The 2025 CrossFit Games prize purse is estimated to be about $1 million lower than last year. This estimate is based on total Open registrations after the sign-up window closed.
As of 8:00 p.m. ET on Monday, March 3, the unofficial registration total for 2025 was 233,815 individuals. With that registration total, the 2025 CrossFit Games prize purse is set at $2,338,150, according to the Fran Lung Analytics Prize Purse Calculator.
Keep in mind that a small number of athletes will continue to register for the next two weeks, but traditionally that number has been quite small.
What You Need To Know
- This is a decrease from last year’s prize purse of $3.3 million.
- While the 2025 Open registration number is still unofficial, it’s trending down 32% compared to 2024, when more than 343,000 people registered. This is the lowest registration total since 2014.
How the 2025 CrossFit Games Prize Purse Works
The specifics about the cash prizes for the Games season are laid out in the CrossFit Rulebook:
- Rule 1.33 states: “The exact number of winning placements in each category and competition region will be determined at the close of Open registration (Monday, March 17, at 5 p.m. PT).”
- Rule 5.17 states: “A percentage of Open registration fees will go toward the Games cash prizes. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top performers. All cash prizes will be paid in U.S. dollars. Prize values will be released prior to the beginning of competition.”
- Appendix F: Prize Money Distributions provides a full breakdown of the prizes and percentages of total registration fees allocated per division.
Read more about how the 2025 CrossFit Games prize purse works here.
Here is a breakdown of prizes, per Fran Lung Analytics prize purse calculator:
CrossFit Open
Overall Finishers
- 1st Place: $14,613.44
- 2nd Place: $8,768.06
- 3rd Place: $5,845.38
Individual Weekly Performances
- 1st Place: $4,871.15
- 2nd Place: $2,922.69
- 3rd Place: $2,727.84
CrossFit In-Affiliate Semifinal
- 1st Place: $8,768.06
- 2nd Place: $4,208.67
- 3rd Place: $3,857.95
- 4th Place: $3,507.23
- 5th Place: $3,156.50
- 6th Place: $2,805.78
- 7th Place: $2,455.06
- 8th Place: $2,104.34
- 9th Place: $1,753.61
- 10th Place: $1,402.89
- 11th Place: $1,052.17
Prizes By Category
- CrossFit Open Affiliate Prizes – (20%): $467,630.00
- CrossFit Open Top Individual Prizes – (5%): $116,907.50
- In-Affiliate Semifinal – (3%): $70,144.50
- CrossFit Games – Individuals (49%): $1,145,693.50
- CrossFit Games – Teams (5%): $116,907.50
- Masters – (10%): $233,815.00
- Adaptive – (3%): $70,144.50
Individual and Team Divisions
Individual Division Prize Purse, Overall Men and Women
- 1st: $286,000
- 2nd: $57,000
- 3rd: $45,000
- 4th: $40,000
- 5th-8th: $20,000, $15,000, $14,000, and $12,000, respectively
- 9th-20th: $12,000, $11,000, $9,700, $8,500, $6,800, $6,300, $5,700, $5,100, $4,500, $4,000, $3,400, and $2,800, respectively
- 21st-30th: $0
Team Division Prize Purse, Overall (Prize Per Team)
- 1st: $70,000
- 2nd: $46,700
- 3rd: $35,000
- 4th: $16,000
- 5th: $8,000
- 6th-10th: $6,000, $5,800, $5,100, $4,900, and $4,600, respectively
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Why This Matters
The decrease in prize money and Open participation exemplifies how different the 2025 season is from any other.
The Games season also has other significant events to compete with throughout the season now. The most notable is the World Fitness Project, which has events throughout the year that could interfere with Games training and the times at which athletes need to hit peak performance.
Remind Me
- This prize purse total is a notable decrease from 2023 and 2024, which had similar prize purse figures.
- In 2022, the prize purse increased slightly to $2.845 million. While each of the overall winners received the same prize as in 2021, this was the first year that all elite individuals, 1-40, received a payout.
- The prize purse in 2021 was $2.5 million. Each winner received $310,000, and the top 20 Games athletes all received cash prizes that season.
One last thing: These figures have yet to be finalized, and while things could change, very few people register each year after the submission deadline in the first week.
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