World Aquatics allocated $10.13 USD million in prize money across all aquatic sports in 2025, highlighting the organisation's dedication to reinvesting in athletes and the ongoing growth of aquatics worldwide.
Out of this total, swimmers won $4.38 USD million, shared between the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup and the World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025. This marks one of the most lucrative seasons to date for the swimmers.
Record prize purse at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025
The single largest prize purse of the year came at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025. With $6.1 million awarded across swimming, diving, artistic swimming, water polo, open water swimming, and high diving, this edition of the event was the most financially substantial in history.
2025 Prize Money | Breakdown by Sport
In addition to the $4.38 million won by swimmers across the Swimming World Cup and the World Championships, World Aquatics awarded nearly six million more to athletes and teams across the other aquatics sports at its events in 2025. The breakdown by sport is as follows (USD):
- Swimming: $ 4.38 million
- Diving: $1.99 million
- Water Polo: $1.53 million
- Artistic Swimming: $1.01 million
- Open Water Swimming: $916,000
- High Diving: $214,000