2022 CrossFit Games Prize Pool Increases To $2,845,000 For All Divisions

On March 17, 2022, CrossFit HQ held a press conference with the 2022 CrossFit Open winners from the Men’s and Women’s Elite divisions — Saxon Panchik and Mallory O’Brien. As part of that conference, CrossFit HQ announced the prize pool for the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games, which totals $2,845,000 across all divisions, including new payouts to the podium finishers of five Adaptive divisions for the first time — Vision, Intellectual, Seated Without Hip Function, Seated With Hip Function, and Short Stature.


The prize pool for the 2022 CrossFit Games is $345,000 greater than the prize pool from the 2021 CrossFit Games. The winners of the the two Individual Elite divisions will be awarded $310,000 — a $10,000 increase from 2021.




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2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games Prize Structure
Here is the full prize pool breakdown:


Individual Athletes

• 
  First place — $310,000
  Second place — $120,000
  Third place — $80,000
  Fourth place — $55,000
  Fifth place — $40,000
  Sixth place — $35,000
  Seventh place — $31,000
  Eighth place — $29,000
  Ninth place — $27,000
  10th place — $25,000
  11th place — $20,000
  12th place — $18,000
  13th place — $15,000
  14th place — $14,000
  15th place — $13,000
  16th place — $12,000
  17th place — $11,000
  18th place — $10,000
  19th place — $9,000
  20th place — $8,000

New prizes have been added in 2022 for Individual athletes who finish in 21st through 40th place:

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  21st place — $7,000
  22nd place — $6,750
  23rd place — $6,500
  24th place — $6,250
  25th place — $6,000
  26th place — $5,750
  27th place — $5,500
  28th place — $5,250
  29th place — $5,000
  30th place — $4,750
  31st place — $4,500
  32nd place — $4,250
  33rd place — $4,000
  34th place — $3,750
  35th place — $3,500
  36th place — $3,250
  37th place — $3,000
  38th place — $2,750
  39th place — $2,500
  40th place — $2,250

Total for Individual Men’s and Women’s divisions: $1,949,000


Team Competition

• 
  First place — $100,000
  Second place — $70,000
  Third place — $40,000
  Fourth place — $25,000
  Fifth place — $20,000
  Sixth place — $15,000 — New Prize
  Seventh place — $12,000 — New Prize
  Eighth place — $9,000 — New Prize
  Ninth place — $6,000 — New Prize
  10th place — $3,000 — New Prize

Total for Team Competition: $300,000


Masters Athletes

• 
  Masters 35-39
  • 
    First place — $25,000
    Second place — $10,000
    Third place — $5,000
  
  Masters 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, and 60-64
  • 
    First place — $10,000
    Second place — $5,000
    Third place — $3,000
  
  Masters 65+
  • 
    First place — $5,000
    Second place — $3,000
    Third place — $2,000

Total for all Masters divisions: $280,000


Adaptive Athletes

• 
  Upper extremity, Lower extremity, and Neuromuscular
  • 
    First place — $5,000
    Second place — $3,000
    Third place— $2,000
  
  Vision, Intellectual, Seated Without Hip Function, Seated With Hip Function, Short Stature
  • 
    First place — $5,000 — New Prize
    Second place — $3,000 — New Prize
    Third place — $2,000 — New Prize

Total for all Adaptive divisions: $160,000


Individual Events

• 
  First place — $3,000
  Second place — $2,000
  Third place — $1,000

Total individual event prize purse: $156,000




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2022 CrossFit Open & Quarterfinals
The 2022 CrossFit Open leaderboard will be finalized by March 18, 2022, at 5 pm PST according to CrossFit Director of Competition Adrian Bozman. Saxon Panchik and Mallory O’Brien have been confirmed as the official winners of the 2022 CrossFit Open for the Individual Men’s and Individual Women’s divisions, respectively.


Athletes who finish in the top 10 percent worldwide on the Open leaderboard will qualify for the online Quarterfinals scheduled for March 24 through April 24, 2022. The 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games will be held Aug. 3-7, 2022, in Madison, WI.


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