MONEY – Lee Chong Wei cashed in US$267,350 in 2011

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Raphaël Sachetat
– December 27, 2011Posted in: Features
Logically, as the world’s number one, Lee Chong Wei also tops the list of earners for 2011 with a global income of US$267,350 in Prize money only. He has earned […]

Logically, as the world’s number one, Lee Chong Wei also tops the list of earners for 2011 with a global income of US$267,350 in Prize money only. He has earned almost 5 times as much as Chen Jin, the 5th best men’s singles earner of 2011. In the women’s events, Wang Yihan tops the list with a total of US$265,575, not too far in front of doubles and mixed specialist Zhao Yunlei with US$235,128.

These figures were calculated and published by Badzine on their new TOP EARNING list.

This new list will give an insight on how much money players make on the circuit and will be updated every three months on Badzine.

Here is the list of top earners for 2011

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About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.