$170 million that’s Djokovic mindboggling career earnings

Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is on course to become the ultimate king of Wimbledon’s Centre Court and there is one number his rivals will take a long time to match.

Djokovic has always insisted financial rewards are not driving him on and that statement is not surprising as he has claimed prize money of $169,762,762 over the course of his record-breaking career.

A bulk of that cash has been collected at Wimbledon, where he is unbeaten on the iconic Centre Court for a decade.

Remarkably, Djokovic has not lost on Wimbledon’s biggest show court since Andy Murray beat him in the 2013 final, and with the inflated prize money totals in recent years, he is leading the list of all-time prize money winners at the All England Club. The seven-time Wimbledon champion has won a staggering £14,855,750 in prize money at Wimbledon, with that figure topped up by $479,825 from his first three years playing at Wimbledon.

That US dollar total converts to £372,985 at the current exchange rate, bringing his All England Club prize money haul to a total of £15,228,735.

Prize money on the ATPwebsite was calculated in US dollars for Wimbledon until pounds sterling has been used as the chosen currency in 2006.

Djokovic’s closest rival at Wimbledon in the prize money stakes is eight-time champion Roger Federer, who won £8,951,500 and $4,522,127.

The current exchange rate, the US dollar total works out at £3,515,211 bringing Federer’s Wimbledon prize money total to 12,466,711.

The prize money for The Championships 2023 is a record £44,700,000, with the Ladies and Gentlemen’s Singles Champions each receiving £2,350,000.

That equals the biggest prize money cheque handed out at Wimbledon back in 2019.

Djokovic won £ 2 million for his Wimbledon win last summer, with his position as the biggest money winner at Wimbledon unlikely to be challenged unless there is a huge increase in player payments.

The biggest prize money earners in tennis history are all from the modern era, with prize money increasing in dramatic fashion in recent years.

Djokovic leads the list with his total of $169,762,762, with Rafael Nadal next in the list with $134,640,719 and Federer third with $130,594,339.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is fourth on the all-time prize money list with $63,768,403, ahead of Pete Sampras with $43,280,489 and Stan Wawrinka high up this list in sixth place with $35,933,955.

These huge cash prizes contrast to first Wimbledon champion of the open era, with Aussie great Rod Laver winning £2,000 back in 1968.

The women’s champion in the same year won just £500, with that prize won by Billie Jean King before she led a successful fight for equality in tennis.

As a result, all four Grand Slam tournaments pay equal prize money to men and women.

All funds generated by The Championships, less tax, are used by the LTA, the governing body of UK tennis, to develop tennis in Great Britain.

In December 2008, the Club and the LTA agreed that the LTA would benefit from receiving 90 percent of any distributable financial surplus resulting from The Championships until at least 2053.