2025 Comrades Marathon prize money: Top-10 finisher payouts
As the dust settles on the Comrades Marathon on Sunday evening, the top-10 runners in each race will sleep soundly not just from exhaustion but also from the knowledge of their bank balance receiving a significant boost.
Long gone are the days when record nine-time champion Bruce Fordyce won the race purely for prize and not a single cent in prize money.
Fordyce's last win in the gruelling ultra-marathon took place in 1990, and five years later prize money was first introduced.
This year, both the men's and women's top-10 finishers will also receive the same payouts.
Top-10 prize money payouts at 2025 Comrades Marathon
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