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We’ve come a long way from Ray Harroun’s $14,250 share of a total purse of $27,550 in 1911! In 2022, Marcus Ericsson came away with $3,100,00 of a total purse of $16,000,200. This list breaks down each winner’s share of the Indianapolis 500 Race Purse.

Race Purse
Year Total Purse Winner Earnings
1911 $27,550 Ray Harroun $14,250
1912 52,225 Joe Dawson 20,000
1913 55,875 Jules Goux 20,000
1914 51,675 Rene Thomas 20,000
1915 51,200 Ralph DePalma 20,000
1916 31,350 Dario Resta 12,000
1919 55,275 Howdy Wilcox 20,000
1920 93,550 Gaston Chevrolet 21,400
1921 86,850 Tommy Milton 26,400
1922 70,575 Jimmy Murphy 26,200
1923 83,425 Tommy Milton 28,500
1924 86,850 L.L. Corum/Joe Boyer 20,050
1925 87,750 Peter DePaolo 28,800
1926 88,100 Frank Lockhart 35,600
1927 89,850 George Souders 30,625
1928 90,750 Louis Meyer 28,250
1929 95,150 Ray Keech 31,950
1930 96,250 Billy Arnold 36,900
1931 81,800 Louis Schneider 29,500
1932 93,900 Fred Frame 31,050
1933 54,450 Louis Meyer 18,000
1934 83,775 Bill Cummings 29,725
1935 78,575 Kelly Petillo 30,600
1936 82,525 Louis Meyer 31,300
1937 92,135 Wilbur Shaw 35,075
1938 91,075 Floyd Roberts 32,075
1939 87,050 Wilbur Shaw 27,375
1940 85,525 Wilbur Shaw 30,725
1941 90,925 Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose 29,200
1946 115,450 George Robson 42,350
1947 137,425 Mauri Rose 33,425
1948 171,075 Mauri Rose 42,800
1949 179,050 Bill Holland 51,575
1950 201,035 Johnnie Parsons 57,458
1951 207,650 Lee Wallard 63,612
1952 230,100 Troy Ruttman 61,743
1953 246,300 Bill Vukovich 89,496
1954 269,375 Bill Vukovich 74,934
1955 270,400 Bob Sweikert 76,138
1956 282,052 Pat Flaherty 93,819
1957 300,252 Sam Hanks 103,844
1958 305,217 Jimmy Bryan 105,574
1959 338,100 Rodger Ward 106,850
1960 369,150 Jim Rathmann 110,000
1961 400,000 A.J. Foyt 117,975
1962 426,152 Rodger Ward 125,015
1963 494,030 Parnelli Jones 148,513
1964 506,575 A.J. Foyt 153,650
1965 628,399 Jim Clark 166,621
1966 691,808 Graham Hill 156,297
1967 734,834 A.J. Foyt 171,527
1968 712,269 Bobby Unser 175,139
1969 805,127 Mario Andretti 206,727
1970 1,000,002 Al Unser 271,697
1971 1,001,604 Al Unser 238,454
1972 1,011,845 Mark Donohue 218,767
1973 1,006,105 Gordon Johncock 236,022
1974 1,015,686 Johnny Rutherford 245,031
1975 1,001,321 Bobby Unser 214,031
1976 1,037,776 Johnny Rutherford 255,321
1977 1,116,807 A.J. Foyt 259,791
1978 1,145,225 Al Unser 290,363
1979 1,271,954 Rick Mears 270,401
1980 1,503,225 Johnny Rutherford 318,819
1981 1,605,375 Bobby Unser 299,124
1982 2,067,475 Gordon Johncock 290,609
1983 2,411,450 Tom Sneva 385,886
1984 2,795,899 Rick Mears 434,060
1985 3,271,025 Danny Sullivan 517,662
1986 4,001,450 Bobby Rahal 581,062
1987 4,490,375 Al Unser 526,762
1988 5,025,400 Rick Mears 809,853
1989 5,723,725 Emerson Fittipaldi 1,001,604
1990 6,325,803 Arie Luyendyk 1,090,940
1991 7,009,150 Rick Mears 1,219,704
1992 7,527,450 Al Unser Jr. 1,244,184
1993 7,681,300 Emerson Fittipaldi 1,155,304
1994 7,864,800 Al Unser Jr. 1,373,813
1995 8,063,550 Jacques Villeneuve 1,312,019
1996 8,114,600 Buddy Lazier 1,367,854
1997 8,612,450 Arie Luyendyk 1,568,150
1998 8,722,150 Eddie Cheever Jr. 1,433,000
1999 9,047,150 Kenny Brack 1,465,190
2000 9,476,505 Juan Pablo Montoya 1,235,690
2001 9,610,325 Helio Castroneves 1,270,475
2002 10,028,580 Helio Castroneves 1,606,215
2003 10,151,830 Gil de Ferran 1,353,265
2004 10,250,580 Buddy Rice 1,761,740
2005 10,304,815 Dan Wheldon 1,537,805
2006 10,518,565 Sam Hornish Jr. 1,744,855
2007 10,668,815 Dario Franchitti 1,645,233
2008 14,406,580 Scott Dixon 2,988,065
2009 14,315,315 Helio Castroneves 3,048,005
2010 13,592,815 Dario Franchitti 2,752,055
2011 13,509,485 Dan Wheldon 2,592,255
2012 13,285,815 Dario Franchitti 2,474,280
2013 12,020,065 Tony Kanaan 2,353,355
2014 14,231,760 Ryan Hunter-Reay 2,491,194
2015 13,397,315 Juan Pablo Montoya 2,449,055
2016 13,273,253 Alexander Rossi 2,548,743
2017 13,178,359 Takuma Sato 2,458,129
2018 13,078,065 Will Power 2,525,454
2019 13,090,536 Simon Pagenaud 2,669,529
2020 7,502,500 Takuma Sato 1,370,500
2021 8,854,565 Helio Castroneves 1,828,305
2022 16,000,200 Marcus Ericsson 3,100,000
Total: $408,456,580 $73,975,311

Quick Facts, Records
•Most winnings, single race: $3,100,000
– Marcus Ericsson (2022)
•Most winnings, career: $14,985,749
– Helio Castroneves (2001-22)
•Largest purse: $16,000,200 - 2022