Jonatan Christie: Indonesia’s Highest-Earning Badminton Player | IDR 18 Billion

Jonatan Christie is the Indonesian badminton player with the most prize money (Photo: PBSI)


JONATHAN Christie is the Indonesian badminton player with the most prize money. In fact, the amount reached USD1,093,608 or the equivalent of IDR 18.4 billion!

Since his name emerged in 2012 at the National Championships, Jonathan has grown into one of Indonesia’s leading men’s singles players. He has won various titles at various levels.

1. Reach USD 1 Million

Jonatan Christie performs at the Malaysia Open 2026 (Photo: X/@INABadminton)
Jonatan Christie performs at the Malaysia Open 2026 (Photo: X/@INABadminton)

On the BWF World Tour, Jonathan won 10 championship titles. He has even won at all levels starting from Super 300, Super 500, Super 750, to Super 1000.

From those tournaments, according to the page badmintonranks.comJonathan earned USD 1,093,608! He is the Indonesian badminton player with the largest amount of prize money in history.

The calculation is carried out badmintonranks.com by collecting data from 2007 to December 31 2025. As a result, Jonathan is in 26th place out of hundreds of names or the highest in Indonesia.

Of course, the prize money is calculated from the BWF World Tour tournament. Events such as the Asian/European/American Championships as well as the World Championships and Olympics are not counted.

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