Highest ever season prize money adjusted for inflation

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Highest prize money adjusted for inflation earned in a season:

1) 2015 Djokovic $25,067,480.14
2) 2025 Sinner $19,310,859.93
3) 2025 Alcaraz $18,996,692.70
4) 2016 Murray $18,061,559.71
5) 2017 Nadal $16,840,258.01
6) 2017 Federer $15,596,593.72
7) 1997 Sampras $11,472,231.80
8) 2023 Medvedev $9,862,833.36
9) 2018 Zverev $9,274,806.19
10) 2019 Thiem $9,022,080.60
 
@Razer

- 2019 Tsitsipas is at #11 with $8,539,404.07, therefore 90s gen Medvedev, Zverev, Thiem and Tsitispas are at #8-11 of most money adjusted for inflation earned in a season.

- 2016 Murray is #4

- Federer's peak money 2017

You are big fan of money earned to evaluate players. What do you think about this?
 
Have you not listened to any of my corrections on your prize money analyses? Real wealth per capita and real GDP in general tends to expand over time in developed countries, regardless of inflation! Someone needs to teach him economics if I can't.
 
4UTRMoutet said:
Have you not listened to any of my corrections on your prize money analyses? Real wealth per capita and real GDP in general tends to expand over time in developed countries, regardless of inflation! Someone needs to teach him economics if I can't.
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The average worker's salary only adapted to inflation, which means now many more people than in the past find convienent trying to become a pro tennis player.

More people playing tennis = higher level
 
junkieballer said:
The average worker's salary only adapted to inflation, which means now many more people than in the past find convienent trying to become a pro tennis player.

More people playing tennis = higher level
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That is not at all true. Does industrialization and mass production always lead to higher quality products? Look at the United States!

When there is such high demand for tennis players, other factors tend to play in that negate the increased competitive field.
 
noles 2015 has highest prize money even if not adjusted for inflation and despite massive prize money increase since then. still holds the record more than a decade after.


Prize moneySeason
$21,646,145[19][20]Serbia Novak Djokovic2015
$21,354,778[21]Spain Carlos Alcaraz2025
$19,735,703Italy Jannik Sinner2024
$19,120,641Italy Jannik Sinner2025
$16,349,701United Kingdom Andy Murray2016
$16,349,586Spain Rafael Nadal2019
$15,967,184Serbia Novak Djokovic2018
$15,952,044Serbia Novak Djokovic2023
$15,864,000Spain Rafael Nadal2017
$15,196,504Spain Carlos Alcaraz2023
 
OP, you have just gone and given the dead and buried trolls exactly what they need to have field day.

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Ivan Lendl made more in prize money in 1982 than any NBA/NFL/MLB player's salary in 1982. Think about that for a second(and compare Sinner's prize money last year to the salaries of Ohtani, Mahomes and many others - it's kind of a joke). Inflation tells you very little about how big tennis used to be and how much it lags behind other sports today(unlike in 1982 apparently)
 
GoatNo1 said:
noles 2015 has highest prize money even if not adjusted for inflation and despite massive prize money increase since then. still holds the record more than a decade after.


Prize moneySeason
$21,646,145[19][20]Serbia Novak Djokovic2015
$21,354,778[21]Spain Carlos Alcaraz2025
$19,735,703Italy Jannik Sinner2024
$19,120,641Italy Jannik Sinner2025
$16,349,701United Kingdom Andy Murray2016
$16,349,586Spain Rafael Nadal2019
$15,967,184Serbia Novak Djokovic2018
$15,952,044Serbia Novak Djokovic2023
$15,864,000Spain Rafael Nadal2017
$15,196,504Spain Carlos Alcaraz2023
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Why is no Djokofan capable of refuting my statement on prize money and inflation? If everyone is this ass at basic economics is this the reason why we're sinking into a recession globally?
 
GoatNo1 said:
nole is like a god in china. india too, but he did not play there. actually everywhere except some west countries.
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Nobody knows nolan in India

He is a dwarf in India when it comes to fame while Federer is the colossus in fame in India among the tennis fraternity.
 
Razer said:
Nobody knows nolan in India

He is a dwarf in India when it comes to fame while Federer is the colossus in fame in India among the tennis fraternity.
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Question was not if he was more loved than fed. But where he would not be dissrespekted by audience.
 
junkieballer said:
is Sharapova greater than Graf?
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Are they in the same league in slams and titles?

Did Sharapova hold the world record for most slams for more than a decade ?
Was SHarapova holding record for most weeks at 1 ?
Was Sharapova having 100+ titles ?
Was Sharapova invincible in her peak years?

If the answer to all of these is yes then damn right, Sharapova must be greater than Graf, if not then why are you even asking such a dumb question when we know only equals are compared on off court parameters??
 
Razer said:
Are they in the same league in slams and titles?
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Federer is not in the same league as Djokovic either.

Slams 24-20
Slam finals 38-31
YEC 7-6
Masters 40-26
Olympics 1-0
#1 weeks 428-310
#1 years 8-5
Career Slam 3-1
Career Masters 2-0
Consecutive Slams won 4-3
h2h 27-23
Slam h2h 11-6
Wins over Nadal 31-16
Slam wins over Nadal 7-4
 
junkieballer said:
Federer is not in the same league as Djokovic either.

Slams 24-20
Slam finals 38-31
YEC 7-6
Masters 40-26
Olympics 1-0
#1 weeks 428-310
#1 years 8-5
Career Slam 3-1
Career Masters 2-0
Consecutive Slams won 4-3
h2h 27-23
Slam h2h 11-6
Wins over Nadal 31-16
Slam wins over Nadal 7-4
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Federer, Nadal and Djokvoic are in the same league.

But if you feel Djokovic is above Fedal in a new league then I too feel Djokovic is the third wheel who vultured most of his resume in the absence of the great players, hence a much inferior player on skill and talent.

Djokovic with 24 slams earned the right to sit on the table where Federer and Nadal were sitting with Sampras, but he is not in a different league.
 
Razer said:
Federer, Nadal and Djokvoic are in the same league.

But if you feel Djokovic is above Fedal in a new league then I too feel Djokovic is the third wheel who vultured most of his resume in the absence of the great players, hence a much inferior player on skill and talent.

Djokovic with 24 slams earned the right to sit on the table where Federer and Nadal were sitting with Sampras, but he is not in a different league.
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I think he is.
 
Razer said:
If he was then he would have proved it in his 20s itself.

Talent proves itself in the 20s, does not have to wait till mid 30s to separate itself
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He is the player who has the most wins over Federer, the most wins over Nadal, the most wins over Murray, and he also has 10 wins over Alcaraz and Sinner. He has the most wins over top5s, top10s, top20s.

He beat strong competition.
 
junkieballer said:
He is the player who has the most wins over Federer, the most wins over Nadal, the most wins over Murray, and he also has 10 wins over Alcaraz and Sinner. He has the most wins over top5s, top10s, top20s.

He beat strong competition.
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He has 0 wins over peak Federer, so his wins dont count much in this hypothetical
 
Razer said:
He has 0 wins over peak Federer, so his wins dont count much in this hypothetical
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Federer has won only 1 Slam (WI12) beating a "peak age" 23-27yo ATG.

If you believe in "peak age" Nadal Is the GOAT, not Federer. Nadal has won 13 Slam beating 23-27yo ATGs/10+ Slam finalists:

RG05
RG06
RG07
RG08
WI08
AO09
WI10
UO10
RG11
RG12
RG13
UO13
RG14
 
Lew is right for once. Nadal had the toughest competition of the big three as he never had an easy period without at least one of the other three being around at peak/prime level. He was sandwiched between Fedovic and once he overcame peak/prime Fed he had one year to clean and then Djoko 2.0 appeared.
 
junkieballer said:
Federer has won only 1 Slam (WI12) beating a "peak age" 23-27yo ATG.

If you believe in "peak age" Nadal Is the GOAT, not Federer. Nadal has won 13 Slam beating 23-27yo ATGs/10+ Slam finalists:

RG05
RG06
RG07
RG08
WI08
AO09
WI10
UO10
RG11
RG12
RG13
UO13
RG14
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Nadal 2007W is peak Nadal at Wimbledon since he was almost as good as 2008W.

So Fed has 2 wins

and yes, Nadal has the most wins over Peak ATGs, that is true, he has a lot of wins. (USO 2010 does not count for Nadal)
 
Had Djo won the Roland Garros final and lost the Australian Open in 2015, he would have been considered a bit less mediocre by fans, but his prize money would have been lower as well. Australian Open pays generously to make up for its lack of prestige.

Second, prize money is taxed by host countries. Considering how much Djo hates paying taxes in poor Serbia, it is ironic that involuntarily he has contributed quite a lot to wealthy foreign countries.
 
Razer said:
Nadal 2007W is peak Nadal at Wimbledon since he was almost as good as 2008W.

So Fed has 2 wins

and yes, Nadal has the most wins over Peak ATGs, that is true, he has a lot of wins. (USO 2010 does not count for Nadal)
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No according to peak age theory Nadal was too young at WI07, he was only 21 years and 1 month old, while UO10 counts because Novak was 23yo.

You have to be consistent in your theories.
 
junkieballer said:
No according to peak age theory Nadal was too young at WI07, he was only 21 years and 1 month old, while UO10 counts because Novak was 23yo.

You have to be consistent in your theories.
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Has it ever occurred to you guys that prime/peak is not a clearly framed time period during which players always play their best and outside never? Fed’s 2001 4R Wimbledon or 2011 FO SF were better than most of his performances between 21 and 27 and in his so-called peak/prime he also had off-days here and there. This whole discussion is pretty much pointless.
 
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