WTA Prize Money Leaders Update: Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek continue insurmountable lead as Paolini and Rybakina win big

Thursday, 23 October 2025 at 09:17

Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek at the net after facing off at 2025 Roland Garros

The Prize Money Leaders has been updated for yet another week in the WTA as we head slowly towards the end of the season with this week seeing the Pan Pacific Open and Guangzhou as the two main stops as the WTA Finals approaches.

Elena Rybakina in reality was the big winner when it comes to this past week and while she hasn't moved positions, winning Ningbo has given her a major boost when it comes to potentially usurping Madison Keys at some point after being some way behind. She came into this past week before winning Ningbo with $2,998,532 and now $3,162,532. This compared to $4,077,787 so she is still some way off but despite that she is in ninth ahead of Naomi Osaka.

Osaka herself had prize money added from the previous week so sits in 10th on $2,515,892 having added $6,815 this week. Mirra Andreeva of course is a dual threat in both singles and doubles so always adds some money to hers and she sits in sixth place having added $15,170 albeit visa issues have dented her chances of making it to the WTA Finals in the coming weeks. She couldn't take a late spot in Tokyo as a result.

Jasmine Paolini thrived though booking her Riyadh spot and she added $59,100 to keep on the coattails of the top four who in reality are out in front by a modicum of distance. Aryna Sabalenka still leads by some way with $12,313,519 compared to $9,417,532 from Swiatek and Coco Gauff follows alongside Amanda Anisimova.

Gauff is on $7,274,845. While Anisimova is on $6,210,577 but the top four are still very much imperious and are unlikely to get caught any time soon. All have had pretty good years so in reality it's no surprise to see them all lead by some way.

Aryna Sabalenka Australian Open 2025

Alexandrova, Bencic and Samsonova add huge totals

Further down Ekaterina Alexandrova who made her top 10 debut in the main rankings recently is 11th in this one and adds $101,000 to her total ahead of Belinda Bencic who also added money. She is now on $2,438,954 after adding $27,940 to her total.

Moves also for Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova in 13th and 14th adding $4,160 and $15,170 respectively. All of these compared to last week's standings. Liudmila Samsonova further down also added $42,320 to her total to sit 21st. It will of course all cease after this week with the WTA Finals being the footnote of the season so this week sees the final chance to add vital prize money.

While these rankings aren't officially a way to judge the players, it is something which is used to dictate who is on form at the top of the sport in both singles and doubles with this total taking into account both. If a player leads based only on singles in particular, it shows the incredible season they are having hence the impressive nature of Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff and Anisimova's lead based mostly on singles totals.

WTA Prize Money Leaders as of 20 October

Standing	Name	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Total
1	Aryna Sabalenka	12,313,519			12,313,519
2	Iga Swiatek (POL)	9,217,532	200,000		9,417,532
3	Coco Gauff (USA)	7,085,905	188,940		7,274,845
4	Amanda Anisimova (USA)	6,200,577	10,000		6,210,577
5	Jasmine Paolini (ITA)	3,721,399	1,085,598		4,806,997
6	Mirra Andreeva	3,958,152	647,074	50,000	4,655,226
7	Jessica Pegula (USA)	4,037,528	74,783	100,000	4,212,311
8	Madison Keys (USA)	4,044,887	22,900	10,000	4,077,787
9	Elena Rybakina (KAZ)	3,136,062	16,470	10,000	3,162,532
10	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	2,505,892	10,000		2,515,892
11	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2,250,736	201,090		2,451,826
12	Belinda Bencic (SUI)	2,428,954	10,000		2,438,954
13	Elise Mertens (BEL)	1,399,320	962,209		2,361,529
14	Veronika Kudermetova	1,316,790	959,273		2,276,063
15	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,213,165			2,213,165
16	Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)	1,398,539	747,613	3,050	2,149,202
17	Linda Noskova (CZE)	1,937,092	185,291		2,122,383
18	Karolina Muchova (CZE)	1,976,340	64,985	50,000	2,091,325
19	Clara Tauson (DEN)	1,921,831	156,652		2,078,483
20	Diana Shnaider	1,389,325	673,154		2,062,479
21	Liudmila Samsonova	1,842,786	197,380		2,040,166
22	Emma Navarro (USA)	1,963,390	5,475		1,968,865
23	Katerina Siniakova (CZE)	835,536	1,037,686	94,205	1,967,427
24	Taylor Townsend (USA)	823,577	1,000,307	96,123	1,920,007
25	Marta Kostyuk (UKR)	1,663,452	131,461		1,794,913
26	Sara Errani (ITA)	115,392	1,085,598	579,146	1,780,136
27	Laura Siegemund (GER)	1,433,572	282,341	9,474	1,725,387
28	Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)	1,435,078	224,191		1,659,269
29	Leylah Fernandez (CAN)	1,423,170	194,736		1,617,906
30	Qinwen Zheng (CHN)	1,574,548			1,574,548
31	Daria Kasatkina (AUS)	1,443,297	39,865		1,483,162
32	Anna Kalinskaya	1,068,210	392,194		1,460,404
33	Emma Raducanu (GBR)	1,424,006	16,470	10,000	1,450,476
34	Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)	1,272,455	162,428		1,434,883
35	Sofia Kenin (USA)	1,129,716	295,022		1,424,738
36	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,376,278	29,887		1,406,165
37	Cristina Bucsa (ESP)	1,048,167	347,984	8,464	1,404,615
38	Victoria Mboko (CAN)	1,360,409	15,321		1,375,730
39	Paula Badosa (ESP)	1,319,134	16,580		1,335,714
40	Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)	1,246,167	51,281		1,297,448
41	Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)	1,177,341	116,042		1,293,383
42	McCartney Kessler (USA)	1,011,933	245,227		1,257,160
43	Donna Vekic (CRO)	1,234,163	11,180		1,245,343
44	Dayana Yastremska (UKR)	1,178,238	56,957		1,235,195
45	Peyton Stearns (USA)	1,041,653	184,984		1,226,637
46	Ashlyn Krueger (USA)	1,037,986	168,541		1,206,527

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