List of largest prize pools in Smash tournaments

This is a list of largest prize pools in Smash tournaments based on the amount of earnings distributed in United States dollars. It includes the top 10 largest prize pools in Smash tournaments over any game in the series, as well as listings for each individual game separately (including the Project M mod). Only 1v1 singles tournaments are included. Prize pool numbers are taken from Esports Earnings, a site tracking the largest prize pools for esports. Prize pools in foreign currencies are listed as their United States dollars conversion at the time of the event. 
The record for largest prize pool in a Smash tournament is currently held by , with $159,132.00 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles.
==Overall==
Rank	Name	Game	Date 	Prize pool 	Winner
1 	 	 	August 26th-29th, 2021 	$159,132.00	
2 	 	 	March 3rd-6th, 2022 	$157,682.00	
3 	 	 	July 15th-18th, 2021 	$155,669.00	
4 	 	 	March 23rd-26th, 2023 	$104,247.00	
5 	 	 	November 2nd-5th, 2017 	$83,758.00 	
6 	 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	$75,564.00 	
7 	 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	$75,254.00 	
8 	 	 	February 13th-16th, 2020	$68,251.56 	
9 	 	 	December 9th-12th, 2021 	$56,889.00 	
10 	 	 	November 3rd-6th, 2022 	$53,100.00 	
===Adjusted for inflation===
Tournaments one year ago or older will be calculated according to the U.S. Inflation Calculator.
Rank	Name	Game	Date 	Adjusted for inflation	Prize pool 	Winner
1 	 	 	August 26th-29th, 2021 	$186,558.00 	$159,132.00	
2 	 	 	July 15th-18th, 2021 	$182,498.16 	$155,669.00	
3 	 	 	March 3rd-6th, 2022 	$171,160.58 	$157,682.00	
4 	 	 	March 23rd-26th, 2023 	$108,684.05 	$104,247.00	
5 	 	 	November 2nd-5th, 2017 	$108,548.82 	$83,758.00 	
6 	 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	$88,587.27 	$75,564.00 	
7 	 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	$88,223.84 	$75,254.00 	
8 	 	 	February 13th-16th, 2020	$83,773.65 	$68,251.56 	
9 	 	 	December 9th-12th, 2021 	$66,693.68 	$56,889.00 	
10 	 	 	March 2nd-5th, 2017 	$66,675.66 	$51,448.00 	
==By game==
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Esports Earnings
Rank	Name 	Date 	Prize pool 	Winner
1 	 	August 26th-29th, 2021 	$159,132.00	
2 	 	March 3rd-6th, 2022 	$157,682.00	
3 	 	March 23rd-26th, 2023 	$104,247.00	
4 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	$75,564.00 	
5 	 	October 21st-23rd, 2022 	$52,502.00 	
6 	 	March 8th-10th, 2019 	$51,995.70 	
7 	 	October 24th-27th, 2019 	$50,440.00 	
8 	The Arcadian Finals 	December 4th, 2022 	$50,000.00 	
9 	Converted from $50,000.00 Canadian dollars into United States dollars	November 18th-19th, 2022	$37,588.78 	
10 	 	June 16th-19th, 2022 	$35,706.00 	
===Super Smash Bros. 4===
Esports Earnings
Rank	Name	Date 	Prize pool	Winner
1 	 	December 1st-3rd, 2017 	$50,000.00	
2 	 	September 29th-October 1st, 2017	$30,000.00	
3 	 	July 15th-17th, 2016 	$26,620.00	
4 	 	March 24th-25th, 2018 	$25,000.00	
5 	 	March 24th-26th, 2017 	$22,530.00	
6 	 	June 10th-11th, 2017 	$19,850.00	
7 	 	July 17th-19th, 2015 	$19,260.00	
8 	 	August 6th-9th, 2015 	$17,440.00	
9 	 	December 2nd-4th, 2016 	$17,020.00	
10 	 	August 10th-13th, 2017 	$15,310.00	
All tournaments listed above are currently for . Listings for are not displayed separately due to the two games sharing a tournament scene.
===Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
Esports Earnings
Rank	Name	Date 	Prize pool	Winner
1 	 	November 5th-7th, 2010 	$35,000.00	
2 	 	January 6th-8th, 2012 	$8,000.00 	
3 	 	April 16th-18th, 2010 	$7,000.00 	
3 	 	June 4th-6th, 2010 	$7,000.00 	
3 	 	August 27th-29th, 2010 	$7,000.00 	
3 	 	October 15th-17th, 2010	$7,000.00 	
7 	 	July 15th-17th, 2011 	$6,875.02 	
8 	 	January 11th-13th, 2013	$6,570.00 	
9 	 	January 17th-19th, 2014	$6,325.00 	
10 	 	August 6th-9th, 2015 	$6,210.00 	
===Super Smash Bros. Melee===
Esports Earnings
Rank	Name	Date 	Prize pool 	Winner
1 	 	July 15th-18th, 2021 	$155,669.00	
2 	 	November 2nd-5th, 2017 	$83,758.00 	
3 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	$75,254.00 	
4 	 	February 13th-16th, 2020	$68,251.56 	
5 	 	December 9th-12th, 2021 	$56,889.00 	
6 	 	November 3rd-6th, 2022 	$53,100.00 	
7 	 	October 21st-23rd, 2022 	$52,502.00 	
8 	 	March 2nd-5th, 2017 	$51,448.00 	
9 	 	July 7th-9th, 2023 	$50,001.00 	
10 	 	November 15th-18th, 2018	$47,261.20 	
===Super Smash Bros.===
Esports Earnings
Rank	Name	Date 	Prize pool	Winner
1 	 	August 6th-9th, 2015 	$6,540.00 	
2 	 	September 23rd-24th, 2023	$5,000.00 	
3 	 	August 11th-14th, 2016 	$4,499.00 	
4 	 	August 8th-11th, 2019 	$2,750.00 	
5 	 	August 9th-12th, 2018 	$2,600.00 	
6 	 	August 10th-13th, 2017 	$2,560.00 	
7 	 	August 10th-13th, 2023 	$2,550.00 	
8 	 	August 11th-14th, 2022 	$2,520.00 	
9 	 	August 8th-11th, 2024 	$2,410.00 	
10 	 	January 15th-17th, 2016 	$2,380.00 	
===Project M===
Esports Earnings
Rank	Name	Date 	Prize pool	Winner
1 	 	March 26th-27th, 2022 	$15,000.00	
2 	 	September 5th-6th, 2015	$9,050.00 	
3 	 	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	$5,262.00 	
4 	 	August 1st-2nd, 2015 	$4,630.00 	
5 	 	June 2nd-4th, 2017 	$4,190.00 	
6 	 	January 17th-19th, 2014	$4,150.00 	
7 	 	November 7th-8th, 2015 	$3,895.01 	
8 	 	May 27th-28th, 2017 	$3,720.00 	
9 	 	June 18th-19th, 2016 	$3,495.00 	
10 	 	October 4th-5th, 2014 	$3,274.50 	
==By prize payout==
The following tournament placings earned the largest prize payouts for players:
Rank	Tournament 	Date 	Game	Player	Prize 	Placing
1 	Smash Ultimate Summit 3	August 26th-29th, 2021 	 	 	$47,739.30	1st
2 	Smash Ultimate Summit 4	March 3rd-6th, 2022 	 	 	$47,337.00	1st
3 	Smash Summit 11 	July 15th-18th, 2021 	 	 	$46,611.60	1st
4 	 	March 23rd-26th, 2023 	 	 	$31,274.10	1st
5 	Smash Summit 5 	November 2nd-5th, 2017 	 	 	$29,315.30	1st
6 	Smash Ultimate Summit 3	August 26th-29th, 2021 	 	 	$23,869.65	2nd
7 	Smash Ultimate Summit 4	March 3rd-6th, 2022 	 	 	$23,668.50	2nd
8 	Smash Summit 11 	July 15th-18th, 2021 	 	 	$23,305.80	2nd
9 	 	August 2nd-4th, 2019 	 	 	$21,204.00	1st
10 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	 	 	$20,208.68	1st
11 	 	December 17th-19th, 2021	 	 	$20,091.02	1st
==References==
==External links==
*Esports Earnings
Category:Competitive lists
Category:Tournaments