PTO Prize Money

The PTO is significantly increasing the prize money across triathlon. We do this to ensure our amazing pro athletes are fairly rewarded for their athleticism, talent and unwavering dedication.

As an organisation co-owned by our athlete members, we have paid out millions of dollars to support professional triathletes, both through race prize purses and our end-of-year bonus pool, which rewards athletes based on their position in the PTO World RankingsAll prize money and bonuses are paid equally to women and men.

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, we paid $2.5m from this bonus pool early to help PTO athletes survive with limited racing opportunities. In 2022 we introduced the PTO Tour, offering higher prize purses at each tour leg than virtually all annual world championships.

2023 PTO Tour Prize Money
30-Athlete races

PTO European Open, PTO US Open
1 $100,000 16 $3,000
2 $50,000 17 $3,000
3 $35,000 18 $3,000
4 $15,000 19 $3,000
5 $10,000 20 $2,500
6 $8,000 21 $2,500
7 $7,000 22 $2,500
8 $6,500 23 $2,500
9 $6,000 24 $2,500
10 $5,500 25 $2,500
11 $5,000 26 $2,000
12 $4,500 27 $2,000
13 $4,000 28 $2,000
14 $3,500 29 $2,000
15 $3,000 30 $2,000
Total: $600,000

2023 PTO Tour Prize Money
20-Athlete races

PTO Asian Open
1 $100,000 11 $6,500
2 $50,000 12 $5,500
3 $35,000 13 $5,000
4 $20,000 14 $4,500
5 $14,000 15 $4,000
6 $10,000 16 $3,500
7 $8,500 17 $3,000
8 $8,000 18 $3,000
9 $7,500 19 $2,500
10 $7,000 20 $2,500
Total: $600,000

PTO Bonus Prize Pool 2023

TOP 50 PTO WORLD RANKED ATHLETES​
1 $100,000 26 $10,000
2 $90,000 27 $10,000
3 $80,000 28 $10,000
4 $70,000 29 $10,000
5 $60,000 30 $10,000
6 $50,000 31 $8,000
7 $45,000 32 $8,000
8 $40,000 33 $8,000
9 $35,000 34 $8,000
10 $30,000 35 $8,000
11 $25,000 36 $8,000
12 $20,000 37 $8,000
13 $19,000 38 $8,000
14 $18,000 39 $8,000
15 $17,000 40 $8,000
16 $16,000 41 $5,000
17 $15,000 42 $5,000
18 $14,000 43 $5,000
19 $13,000 44 $5,000
20 $12,000 45 $5,000
21 $11,000 46 $5,000
22 $10,000 47 $5,000
23 $10,000 48 $5,000
24 $10,000 49 $5,000
25 $10,000 50 $5,000
Total: $2,000,000