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/football/worldcup-prize-money/
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/README.md
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/datapackage.json
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/prize_2022_by_team.csv
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/prize_by_team.csv
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/prize_pool_by_edition.csv
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/prize_schedule.csv
Key Files
Start with these files — they give you everything you need to understand and access the dataset.
datapackage.json— metadata & schema
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/datapackage.json
README.md— documentation
https://datahub.io/football/worldcup-prize-money/_r/-/README.md
Typical Usage
- 1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
- 2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
- 3. Read README.md for full context
Data Views
Data Files
Explore with AIprize_by_team
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | integer | World Cup edition year (2010–2022 men's; editions with a published per-position schedule and final results) |
| team | string | National team |
| result | string | Finishing bracket: Winner, Runner-up, Third place, Fourth place, Quarter-finals, Round of 16, Group stage. Derived from final standings (top 4) and furthest stage reached (Fjelstul match data). |
| position_range | string | FIFA payout band the result maps to: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-8, 9-16, 17-32 |
| prize_usd_m | number | Prize money earned for that finish, USD millions (nominal). Per-team values sum exactly to the edition prize pool. |
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- Last updated
- 8 June 2026
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- ...
- Format
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prize_schedule
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | integer | World Cup edition year (2010–2026 men's) |
| result | string | Finishing bracket the payout applies to |
| position_range | string | Final-placement band. Note 2026 expands to 48 teams: adds a Round of 32 (17-32) band and a 33-48 group band. |
| prize_usd_m | number | Payout per team in that band, USD millions (nominal). Schedule sums to the edition prize pool. |
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- Last updated
- 8 June 2026
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prize_pool_by_edition
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | integer | World Cup edition year |
| competition | string | 'men' or 'women' |
| prize_pool_usd_m | number | Total prize pool, USD millions (nominal). Blank for 2027 women's (parity target announced, figure TBA). |
| note | string | Scope note: pre-2014 men's figures are FIFA total contribution (broader scope, not prize-comparable); 2014+ are prize-money-proper. Women's 0 before 2007. |
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- Last updated
- 8 June 2026
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- ...
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prize_2022_by_team
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| team | string | National team at Qatar 2022 |
| result | string | Finishing bracket |
| prize_usd_m | number | Prize earned, USD millions (nominal). View-support subset of prize_by_team filtered to 2022; sums to $440M. |
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- Last updated
- 8 June 2026
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- ...
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- 796 B
Hero chart
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- Prize money per team by finishing position, 2022 edition.
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- PNG
Data story
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- Narrative write-up with methodology, validation and caveats.
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- MDX
About this dataset
How FIFA World Cup prize money is split — per team, per finishing position, per edition. The granular companion to the worldcup dataset, which records results but not the money behind them.
Dataset Overview
Three linked tables:
prize_by_team.csv(128 rows) — what every team earned at the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 men's World Cups, by where it finished. Columns:year,team,result,position_range,prize_usd_m.prize_schedule.csv(36 rows) — FIFA's per-position payout schedule for each edition 2010–2026, including the 48-team 2026 expansion (which adds a Round-of-32 band). Columns:year,result,position_range,prize_usd_m.prize_pool_by_edition.csv(22 rows) — total prize pool per edition, men's 1982–2026 and women's 1991–2027, exposing the gender gap. Columns:year,competition,prize_pool_usd_m,note.prize_2022_by_team.csv— a view-support subset (2022 only) powering the bar chart.
All figures are nominal USD millions.
Highlights
- 2022: Argentina earned $42M for winning; every group-stage team got $9M. The 32 payouts sum exactly to the $440M pool.
- The gap: the 2022 men's pool ($440M) was 4x the 2023 women's pool ($110M). Women's prize money was $0 until 2007.
- Parity coming: FIFA has announced equal prize money by 2027.
- The schedule grows: the winner's cheque went $30M (2010) → $35M → $38M → $42M → $50M (2026).
Validation
Every figure is self-checking:
- Per-team payouts sum to the published pool for all four editions — $348M (2010), $358M (2014), $400M (2018), $440M (2022).
- Each per-position schedule sums to its pool (e.g. 2026: 50+33+29+27 +19×4 +15×8 +11×16 +9×16 = $655M).
- Finishing brackets are derived from match data: top-4 placements from FIFA standings, deeper rounds from each team's furthest stage in the Fjelstul World Cup Database.
Scope & caveats
- Per-team rows are men's 2010–2022 — editions with both a published per-position schedule and final results. 2026 appears in the schedule only (no results yet).
- Pre-2014 men's pool figures are FIFA total contribution (a broader scope including preparation/club benefit payments), not directly comparable to the 2014+ prize-money-proper figures — flagged in the
notecolumn. - The women's series is per-edition totals only (per-team women's schedules differ structurally and are a planned extension).
See 42-million-to-win-9-million-to-show-up-and-a-4x-gender-gap/STORY.mdx for the full narrative.
Maintenance
Static, hand-assembled reference dataset — not regenerated by the repository's daily scripts. Updated only when a new edition's schedule/results are published.
License
Prize figures are public facts (not copyrightable). Released under the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL). Sources: FIFA prize-money announcements (compiled via topendsports and reporting); final placements from the Fjelstul World Cup Database.