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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2010 TO 2026

Pool prize money

4,281 players have been paid £44,972,213 across 786 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. Shane Van Boening has won the most, £2,206,673. Pool pays by finishing band: everyone who goes out in the same round of the knockout shares the same place and the same cheque.

PRIZE MONEY PAID£45m
PLAYERS PAID4,281
EDITIONS786
TOURNAMENTS310
PAID IN 2026£5.1m

The pool money list

The top 100 of 4,043 players by career prize money

Pool players ranked by career prize money.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Shane Van Boening United States 61 £2,206,673£2.2m
2 Efren Reyes Philippines 9 £1,654,604£1.7m
3 Dennis Orcollo Philippines 22 £1,336,089£1.3m
4 Joshua Filler Germany 38 £1,328,536£1.3m
5 Fedor Gorst United States 31 £1,322,829£1.3m
6 Mika Immonen Finland 6 £1,280,272£1.3m
7 Alex Pagulayan Canada 14 £1,215,590£1.2m
8 Francisco Bustamante Philippines 9 £1,126,400£1.1m
9 Thorsten Hohmann Germany 11 £1,117,582£1.1m
10 Ralf Souquet Germany 9 £1,093,741£1.1m
11 Jayson Shaw Scotland 24 £1,068,318£1.1m
12 Allison Fisher Great Britain 8 £1,063,645£1.1m
13 Niels Feijen Netherlands 11 £1,059,459£1.1m
14 Johnny Archer United States 1 £972,666£973k
15 Darren Appleton Great Britain 10 £965,120£965k
16 Corey Deuel United States 9 £905,192£905k
17 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 25 £889,523£890k
18 Carlo Biado Philippines 10 £880,039£880k
19 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain 13 £839,871£840k
20 Albin Ouschan Austria 11 £768,662£769k
21 Earl Strickland United States 3 £737,874£738k
22 Rodney Morris United States 3 £733,436£733k
23 Karen Corr Ireland 4 £716,125£716k
24 David Alcaide Spain 6 £715,531£716k
25 Skyler Woodward United States 11 £706,471£706k
26 Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei 13 £632,598£633k
27 Eklent Kaci Albania 10 £629,774£630k
28 Aloysius Yapp Singapore 12 £623,730£624k
29 Xiao Huai Zheng China 2 £585,239£585k
30 Lee Vann Corteza Philippines 11 £577,118£577k
31 Ga-Young Kim South Korea 13 £575,646£576k
32 John Morra Canada 8 £552,159£552k
33 Jung-Lin Chang Chinese Taipei 7 £547,129£547k
34 Jasmin Ouschan Austria 13 £540,778£541k
35 Roberto Gomez Philippines 11 £538,058£538k
36 Alexandros Kazakis Greece 5 £512,520£513k
37 Mario He Austria 7 £479,804£480k
38 Siming Chen China 8 £447,544£448k
39 Chieh-Yu Chou Chinese Taipei 10 £447,533£448k
40 Ping-Chung Ko Chinese Taipei 7 £444,581£445k
41 Nick Van Den Berg Netherlands 5 £415,097£415k
42 Billy Thorpe United States 7 £414,980£415k
43 Naoyuki Oi Japan 2 £401,996£402k
44 Warren Kiamco Philippines 3 £399,818£400k
45 Han Yu China 7 £395,538£396k
46 Tony Chohan United States 9 £393,072£393k
47 Wiktor Zielinski Poland 11 £391,228£391k
48 Jia-Qing Wu China 2 £384,674£385k
49 Ronnie Alcano Philippines 1 £376,515£377k
50 Karl Boyes Great Britain 4 £374,502£375k
51 Denis Grabe Estonia 7 £373,065£373k
52 Wojciech Szewczyk Poland 3 £364,427£364k
53 Jeremy Jones United States 0 £354,096£354k
54 Jeanette Lee United States 0 £353,680£354k
55 Johann Chua Philippines 7 £348,818£349k
56 Sha Sha Liu China 4 £348,674£349k
57 Charlie Williams United States 0 £339,662£340k
58 Daryl Peach Great Britain 2 £335,855£336k
59 Chris Melling Great Britain 5 £332,677£333k
60 Nick Varner United States 0 £331,917£332k
61 Chezka Centeno Philippines 4 £331,687£332k
62 Mike Davis United States 1 £330,047£330k
63 Justin Bergman United States 6 £329,359£329k
64 Oliver Ortmann Germany 1 £321,556£322k
65 Jose Parica Philippines 0 £320,270£320k
66 Moritz Neuhausen Germany 7 £319,923£320k
67 John Schmidt United States 2 £311,755£312k
68 Rubilen Amit Philippines 3 £309,262£309k
69 Tzu-Chien Wei Chinese Taipei 7 £308,435£308k
70 Mike Sigel United States 0 £302,121£302k
71 Marlon Manalo Philippines 0 £301,157£301k
72 Xiao-Fang Fu China 4 £299,734£300k
73 Kun Lin Wu Chinese Taipei 1 £299,448£299k
74 Kristina Tkach Russia 7 £296,616£297k
75 Tyler Styer United States 3 £292,968£293k
76 Dennis Hatch United States 0 £292,114£292k
77 Jeffrey De Luna Philippines 1 £291,970£292k
78 Monica Webb United States 1 £284,420£284k
79 Mike Dechaine United States 5 £282,878£283k
80 Daniel Maciol Poland 3 £279,213£279k
81 Josh Roberts United States 2 £267,919£268k
82 Vivian Villarreal United States 0 £267,917£268k
83 Scott Frost United States 3 £263,023£263k
84 Marcus Chamat Sweden 0 £257,563£258k
85 Justin Hall United States 6 £250,416£250k
86 Gabe Owen United States 0 £247,203£247k
87 Chin-Shung Yang Chinese Taipei 0 £246,679£247k
88 Konrad Juszczyszyn Poland 4 £245,666£246k
89 Buddy Hall United States 0 £245,426£245k
90 Gerda Hofstatter Gregerson Austria 1 £243,005£243k
91 Oscar Dominguez United States 0 £241,980£242k
92 Helena Thornfeldt Sweden 0 £236,744£237k
93 Thomas Engert Germany 0 £234,202£234k
94 Maximilian Lechner Austria 0 £232,776£233k
95 Pijus Labutis Lithuania 3 £232,011£232k
96 Santos Sambajon United States 0 £228,495£228k
97 Seo Seoa South Korea 5 £225,146£225k
98 Shannon Daulton United States 1 £223,640£224k
99 Xiao-Ting Pan China 1 £222,579£223k
100 Fong-Pang Chao Chinese Taipei 0 £220,912£221k

The top fifteen

Shane Van Boening £2.2m Efren Reyes £1.7m Dennis Orcollo £1.3m Joshua Filler £1.3m Fedor Gorst £1.3m Mika Immonen £1.3m Alex Pagulayan £1.2m Francisco Bustamante £1.1m Thorsten Hohmann £1.1m Ralf Souquet £1.1m Jayson Shaw £1.1m Allison Fisher £1.1m Niels Feijen £1.1m Johnny Archer £973k Darren Appleton £965k

Every tournament

310 tournaments, by the prize money each has paid

Every pool tournament with its editions, latest winner and total prize money paid.
TOURNAMENT EDITIONS LATEST WINNER PAID
World Pool Championship 15 Carlo Biado £3,673,685£3.7m
US Open 9-Ball Championship 15 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £2,900,828£2.9m
China Open 14 Fedor Gorst £1,678,873£1.7m
Women's World 9-BAll Championship 13 Seo Seoa £1,549,167£1.5m
Joy Cup World Heyball Masters 3 Xiao Huai Zheng £1,475,312£1.5m
World 8-Ball Championship 8 Aloysius Yapp £1,318,132£1.3m
World 10-Ball Championship 8 Ping-Chung Ko £1,265,344£1.3m
Women's China Open 14 Sha Sha Liu £1,168,722£1.2m
Derby City Classic 9-Ball 16 Joshua Filler £990,037£990k
Women's World 10-Ball Championship 10 Marharyta Fefilava £907,841£908k
Turning Stone Classic 28 Moritz Neuhausen £900,560£901k
World Pool Masters 13 Fedor Gorst £857,519£858k
Derby City Classic Bank Pool 16 Justin Hall £822,965£823k
Derby City Classic One-Pocket 16 Shane Van Boening £814,061£814k
European Open 6 Moritz Neuhausen £794,030£794k
UK Open 5 Joshua Filler £729,775£730k
International 9-Ball Open 7 Aloysius Yapp £721,436£721k
World Cup 10-Ball 2 Jonas Magpantay £532,331£532k
Premier League Pool 6 Quoc Hoang Duong £440,564£441k
Hanoi Open 3 Pijus Labutis £427,068£427k
All Japan Open Championship 8 Xiao Huai Zheng £405,341£405k
WPBA Masters 10 Jasmin Ouschan £400,714£401k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 12 John Morra £373,925£374k
Women's 9-Ball World Open 6 Yuan-Chun Lin £361,955£362k
Treviso Open 11 Joshua Filler £347,653£348k
Las Vegas Open 5 Joshua Filler £340,989£341k
Derby City Classic 10-Ball Challenge 13 Fedor Gorst £326,316£326k
Super Billiards Expo Players Championship 9 Mike Dechaine £325,940£326k
Florida Open 2 Shane Van Boening £302,857£303k
Derby City Classic Master of the Table 16 Shane Van Boening £300,752£301k
Austria Open 8 Mieszko Fortunski £300,154£300k
Peri 9-Ball Open 3 Moritz Neuhausen £292,669£293k
Super Billiards Expo Pro Championship 5 Wiktor Zielinski £265,113£265k
Italian Open 8 Mario He £264,371£264k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 11 Fedor Gorst £263,534£264k
Alfa Las Vegas Open 3 Lee Vann Corteza £261,594£262k
Texas Open 9 Roland Garcia £255,000£255k
Spanish Open 4 Oliver Szolnoki £253,007£253k
Oneida World Women's 8-Ball Championship 2 Chezka Centeno £237,744£238k
Sanlig China Billiard World Championship 1 Han-Qing Shi £214,937£215k
Buffalo's Pro Classic 4 Evan Lunda £214,060£214k
Buffalo's Pro Classic One Pocket 5 Evan Lunda £212,030£212k
Women's US Open 9-Ball Championship 4 Chieh-Yu Chou £210,226£210k
World Series of Pool 3 Karl Boyes £207,970£208k
WPBA Aramith / Dr Pool Classic 5 Kelly Fisher £206,692£207k
China Billiard World Championship 1 Darren Appleton £204,547£205k
World Straight Pool Championship 5 Thorsten Hohmann £200,902£201k
9-Ball Qatar Open 1 Joshua Filler £200,376£200k
WPBA Iron City Invitational 6 Kristina Tkach £196,090£196k
Kuwait 9-Ball Open 1 Jayson Shaw £190,977£191k
American Straight Pool Championship 6 Mario He £190,301£190k
Maldives Open 2 Denis Grabe £188,722£189k
CBSA Chinese Pool World Championship 1 Fan Yang £184,475£184k
WPBA Predator 4 Tzu-Chien Wei £184,361£184k
WPBL Season Playoffs 1 Outlaws MINNESOTA, Jesse Engel, Ralf Souquet, Thorsten Hohmann £180,451£180k
Germany Open 4 Dimitris Loukatos £172,124£172k
Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open 2 Konrad Juszczyszyn £169,179£169k
Ultimate 10 Ball Championship 3 Mika Immonen £163,308£163k
WPBA Soaring Eagle Masters 3 Tzu-Chien Wei £157,895£158k
Texas Open One Pocket 5 Brandon Shuff £154,944£155k
Women's Sanlig World Championship 1 Siming Chen £134,552£135k
North Cyprus Open 4 Mario He £131,532£132k
US Open One Pocket Championship 7 Carlo Biado £128,977£129k
WPBA Tour Championship 3 Jasmin Ouschan £125,263£125k
Kremlin Cup 4 Babken Melkonyan £125,026£125k
Women's Las Vegas Open 2 Tzu-Chien Wei £124,065£124k
Women's China Billiard World Championship 1 Ge Bai £123,910£124k
Michigan Open 2 Wiktor Zielinski £117,897£118k
Steve Mizerak Championship 2 Shane Van Boening £117,744£118k
International Challenge of Champions 6 Jayson Shaw £112,782£113k
Women's CBSA Chinese Pool World Championship 1 Xiao-Fang Fu £112,427£112k
Slovenia Open 3 Marco Spitzky £109,900£110k
Indonesia International Open 2 Carlo Biado £107,237£107k
Bucharest Open 5 Kledio Kaci £107,133£107k
Lasko Open 3 Joshua Filler £106,998£107k
Sankt Johann Im Pongau Open 3 Joshua Filler £106,504£107k
Beijing Open 1 Jung-Lin Chang £106,015£106k
Dutch Open 3 Dominik Jastrzab £101,272£101k
Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open 4 Justin Bergman £99,248£99k
Players Championship 2 Yu-Hsuan Cheng £98,045£98k
Klagenfurt Open 3 Alexandros Kazakis £97,342£97k
Battle of the Bull 2 Johann Chua £94,511£95k
Beckmann Open 1 Felix Vogel £94,015£94k
Philippines Open Pool Championship 1 David Alcaide £93,985£94k
Universal Chinese Taipei Open 2 Pin-Yi Ko £93,139£93k
Zotye T600 World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 1 Fan Yang £91,101£91k
Scottish Open 3 Oliver Szolnoki £89,817£90k
Beasley Open 9-Ball 4 Jesus Atencio £85,549£86k
Alfa Women's Las Vegas Open 2 Chezka Centeno £82,710£83k
Longoni Italian Open 2 Mateusz Sniegocki £82,360£82k
French Open 2 Ralf Souquet £82,147£82k
Arizona Open 1 Denis Grabe £81,955£82k
US Bar Box Championship Open 8-Ball 4 Jeffrey Ignacio £81,052£81k
Japan Open 3 Lee Vann Corteza £79,747£80k
Estonian Open 2 Joshua Filler £78,776£79k
Women's All Japan Open Championship 4 Ga-Young Kim £77,735£78k
WPBA Rivers US Open 2 Karen Corr £75,188£75k
Women's Showdown 1 Chieh-Yu Chou £75,188£75k
Jacksonville Open 1 Joshua Filler £75,188£75k
Little Monster International Open 1 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £75,188£75k
Knight Shot 9-Ball Open 2 Johann Chua £74,436£74k
Grand Finale 2 Joshua Filler £73,684£74k
Philippines Open 1 Thorsten Hohmann £73,083£73k
American 14.1 Championship 3 Niels Feijen £71,053£71k
Chinook Winds Open 8-Ball 3 Roberto Gomez £70,286£70k
Ho Chi Minh City Open 1 Carlo Biado £69,624£70k
Veldhoven Open 2 Mario He £67,949£68k
Carrinho Women's Open 1 Seo Seoa £67,684£68k
Seyberts Women's St Louis Open 1 Jasmin Ouschan £67,672£68k
Bosnia Open 2 Mateusz Sniegocki £67,664£68k
14.1 World Tournament 2 John Schmidt £67,444£67k
WPBA San Diego Classic 1 Gerda Hofstatter Gregerson £66,992£67k
Leende Open 2 Joshua Filler £65,719£66k
4 Bears 8-Ball Classic 3 Shane Van Boening £63,910£64k
Carabao International Open 1 Naoyuki Oi £63,158£63k
WPBA Ashton Twins Classic 2 Kelly Fisher £63,014£63k
Southern Classic 9-Ball 2 Lee Vann Corteza £62,293£62k
Women's Ultimate 10-Ball Championship 2 Ga-Young Kim £60,338£60k
Polish Dynamic Billard 10-Ball Open 1 Daniel Maciol £60,150£60k
Women's Beijing Open 1 Yu Ram Cha £59,549£60k
WPBA Classic Billiards Players Championship 1 Chieh-Yu Chou £59,248£59k
International 10-Ball Championship 2 Dennis Orcollo £57,203£57k
Women's Philippines Open 1 Siming Chen £57,143£57k
Women's International Open 1 Seo Seoa £56,417£56k
Medalla Light Puerto Rico Women's Open 1 Kelly Fisher £56,393£56k
Saigon Women's 9-Ball Open 1 Tzu-Chien Wei £56,393£56k
Wisconsin Open 1 Joshua Filler £56,393£56k
Ohio Open 1 Fedor Gorst £56,391£56k
Apex Wisconsin Open 1 Alexandros Kazakis £56,391£56k
Arcadia Arizona Open 1 Fedor Gorst £56,391£56k
WPBA Atlanta Classic 1 Jasmin Ouschan £56,391£56k
International Straight Pool Open 2 Thorsten Hohmann £56,241£56k
Classic 10-Ball 3 Aloysius Yapp £54,962£55k
The Aramith Masters 1 Eklent Kaci £54,887£55k
Luxembourg Open 1 Joshua Filler £53,854£54k
Phoenix Open 1 Aleksa Pecelj £53,835£54k
RYO Rack Classic 1 Skyler Woodward £52,030£52k
US Open Bank Pool Championship 3 John Morra £49,398£49k
Southern Classic One Pocket 2 Justin Bergman £48,872£49k
Sharks International 9-Ball Open 1 Ping-Chung Ko £48,872£49k
PRP 9-Ball Open 2 Wojciech Szewczyk £48,364£48k
International 10-Ball Tour Spain 1 Lee Vann Corteza £48,238£48k
WPBA Fairfield Invitational 2 Meng-Hsia Hung £48,196£48k
Puerto Rico 10-Ball Open 1 Vitaliy Patsura £48,120£48k
Bob Stocks Memorial 9-Ball 2 Oliver Szolnoki £47,218£47k
International One Pocket Open 2 Roberto Gomez £46,917£47k
Vice City Classic 1 Kledio Kaci £46,617£47k
Finland Open 1 Nick Van Den Berg £46,431£46k
Super Billiards Expo Women's Pro Championship 2 Kelly Fisher £46,241£46k
Break Room 8-Ball Classic 3 Efren Reyes £45,865£46k
Indonesia Women's Open 1 Seo Seoa £45,116£45k
Michigan Women's Open 1 Kelly Fisher £45,116£45k
Manny Pacquiao 10-Ball Championship 1 Lee Vann Corteza £45,113£45k
Women's Wisconsin Open 1 Chieh-Yu Chou £45,113£45k
WPBA Raxx Mezz Olhausen CPBA Invitational 1 Marharyta Fefilava £44,737£45k
Ultimate Pool USA Kansas City Open 2 Ricky Evans £44,662£45k
Hungary Open 1 Ralf Souquet £44,405£44k
Weir Memorial 9-Ball Tournament 2 Shane Van Boening £44,211£44k
Rally in the Shenandoah Valley 2 Lee Vann Corteza £43,233£43k
Midwest Billiards Expo One Pocket 2 Skyler Woodward £42,857£43k
Zen & Yuan 8 Open 1 Albert Januarta £42,707£43k
Women's Tornado Open 1 Kelly Fisher £41,654£42k
Chinook Winds Open 10-Ball 2 Skyler Woodward £41,489£41k
Masters 10-Ball Championship 1 Mika Immonen £41,353£41k
TAOM Maxrack 9-Ball Helsinki Open 1 Naoyuki Oi £40,977£41k
Germany Women's Open 1 Kelly Fisher £40,839£41k
Tornado Open 1 Shane Van Boening £40,301£40k
WPBA Olhausen Raxx Mezz Invitational 1 Chieh-Yu Chou £39,850£40k
Southern Classic Bank Pool 2 Alex Pagulayan £39,570£40k
CueLee's Connecticut 9-Ball Open 1 Moritz Neuhausen £39,098£39k
Inaugural Battle of the Bull 1 Aloysius Yapp £39,098£39k
East Coast Canadian 9-Ball Open 1 Mika Immonen £38,754£39k
Portugal Open 1 Chris Melling £38,565£39k
WPBA Felt Colorado Classic 1 Kristina Tkach £38,045£38k
Manny Pacquiao Cup Singles 1 Efren Reyes £37,594£38k
Pool Ocho Open 1 Shane Van Boening £37,594£38k
Action Palace High Stakes One Pocket 1 Roberto Gomez £37,594£38k
Pattaya Open Pool Championship 1 Johann Chua £37,594£38k
WPBA Ho-Chunk Classic 1 Allison Fisher £37,594£38k
Hill-Hill Estonian Open 2 Oliver Szolnoki £37,218£37k
Terme Olimia Open 1 Joshua Filler £37,160£37k
Tampere Open 1 Mieszko Fortunski £37,022£37k
Smokin Aces One Pocket Shootout 1 Efren Reyes £36,842£37k
Tallinn Open 1 Daniel Maciol £36,604£37k
Big Dog One Pocket Championship 2 Scott Frost £36,090£36k
Steinway Classic 2 Jayson Shaw £36,090£36k
Pongau Open 1 Eklent Kaci £35,895£36k
Seattle 9-Ball Open 2 Jonas Souto Comino £35,714£36k
Universal Open 1 Jonas Magpantay £35,338£35k
US Bar Table Championship 8-Ball 2 John Morra £35,263£35k
Bank Pool Master Showdown 1 Fedor Gorst £34,962£35k
Castel Brando Open 1 Ralf Souquet £34,571£35k
Petrich Open 1 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £34,534£35k
Diveney Cues Bar Box Classic 10-Ball 2 Roberto Gomez £34,511£35k
Buffalo's Pro Classic Open 9-Ball 2 Chris Reinhold £34,286£34k
WPBA Palmetto Billiards Invitational 1 Allison Fisher £34,286£34k
Lushan Open 1 Pin-Yi Ko £34,060£34k
Americas Heyball Championship 1 Corey Deuel £33,647£34k
Ballazzo Open 1 Alexandros Kazakis £33,502£34k
Bayou State Classic One Pocket 2 Tony Chohan £33,383£33k
WPBA Raxx Invitational 1 Tzu-Chien Wei £33,083£33k
Billiard Antalya Open 1 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £32,998£33k
Borderline Brunswick Invitational 1 Kelly Fisher £32,707£33k
Antalya Open 1 Denis Grabe £31,639£32k
TE Capital 9-Ball Open 1 Pin-Yi Ko £31,579£32k
Formosa Cup 1 Aloysius Yapp £31,579£32k
River City Open 1 Jesus Atencio £31,504£32k
Scotty Townsend Memorial One Pocket 2 Francisco Bustamante £30,827£31k
Capital City Billiards Invitational 1 Pia Filler £30,526£31k
WPBA Railyard Invitational 1 Kristina Tkach £30,526£31k
WPBA Olhausen Colorado Classic 1 Marharyta Fefilava £30,526£31k
Open 10-Ball 1 Roberto Gomez £30,376£30k
Austria Women's Open 1 Kelly Fisher £30,230£30k
TAOM V10 Open 1 Jonas Souto Comino £30,075£30k
Women's International Tournament of Champions 2 Ga-Young Kim £30,075£30k
WPBA Northern Lights Classic 1 Kelly Fisher £29,474£29k
Asian Culture Day Open 10-Ball 1 James Aranas £28,947£29k
Universal X CPBA 99 Open 1 Alexis Ferrer £28,571£29k
McDermott Classic 1 Wiktor Zielinski £28,571£29k
Raxx Billiards Christmas Spectacular 1 Tony Liang £28,383£28k
Beassy 8-Ball World's Top Gun 1 Dominic Jentsch £28,226£28k
Americas Heyball Women's Championship 1 Kelly Fisher £27,820£28k
Gstaad Swiss Open 1 Dominic Jentsch £27,684£28k
Buffalo Billiards Pro One Pocket 1 Alex Pagulayan £27,068£27k
Challenge of Champions 1 Joshua Filler £27,068£27k
Diamond Open One Pocket 1 Dennis Orcollo £24,662£25k
Bank Pool Showdown 1 Billy Thorpe £24,436£24k
Texas Open 10-Ball Championship 1 Fedor Gorst £24,361£24k
Asian Culture Day Women's 10-Ball 1 Kelly Fisher £24,154£24k
Asian 10-Ball Pool Championship 1 Ping-Chung Ko £24,060£24k
Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge 1 Karl Boyes £24,060£24k
Invitational 10-Ball Championship 1 Pin-Yi Ko £24,060£24k
Medellin Open 1 Moritz Neuhausen £23,729£24k
TAOM Arena Open 1 Jeffrey Ignacio £23,534£24k
2AM Prague Open 1 Wiktor Zielinski £23,308£23k
9-Ball Players Championship 1 Denis Grabe £23,308£23k
Asian 9-Ball Pool Championship 1 Luong Duc Thien £22,932£23k
Pennsylvania Open 1 Skyler Woodward £22,782£23k
WPBA Sledgehammer Open 1 Kelly Fisher £22,707£23k
Invitational 8-Ball Championship 1 Ping-Chung Ko £22,556£23k
Jamaica Joe's Open 8-Ball 1 Justin Bergman £22,556£23k
WPBA Biker Week Showdown 1 Jasmin Ouschan, Monica Webb £22,556£23k
JFlowers Scottish Open 1 Jayson Shaw £22,484£22k
McDermott Open 1 Eklent Kaci £22,030£22k
Ultimate Pool USA Iowa Open 1 Tom Cousins £21,805£22k
Derby City Classic Straight Pool Challenge 1 Mika Immonen £21,278£21k
Gotham City Pro 9-Ball Classic 1 Mike Dechaine £20,827£21k
Apply Mortgages Ultimate Pool Masters 1 Phil Harrison £20,594£21k
InTheBox Open 1 Lukas Fracasso-Verner £20,301£20k
WPBA Sondheim Diamond Invitational 1 Kristina Tkach £20,301£20k
WPBA Sondheim Kiwanis Invitational 1 Kelly Fisher £20,301£20k
Belgian Open 1 Tobias Bongers £20,168£20k
FSR 9-Ball Open 1 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £19,997£20k
Chinese 8-Ball International Open 1 Gareth Potts £19,925£20k
Marina Pool Open 1 Albin Ouschan £19,741£20k
Ultimate Pool USA Boston Open 1 Tom Cousins £19,549£20k
Ultimate Pool USA Colorado Open 1 Jordan Shepherd £19,549£20k
Ultimate Pool USA Louisville Open 1 Justin Bergman £19,549£20k
10-Ball Players Championship 1 Joshua Filler £19,549£20k
Diamond Open 9-Ball 1 Oliver Szolnoki £19,549£20k
Michigan Fall Classic 1 Roland Garcia £19,361£19k
Oceania Tour Event 1 1 Marco Teutscher £19,277£19k
Super Billiards Expo Women's Players Championship 1 Karen Corr £18,910£19k
K8.com Classic 1 Scott Gillespie £18,874£19k
Asian Pool Federation 9-Ball Open 1 Pin-Yi Ko £18,802£19k
VenOpen 10-Ball 1 Frailin Guanipa £18,797£19k
VenOpen 9-Ball 1 Jose Alberto Delgado £18,797£19k
International Speed Pool Challenge 1 Luc Salvas £18,797£19k
Southern Classic Master of the Table 1 Justin Hall £18,797£19k
Great Dismal Swamp 9-Ball Classic 1 Jayson Shaw £18,797£19k
Buffalo's Pro Classic 8-Ball 1 Sergio Rivas £18,722£19k
West Coast 10 Ball Pro Challenge 1 Dennis Orcollo £18,684£19k
8-Ball Classic Championship 1 Chris Melling £18,674£19k
Cheesehead Classic 1 Josh Roberts £18,647£19k
Don Coates Memorial 9-Ball 1 Rodney Morris £18,586£19k
Sandcastle 9-Ball Open 1 Aloysius Yapp £18,196£18k
Freezer's Icehouse 10-Ball Challenge 1 Warren Kiamco £17,970£18k
Gotham City Billiard Club 9-Ball Pro Classic 1 Mike Dechaine £17,895£18k
Ultimate Pool USA Arizona Open 1 Joe Prince £17,519£18k
Maryland 14.1 Straight Pool Championship 1 Thorsten Hohmann £17,519£18k
Skinny Bob's 9-Ball Classic 1 Fedor Gorst £17,293£17k
Vancouver Open 1 Jason Klatt £17,203£17k
Efren "Bata" Reyes 10-Ball Championship 1 Paolo Gallito £17,025£17k
Midwest Billiards Expo Big Dog 9-Ball 1 Shane Van Boening £16,992£17k
Ljubljana City 'Mezz' 9-Ball Open 1 Wiktor Zielinski £16,771£17k
State of Maine 9-Ball Open 1 Lukas Fracasso-Verner £16,616£17k
On the Hill $5000 Split Bracket 1 Lukas Fracasso-Verner £16,391£16k
Action Palace Open 8-Ball 1 Skyler Woodward £16,203£16k
Houston Open 1 Skyler Woodward £16,165£16k
Paris Open 1 Nick Van Den Berg £15,940£16k
Stevie Chan Memorial 1 Shane Van Boening £15,865£16k
Louisiana Pro One Pocket 1 Danny Smith £15,789£16k
Tony Chohan's Big Easy Classic One Pocket 1 Shane Van Boening £15,789£16k
US Bar Box Championship Open 9-Ball 1 Shane Van Boening £15,489£15k
Midwest Open One Pocket 1 Tony Chohan £15,470£15k
Midwest Billiards Expo 9-Ball 1 Tyler Styer £15,414£15k
Pattaya 9 Ball Invitational 1 Ronnie Alcano £15,188£15k
Iron City Open One Pocket 1 Dennis Orcollo £15,188£15k
Gem City Classic 1 Shane Van Boening £15,038£15k
Midwest Billiards Expo 10-Ball Championship 1 Alex Pagulayan £15,038£15k
Rocket City Open One Pocket 1 Tony Chohan £15,038£15k
NAPT Freedom Classic 1 Karen Corr £14,549£15k
NAPT Inaugural 10-Ball Invitational 1 Karen Corr £14,286£14k
Memphis Pro 10-Ball Open 1 Justin Bergman £9,023£9k
Scotty Townsend Memorial Open 9-Ball 1 James Aranas £8,534£9k
Space City Open IX 1 Roberto Gomez £8,316£8k
Super Billiards Expo One Pocket Championship 1 Chip Compton £7,812£8k
Klagenfurt Women's Open 1 Jasmin Ouschan £2,789£3k
Action Pool Tour Season Finale 1 Mike Davis £2,707£3k
Southeastern Triple Crown All Around 1 Lee Vann Corteza £2,256£2k

The fifteen richest tournaments

World Pool Championship £3.7m US Open 9-Ball Championship £2.9m China Open £1.7m Women's World 9-BAll Championship £1.5m Joy Cup World Heyball Masters £1.5m World 8-Ball Championship £1.3m World 10-Ball Championship £1.3m Women's China Open £1.2m Derby City Classic 9-Ball £990k Women's World 10-Ball Championship £908k Turning Stone Classic £901k World Pool Masters £858k Derby City Classic Bank Pool £823k Derby City Classic One-Pocket £814k European Open £794k

Season by season

What pool paid each year, and who earned the most

Pool prize money paid by year, with the top earner of each year.
YEAR TOP EARNER TOURNAMENTS PAID
2026 Xiao Huai Zheng 61 £5,123,672£5.1m
2025 Carlo Biado 74 £5,444,647£5.4m
2024 Fedor Gorst 79 £5,023,837£5.0m
2023 Joshua Filler 70 £4,315,368£4.3m
2022 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 61 £3,337,054£3.3m
2021 Albin Ouschan 30 £1,369,853£1.4m
2020 Dennis Orcollo 12 £429,633£430k
2019 Joshua Filler 37 £1,893,931£1.9m
2018 Shane Van Boening 42 £1,610,890£1.6m
2017 Jayson Shaw 37 £1,951,485£2.0m
2016 Shane Van Boening 38 £2,083,791£2.1m
2015 Darren Appleton 43 £2,137,348£2.1m
2014 Shane Van Boening 34 £1,639,740£1.6m
2013 Shane Van Boening 38 £1,756,749£1.8m
2012 Shane Van Boening 38 £1,988,061£2.0m
2011 Shane Van Boening 47 £2,673,189£2.7m
2010 Darren Appleton 45 £2,192,966£2.2m

Prize money paid per year

Pool prize money by country

99 nations, by what their players have won

Pool prize money by nation.
# NATION PLAYERS PRIZE MONEY
1 United States 2045 £31,995,030£32.0m
2 Philippines 130 £10,980,117£11.0m
3 Germany 102 £5,586,408£5.6m
4 Chinese Taipei 103 £5,262,286£5.3m
5 Great Britain 101 £5,206,129£5.2m
6 China 140 £5,093,858£5.1m
7 Canada 107 £3,106,234£3.1m
8 Austria 25 £2,327,737£2.3m
9 Poland 50 £2,310,924£2.3m
10 Netherlands 32 £2,202,787£2.2m
11 Spain 52 £2,016,907£2.0m
12 Finland 39 £1,700,332£1.7m
13 Japan 78 £1,573,845£1.6m
14 South Korea 25 £1,204,030£1.2m
15 Scotland 9 £1,118,050£1.1m
16 Ireland 6 £855,562£856k
17 Albania 9 £810,582£811k
18 Greece 27 £810,306£810k
19 Sweden 28 £799,660£800k
20 Russia 41 £797,454£797k
21 Singapore 25 £763,889£764k
22 Estonia 16 £437,520£438k
23 Vietnam 49 £396,223£396k
24 Hungary 7 £337,912£338k
25 Indonesia 47 £332,920£333k
26 Hong Kong 11 £322,359£322k
27 Italy 43 £318,516£319k
28 Kuwait 16 £318,177£318k
29 Mexico 10 £317,650£318k
30 Serbia 9 £268,700£269k
31 Denmark 9 £263,541£264k
32 Norway 19 £241,345£241k
33 Switzerland 20 £241,028£241k
34 Lithuania 8 £240,275£240k
35 Venezuela 20 £228,617£229k
36 Peru 7 £221,652£222k
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 £204,547£205k
38 Belarus 7 £201,368£201k
39 France 18 £201,151£201k
40 India 12 £198,722£199k
41 Bulgaria 9 £198,562£199k
42 Malta 1 £183,280£183k
43 Ukraine 12 £168,745£169k
44 Czechia 11 £162,362£162k
45 Portugal 18 £160,997£161k
46 Croatia 13 £130,067£130k
47 Belgium 16 £93,826£94k
48 Turkey 17 £92,219£92k
49 Australia 32 £82,647£83k
50 Qatar 7 £67,683£68k
51 Cyprus 10 £61,733£62k
52 United Arab Emirates 21 £60,758£61k
53 Malaysia 7 £58,449£58k
54 Israel 3 £50,646£51k
55 Argentina 7 £47,386£47k
56 Thailand 14 £43,402£43k
57 Saudi Arabia 15 £37,722£38k
58 Iraq 2 £35,405£35k
59 Slovakia 5 £32,768£33k
60 New Zealand 8 £30,311£30k
61 Chile 7 £28,954£29k
62 Slovenia 4 £28,923£29k
63 South Africa 10 £27,711£28k
64 Dominican Republic 3 £24,940£25k
65 Puerto Rico 5 £24,608£25k
66 Aruba 3 £23,365£23k
67 Romania 20 £22,147£22k
68 Armenia 1 £19,702£20k
69 Iran 10 £18,708£19k
70 Jordan 3 £12,797£13k
71 Lebanon 4 £12,344£12k
72 El Salvador 1 £9,671£10k
73 Guyana 1 £6,312£6k
74 Colombia 10 £5,414£5k
75 Morocco 4 £4,945£5k
76 Palestine 2 £4,887£5k
77 Bangladesh 5 £4,564£5k
78 Mongolia 4 £4,361£4k
79 Kosovo 1 £4,183£4k
80 Brazil 2 £3,468£3k
81 Syria 1 £2,256£2k
82 Costa Rica 5 £2,203£2k
83 Egypt 3 £2,105£2k
84 Afghanistan 1 £1,958£2k
85 Luxembourg 2 £1,908£2k
86 Uruguay 1 £1,880£2k
87 Eritrea 1 £1,645£2k
88 Latvia 2 £1,493£1k
89 Maldives 2 £1,353£1k
90 North Cyprus 2 £1,299£1k
91 North Macedonia 3 £1,270£1k
92 Georgia 1 £1,226£1k
93 Ecuador 1 £1,015£1k
94 Myanmar 1 £752£752
95 Curaçao 1 £376£376
96 Honduras 1 £158£158
97 Guatemala 1 £158£158
98 Bahamas 1 £150£150
99 Sudan 1 £114£114

The leading nations

United States £32m Philippines £11m Germany £5.6m Chinese Taipei £5.3m Great Britain £5.2m China £5.1m Canada £3.1m Austria £2.3m Poland £2.3m Netherlands £2.2m Spain £2.0m Finland £1.7m

Frequently asked questions

Who has won the most prize money in pool?

Shane Van Boening, with £2,206,673 and 61 titles. Efren Reyes is second on £1,654,604.

What is the biggest winner's cheque in pool?

Xiao Huai Zheng took £563,458 for winning the Joy Cup World Heyball Masters 2026, the largest single first prize we hold.

How much prize money was paid in pool in 2025?

£5,444,647 across 74 tournaments. Carlo Biado earned the most that year, £224,060.

Which tournament pays the most?

World Pool Championship has paid £3,673,685 across 15 editions. The richest single edition was the Joy Cup World Heyball Masters 2026, at £1,305,420.

Which country has won the most pool prize money?

United States, with £31,995,030 across 2045 players.

Where to next

For every country's prize money across pool and every other sport we hold, see prize money by nation. The richest tournament here is World Pool Championship, and the latest year is 2026. The men's and women's fields are set side by side on men's vs women's pool prize money, and every sport's cases on where women earn more prize money than men. Every sport's richest competitions are ranked on prize money in sport, and what each winner keeps of the pot on the winner's share of prize money, and how many places each one pays on how deep prize money pays.