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WTT Releases 2024 Earnings List

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT)

Its certainly not at the levels of Basketball, Football, or Baseball, but when WTT released their 2024 Prize Money Leaderboard, they showed 6 figure earnings across the top 13 men.  As you’d expect, World No. 1 Wang Chuqin led the way with over $261,000 in prize money.  Lin Shidong was close behind with over $231,000, then Harimoto at $164,000, and both Felix Lebrun and Jingkun at $147,000.  The list dips to No. 35 (Oh Jungsung) with the lowest person on the list earning nearly $50,000 this year.

Each of the players on this list also play for a professional team, and many are from countries that pay top athletes to compete.  Add in product endorsements and other sponsorships, and there is a sizeable group of professional table tennis players making a good living.

At first glance, perhaps the biggest surprise is that Franziska is the second highest earner among Europeans (his $119,825 is not far behind Felix Lebrun’s $147,225).  Anton Kallberg is over $100,000 (the 11th highest earner of the year).  And another big surprise is that Benedikt Duda is No. 16 on the overall earner list – ahead of many other better-known names.  Speaking of those well-known names, Ma Long is No. 23, Fan Zhendong is No. 24, and Dimitrij Ovtcharov is 28th – all significantly lower on this list than many would have expected.

The women’s list is just as impressive.  There are 11 players over $100,000 in earnings with Wang Manyu leading the way at $244,325.  The 35th player is Sreeja Akula who earned $50,590.  And, of interest to US fans, Lily Zhang has made the list at No. 34 with $50,995.  Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz has also made the list at No. 15, with $82,700 in earnings.

Check out the complete Top 35 lists on the WTT website here: Men’s Top 35 | Women’s Top 35

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