This is an except from my free “2015 TriRating Report“. If you’re interested in more information about the 2015 long-distance Triathlon season, you should definitely check it out!
Overall Money List
First, here is an overview of the races I have included in my money list:
| Type | Description | Total Prize Money | # of Athletes |
| Kona | Ironman World Championship (Kona) | $ 650.000 | 20 |
| Ironman | Full-distance WTC races (not including Kona) | $ 2.271.000 | 318 |
| 70.3 Champs | 70.3 World Championship (Zell am See) | $ 250.000 | 20 |
| 70.3s | 70.3 races (not including Champs) | $ 2.177.500 | 400 |
| Challenge | Full-distance Challenge races (including Roth) | $ 360.750 | 83 |
| Sum | All included races | $ 5.709.250 | 582 |
This does not include the $1 million prize that Daniela Ryf collected for winning the “Triple Crown”.
The next table shows the Top 20 athletes – both from the men and women – that have earned the most prize money in the 2015 calendar year from all the races listed above:
| # | Name | Sex | Total Money |
| 1 | Ryf, Daniela | F | $223.000 |
| 2 | Frodeno, Jan | M | $213.000 |
| 3 | Kessler, Meredith | F | $86.000 |
| 4 | Blatchford, Liz | F | $79.750 |
| 5 | Raelert, Andreas | M | $77.750 |
| 6 | Potts, Andy | M | $75.500 |
| 7 | Joyce, Rachel | F | $73.250 |
| 8 | O’Donnell, Timothy | M | $67.500 |
| 9 | Sanders, Lionel | M | $66.500 |
| 10 | Wurtele, Heather | F | $64.500 |
| 11 | Van Vlerken, Yvonne | F | $63.250 |
| 12 | Steffen, Caroline | F | $60.750 |
| 13 | Don, Tim | M | $58.000 |
| 14 | Jackson, Heather | F | $57.750 |
| 15 | Swallow, Jodie | F | $57.500 |
| 16 | Naeth, Angela | F | $55.000 |
| 17 | Kienle, Sebastian | M | $52.500 |
| 18 | Pedersen, Camilla | F | $51.750 |
| 19 | Piampiano, Sarah | F | $49.250 |
| 20 | Gossage, Lucy | F | $47.000 |
Meredith Kessler has made it into third spot without any money from the “big money races” in Kona or Zell Am See.
Ironman Money List
Here are the Top 15 money earners from Ironman races (excluding Kona):
| # | Name | Sex | Ironman | Total | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Vanhoenacker, Marino | M | $44.000 | $44.000 | 24 |
| 2 | Van Lierde, Frederik | M | $35.000 | $40.250 | 26 |
| 3 | Kessler, Meredith | F | $34.000 | $86.000 | 3 |
| 4 | Van Vlerken, Yvonne | F | $33.250 | $63.250 | 11 |
| 5 | Hanson, Matt | M | $31.000 | $32.000 | 40 |
| 6 | Ryf, Daniela | F | $30.000 | $223.000 | 1 |
| 6 | Frodeno, Jan | M | $30.000 | $213.000 | 2 |
| 6 | Blatchford, Liz | F | $30.000 | $79.750 | 4 |
| 6 | Swallow, Jodie | F | $30.000 | $57.500 | 15 |
| 6 | Naeth, Angela | F | $30.000 | $55.000 | 16 |
| 6 | McKenzie, Luke | M | $30.000 | $36.750 | 33 |
| 6 | Monticeli, Ariane | F | $30.000 | $35.750 | 35 |
| 6 | Symonds, Jeff | M | $30.000 | $31.250 | 43 |
| 6 | Hauschildt, Melissa | F | $30.000 | $30.000 | 44 |
| 15 | Sanders, Lionel | M | $29.500 | $66.500 | 9 |
70.3 Money List
Here are the Top 15 money earners from 70.3 races (including the 70.3 Champs):
| # | Name | Sex | 70.3 Total | Zell Am See | Other 70.3s | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Ryf, Daniela | F | $73.000 | $45.000 | $28.000 | 1 |
| 2 | Frodeno, Jan | M | $63.000 | $45.000 | $18.000 | 2 |
| 3 | Wurtele, Heather | F | $58.000 | $20.000 | $38.000 | 10 |
| 3 | Don, Tim | M | $58.000 | $- | $58.000 | 13 |
| 5 | Kessler, Meredith | F | $52.000 | $- | $52.000 | 3 |
| 6 | Sanders, Lionel | M | $37.000 | $- | $37.000 | 9 |
| 6 | Tisseyre, Magali | F | $37.000 | $10.000 | $27.000 | 32 |
| 8 | Steffen, Caroline | F | $33.750 | $- | $33.750 | 12 |
| 9 | Aernouts, Bart | M | $33.250 | $10.000 | $23.250 | 25 |
| 10 | Potts, Andy | M | $33.000 | $- | $33.000 | 6 |
| 11 | Kaye, Alicia | F | $32.500 | $7.500 | $25.000 | 39 |
| 12 | Goss, Lauren | F | $31.500 | $- | $31.500 | 41 |
| 13 | Swallow, Jodie | F | $27.500 | $- | $27.500 | 15 |
| 13 | Reed, Tim | M | $27.500 | $- | $27.500 | 51 |
| 15 | Boecherer, Andi | M | $27.250 | $6.500 | $20.750 | 36 |
It’s interesting to note that Tim Don and Meredith Kessler have almost made it to the top of the list without any money from the 70.3 Championships.