WTA Prize Money Leaders Update: Elena Rybakina stretches lead despite losing Indian Wells final to Aryna Sabalenka

Monday, 16 March 2026 at 18:30

Elena Rybakina raises fist in celebration.

The WTA Prize Money Leaders have been updated for the latest week after Indian Wells took place which saw Aryna Sabalenka crowned as champion in a final between perhaps two of the best players in the world right now in Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina.

Rybakina, the Australian Open champion still leads the way unlike the WTA Rankings which see Sabalenka as the insurmountable World No.1 and will for a while to come. The WTA Prize Money Leaders update on the otherhand offers more of a glimpse at those who are more in form as of right now as opposed to over a year.

Rybakina has been the best player in WTA Tennis over the past six months so leads the way ahead of Sabalenka in regards to this table and she wasn't usurped this week as despite losing in the final, Rybakina managed to stretch her lead by doing so. She added $564,920 since the last update and sits still top.

While Sabalenka added $1,085,220 to her total and sits on $2,699,517 compared to her old total of $1,614,297 which saw her only marginally ahead of Jessica Pegula and Elina Svitolina. While both have added to their totals this past week with Pegula winning $162,110 and Svitolina with $297,315, there is now a small gap.

Gap opens up

Rybakina and Sabalenka over the three million and two million marks while Pegula, Svitolina and Gauff sit behind in the $1m+ range. Iga Swiatek is sixth but could be caught by Victoria Mboko who added further to her total with $181,160 this past week as she sits in seventh. While Karolina Muchova was also the other big winner adding $81,752 to hers.

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Victoria Mboko makes her place in the finals

But while those are the big winners prize money wise, there are further ranking climbers in the overall list. Mainly though this comes down to doubles. Linda Noskova is up from 41st to 16th after a good few weeks singles wise. Katerina Siniakova is also up to 17th. She had a good week over both singles and doubles.

While further good weeks for Anna Danilina, Cristina Bucsa and Zheng Shuai who for the latter two went down but had a big boost prize money wise.

Talia Gibson after her standout run too is also up to 32nd. Emma Raducanu also moves slightly up in total earnings to $372,694 now to 36th in this list.

WTA Prize Money Leaders Update (as of 16 March 2026)

Rank	Player	Nation	Singles ($)	Doubles ($)	Mixed ($)	Total ($)
1	Elena Rybakina	KAZ	3,437,102	–	–	3,437,102
2	Aryna Sabalenka	BLR	2,691,702	7,815	–	2,699,517
3	Jessica Pegula	USA	1,705,600	37,343	–	1,742,943
4	Elina Svitolina	UKR	1,578,231	1,010	–	1,579,241
5	Coco Gauff	USA	1,310,340	5,750	–	1,316,090
6	Iga Swiatek	POL	1,225,175	–	–	1,225,175
7	Victoria Mboko	CAN	1,140,472	53,417	–	1,193,889
8	Karolina Muchova	CZE	1,134,628	7,815	–	1,142,443
9	Belinda Bencic	SUI	1,063,371	7,900	–	1,071,271
10	Elise Mertens	BEL	745,886	307,839	–	1,053,725
11	Jasmine Paolini	ITA	712,947	112,697	–	825,644
12	Amanda Anisimova	USA	810,226	–	–	810,226
13	Mirra Andreeva	RUS	729,026	34,765	–	763,791
14	Iva Jovic	USA	599,811	31,822	–	631,633
15	Jelena Ostapenko	LAT	452,824	174,471	–	627,295
16	Linda Noskova	CZE	581,416	33,188	–	614,604
17	Katerina Siniakova	CZE	289,516	295,256	–	584,772
18	Zhang Shuai	CHN	209,111	349,479	–	558,590
19	Cristina Bucsa	ESP	372,208	174,221	–	546,429
20	Maria Sakkari	GRE	544,744	–	–	544,744
21	Clara Tauson	DEN	468,805	67,712	–	536,517
22	Barbora Krejcikova	CZE	472,178	14,175	–	486,353
23	Naomi Osaka	JPN	463,944	–	–	463,944
24	Anna Kalinskaya	RUS	415,597	14,243	–	429,840
25	Madison Keys	USA	429,251	–	–	429,251
26	Wang Xinyu	CHN	399,516	27,148	–	426,664
27	Aleksandra Krunic	SRB	10,200	410,209	–	420,409
28	Anna Danilina	KAZ	–	410,209	–	410,209
29	Diana Shnaider	RUS	368,659	39,343	–	408,002
30	Taylor Townsend	USA	145,493	247,486	–	392,979
31	Ekaterina Alexandrova	RUS	322,477	67,233	–	389,710
32	Talia Gibson	AUS	329,262	57,751	–	387,013
33	Hailey Baptiste	USA	337,735	44,186	–	381,921
34	Alexandra Eala	PHI	346,446	35,198	–	381,644
35	Yulia Putintseva	KAZ	381,246	–	–	381,246
36	Emma Raducanu	GBR	364,794	7,900	–	372,694
37	Magda Linette	POL	335,547	29,927	–	365,474
38	Maya Joint	AUS	278,448	84,901	–	363,349
39	Peyton Stearns	USA	317,492	45,196	–	362,688
40	Storm Hunter	AUS	280,724	66,981	–	347,705
41	Janice Tjen	INA	274,054	67,963	–	342,017
42	Magdalena Frech	POL	338,749	–	–	338,749
43	Maddison Inglis	AUS	318,516	14,243	–	332,759
44	Zeynep Sonmez	TUR	331,482	–	–	331,482
45	Sorana Cirstea	ROU	308,193	22,143	–	330,336
46	Sara Bejlek	CZE	312,898	14,243	–	327,141
47	Kimberly Birrell	AUS	258,237	67,786	–	326,023
48	Laura Siegemund	GER	212,924	111,191	–	324,115
49	Jaqueline Cristian	ROU	261,718	53,838	–	315,556
50	Elena‑Gabriela Ruse	ROU	275,687	39,595	–	315,282

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