How Much Prize Money World Cup Players Get in Record Expanded Purse for Argentina-Spain Final

Whichever team wins the 2026 FIFA World Cup will receive a record payout in return.

The winner of Sunday's final between Spain and Argentina will receive $51 million, per the AP's Luis Andres Henao and Graham Dunbar.

The runner-up will receive $34 million, per Henao and Dunbar.

These prize amounts are part of a record $871 million pool distributed among FIFA World Cup teams, including a minimum $12.5 million payout for each participating team.

Spain and Argentina are set to play for the ultimate prize 3 p.m. ET Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

England will receive $30 million after claiming a 6-4 win in the third-place playoff over France, which will take home $28 million.

The remaining quarterfinalists of Morocco, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland will each receive $20 million, while the United States and all other Round of 16 eliminations will take home $16 million.

France received $38 million for winning the 2018 World Cup, while Argentina took home $42 million after winning in 2022.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar set the tournament's previous record with a $440 million total prize pot.

Ahead of the 2026 tournament the FIFA Council originally approved a $727 million pool, which represented a 50 percent increase over the 2022 pot, in December 2025.

The council voted in April to increase the 2026 total by another 15 percent, including another $16 million per team for "for team delegation costs and increased team ticketing allocations."

The prize money taken home by the World Cup is still relatively limited compared to other FIFA tournaments.

Chelsea took home an estimated $114.6 million after winning the FIFA Club World Cup last August at MetLife.

The club used that money to pay players individual bonuses of more than $500,000 each, per The Athletic's Adam Crafton.

Each federation participating in the World Cup will choose how to distribute their prize money.

The United States, for example, had previously decided to split the prize money evenly between the players representing their nation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2027 Women's World Cup.