Katinka Hosszu and Cameron van der Burgh each nabbed the $100,000 checks for winning the 2015 FINA World Cup series, pushing their totals to $325,000 and $262,000, respectively, for the season.
That makes them the series money-earning leaders.
For Hosszu, that’s a slight step down from the $389,000 she hauled in last year. The difference, though, is that last season Hosszu broke 5 world records for $10,000 apiece. With the World Cup changing its format to long course this year, those world record bonuses were much more difficult to attain, and Hosszu’s earnings dropped by $64,000 – just a tick more than she made in world record bonuses last year.
On the men’s side, van der Burgh leads with $262,000, with big earnings in all three clusters. 2014 series champ Chad le Clos also cracked six figures, earning $105,500.
Australia’s Emily Seebohm was the other swimmer to break $100,000. She earned $188,000, third-most overall. Two swimmers were right on the cusp of that barrier: Hungary’s Zsuszanna Jakabos hauled in $99,500, and red-hot Australian backstroker Mitch Larkin made $92,250 all in the third cluster alone after not swimming the two opening sets of meets.
In all, the series gave away just over $2 million in 2015.
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
Overall Series
- 1st: $100,000
- 2nd: $50,000
- 3rd: $30,000
Cluster 3 Bonuses
Women:
- Katinka Hosszu – $50,000
- Emily Seebohm – $35,000
- Alia Atkinson – $30,000
- Felicia Lee – $20,000
- Molly Hannis – $10,000
- Zsuzsanna Jakabos – $5,000
Men:
- Mitch Larkin – $50,000
- Cameron van der Burgh – $35,000
- David Plummer – $30,000
- Keita Sunama – $20,000
- David Verraszto – $10,000
- Masaki Kaneko – $5,000
**A reminder: the following lists track money earned, not necessarily money accepted, for those athletes who are trying to maintain their amateurism status.
Final Women’s Money List
| Rank | Athlete | Total Money | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Series Bonus |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | $325,500 | $65,500 | $83,000 | $77,000 | $100,000 |
| 2 | Emily Seebohm | $188,000 | $42,500 | $47,000 | $48,500 | $50,000 |
| 3 | Zsuzsanna Jakobos | $99,500 | $13,500 | $44,000 | $12,000 | $30,000 |
| 4 | Alia Atkinson | $60,250 | $3,000 | $20,250 | $37,000 | |
| 5 | Katie Meili | $35,000 | $35,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 6 | Cate Campbell | $29,000 | $29,000 | $0 | ||
| 7 | Vitalina Simonova | $28,500 | $23,500 | $5,000 | $0 | |
| 8 | Felicia Lee | $27,500 | $27,500 | |||
| 9 | Molly Hannis | $17,500 | $17,500 | |||
| 10 | Jeanette Ottesen | $11,500 | $3,000 | $8,500 | $0 | |
| 11 | Bronte Campbell | $10,500 | $10,500 | $0 | ||
| 12 | Missy Franklin | $9,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $0 | |
| 13 | Lauren Boyle | $8,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $6,000 | |
| 13 | Breeja Larson | $8,500 | $8,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 15 | Melanie Wright | $7,000 | $7,000 | |||
| 16 | Natalie Coughlin | $5,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $3,000 | |
| 17 | Rikako Ikee | $5,000 | $5,000 | |||
| 18 | Caitlin Leverenz | $4,000 | $4,000 | |||
| 18 | Jaz Carlin | $4,000 | $4,000 | |||
| 20 | Runa Imai | $3,500 | $3,500 | |||
| 20 | Rie Kaneto | $3,500 | $3,500 | |||
| 20 | Sakiko Shimizu | $3,500 | $3,500 | |||
| 20 | Micah Lawrence | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | ||
| 20 | Daria Ustinova | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 25 | Madeline Groves | $3,250 | $3,250 | $0 | $0 | |
| 26 | Miki Uchida | $3,000 | $3,000 | |||
| 26 | Anna Santamans | $3,000 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 | |
| 26 | Holly Barratt | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 | ||
| 29 | Alexandra Touretski | $2,750 | $2,750 | |||
| 30 | Leiston Pickett | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||
| 30 | Federica Pellegrini | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||
| 30 | Rika Omoto | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | ||
| 30 | Shao Yiwen | $2,500 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $0 | |
| 30 | Cammile Adams | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 30 | Franziska Hentke | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 36 | Natsumi Hoshi | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 36 | Martina Van Berkel | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 36 | Viktoria Zeynep Gunes | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 36 | Hou Yawen | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | ||
| 36 | Bronte Barratt | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |
| 36 | Lisa Zaiser | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |
| 36 | Beryl Gastaldello | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 36 | Diletta Carli | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 36 | Lindsay Vrooman | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 36 | Natalia Lovtcova | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 36 | Vien Nguyen | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 47 | Claire Donahue | $1,750 | $1,750 | $0 | $0 | |
| 48 | Yukimi Moriyama | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 48 | Daryna Zevina | $1,500 | $500 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 48 | Fu Yuanhui | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Guo Junjun | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Li Shuang | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Liu Xiaoyu | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Lu Ying | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Sally Hunter | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Shen Duo | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Shi Jinglin | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Wang Guoyue | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Zhang Xinyu | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Zhou Min | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Marie Wattel | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 48 | Melanie Margalis | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 48 | Mie Nielsen | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 48 | Zhang Yuhan | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 65 | Cassidy Bayer | $1,250 | $1,250 | |||
| 66 | Leah Neale | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Miyuki Takemura | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Chihiro Igarashi | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Kanako Watanabe | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Miho Takahashi | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Coralie Balmy | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Sarah Kohler | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Marta Ciesla | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 66 | Lara Grangeon | $1,000 | $500 | $0 | $500 | |
| 66 | Chen Jie | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Liu Zige | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Sze Hang Yu | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Zhang Jiaying | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Zhang Yufei | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Brianna Throssell | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Charlotte Bonnet | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Dar’Ya Stepanyuk | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Li Bingjie | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Svetlana Chimrova | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Tessa Wallace | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 86 | Natsumi Sakai | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Asari Wada | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Haruno Itou | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Kierra Smith | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Jessica Hobbin | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Rikke Moller Pedersen | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Svenja Stoffel | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Anna Kolarova | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Harriet Cooper | $500 | $500 | |||
| 86 | Belinda Hocking | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Cheung Hui Yan Cheyenne | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Jessica Pengelly | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Jordis Steinegger | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Liu Siya | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Madison Kennedy | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Qiu Yuhan | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Sun Minje | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Zhu Menghui | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Mariia Astashkina | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 86 | Martina Caramignoli | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 86 | Sasha Touretski | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 86 | Veronika Popova | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 108 | Melanie Henique | $250 | $250 | $0 | ||
| TOTAL: | $1,013,500 | $246,000 | $293,500 | $294,000 | $180,000 |
Final Men’s Money List
| Rank | Name | TOTAL Money Earned | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | TOTAL: Cluster 3 | Series Bonus |
| 1 | Cameron van der Burgh | $262,000 | $56,000 | $61,500 | $44,500 | $100,000 |
| 2 | Chad Le Clos | $105,500 | $43,500 | $0 | $12,000 | $50,000 |
| 3 | Mitch Larkin | $92,250 | $62,250 | $30,000 | ||
| 4 | Masato Sakai | $50,500 | $49,000 | $1,500 | ||
| 5 | Ashley Delaney | $43,500 | $3,000 | $40,500 | $0 | |
| 6 | David Plummer | $36,750 | $36,750 | |||
| 7 | Nicholas Fink | $34,000 | $34,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 8 | Yuki Shirai | $29,500 | $29,500 | $0 | ||
| 9 | David Verraszto | $28,000 | $3,500 | $14,500 | $10,000 | |
| 10 | Keita Sunama | $27,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $26,000 | |
| 11 | Camille Lacourt | $26,000 | $26,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 12 | Dan Smith | $21,500 | $1,500 | $20,000 | $0 | |
| 13 | Masaki Kaneko | $14,000 | $14,000 | |||
| 14 | Cody Miller | $13,000 | $13,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 15 | Katsumi Nakamura | $12,000 | $9,000 | $3,000 | ||
| 16 | Myles Brown | $9,500 | $9,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 17 | Velimir Stjepanovic | $6,500 | $2,000 | $4,500 | ||
| 18 | James Guy | $6,000 | $6,000 | |||
| 19 | Kenneth To | $5,500 | $5,500 | $0 | ||
| 20 | Quah Zheng Wen | $5,250 | $2,500 | $1,750 | $1,000 | |
| 21 | Tom Shields | $5,000 | $2,500 | $0 | $2,500 | |
| 22 | Tomas Elliot | $4,500 | $4,500 | $0 | ||
| 23 | Daniel Gyurta | $4,000 | $4,000 | |||
| 23 | Viktor Bromer | $4,000 | $1,500 | $0 | $2,500 | |
| 23 | Jan Micka | $4,000 | $2,500 | $0 | $1,500 | |
| 23 | David Brandl | $4,000 | $500 | $3,500 | $0 | |
| 23 | Josh Schneider | $4,000 | $4,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 28 | Giles Smith | $3,500 | $3,500 | |||
| 28 | Jeremy Stravius | $3,500 | $1,000 | $0 | $2,500 | |
| 28 | Hiromasa Fujimori | $3,500 | $2,000 | $0 | $1,500 | |
| 28 | Akihiro Yamaguchi | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | ||
| 28 | Nic Brown | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | ||
| 28 | Tommy Sucipto | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | ||
| 34 | Viacheslav Prudnikov | $3,250 | $3,250 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Bruno Fratus | $3,000 | $3,000 | |||
| 35 | Ippei Watanabe | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 | ||
| 35 | Te Haumi Maxwell | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 35 | Tim Phillips | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 40 | Giulio Zorzi | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||
| 40 | Christopher Wright | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||
| 40 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||
| 40 | Geoff Cheah | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Josh Beaver | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Kazmir Boscovic | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Semen Makovich | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Xu Jiayu | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Kevin Cordes | $2,250 | $1,250 | $1,000 | ||
| 49 | Shinri Shioura | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Ryosuke Irie | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Yousuke Miyamoto | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Takehashi Kawamoto | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Anthony Ervin | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Michael Meyer | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Adam Peaty | $2,000 | $2,000 | |||
| 49 | Damien Joly | $2,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 49 | Aleksandr Kudashev | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |
| 49 | Andrii Govorov | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 49 | Danila Izotov | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Jacob Hansford | $1,750 | $1,750 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Naito Ehara | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 61 | Yukihiro Takahashi | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 61 | Oleg Kostin | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 61 | Yuuki Kobori | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 61 | Ayatsugu Hirai | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 61 | Stephen Milne | $1,500 | $1,500 | |||
| 61 | Kyle Chalmers | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Li Zhuhao | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Mao Feilian | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Yan Zibei | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Brendan McHugh | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Chase Kalisz | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Evgeny Sedov | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Grigory Tarasevich | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Marco Koch | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Mehdy Metella | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Nikita Lobintsev | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Phillip Heintz | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 79 | Matthew Treloar | $1,250 | $1,250 | $0 | ||
| 80 | Nao Horomura | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Michael Andrew | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Takeharu Fujimori | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Reo Sakata | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Jake Packard | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Syogo Takeda | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Federico Grabich | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Ivan Lendjer | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Sean Grieshop | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Ross Murdoch | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Luke Greenbank | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Craig Benson | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Raphael Stacchiotti | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||
| 80 | Ban Bao | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 80 | He Jianbin | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 80 | Omar Pinzon | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 80 | Wang Yizhe | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 80 | Zhang Jie | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||
| 80 | Benjamin Doyle | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Clement Mignon | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Federico Turrini | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Ganesh Pedurand | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Jordan Bouchaut | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Jordan Coelho | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Jordan Pothain | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Pavel Sankovich | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Peter John Stevens | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | Shun Wang | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 108 | Yeo Kai Quan | $750 | $750 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Blake Jones | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Ryouta Nomura | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Yuuya Yajima | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Zane Grothe | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Yoshiki Yamanaka | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Maxime Rooney | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Liam Tancock | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Douglas Erasmus | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Pal Joensen | $500 | $500 | |||
| 109 | Cao Jiwen | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Hu Yiyong | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Li Xiang | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Low Zi Xuan Bryant | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Marco Loughran | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Ning Zetao | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Shi Weijia | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Wang Shun | $500 | $500 | $0 | ||
| 109 | Alexander Osipenko | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | Benjamin Stasiulis | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | David Morgan | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | Evgeny Drobotov | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | Jayden Hadler | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | Kazuki Kohinata | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | Mohammed Al Ghaferi | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 109 | Renato Prono | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 134 | Nosy Pelagie | $250 | $250 | $0 | $0 | |
| 134 | Tommaso D’Orsogna | $250 | $250 | $0 | $0 | |
| TOTAL: | $1,013,000 | $246,000 | $293,000 | $294,000 | $180,000 |
Chad Le Clos’ 100 fly is looking super quick for this time of year. He looks like he will be going sub 50 next year. Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough!
Now that the Hanging Chad crowd are not here – I agree. Chad the Laaad is looking smoothly fast. You just know there is a lot more there .
Don’t tell Commonwombat but Commonwealth Games swimmers won about 17 events here.
Wright Boyle Seebohm Atkinson Guy Larkin Le Clos Van derBurgh .2018 CGames are going to be hot.
And who knows, Durban 22 could be brilliant.
With those 2 locations , they ought to have included some surf events & beach running.
An Uncle Toby’s style Iron Man would do the trick.
Never thought I’d see the day where swimmers (a few of them, anyway) make money like this. It’s fantastic! Hopefully more to come. Thank you Mr. Phelps!