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- Runner-up: $219,410 (€200,000)
- Champion: $548,525 (€500,000)
- Purse year: 2019

Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas placed second at cycling’s premier event in 2019, a 2,091-mile ride from Brussels, Belgium, to Paris. Thomas, who won the 2018 edition of the Tour de France, rode across the finish line with Ineos teammate Egan Bernal, . Riders typically share their winnings among their team, including .

- Runner-up: $245,885 (£200,000)
- Champion: $614,713 (£500,000)
- Purse year: 2019

England’s Michael Smith took home nearly a quarter-million dollars for his loss to the Netherlands’ Michael van Gerwen on New Year’s Day. The £2.5 million total prize money for the event has and by since the championship moved to London’s Alexandra Palace in 2008. Notably absent from the 2019 tournament was 14-time champion Phil Taylor, who retired after taking home £170,000 for his .
 

- Runner-up: $245,885 (£200,000)
- Champion: $614,713 (£500,000)
- Purse year: 2019

Judd Trump dealt Scotland's John Higgins an 18-9 defeat at the 2019 World Snooker Championships. The victory was a measure of redemption for Trump, in the 2011 final. has grown in recent years, up from .

- Runner-up: $600,000
- Champion: $1,860,000
- Purse year: 2019

The 2019 Kentucky Derby was marked by controversy, as wire-to-wire winner Maximum Security 20 minutes after crossing the finish line. Country House, a 65-to-1 long shot, was awarded the win, while the disqualification bumped Code of Honor to the runner-up spot, The total prize pool for the 145th running of the to $3 million after sitting at $2 million from 2005 to 18.

- Runner-up: $858,667
- Champion: $2,070,000
- Purse year: 2019

Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, and Dustin Johnson all finished one shot behind Tiger Woods, who captured his at the 83rd edition of the Masters. While Woods became the event's , the trio of runners-up made made as the runner-up to Woods' first title in 1997. Rickie Fowler for finishing alone in second in 2018, as did .

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- Runner-up: $1,350,000
- Champion: $2,250,000
- Purse year: 2019

fell three shots short of Gary Woodland at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, which became the His $1.35 million payday for second was as much as . Koepka’s long-time caddie, .

- Runner-up: $1,491,874
- Champion: $2,983,748
- Purse year: 2019

At 2019 Wimbledon, two tennis legends, Roger Federer and Serena Williams, lost in their respective finals to Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep at the All England Club. The annual tournament’s than 2018. In 2007, Wimbledon became the last of tennis’ four majors

- Runner-up: $1,900,000
- Champion: $3,850,000
- Purse year: 2019

Two months after her runner-up finish at Wimbledon, Serena Williams finished second once again, this time falling to Bianca Andreescu in the final. on the men’s side to capture his 19th Grand Slam title, besting Daniil Medvedev, who was playing in his first final. The for their runner-up finishes was

- Runner-up: $2,250,000
- Champion: $3,750,000
- Purse year: 2013

The Chicago Blackhawks dealt the Boston Bruins a heartbreaking defeat in the waning moments of Game 6 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals, to win the series 4-2. NHL players draw their playoff compensation from a playoff bonus pool, , meaning each Bruin earned $90,000.

- Runner-up: $2,346,947
- Champion: $3,541,896
- Purse year: 2019

Stephen Curry and his 14 Golden State Warriors teammates brought home roughly to the Toronto Raptors. The $22 million total bonus pool was , with each Raptor earning $240,000 in leading Toronto to its first Larry O'Brien Trophy. Of the four major U.S. sports, for winning a championship.

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- Runner-up: $2,600,000
- Champion: $4,000,000
- Purse year: 2019

The United States won its second straight Women’s World Cup title, dispatching the Netherlands 2-0 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in France. The total prize money awarded in 2015 amid gender pay gap concerns. The U.S. women’s team  against U.S. Soccer in March 2019, citing gender discrimination, as the men’s team earns as much for a loss despite .

- Runner-up: $2,809,000
- Champion: $5,671,000
- Purse year: 2019

The Los Angeles Rams surrendered 10 points in the fourth quarter, falling to the New England Patriots, 13-3, at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Each of the Rams’ 53 players took home roughly , while each Patriot won $118,000 and $201,000, respectively. Those numbers have almost doubled since the Patriots defeated the Rams in the 2002 Super Bowl and earned

- Runner-up: $18,442,500 (£15,000,000)
- Champion: $23,360,500 (£19,000,000)
- Purse year: 2019

Tottenham Hotspur, in their first UEFA Champions League final appearance, fell 2-0 to Liverpool. UEFA money is , as well as for each playoff-round win. Once all awards were tallied, for their 2019 season, while Spurs earned just $1 million less.

- Runner-up: $20,300,000
- Champion: $30,400,000
- Purse year: 2018

The Los Angeles Dodgers finished as the runners-up for the second straight season in 2018, falling to the Boston Red Sox in five games. Dodgers players, who earned , voted to pay out , totaling roughly $250,000 each. The Red Sox awarded 66 full shares at $416,837, while the total prize pool for the MLB playoffs .

- Runner-up: $28,000,000
- Champion: $38,000,000
- Purse year: 2018

The Croatian national team received a $28 million consolation prize for falling to France in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final in Moscow. Player rewards vary since the money is given to a country's each player's prize. Corruption among FIFA and other soccer federations led .

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