United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings

There is recognition for the United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings but no formal award is given to the trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing whose horses earned the most purse money in North American Thoroughbred racing.

Note that the figures includes earnings in Canada.

Year	Trainer	Earnings
1908	James G. Rowe Sr.	$284,335
1909	Sam Hildreth	$123,942
1910	Sam Hildreth	$148,010
1911	Sam Hildreth	$49,418
1912	John F. Schorr	$58,110
1913	James G. Rowe Sr.	$45,936
1914	Richard C. Benson	$59,315
1915	James G. Rowe Sr.	$75,596
1916	Sam Hildreth	$70,950
1917	Sam Hildreth	$61,698
1918	H. Guy Bedwell	$80,296
1919	H. Guy Bedwell	$208,728
1920	Louis Feustel	$186,087
1921	Sam Hildreth	$262,768
1922	Sam Hildreth	$247,014
1923	Sam Hildreth	$392,124
1924	Sam Hildreth	$255,608
1925	Gwyn R. Tompkins	$199,245
1926	Scott P. Harlan	$205,681
1927	William H. Bringloe	$216,563
1928	John F. Schorr	$258,425
1929	James G. Rowe, Jr.	$314,881
1930	James E. Fitzsimmons	$397,355
1931	James W. "Big Jim" Healy	$297,300
1932	James E. Fitzsimmons	$266,650
1933	Robert A. Smith	$135,720
1934	Robert A. Smith	$249,938
1935	Bud Stotler	$303,005
1936	James E. Fitzsimmons	$193,415
1937	Robert V. McGarvey	$209,925
1938	Earl Sande	$226,495
1939	James E. Fitzsimmons	$266,205
1940	Tom Smith	$269,200
1941	Ben A. Jones	$475,318
1942	John M. Gaver Sr.	$406,547
1943	Ben A. Jones	$267,915
1944	Ben A. Jones	$601,660
1945	Tom Smith	$510,655
1946	Hirsch Jacobs	$560,077
1947	Horace A. Jones	$1,334,805
1948	Horace A. Jones	$1,118,670
1949	Horace A. Jones	$978,587
1950	Preston M. Burch	$637,754
1951	John M. Gaver Sr.	$616,392
1952	Ben A. Jones	$662,137
1953	Harry Trotsek	$1,028,873
1954	William Molter	$1,107,860
1955	James E. Fitzsimmons	$1,270,055
1956	William Molter	$1,227,402
1957	Horace A. Jones	$1,150,910
1958	William Molter	$1,116,544
1959	William Molter	$847,290
1960	Hirsch Jacobs	$748,349
1961	Horace A. Jones	$759,856
1962	Mesh Tenney	$1,099,474
1963	Mesh Tenney	$860,703
1964	William C. Winfrey	$1,350,534
1965	Hirsch Jacobs	$1,331,628
1966	Edward A. Neloy	$2,456,250
1967	Edward A. Neloy	$1,776,089
1968	Edward A. Neloy	$1,233,101
1969	J. Elliott Burch	$1,067,936
1970	Charlie Whittingham	$1,302,354
1971	Charlie Whittingham	$1,737,115
1972	Charlie Whittingham	$1,734,020
1973	Charlie Whittingham	$1,865,385
1974	Pancho Martin	$2,408,419
1975	Charlie Whittingham	$2,437,244
1976	Jack Van Berg	$2,976,196
1977	Laz Barrera	$2,715,848
1978	Laz Barrera	$3,307,164
1979	Laz Barrera	$3,608,517
1980	Laz Barrera	$2,969,151
1981	Charlie Whittingham	$3,993,302
1982	Charlie Whittingham	$4,587,457
1983	D. Wayne Lukas	$4,267,261
1984	D. Wayne Lukas	$5,835,921
1985	D. Wayne Lukas	$11,155,188
1986	D. Wayne Lukas	$12,345,180
1987	D. Wayne Lukas	$17,502,110
1988	D. Wayne Lukas	$17,842,358
1989	D. Wayne Lukas	$16,103,998
1990	D. Wayne Lukas	$14,508,871
1991	D. Wayne Lukas	$15,942,223
1992	D. Wayne Lukas	$9,806,436
1993	Robert J. Frankel	$8,933,252
1994	D. Wayne Lukas	$9,247,457
1995	D. Wayne Lukas	$12,834,483
1996	D. Wayne Lukas	$15,966,344
1997	D. Wayne Lukas	$9,993,569
1998	Bob Baffert	$15,000,870
1999	Bob Baffert	$16,934,607
2000	Bob Baffert	$11,831,605
2001	Bob Baffert	$16,354,996
2002	Robert J. Frankel	$17,748,340
2003	Robert J. Frankel	$19,143,289
2004	Todd A. Pletcher	$17,511,923
2005	Todd A. Pletcher	$20,867,842
2006	Todd A. Pletcher	$26,820,243
2007	Todd A. Pletcher	$28,111,697
2008	Steve Asmussen	$24,235,247
2009	Steve Asmussen	$21,884,695
2010	Todd A. Pletcher	$23,157,098
2011	Todd A. Pletcher	$17,186,956
2012	Todd A. Pletcher	$20,954,322
2013	Todd A. Pletcher	$25,248,816
2014	Todd A. Pletcher	$22,476,736
2015	Todd A. Pletcher	$26,278,647
2016	Chad C. Brown	$23,134,394
2017	Chad C. Brown	$26,202,164
2018	Chad C. Brown	$27,546,057
2019	Chad C. Brown	$31,112,144
2020	Steve Asmussen	$19,960,542
2021	Brad H. Cox	$33,125,312
2022	Chad C. Brown	$31,057,362
2023	Brad H. Cox	$30,976,261

See also

• United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by wins