Prop firm payout evidence & proof scores
6 min read·Updated July 20, 2026
Average payout proof score across the industry is 77.9/100. 2 firms score 90+; 13 score below 75.
"Payout proof" is our 0-100 score for how well a firm evidences that it actually pays traders — published cumulative totals with a denominator, dated batches, verifiable certificates, cross-referenced against trader-submitted receipts. It is deliberately not a measure of popularity, price or profit split; it measures disclosure.
The industry average sits at 77.9/100, and the distribution is bimodal rather than smooth: a cluster of established firms with published payout ledgers scores in the low-to-mid 90s, and a second cluster of younger firms relying on community-sourced evidence rather than firm-published data sits in the 70s and low 80s. Very few firms occupy the middle.
2 firms clear the 90-point bar, which in practice means multi-year published payout history with a verifiable denominator rather than a marketing headline number. 13 firms sit below 75, which is not an accusation of non-payment — it typically reflects a young firm with genuinely limited history to publish, not observed misbehaviour.
The actionable read for traders: payout proof score should scale with account size faster than any other variable on this page. It is reasonable to run a small account at a firm scoring 74 while it builds a track record; it is not reasonable to park your largest allocation there while a firm scoring 96 sits two clicks away.
| Band | What it means | Firms |
|---|---|---|
| 90-100 | Multi-year published payout ledger, cross-checked and verifiable | 2 |
| 75-89 | Consistent documented withdrawals; evidence thinner or partly community-sourced | 19 |
| Below 75 | Young firm or limited public evidence trail — not an accusation of non-payment | 13 |
Methodology & sources
- Payout proof score combines published payout totals, cadence reliability, trader-submitted receipts and complaint-register outcomes.
- Scores are re-verified on every data pass; a firm cannot pay to change its score, and the components are published so any figure can be reconstructed.
- This score measures evidence of payment, not the underlying financial health of the firm, which no public data source can fully verify for an unregulated entity.
Source data: our own 34-firm dataset, the same records used across every firm review and comparison on this site. See the statistics hub for the full methodology and cross-topic figures.
FAQ
- What is a payout proof score?
- A 0-100 score measuring how well a firm evidences that it pays traders, combining published payout data, cadence reliability and complaint-register outcomes. It measures disclosure, not popularity or price.
- Why do young firms score lower on payout proof?
- Because published payout totals and operating history are direct inputs, and a firm founded two years ago simply cannot have accumulated either yet, regardless of how reliably it is actually paying.