World Cup stop held in Berlin, Germany, Le Clos won the gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 48.58 seconds, which was one-tenth of a second slower than the World Cup record of 48.48 seconds set in 2009 by Yevgeny Korotyshkin of Russia. The following day, he won the gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly with a 1:49.62. On day three of three, he won the silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.21 seconds, finishing 0.08 seconds behind gold medalist Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago. For all of his events at the first stop of the World Cup circuit, he ranked as the fourth highest-scoring male competitor with 56.4 points. In the 100-metre butterfly at the next stop, in Toronto, Canada, he won the gold medal with a 48.88, which was 0.80 seconds ahead of silver medalist Matthew Temple and 0.87 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Trenton Julian of the United States. He finished behind Trenton Julian in the 200-metre butterfly the following day with a time of 1:49.78, winning the silver medal. On the third day, he won the silver medal in the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.45 seconds. Le Clos went three-for-three in the 100-metre butterfly at the third and final stop, in Indianapolis, United States, winning the gold medal with a time of 48.85 seconds. The following day, he regained the golden crown in the 200-metre butterfly from Trenton Julian with a time of 1:49.89, winning the event 0.19 seconds faster than the American who won the gold medal ahead of him in Toronto. In his final event, the 50-metre butterfly, he won the silver medal with a time of 22.27 seconds. For his performances across the whole World Cup circuit, he ranked as the third overall highest-scoring male competitor with 166.3 points, which was 6.3 points behind male overall winner Dylan Carter. 2022 Short Course World Championships Day two of six at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, 14 December in Melbourne, Australia, Le Clos placed fifth in the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.11 seconds. On The third day, he won the gold medal in the 200 metre butterfly with a personal best time of 1:48.27, which set new African, Commonwealth, and South African records in the event and was 0.95 seconds faster than silver medalist Daiya Seto. In the final of his