ATP money ranking: Dominic Thiem shortly before moving into the top 10
Dominic Thiem has stalked his way to the top 10 of the all-time money list, Novak Djokovic remains the clear number 1.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Nov 28, 2020, 11:27 am
A victory in the final of the ATP Finals and Dominic Thiem would currently be among the ten highest earning players of all time. The Lichtenwörther earned 28,163,125 US dollars in the course of his career, a mere 123,420 US dollars less than the current number 10, Marin Cilic.
In 2020, Thiem had a proud $ 6,030,756, the majority of which, of course, thanks to his victory at the US Open. Thiem bagged a whopping 3,000,000 US dollars here.
Novak Djokovic is absolute top in terms of ATP prize money
At the top? Novak Djokovic is now at $ 145,656,177, a friendly lead over Roger Federer at $ 129,946,683 and Rafael Nadal at $ 123,482.764. Of course, you have to consider that the prize money for the top people is only a fraction of the total earnings. Thanks to advertising, Roger Federer was at the top of the list among athletes from June 2019 to May 2020 with an estimated total income of 106,300,000 US dollars .
How much the prize money has exploded in recent years is easy to see from the money ranking list. David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych are among the top 10 despite the lack of a Grand Slam title; Despite eight major titles, Ivan Lendl is "only" listed in 18th place (21,262,417 US dollars), and good old Rod Laver in 479 despite 11 major titles (with income of 1,565,413 US dollars).
Oh yes, who is actually last? It is actually Wolfgang Grassler, an Austrian player who achieved his best ranking in the world with 725 in 1984. His total income: $ 22. His place in the money list: number 25,347.
Here is a selection of the best-deserved men
| position | player | Total revenue |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | $ 145,656,177 |
| 2 | Roger Federer | $ 129,946,683 |
| 3 | Rafael Nadal | $ 123,482,764 |
| 4th | Andy Murray | $ 61,793,368 |
| 5 | Pete Sampras | $ 43,280,489 |
| 6th | Stan Wawrinka | $ 34,632,708 |
| 7th | David Ferrer | $ 31,483,911 |
| 8th | Andre Agassi | $ 31,152,975 |
| 9 | Tomas Berdych | $ 29,491,328 |
| 10 | Marin Cilic | $ 28,286,545 |
| 11 | Dominic Thiem | $ 28,163,125 |
| 13th | Boris Becker | $ 25,080,956 |
| 16 | Alexander Zverev | $ 23,308,531 |
| 31 | Mike Bryan | $ 16,767,452 |
| 53 | John McEnroe | $ 12,552,132 |
| 55 | Thomas Muster | $ 12,266,977 |