000, $11,000, $10,000, $9,000, $8,000, $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 prize purse for individuals: $2,029,000

Individual athletes will also receive prize money for placing within the top three in an event at the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games.

• 1^st – $3,000
• 2^nd – $2,000
• 3^rd – 1,000

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Teams

Although the 1^st place won’t receive an increase in the payout, teams from 2^nd to 5^th will add $5,000 to their wallet come the end of the CrossFit Games. Here is the full breakdown of payout for teams at the 2023 CrossFit Games.

1. $100,000
2. $75,000
3. $45,000
4. $30,000
5. $25,000

6^th through 10^th (unchanged): $15,000, $12,000, $9,000, $6,000, $3,000

Total prize purse for teams: $320,000

Masters

Masters athletes will receive the same payout as last year’s.

Masters 35-39:

1^st place – $25,000

2^nd place – $10,000

3^rd place – $5,000

Masters 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64:

1^st place – $10,000

2^nd place – $5,000

3^rd place – $3,000

Masters 65+

1^st place – $5,000

2^nd place – $3,000

3^rd place – $2,000

Total for all men’s and women’s Masters divisions: $280,000.

Adaptive

Podium finishers of all adaptive divisions will earn the same amount of money.

Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, Neuromuscular (going to Madison)

1^st – $5,000

2^nd – $3,000

3^rd – $2,000

Vision, intellectual, seated without hip function, seated with hip function, short stature (crowned Fittest on Earth after the Open):

1^st – $5,000

2^nd – $3,000

3^rd – $2,000

Total for men’s and women’s adaptive divisions: $160,000.

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