Arnold Classic 2023 Prize Money: How much will each ranked bodybuilder get

Modified Mar 13, 2024 12:33 GMT

The Arnold Classic 2023 is set to begin on March 3 in Columbus, Ohio. There will be two phases to the competition. The first will be pre-judging on March 3 and the second will be finals on March 4.

Seven-time Mr. Olympia and co-founder of the Arnold Sports Festival (ASF), Arnold Schwarzenegger, declared that the 2023 Arnold Classic USA champion will earn $300,000. It is a 50 percent increase over Brandon Curry's $200,000 prize from 2022.

The prize money has grown dramatically for the second consecutive year. The 2021 winner, Nick Walker, won $130,000. That was the standard prize amount from several years prior. The awards were revealed on Arnold Sports' Instagram page and in a press release.

How much will the competitors earn after winning Arnold Classic 2023?

Although there is not much information on how much money will be distributed to the runner-up and third-place finishes, Arnold Sports have shared the top prizes for each category.

Here is the full list of how much a winner in each category would receive in the Arnold Classic 2023:

Men's Open Category - $300,000
Classic Physique - $60,000
Fitness International - $25,000
Men’s Physique - $10,000
Bikini International - $10,000
Wellness International - $7,000
Men’s Pro Wheelchair - $4,000

How to watch Arnold Classic 2023

The AC, the second-most prominent bodybuilding competition in the world, is the most anticipated event of the Arnold Sports festival.

The Arnold Classic will go on for three days, from March 2 to 4. On a pay-per-view basis, fans may access fanmio.com to watch the Classic.

The Arnold Classic PPV ticket, and the Arnold Classic PPV ticket + Arnold Official Tee, are the two bundles that are up for grabs. The price of the former is $49.99, while the price of the latter is $79.99.

A number of competitions during the event will be streamed for spectators via PPV, including:

Arnold Classic Prejudging and Finals
Arnold Classic Physique
Arnold Men’s Physique
Fitness International
Bikini International
Wellness International
Pro Wheelchair Prejudging & Finals
Arnold Amateur Bodybuilding
Fitness
Figure
Bikini
Physique & Wellness Championships

Who is going to participate in the Arnold Classic 2023?

Initially, just six competitors were in the Arnold Classic 2023 because Charles Griffen and Blessing Awodibu withdrew shortly after the lineup was made public.

Nevertheless, Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement that the winner would get $300,000 instead of $200,000 in prize money inspired a lot of well-known bodybuilders to enter the Open category.

Classic Physique

Jason Brown
Alex Cambronero
Neil Currey
Urs Kalecinski
Kyrylo Khudaiev
Mehdi Larijani
Courage Opara
Ramon Rocha Queiroz
Mike Sommerfeld
Darwin Uribe

Men’s Physique

Erin Banks (2022 winner)
Ali Bilal
Vitor Chavez
Carlos DeOliveira
Juan Manuel Gomez
Emmanuel Hunter
Diogo Montenegro
Jahvair Mullings
Edvan Ferriera Palmeria
Antoine Weatherspoon

Men’s Pro Wheelchair

Gabriele Andriulli (2022 winner)
Anand Arnold
Woody Belfort
James Berger
Bradley Betts
Tim Caldwell
Tory Jones
Harold Kelley
Antoni Khadraoui
Bryan Williams

Fitness International

Ariel Khadr (2022 winner)
Jaclyn Baker
Tiffany Chandler
Oksana Grishina
Allison Kramer
Michelle Fredua-Mensah
Minna Pajulahti
Terra Plum
Kristin Pope
Tamara Vahn

Wellness International

Isabelle Nunes (2022 winner)
Marissa Andrews
Sunny Andrews
Yarishna Ayala
Angela Borges
Julia Chitarra
Rayane Fogel
Kassandra Gillis
Andrea Hrenko
Giselle Machado

Bikini International

Lauralie Chapados (2022 winner)
Romina Basualdo
Maureen Blanquisco
Jennifer Dorie
Ivanna Escandar
Eli Fernandez
Phoebe Hagan
Ashley Kaltwasser
Ukanchi Onyejiaka
India Paulino

Edited by Sabine Algur