Players Championship pool prize money
The Players Championship has paid £96,593 across 2 tournaments from 2017 to 2019. In 2019 Yu-Hsuan Cheng took £7,407.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Yu-Hsuan Cheng | £7,407£7k | £42,519£43k |
| 2017 | Ruslan Chinakhov | £14,815£15k | £54,074£54k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2019 WPA Players Championship payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | £7,407£7k | £7,407£7k |
| 2nd | 1 | £5,185£5k | £5,185£5k |
| T3 | 2 | £3,704£4k | £7,407£7k |
| T5 | 4 | £2,222£2k | £8,889£9k |
| T9 | 8 | £1,111£1k | £8,889£9k |
| T17 | 16 | £296£296 | £4,741£5k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2019 WPA Players Championship payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Players Championship
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
The top 12 here
Other pool tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Players Championship by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Michigan Open | 2 | £116,150£116k |
| 69 | Steve Mizerak Championship | 2 | £116,000£116k |
| 70 | International Challenge of Champions | 6 | £111,111£111k |
| 71 | Women's CBSA Chinese Pool World Championship | 1 | £110,761£111k |
| 72 | Slovenia Open | 3 | £108,272£108k |
| 73 | Indonesia International Open | 2 | £105,648£106k |
| 74 | Bucharest Open | 5 | £105,546£106k |
| 75 | Lasko Open | 3 | £105,412£105k |
| 76 | Sankt Johann Im Pongau Open | 3 | £104,926£105k |
| 77 | Beijing Open | 1 | £104,444£104k |
| 78 | Dutch Open | 3 | £99,772£100k |
| 79 | Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open | 4 | £97,778£98k |
| 80 | Players Championship | 2 | £96,593£97k |
| 81 | Klagenfurt Open | 3 | £95,900£96k |
| 82 | Battle of the Bull | 2 | £93,111£93k |
| 83 | Beckmann Open | 1 | £92,622£93k |
| 84 | Philippines Open Pool Championship | 1 | £92,593£93k |
| 85 | Universal Chinese Taipei Open | 2 | £91,759£92k |
| 86 | Zotye T600 World Chinese 8-Ball Masters | 1 | £89,751£90k |
| 87 | Scottish Open | 3 | £88,487£88k |
| 88 | Beasley Open 9-Ball | 4 | £84,281£84k |
| 89 | Alfa Women's Las Vegas Open | 2 | £81,484£81k |
| 90 | Longoni Italian Open | 2 | £81,140£81k |
| 91 | French Open | 2 | £80,930£81k |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2019 WPA Players Championship?
Yu-Hsuan Cheng took £7,407. The whole tournament paid £42,519 across 32 players.
How much prize money has the Players Championship paid?
£96,593 across 2 editions from 2017 to 2019. The richest was the Molinari Players Championship, at £54,074.
Who has won the most money at the Players Championship?
Ruslan Chinakhov, with £14,815 and 1 win. Johann Chua is next on £7,593.
Where does the Players Championship rank for prize money?
80th of the 310 pool tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.
Where to next
Every pool tournament and player is ranked on pool prize money. The latest edition is the 2019 WPA Players Championship, and the one before it the Molinari Players Championship. What the men's and women's fields are paid is compared on men's vs women's pool prize money. How much of the pot a pool winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.