If you are passionate about judo or some other martial arts, maybe sometimes are you wondering about how much money can I make if I become a professional player, for this reason, we decide to write an article, giving to you the most of the information found, making a list of the most paid and the most successful judo player, to take inspiration from him, and to make your passion your life.
How much do judo players make? The amount of money that a judo player can make depends on the sponsorship that he/she will receive during the competition. A judo player’s net worth can vary between 50.000 $ dollars as the winning price for the 1st classified, and adding the sponsor can also achieve 70.000$ dollars.
If you are interested in knowing how much money you can make from judo and the net worth of the best top player of judo, keep reading this article.
Richest judo players
The most money that a judo player makes is during the Olympic period; in that period, the judoka can earn a good amount of money, but the money earned in relation to other sports is meager.
In general, the judo players spend a lot of time on their lives to train, but the price that he/she receive is meager and is not worth the fatigue they make during this period.
If you choose to make money with judo, maybe you are not in the right sports; many other sports can bring you a good amount of money, like boxing, MMA ( only if you are at the top ).
If you are interested, we also cover how much money can a pro boxer make.
We are saying that the top players of judo can reach a good amount of money but not so high as other sport, so now we take a look at some top of judoka player that compared with the top of others sports are nothing. Still, if judo is your passion, there aren’t a price of money that can be better than winning an Olympic medal.
Kayla Harrison net worth
Kayla Harrison is an American judoka and mixed martial artist. She was born in Middletown, Ohio.
She starts to practice judo at the age of six; ad won this first tournament at 15.
After years of practicing judo, she won the gold medal at the world judo championship in 2010, in the category -78 kg.
One year later, in 2011, she arrived third with a bronze medal in the world judo championship.
Another important win for she comes into the Olympic title where on 2 August 2012, she won the title on the 78kg category.
A second Olympic gold medal in the 78kg category was won in 2016 against Audrey Tcheuméo.
After these fantastic results reached in judo, she decided to compete in MMA, where she obtained successful results after winning three matches.
Regarding the net worth earned by Kayla Harrison, estimation is done let’s suppose that his net worth reaches around 1 million dollars earned during his career as judoka and MMA athlete.
Lukáš Krpálek net worth
Likas is a Czech heavyweight judoka; he starts to train in judo at the age of six; he begins to collect his win in 2006 when Krpàlek won the European cadet judo.
At the Olympics of 2006, Likas won by ippon via Ōuchi gari and became the Olympic champion.
The net worth is estimated to be around 200.000 Thousand dollars.
Henk Grol net worth
Henk Grol was born in Kingdom of the Netherlands; the first significant result of Henk happened in 2008, where he won the gold medal in the men’s under 100 kg class at the European judo championships in Lisbon.
Thanks to this victory, he became the youngest athlete to win the European judo championship at 22 years old.
His net worth, by a source like Forbes, Wikipedia, is around two million dollars.
Judo player Anton Geesink net worth
Geesink was born in Utrecht.
Anton Geesink played in the first year when the judo was inserted as an official sport in the summer of 1964; Geesink won the final of the open weight division, in japan beating Akio Kaminaga.
We don’t find any income source for that period, but we think that a mention was compulsory for this legend.
Benjamin Behrla net worth
Benjamin Behrla was born on 31 August 1985 in Emsdetten; he was competing in the 100kg weight division and won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2010 European Judo Championship, the net worth of Benjamin Behrla is around 500k $ of dollars.
Ole Bischof net worth
Ole Bischof was born Reutlingen, achieves in 2012 London Olympics Bischof the silver medal, fighting against Kim Jae-Bum, in the final.
Regardin his net worth according to forbes is around 300k of dollars.
Toshihiko Koga net worth
Koga was born in Kitashigeyasu, Japan.
He starts to practice judo in elementary school.
He won the gold medal and a silver medal in the 78kg division; his estimated net worth is from 500k$ thousand to 2 Million dollars, for estimation done by Forbes.
Judo player Teddy Riner net worth
Teddy is a French judoka that won 10 World Championships gold medals and two Olympic gold medals.
He starts to win the world and European junior in 2006, after one year he won a gold medal in Serbia,
Other successes include Rio de Janeiro, also having the honor to become the youngest senior ever on the world championship that won on the heavyweight +100kg.
Estimation done by Forbes and other sources estimates the net worth of Teddy Riner to 200k$ Thousand to 500k $ thousands of dollars, earned from competitions and sponsors.
Yael Arad net worth
Yael Arad is an Israeli judoka. She has the honor to become the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal. Yael won an Olympic medal when she competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
She also won the silver medal in the half middleweight competition.
The net worth of Yael Arad is around 400k thousand dollars.
Judo player Travis Stevens net worth
Travis Stevens is a judoka from the United States who competed in 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.
He mainly competes in the half-middleweight (-81 kg) division.
Travis starting to practice judo at the age of 6, and he never stops; thanks to his continuous commitment to judo, he acquired enormous knowledge and other martial arts.
Travis is also good at Brazilian jiu-jitsu; regarding the ranking of Travis, he is ranked number 12 in the world for the 81 kg weight class category by the international Judo federation.
Another particular event to notice is the loss of the Russian Khasan Khalmaurzaev. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the final, these guarantee him a silver medal.
The estimated net worth of Travis Stevens is around $500,000 – $1 Million.
Conclusion
This article is a summary of the most known money earned by the most successful judoka in the world; the summary for each athlete is not an extensive biography and can also missing some competitions; this is because we give more attention to the research of the net worth made for each judo player, that any way you must consider as indicative net worth.