2024 SX+MX Rider Purse Earnings
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The purse and title bonus total is $10 million for the entire 31-round season of racing (both classes). That’s the best purse money this sport has ever seen. By far.
Almost half of that was paid out in the first 28 rounds of Supercross and Motocross and the other half was paid out in the final 3 rounds of the SuperMotocross World Championships in Charlotte, Fort Worth, and Las Vegas. An incredible $5.2M was delivered in the SMX World Championships – a $4.2 million championship bonus paid out to the top 22 riders in the standings along with $400K per round.
For a full payout breakdown of what’s up for grabs in SMX, click here to read this week’s Shop Rag.
For the lists of top purse money earners (so far) of 2024, keep scrolling.
Despite only competing in 25 of the 31 rounds Jett Lawrence tops this chart with $1.49M earned from winning 15 of those 25 starts, including a 1-1 for 1st overall victory at the final round in Las Vegas to win the SMX World Championship and the $1M championship bonus!
To be clear, this is strictly what he won from the race promoters, not his salary or bonuses from American Honda, Red Bull and other sponsors/endorsements (we’ve heard rumors of $5-8M in salary and sponsorship from multiple different sources).
The guy bought a Rolls Royce Mansory Cullinan after last year’s 22-0 perfect 450MX season; we’re not sure if those are his stacks of $10K-banded-Benjamins in this video but we do know that $3,000 per Pro Motocross moto win won’t buy him a Rolls.
The $1.49M earned in 2024 is broken down into 3 components:
- Supercross Race Purses: $144,000. This is what he earned from Feld Motorsports across 17 starts, including eight wins and 10 podiums.
- Supercross Championship Fund: $100,000. This is the title bonus from Feld Motorsports for winning the 2024 Supercross championship.
- Pro Motocross Race Purses: $24,000. Earned from individual race promoters across his 1o moto starts (paid per moto) which included six moto wins, two second place finishes and his 24-6 at Hangtown.
- SuperMotocross Purse: $225K. This is what he earned from Feld Motorsports and MX Sports from 1st, 3rd, and 1st overall race finishes in the SMX individual races.
- SuperMotocross Championship Purse: $1M. With 156 points and two overall victories, he won the tiebreaker with his brother, Hunter Lawrence, to take home the SMX championship purse.
For each of those eight Supercross wins he took home $14,000 and not surprising, it’s a lot less when you don’t win. When he finished a season worst 9th in the mud of San Francisco, he only took home $2,900. It pays to be the best.
In Pro Motocross, when he went 2-1 for 1st overall, he earned $5,250 in purse money ($2,250 for second in moto 1 and $3,000 for winning moto 2).
It’s not quite as lucrative as Supercross, but that’s the challenge without a title sponsor for the Pro Motocross series.
When he won the first round of the SMX World Championships, he earned $100K in purse money. It pays to win in the playoffs!
Here’s what the rest of the top 30 450 riders (SMX qualified) earned in 2024. Scroll down for the 250 riders.
450: Top 30 Riders Purse Money
*Ranked based on SX + MX points. Note: szn purse is winnings from all classes (some riders rode both classes) thru the first 28 rounds. smx purse is what riders earned in the 3 playoff rounds. total purse is all 31 rounds.
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No surprise to see Haiden Deegan top the list of 250 riders (and he ranks 3rd when you combine the classes) considering he finished 2nd in the 250 East Supercross championship, won the 250 Pro Motocross championship, and won the 250 SuperMotocross championship.
He had 10 wins and 17 podiums, the most of any 250 rider this season – not bad for his sophomore season. That $701K dollars breaks down as follows…
- Supercross Race Purses: $33,900 dollars across 10 starts including three wins and 6 podiums. He earned $6,000 each for those wins but $2,050 for his season worst 16th at the opening round in Detroit.
- Pro Motocross Race Purses: $41,660 across 11 starts. It pays to win. When he swept the motos at the opening round at Fox Raceway in Pala, California he earned $5K ($2,500 per moto win), but he netted only $3,180 when he went 11-1 at the season finale at Ironman Raceway.
- SuperMotocross Race Purses: $125k for nearly sweeping the 3 rounds – 1st, 1st, and 2nd. He came within one moto of a perfect playoff run and maximizing his financial return.
- SuperMotocross Championship Purse: $500K for the championship. Double his next competitor and equivalent to 2nd place in the premier class.
While it’s not surprising to see Haiden Deegan top the list, it is surprising to see a rider like Dilan Schwartz who finished 21st in the SuperMotocross standings earn just $12,810 in the 2024 Pro Motocross series.
He had a career best 10-6 for 5th overall at Spring Creek, but racing only the outdoors definitely limited his purse earnings potential. Take a look below to see how much purse money the best 250 riders earned in 2024.
250: Top 30 Riders Purse Money
*Ranked based on SX + MX points, therefore excludes the lowest (10th start) for any 250 West Supercross finish. Note: szn purse is winnings from all classes (some riders rode both classes) thru the first 28 rounds. smx purse is what riders earned in the 3 playoff rounds. total purse is all 31 rounds.
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