Viktor Axelsen’s dominance on court reflected in his prize money earnings rise off it as the Dane has already pocketed nearly a quarter million US dollars.

The Olympic champion, winner of four HSBC BWF World Tour events so far this year, earned US$232,750 – over US$92,000 more than the next highest earner.

Significantly, the top 10 earners (as of 18 July 2022) have representatives of four categories, with the top men’s doubles earners (Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto) coming in at No.11.

Tai Tzu Ying is the second highest with US$140,300, while doubles ace Huang Ya Qiong comes third with US$127,180. Interestingly, she’s a shade ahead of her partner Zheng Si Wei (US$119,687) since she had a successful stint earlier in the season with another partner, Ou Xuan Yi.

Women’s doubles duo Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida, winners of both Super 1000 events this year, each made US$103,894, putting them joint sixth in the earnings.

Here are the top 25 earners (as of 18 July 2022):

1. Viktor Axelsen US$232,750
2. Tai Tzu Ying US$140,300
3. Huang Ya Qiong US$127,180
4. Chen Yu Fei US$123,050
5. Zheng Si Wei US$119,687
6. Nami Matsuyama, Chiharu Shida US$103,894
7. An Se Young US$103,105
8. Akane Yamaguchi US$82,225
9. Lakshya Sen US$75,460
10. Ratchanok Intanon US$75,150
11. Fajar Alfian, Muhammad Rian Ardianto US$65,630
12. Lee Zii Jia US$64,595
13. Yuta Watanabe, Arisa Higashino US$62,162
14. Wang Zhi Yi US$57,640
15. He Bing Jiao US$57,355
16. Liu Yu Chen US$55,649
17. Ou Xuan Yi US$54,024
18. Pusarla V Sindhu US$53,852
19. Busanan Ongbamrungphan US$49,785
20. Yugo Kobayashi, Takuro Hoki US$48,027
21. Zhao Jun Peng US$46,975
22. Jonatan Christie US$46,360
23. Bagas Maulana, Muhammad Shohibul Fikri US$43,894
24. Jia Yi Fan, Chen Qing Chen US$43,214
25. Wang Yi Lyu, Huang Dong Ping US$43,202