The winner of the 2026 World Cup will take home a record $50 million in prize money, FIFA announced on Wednesday.
The tournament, which begins on June 11 and will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will see a $727 million total fund with $655 million of that to be shared among the 48 qualified nations, the largest field in World Cup history. Those teams that are eliminated in the group stage will leave with $9 million, while the runners-up in the final will take home $33 million.
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World Cup 2026 prize pool
Champions: $50 million
Runners-up: $33 million
3rd place: $29 million
4th place: $27 million
5th-8th place: $19 million
9th-16th place: $15 million
17th- 32nd place: $11 million
33rd-48th place: $9 million
All 48 nations will receive $1.5 million for preparation costs, meaning each team will leave North America will at least $10.5 million.
In 2022, World Cup winners Argentina received $42 million after defeating France in the final.
Four years earlier, France earned $38 million after winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Since FIFA began making the amount of prize money handed out public, the total amount given to the winners has grown from $2.2 million to Italy at the 1982 World Cup to the $50 million to whoever lifts the trophy at MetLife Stadium on July 19.
