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2014 Money Lists

This is a slightly updated excerpt from my free 2014 TriRating Report which has a lot more information and data on the 2014 season. You can still download it for free!

In other sports – such as golf – the main way of ranking athletes is by the amount of prize money they make. This year, I have extended my list: The 2013 list was limited only to WTC races, this year I also include Challenge and other notable longer races. Therefore, I have an overall money list and a few lists with money only from certain events.

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
Ironman Full-distance WTC races (not including Kona) $ 2.032.500 316
Kona Ironman World Championship (Kona) $ 650.000 20
70.3 Champs 70.3 World Championship (Mt. Tremblant) $ 250.000 20
Challenge Full-distance Challenge races (including Roth) $ 482.450 107
Bahrain Challenge Bahrain $ 440.000 20
Other MetaMan, Dubai, Embrun $ 430.000 38
Sum All included races $ 4.284.950 415

The next table shows the Top 20 athletes – both from the men and women – that have earned the most prize money in the 2014 calendar year from all the races listed above:

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# Name Gender Total
1 Kienle, Sebastian M $145.000
2 Carfrae, Mirinda F $140.000
3 Ryf, Daniela F $125.000
4 Joyce, Rachel F $101.000
5 Raelert, Michael M $100.000
5 Frederiksen, Helle F $100.000
7 Swallow, Jodie F $78.000
8 Frodeno, Jan M $67.500
9 Hoffman, Ben M $65.000
10 Crawford, Gina F $64.500
11 Steffen, Caroline F $56.500
12 Hauschildt, Melissa F $55.000
13 Brown, Cameron M $52.500
14 Dreitz, Andreas M $50.000
15 Frommhold, Nils M $49.500
16 Gomez, Javier M $45.000
16 Butterfield, Tyler M $45.000
18 Kessler, Meredith F $43.000
19 Gross, Sara F $40.000
20 Potts, Andy M $37.500

For comparison, the ITU had a prize purse of $ 2.2 million in 2014. Their top earners are Javier Gomez (about $180.000) and Gwen Jorgensen (about $192.000).

Ironman Money List

Here are the Top 15 money earners from Ironman races (not including Kona):

# Name Gender Ironman Total Overall Rank
1 Gross, Sara F $40.000 $40.000 19
2 Alonso McKernan, Clemente M $31.000 $31.000 25
3 Kessler, Meredith F $30.000 $43.000 18
3 Corbin, Linsey F $30.000 $30.000 27
5 Williamson, Kelly F $27.500 $27.500 32
6 Abraham, Corinne F $26.750 $26.750 34
7 Kienle, Sebastian M $25.000 $145.000 1
7 Steffen, Caroline F $25.000 $56.500 11
7 Bockel, Dirk M $25.000 $26.500 35
7 Tollakson, TJ M $25.000 $25.000 40
11 Brown, Cameron M $22.500 $52.500 13
11 Wee, Bree F $22.500 $22.500 46
11 Ferreira, Amber F $22.500 $22.500 46
11 Braendli, Simone F $22.500 $22.500 46
15 Weiss, Michael M $21.500 $21.500 49

WTC Money List

Here are the Top 15 money earners from WTC races (including Kona and the 70.3 Champs):

# Name Gender Ironman Total Overall Rank
1 Kienle, Sebastian M $145.000 $145.000 1
2 Ryf, Daniela F $125.000 $125.000 3
3 Carfrae, Mirinda F $120.000 $140.000 2
4 Frodeno, Jan M $67.500 $67.500 8
5 Hoffman, Ben M $65.000 $65.000 9
6 Swallow, Jodie F $50.000 $78.000 7
7 Gomez, Javier M $45.000 $45.000 16
8 Steffen, Caroline F $44.000 $56.500 11
9 Joyce, Rachel F $40.000 $101.000 4
10 Kessler, Meredith F $40.000 $43.000 18
11 Gross, Sara F $40.000 $40.000 19
12 Frommhold, Nils M $38.500 $49.500 15
13 Potts, Andy M $37.500 $37.500 20
14 Ellis, Mary Beth F $33.000 $33.000 21
15 Aernouts, Bart M $31.500 $31.500 24

Money List from Challenge and other Races

After also adding Embrue, here are the Top 18 money earners from non-WTC races :

# Name Gender Non-WTC Total Challenge Bahrain Other Total
1 Raelert, Michael M $100.000   $100.000   $100.000
1 Frederiksen, Helle F $100.000   $100.000   $100.000
3 Joyce, Rachel F $61.000 $11.000 $50.000   $101.000
4 Dreitz, Andreas M $50.000   $50.000   $50.000
5 Hauschildt, Melissa F $47.000   $7.000 $40.000 $55.000
6 Butterfield, Tyler M $40.000     $40.000 $45.000
7 Crawford, Gina F $37.000 $7.000   $30.000 $64.500
8 Zamora, Marcel M $32.500     $32.500 $37.500
9 Brown, Cameron M $30.000     $30.000 $52.500
10 Swallow, Jodie F $28.000   $25.000 $3.000 $78.000
10 Croneborg, Fredrik M $28.000 $18.000   $10.000 $32.000
12 McNeice, Dylan M $26.000 $26.000     $28.500
13 Reed, Timothy M $25.000   $25.000   $31.000
14 Mullan, Eimear M $23.400   $23.400   $31.400
15 Carfrae, Mirinda F $20.000 $20.000     $140.000
15 Bracht, Timo M $20.000 $20.000     $25.000
17 Skipworth, Todd F $19.500     $19.500 $19.500
18 Van Vlerken, Yvonne F $19.000 $4.000   $15.000 $26.000

2014 TriRating Report is Available

TitlePage ThumbI have just released my 2014 TriRating Report, an “end-of-year” report looking back at the 2014 Ironman-distance races and my analysis of the results.

The Report has more than 50 pages, including:

  • Top 10 Ratings (overall and individually for swim, bike and run)
  • Top 10 Performances (by “clock time” and by my normalized times)
  • 2014 Money List
  • a first look forward to Kona 2015

and a ton of race results and all rated athletes!

A lot of people have asked how they can pay me back in some way for the information I’ve been putting out. In order to enable that, I’m releasing this report through Gumroad. The report continues to be free (you can just enter “0” as the amount), but if you like the report and want to show me your appreciation for my work, you can donate an amount of your choice. Regardless of whether you donate or not, feel free to share with others and enjoy!

2014 Ironman Season Trivia

Here are some Trivia questions on the 2014 season:

  1. Who had the fastest IM-distance debuts?
    a.Male
    b.Female
  2. Who had the fastest Ironman-distance times of 2014?
    a.Men
    b.Women
  3. In 2014 we’ve seen 5 sub-8h finishes (for the men) and 23 sub-9h finishes (for the women). Which race had the most of these?
  4. Who posted the fastest marathon times in an Ironman in 2014?
    a. Men
    b. Women
  5. Which races in 2014 had the closest and widest margin between the male and female winners (Pros only)?
    a. Closest Race (race, margin, male and female winners)
    b. Race with the widest margin (race, margin, male and female winners)
  6. Which country had the most Pro IM wins in 2014?
  7. Which IM-distance races in 2014 had the closest margin between the winner and runner-up (Pros only)?
    a. Closest Men’s Race (race, margin, name of 1st and 2nd finisher)
    b. Closest Women’s Race (race, margin, name of 1st and 2nd finisher)
  8. Who had the slowest swim when winning an IM in 2014?
    a. Male
    b. Female
  9. Who overcame the biggest deficit after the bike to win an IM in 2014?
    a. Male
    b. Female
  10. Who were the top US finishers in the last three years in Kona (2012/13/14)?
    a. Male
    b. Female
  11. Which athletes won two Ironman races in 2014?
  12. Which of the Kona Pros had the most Professional IM-distance career finishes before Kona?
    a. Male
    b. Female

All answers can be found in the Rating Report!

Popular 2014 Posts

Here’s a quick look at the TriRating.com traffic in 2014 (based on my Google Analytics data):

Traffic

Similar to the last years, I was able to increase my traffic significantly, with typical spike in October for Kona. Here are the most popular TriRating posts from 2014:

  1. Kona Live Predictions
    „Live Predictions“ is a fun project I repeated for Kona 2014: Updating my predictions as the race unfolds by using athlete’s projected capabilities in conjunction with their current splits. Again, I received ongoing technical support from Russell Cox, and some welcome financial support by VeloDynamics.
  2. Course Ratings
    This ongoing page shows how courses compare to each other – which are fast and slow, and how to convert times from one course to another.
  3. Kona Odds
    Based on athlete’s prior results, I calculate statistical odds for Kona. I let this slide for a bit in 2014, but the interest shows that I should be more diligent in 2015.
  4. Top 10 Ratings
    My top ranked Ironman-distance athletes, based on the statistical analysis of their race results. Again, another page I should probably update more frequently than I did in 2014.
  5. Changing the gap between the Pro Women and Age Group Men in Kona
    This post created my biggest traffic-spike outside of Kona. I analyzed the impact of different gaps in the Kona start times and produced a lot of chatter on Twitter.
  6. 2013 Money List
    A look at the money earnings of even the top athletes is always sobering and leads to a discussion of the state of Pro racing. A 2014 version is already in the works for my upcoming 2014 Rating Report.
  7. „Always Up-to-date“ Kona Startlist
    Most Kona start lists are just a one-time post. My version is updated as athletes accept/decline their spots and when athletes announce that they won’t be able to start.
  8. August Qualifier
    There was a lot of movement in the men’s August slots that I covered in this post.
  9. Silent Updates to the 2015 KPR
    There was a large number of posts as WTC announced changes in the KPR – I uncovered a few more changes that were not announced in a press release.
  10. Women’s Field as Deep as Men’s?
    Another post focused on „women’s issues“ that generated a lot of interest on Twitter. This time I looked for data supporting the claim that the women’s field is less deep than the men’s – but couldn’t find it.
Looking at the number, I was able to relive some of my favorite memories of the 2014 Ironman season, maybe you’d like to re-discover them with these posts as well?

My „bread-and-butter posts“ of race predictions and results analysis get quite some traffic as well, but they have a shorter „life span“ and therefore don’t get as many views as the standard pages or analysis posts in the Top 10 list above. (Not surprisingly, the most popular race post was on Kona, followed by predictions for Roth, Los Cabos and Florida.)

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