Mostafa Asal pockets $400k as PSA records prize money boost

Mostafa Asal was the highest-earning squash player in the 2024/25 season.

The Egyptian accrued $400,686 in prize money which is his first time at the top of the earnings ladder after a successful campaign.

World No.1 Nouran Gohar was the top earning female player, winning $400,045 of prize money, marking the first time since the 2022-23 season that she has been the highest earning female. 

In all, the Professional Squash Association announced that a record total of $12,534,421 in total player compensation was on offer during the 2024-25 season.

It represented an 18.4% increase on the previous campaign.

The record high comes following the first season of the new PSA Squash Tour structure. The new structure – developed to create a more stable and longer-term calendar of top-tier tournaments in the build-up to squash’s debut at the LA28 Olympic Games – came into effect last August.

There was also a record number of sanctioned events during the 2024-25 campaign, with 1,019 tournaments held on the PSA Squash Tour.

Player compensation at women’s events totalled $5,916,910 (an increase of 22.3% on the previous season), with men’s player compensation coming to $6,617,511 (up 15.1%).

Average earnings for the men’s and women’s top 10 totalled $183,734 which is an increase of 13% compared to the previous season. 

606 men’s events were held during the campaign, with 413 women’s events being sanctioned. 70 countries staged a PSA Squash Tour event, with Sri Lanka hosting a tournament for the first time.

81 World Events were held during the 2024-25 season (a 37.3% increase compared to events of a similar stature in 2023-24) as well as 215 Challenger Events and 720 Satellite Events and Federation Events.