2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Toronto
- October 23-25, 2025
- Toronto, Canada
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With the conclusion of the Toronto stop, the 2025 World Cup Series has now come to an end, with the final standings locked in and all prize money allocated. We looked at the overall rankings here, but the prize money table will look slightly different.
With Triple Crown bonuses, World Record bonuses, and a new ‘Crown Buster’ bonus, there was scope for swimmers to rack up the cash without topping the overall standings.
In total, we saw the following prize money split from the overall amount of $1,553,500 awarded:
- Women – $830,500
- Men – $723,000
The majority of the prize money awarded was for the athletes position in the standings, both at each stop and overall, but with 23 Triple Crowns and 13 World Records there was also a significant amount of ‘bonus’ money awarded.
- Standings (Stop and Overall) – $1,196,000
- Bonus (Triple Crown, World Record, Crown Buster) – $357,500
The way the prize money is awarded has been changed slightly this year. You can see a full recap of this here.
Women
The women’s rankings saw the battle go right down to the wire, with the top two of Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh separated by just 0.2 points in the end.
Both women completed a ‘Triple Triple’, winning three events at each of the three stops. Douglass took the 200 breast, 100 breast, and 100 free, while Walsh won the 100 IM, 50 fly, and 100 fly.
Their battle came down to the final day, with Walsh leading by 0.2 points. Wash notched a swim of 53.10 in the 100 fly final, leaving Douglass requiring her to pretty much match her new World Record in the 100 free to overhaul her.
She more than rose to the challenge, not only breaking her record but also becoming the first woman in history to break 50 seconds in the event. That swim gave her the Triple Crown bonus ($10,000), a World Record bonus ($10,000), and an additional $30,000 for finishing top of the standings rather than 2nd.
She took home a monstrous $182,000 over the last three weeks, with Walsh the only other woman to crack $100,000. Kaylee McKeown nearly joined them after a stunning final stop where she broke the 200 back World Record and busted Regan Smith‘s crown in the 100 back.
Lani Pallister and Mollie O’Callaghan made the most of the final stop as well, as all three Australian women overtook Smith in the standings in Toronto. Pallister was the biggest riser, taking home $36,000 from the final stop alone thanks to a World Record, two Triple Crowns and a 4th-place finish at the stop.
Kasia Wasick and Alex Walsh won Triple Crowns to crack $20,000 in overall winnings despite not finishing in the top eight overall. There was only one Crown Buster in Toronto, Kaylee Mckeown in the aforementioned 100 back, with 14 of the 15 potential crowns going the way of the previous two stops.
Overall Money Table, 2025 World Cup Series – Women
| Position | Swimmer | Stop 1 – Carmel | Stop 2 – Westmont | Stop 3 – Toronto | Triple Crowns | Crown Busters | World Records | Overall Standings | Total |
| 1 | Kate Douglass | $10,000 | $12,000 | $10,000 | $30,000 | $20,000 | $100,000 | $182,000 | |
| 2 | Gretchen Walsh | $12,000 | $10,000 | $8,000 | $30,000 | $10,000 | $70,000 | $140,000 | |
| 3 | Kaylee McKeown | $8,000 | $5,500 | $12,000 | $20,000 | $2,500 | $20,000 | $30,000 | $98,000 |
| 4 | Lani Pallister | $5,500 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $62,500 | |
| 5 | Mollie O’Callaghan | $5,400 | $5,400 | $5,400 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $58,200 | |
| 6 | Regan Smith | $6,000 | $8,000 | $5,500 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $14,000 | $53,500 | |
| 7 | Alexandria Perkins | $5,300 | $5,200 | $5,000 | $11,000 | $26,500 | |||
| 8 | Erika Fairweather | $5,200 | $4,900 | $5,200 | $10,000 | $25,300 | |||
| 9 | Kasia Wasick | $4,400 | $4,400 | $4,700 | $10,000 | $23,500 | |||
| 10 | Alex Walsh | $4,900 | $5,300 | $10,000 | $20,200 | ||||
| 11 | Ellen Walshe | $4,600 | $5,000 | $5,300 | $14,900 | ||||
| 12 | Roos Vanotterdijk | $4,700 | $4,700 | $4,600 | $14,000 | ||||
| 13 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | $4,200 | $4,600 | $4,800 | $13,600 | ||||
| 14 | Marrit Steenbergen | $4,000 | $4,500 | $4,900 | $13,400 | ||||
| 15 | Rebecca Meder | $4,500 | $4,300 | $4,200 | $13,000 | ||||
| 16 | Mona McSharry | $5,100 | $5,100 | $10,200 | |||||
| 17 | Phoebe Bacon | $4,000 | $4,500 | $8,500 | |||||
| 18 | Anna Peplowski | $4,100 | $4,100 | $8,200 | |||||
| 19 | Eneli Jefimova | $5,100 | $5,100 | ||||||
| 20 | Anna Elendt | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||||||
| 21 | Anastasia Gorbenko | $4,800 | $4,800 | ||||||
| 22 | Alex Shackell | $4,800 | $4,800 | ||||||
| 23 | Taylor Ruck | $4,400 | $4,400 | ||||||
| 24 | Ella Ramsay | $4,300 | $4,300 | ||||||
| 25 | Abbie Wood | $4,300 | $4,300 | ||||||
| 26 | Olivia Wunsch | $4,200 | $4,200 | ||||||
| 27 | Florine Gaspard | $4,100 | $4,100 | ||||||
| 28 | Freya Colbert | $4,000 | $4,000 |
Men
The men’s side was a little more clear-cut heading into Toronto. Hubert Kos was the only man to have taken three victories at each of the first two stops, with Ilya Kharun and Shaine Casas close behind.
With three Triple Crowns and top spot in the overall standings on the line, Kos had the best male single-meet performance of the series, clocking two World records en route to a score of 59.4 points.
He won the most money of anyone at the final stop with $30,000 in Triple Crown bonuses, $20,000 in World Record bonuses, and $12,000 for winning the stop giving him a total of $62,000. Combined with the $22,000 he earned through the Carmel and Westmont stops and the $100,000 prize for the series win, he ended as the top money-maker overall with $184,000 in winnings.
Shaine Casas ended with eight wins from nine races, nearly sweeping the IM events. He took the Triple Crown in the 100 IM and 200 IM, but a 3rd-place finish in the 400 IM at the first stop in Carmel left
Caspar Corbeau was just 0.2 points behind Casas in the overall standings, which equated to a $40,000 difference in prize money. That was almost exactly the gap between the two in overall prize money too, as Corbeau took one triple Crown and one World Record at the final stop.
Ilya Kharun (200 fly, 50 fly) and Luke Hobson (200 free) were the only other men to win a Triple Crown, as ‘Buster-in-chief’ Josh Liendo cracked two winning streaks in Toronto.
Noe Ponti (100 fly) and Jack Alexy (100 free) were his victims, and Liendo made $25,000 in at the final stop: $5,000 from Crown Buster bonuses, $10,000 for his 100 fly World Record, and $10,000 for finishing 2nd at the stop.
Tomoyuki Matsushita‘s DQ in the 400 IM on the final day in Toronto proved costly, as the 3:56.66 he had swum for 2nd would have been worth 17.7 points, enough to put him 7th overall at the stop. That would have been worth $5,300 – placing him 11th in the overall money table rather than 16th.
Overall Money Table, 2025 World Cup Series – Men
| Position | Swimmer | Stop 1 – Carmel | Stop 2 – | Stop 3 – | Triple Crowns | Crown Busters | World Records | Overall Standings | Total |
| 1 | Hubert Kos | $12,000 | $10,000 | $12,000 | $30,000 | $20,000 | $100,000 | $184,000 | |
| 2 | Shaine Casas | $5,500 | $12,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $70,000 | $113,500 | ||
| 3 | Caspar Corbeau | $10,000 | $6,000 | $8,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $30,000 | $74,000 | |
| 4 | Ilya Kharun | $6,000 | $8,000 | $5,500 | $20,000 | $15,000 | $54,500 | ||
| 5 | Carson Foster | $8,000 | $5,400 | $5,400 | $14,000 | $32,800 | |||
| 6 | Josh Liendo | $5,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $30,000 | |||
| 7 | Noe Ponti | $5,400 | $5,500 | $5,200 | $12,000 | $28,100 | |||
| 8 | Chris Guiliano | $5,300 | $5,200 | $5,100 | $11,000 | $26,600 | |||
| 9 | Thomas Ceccon | $4,800 | $5,300 | $5,300 | $10,000 | $25,400 | |||
| 10 | Luke Hobson | $4,800 | $4,300 | $10,000 | $19,100 | ||||
| 11 | Kacper Stokowski | $4,900 | $4,500 | $4,500 | $13,900 | ||||
| 12 | Finlay Knox | $4,500 | $4,700 | $4,400 | $13,600 | ||||
| 13 | Kieran Smith | $4,100 | $4,000 | $4,100 | $12,200 | ||||
| 14 | Ilya Shymanovich | $5,000 | $5,100 | $10,100 | |||||
| 15 | Jack Alexy | $5,100 | $4,800 | $9,900 | |||||
| 16 | Tomoyuki Matsushita | $4,700 | $4,600 | $9,300 | |||||
| 17 | Shin Ohashi | $4,300 | $5,000 | $9,300 | |||||
| 18 | Alberto Razzetti | $4,200 | $4,900 | $9,100 | |||||
| 19 | Finn Brooks | $4,900 | $4,000 | $8,900 | |||||
| 20 | Dylan Carter | $4,600 | $4,100 | $8,700 | |||||
| 21 | Leon Marchand | $5,200 | $5,200 | ||||||
| 22 | Adam Peaty | $4,700 | $4,700 | ||||||
| 23 | Sam Short | $4,600 | $4,600 | ||||||
| 24 | Grant House | $4,400 | $4,400 | ||||||
| 25 | Lucas Henveaux | $4,400 | $4,400 | ||||||
| 26 | Lewis Clareburt | $4,300 | $4,300 | ||||||
| 27 | Ralf Tribuntsov | $4,200 | $4,200 | ||||||
| 28 | Brendan Smith | $4,200 | $4,200 | ||||||
| 29 | Jeremias Pock | $4,000 | $4,000 |
What Hubi told Hungarian media:
“For me, taking part in the World Cup was all about swimming — about seeing where I stand in terms of fitness and how much I’ve improved in short course racing. The prize money didn’t interest me at all. I know it’s quite a nice sum, but the university rules are pretty strict about how much money I can receive from competitions. So right now, two things matter: my swimming performance and making sure I fully comply with NCAA regulations. The compliance department will determine whether I’m entitled to any of the prize money or not.
This isn’t anything new — I also competed in the World Cup in 2022, and for similar reasons,… Read more »
Meanwhile coaches are making 50 million dollars for getting fired. I thought things were supposed to be figured out by now? Why is the NCAA always a complete mess
This year’s World Cup has been a pleasure to follow. Great to see the continuation of rivalries across many events, a teaser for what’s to come this December for European SC and the number of barriers broken.
This year’s world cup was fantastic, with the exception of TV production.
Any world record predictions?
Alex Walsh bombing out of the heats in the W 100 BR at the Toronto, ON stop definitely cost her some money especially without a backup event.
I’ m sure Alex will appreciate you sharing this with the world. Perhaps get a second opinion before pressing the ” post comment ” button.
Oh No! She only made $20,000 in three weeks. What a shame
Pretty good payouts by swimming standards!
Six of the top 10 men have ties to Texas Swimming
Three are OG Texas, the rest are just mercenaries.
Oh God, the coping!
Knowing who this is makes it so much funnier
Well now I’m bummed I don’t know. Darn your American sources!
has something to do with the december mercenary we saw last year
Oh my God. That is GOLDEN!
very much so
Looks like Kate was somewhat a six-figure beneficiary of the wayward spinal tap (ouch) that McIntosh had.
Canadian swim star Summer McIntosh ‘feeling great’ after illness sidelined her from World Cup tour | CBC Sports
Those aren’t bad paydays whatsoever, but still sad it’s only a once a year thing
Yeah they really should bring back the old format. There is so little racing for swimmers.
Kos made $184,000 in 3 weeks.
Meanwhile for that same amount you can sell your soul and reputation to Peter Theil and Brett Hawk and have zero respect for yourself or sport.
Glad to see swimming pay out and keep people motivated to pursue their dreams. Keep it up and keep it growing
How much did Kos make from World LC?
Would be nice to see how much athletes make from long course worlds
Yeah but like, Shane Ryan would top out at maybe $5-10k if he did all 3? It’s just not the same thing.
That’s why Chalmers got offered a hell of a lot more money than most of the guys they’ve actually gotten so far.
But this only happens once a year and it’s only for the best of the best. Even the best in 1 event may only get a limited sum of money just because the swimmer does not swim more events. And compared to other professional sports, $184,000 isn’t a lot.
He made that money; but cannot keep/receive a dime as he is still competing for Texas and is in the US with student visa.