Sep 6, 2025; Flushing, NY, USA; Aryna Sabalenka celebrates with the championship trophy after defeating Amanda Anisimova (USA) (not pictured) the women's singles final of the 2025 US Open tennis championships at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

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Aryna Sabalenka Shatters WTA Prize Money Records With Lucrative $15 Million Earnings in 2025

Belarusian trails only Serena Williams in all-time prize money list.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka has officially sealed her royalty status in the WTA circuit, as the Belarusian became the woman to earn the highest prize money in a single season. She captured the most titles (4) on the women’s tour this year, and added a mammoth $15+ million to her purse in the process. Having overhauled the likes of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, Sabalenka is also No. 2 on the all-time list.

With $1️⃣5️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣8️⃣,5️⃣1️⃣9️⃣, Aryna Sabalenka broke the record for MOST PRIZE MONEY IN A SINGLE SEASON IN WTA HISTORY this year. 💰👏🎉

And she now has the second-most CAREER prize money in WTA history with $45,175,621, after Serena Williams' $94,816,730:https://t.co/0aGhM8wclX
— TENNIS (@Tennis) December 5, 2025

In 2025, Sabalenka won trophies at the Brisbane International, Miami Open, Madrid Open and the US Open. In addition to this, the 27-year-old finished as the runner-up in Melbourne, Indian Wells, Stuttgart, Roland Garros and the WTA Finals in Riyadh. Apart from this, she made three other semifinals and two quarterfinals to cement her dominance.

Currently a four-time Grand Slam champion, Sabalenka’s exact prize money earning for 2025 stands at $15,008,519 – the highest in a single season. The previous record belonged to Serena Williams, who amassed $12,385,572 in 2013. With a career prize money of $45,175,621, Sabalenka only trails Williams ($94,816,730) in terms of on-court salary on the WTA Tour. Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek is in third place with $43,640,490.

Aryna Sabalenka’s 2025 Campaign Tops the WTA Charts

Players able to top the WTA Rankings for a whole calendar year

• Chris Evert (1977, 1981)
• Martina Navratilova (1983-1984, 1986)
• Steffi Graf (1988-1990, 1994, 1996)
• Monica Seles (1992)
• Serena Williams (2014-2015)
• Ashleigh Barty (2020-2021)
• Aryna Sabalenka… pic.twitter.com/ejxL4VaS3i
— Mario Boccardi (@boccardi_marioo) November 1, 2025

While the Belarusian powerhouse led the charge, it was a year of highs for the women’s division even outside of the top seed. The 2025 season was the first year in WTA history wherein two women surpassed the $10 million mark in prize money earnings. And former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina grabbed the single biggest one-time payout at an event by winning $5,235,000 for claiming the WTA Finals 2025 championship in Saudi Arabia without dropping a set.

WTA PRIZE MONEY LEADERS (2025):

Rank	Name	Prize Money
1	Aryna Sabalenka	$15,008,519
2	Iga Swiatek	$10,112,532
3	Elena Rybakina	$8,456,632
4	Coco Gauff	$7,969,845
5	Amanda Anisimova	$7,260,577
6	Jessica Pegula	$5,262,311
7	Jasmine Paolini	$5,253,997
8	Mirra Andreeva	$4,726,226
9	Madison Keys	$4,357,787
10	Elise Mertens	$2,895,029

WTA PRIZE MONEY LEADERS (ALL-TIME):

Rank	Name	Prize Money
1	Serena Williams	$94,816,730
2	Aryna Sabalenka	$45,175,621
3	Iga Swiatek	$43,640,490
4	Venus Williams	$42,867,364
5	Simona Halep	$40,236,618
6	Victoria Azarenka	$38,890,473
7	Maria Sharapova	$38,777,962
8	Petra Kvitova	$37,653,615
9	Caroline Wozniacki	$36,479,231
10	Angelique Kerber	$32,545,460

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Sankalp Harikrishnan

A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.