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PBA Chameleon Championship prize money

The PBA Chameleon Championship has paid £739,624 across 9 tournaments from 2008 to 2025. In 2025 Tun Ameerul Luqman Al Hakim took £15,038.

PAID IN TOTAL£740k
EDITIONS9
2025 TOP PRIZE£15k
BOWLERS PAID210
RANK13 of 249

Every edition

Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all

Every edition of the PBA Chameleon Championship with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2025 Tun Ameerul Luqman Al Hakim £15,038£15k £74,511£75k
2021 Shawn Maldonado £22,556£23k £62,782£63k
2015 Jesper Svensson £15,113£15k £52,857£53k
2014 D.J. Archer £15,038£15k £71,857£72k
2013 Ryan Ciminelli £15,038£15k £64,489£64k
2012 Scott Norton £15,038£15k £67,767£68k
2011 Jason Belmonte £12,105£12k £56,519£57k
2009 Bill O'Neill £18,947£19k £147,481£147k
2008 Michael Machuga £18,797£19k £141,361£141k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The PBA WSOB XVI Chameleon Championship payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the PBA WSOB XVI Chameleon Championship.
PLACE BOWLERS EACH BAND TOTAL
1st 1 £15,038£15k £15,038£15k
2nd 1 £10,150£10k £10,150£10k
3rd 1 £7,519£8k £7,519£8k
4th 1 £5,639£6k £5,639£6k
5th 1 £4,511£5k £4,511£5k
6th 1 £2,632£3k £2,632£3k
7th 1 £2,632£3k £2,632£3k
8th 1 £2,632£3k £2,632£3k
9th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
10th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
11th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
12th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
13th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
14th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
15th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
16th 1 £1,316£1k £1,316£1k
17th 1 £902£902 £902£902
18th 1 £902£902 £902£902
19th 1 £902£902 £902£902
20th 1 £902£902 £902£902
21st 1 £902£902 £902£902
22nd 1 £902£902 £902£902
23rd 1 £902£902 £902£902
24th 1 £902£902 £902£902
25th 1 £752£752 £752£752
26th 1 £752£752 £752£752
27th 1 £752£752 £752£752
28th 1 £752£752 £752£752
29th 1 £752£752 £752£752
30th 1 £752£752 £752£752
31st 1 £752£752 £752£752
32nd 1 £752£752 £752£752

Every cheque by name is on the PBA WSOB XVI Chameleon Championship payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the PBA Chameleon Championship

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The bowlers who have won the most prize money at the PBA Chameleon Championship.
# BOWLER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Bill O'Neill United States 1 £35,226£35k
2 Ronnie Russell United States 0 £26,541£27k
3 Jason Belmonte Australia 1 £25,320£25k
4 Sean Rash United States 0 £23,609£24k
5 Shawn Maldonado United States 1 £23,477£23k
6 Michael Machuga United States 1 £21,692£22k
7 Scott Norton United States 1 £19,549£20k
8 Ryan Ciminelli United States 1 £18,233£18k
9 Jesper Svensson Sweden 1 £17,744£18k
10 D.J. Archer United States 1 £17,143£17k
11 Tun Ameerul Luqman Al Hakim Malaysia 1 £15,038£15k
12 Jakob Butturff United States 0 £13,684£14k
13 Brian Kretzer United States 0 £12,857£13k
14 Brandon Novak United States 0 £11,278£11k
15 Dom Barrett England 0 £11,256£11k
16 Walter Ray Williams Jr. United States 0 £10,850£11k
17 Kevin McCune United States 0 £10,150£10k
18 Wes Malott United States 0 £9,831£10k
19 Stuart Williams United States 0 £9,688£10k
20 EJ Tackett United States 0 £9,173£9k
21 Jason Sterner United States 0 £7,594£8k
22 Andrew Anderson United States 0 £7,519£8k
23 Pascal Winternheimer Germany 0 £7,519£8k
24 Zach Weidman United States 0 £7,331£7k
25 Tommy Jones United States 0 £7,169£7k

Other bowling tournaments

The tournaments either side of the PBA Chameleon Championship by prize money paid

Bowling tournaments ranked around the PBA Chameleon Championship.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
1 PBA World Championship 23 £5,979,057£6.0m
2 PBA Tournament of Champions 23 £5,005,429£5.0m
3 U.S. Open 17 £3,732,406£3.7m
4 USBC Masters 14 £2,885,711£2.9m
5 PBA Players Championship 12 £2,259,587£2.3m
6 PBA Japan Cup 14 £1,703,851£1.7m
7 Senior U.S. Open 20 £1,695,237£1.7m
8 USBC Senior Masters 15 £1,322,808£1.3m
9 PBA Scorpion Championship 13 £992,023£992k
10 PBA Playoffs 4 £889,564£890k
11 PBA Cheetah Championship 11 £860,515£861k
12 PBA United States Bowling Congress Masters 4 £856,337£856k
13 PBA Chameleon Championship 9 £739,624£740k
14 PBA Shark Championship 8 £700,271£700k
15 PBA Viper Championship 8 £667,808£668k
16 PBA50 Northern California Classic 15 £658,915£659k
17 PBA Empire State Open 6 £653,905£654k
18 PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship 7 £635,173£635k
19 PBA Earl Anthony Medford Classic 4 £595,412£595k
20 PBA Dick Weber Open 5 £586,272£586k
21 PBA Cambridge Credit Classic 3 £489,421£489k
22 PBA50 World Championship 5 £483,270£483k
23 PBA Players Championship Regional Rounds 5 £482,113£482k
24 PBA Pepsi Open 3 £479,323£479k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the PBA WSOB XVI Chameleon Championship?

Tun Ameerul Luqman Al Hakim took £15,038. The whole tournament paid £74,511 across 32 bowlers.

How much prize money has the PBA Chameleon Championship paid?

£739,624 across 9 editions from 2008 to 2025. The richest was the Chameleon Championship, at £147,481.

Who has won the most money at the PBA Chameleon Championship?

Bill O'Neill, with £35,226 and 1 win. Ronnie Russell is next on £26,541.

Where does the PBA Chameleon Championship rank for prize money?

13th of the 249 bowling tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.

Where to next

Every bowling tournament and bowler is ranked on bowling prize money. The latest edition is the PBA WSOB XVI Chameleon Championship, and the one before it the 2021 PBA Chameleon Qualifying. How much of the pot a bowling winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money.