WTA Tour Career Money Leaders

[MichaelChang]

Rank Name Nat Career Total
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1 Serena Williams USA 35,077,357
2 Venus Williams USA 27,984,931
3 Kim Clijsters BEL 24,271,348
4 Lindsay Davenport USA 22,166,338
5 Steffi Graf GER 21,895,277
6 Martina Navratilova USA 21,626,089
7 Justine Henin BEL 20,863,335
8 Martina Hingis SUI 20,130,657
9 Maria Sharapova RUS 18,841,677
10 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario ESP 16,942,640
11 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 16,372,146
12 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 15,022,476
13 Monica Seles USA 14,891,762
14 Elena Dementieva RUS 14,867,437
15 Vera Zvonareva RUS 13,151,531
16 Victoria Azarenka BLR 13,003,937
17 Jelena Jankovic SRB 12,997,266
18 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 12,387,845
19 Conchita Martinez ESP 11,527,977
20 Jana Novotna CZE 11,249,284
21 Dinara Safina RUS 10,585,640
22 Samantha Stosur AUS 10,275,947
23 Jennifer Capriati USA 10,206,639
24 Nadia Petrova RUS 10,083,429
25 Mary Pierce FRA 9,793,119
26 Lisa Raymond USA 9,288,841
27 Ana Ivanovic SRB 9,137,756
28 Francesca Schiavone ITA 8,986,179
29 Chris Evert USA 8,896,195
30 Gabriela Sabatini ARG 8,785,850
31 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 8,634,094
32 Patty Schnyder SUI 8,419,111
33 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 8,299,382
34 Ai Sugiyama JPN 8,128,126
35 Natasha Zvereva BLR 7,792,503
36 Li Na CHN 7,410,081
37 Marion Bartoli FRA 7,132,923
38 Petra Kvitova CZE 6,880,063
39 Nathalie Tauziat FRA 6,650,093
40 Cara Black ZIM 6,515,415
41 Helena Sukova CZE 6,391,245
42 Elena Likhovtseva RUS 6,237,556
43 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6,095,679
44 Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 6,076,081
45 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 5,761,126
46 Liezel Huber USA 5,743,651
47 Anastasia Myskina RUS 5,606,725
48 Amanda Coetzer RSA 5,594,821
49 Pam Shriver USA 5,460,566
50 Mary Joe Fernandez USA 5,258,471
51 Rennae Stubbs AUS 5,198,172
52 Paola Suarez ARG 5,183,996
53 Anke Huber GER 4,768,292
54 Gigi Fernandez USA 4,681,906
55 Maria Kirilenko RUS 4,662,259
56 Zina Garrison USA 4,590,816
57 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 4,570,113
58 Jelena Dokic AUS 4,475,060
59 Chanda Rubin USA 4,470,180
60 Iva Majoli CRO 4,405,867
61 Magdalena Maleeva BUL 4,398,582
62 Zheng Jie CHN 4,379,226
63 Shahar Peer ISR 4,306,335
64 Nathalie Dechy FRA 4,281,064
65 Gisela Dulko ARG 4,195,644
66 Larisa Neiland LAT 4,083,936
67 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 3,975,223
68 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 3,883,266
69 Kveta Peschke CZE 3,812,259
70 Sandrine Testud FRA 3,782,307
71 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 3,688,252
72 Anna Kournikova RUS 3,584,662
73 Amy Frazier USA 3,460,799
74 Lori McNeil USA 3,441,604
75 Hana Mandlikova AUS 3,340,959
76 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 3,262,490
77 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere SUI 3,244,811
78 Peng Shuai CHN 3,202,198
79 Alicia Molik AUS 3,185,805
80 Elena Vesnina RUS 3,115,835
81 Barbara Schett AUT 3,109,510
82 Iveta Benesova CZE 3,108,872
83 Julie Halard-Decugis FRA 3,096,734
84 Roberta Vinci ITA 2,911,618
85 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 2,902,731
86 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 2,882,353
87 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 2,853,051
88 Alona Bondarenko UKR 2,780,291
89 Lucie Safarova CZE 2,772,889
90 Wendy Turnbull AUS 2,769,024
91 Nicole Vaidisova CZE 2,740,268
92 Aravane Rezai FRA 2,689,754
93 Tathiana Garbin ITA 2,661,973
94 Irina Spirlea ROM 2,652,068
95 Virginie Razzano FRA 2,641,223
96 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy NED 2,632,395
97 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 2,561,232
98 Vania King USA 2,557,569
99 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 2,550,105
100 Kaia Kanepi EST 2,527,269

 

[MichaelChang]

big "wow" to the Williams.

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

Fascinating.

 

[TMF]

Pointless thread. Todays' money/prizes are like 10x more than it was 20 years ago.

If you adjust the inflation, cost of living, Serena is left out in the dust !

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

Only a proven hate-monger would say a list where the Williams sisters are at the top "pointless."

The hate never ends.

 

[DjokovicForTheWin]

How is it that Graf only earned 7 mill more than monica? Weird.

 

[Moose Malloy]

6 Martina Navratilova USA 21,626,089

29 Chris Evert USA 8,896,195

I always thought it was interesting how big the gap in prize money was between these 2. Both won 18 majors, almost the same number of career titles, yet Martina was so far ahead in prize money. Shows how much prize money increased from 70s to 80s(Evert won most of her majors in 70s)
And I think Martina got huge bonuses from Virgina Slims at YEC for finishing #1.

I also believe Martina held the #1 spot on this list longer than anyone(prize money increases have gotten so big in recent years, that many less dominant players have passed her)

 

[Moose Malloy]

How is it that Graf only earned 7 mill more than monica? Weird.

Graf retired in '99. And missed most of '97/'98. Seles played her last match in '03. Despite winning a lot less majors than Graf, Seles was still winning a lot of matches/events in the latter half of her career & played full schedules. prize money was quite high from 1990 on.
And 7 Mill is still a big difference.