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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2015

Pool prize money in 2015

Pool paid £2,105,683 across 43 tournaments in 2015, to 622 players. Darren Appleton earned the most, £101,113.

PAID IN 2015£2.1m
TOURNAMENTS43
PLAYERS PAID622
TOP EARNER£101k

The 2015 money list

The top 50 players by prize money won in 2015

Pool players ranked by prize money won in 2015.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Darren Appleton Great Britain 2 £101,113£101k
2 Shane Van Boening United States 3 £75,241£75k
3 Alex Pagulayan Canada 3 £58,036£58k
4 Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei 2 £53,852£54k
5 Ge Bai China 1 £49,593£50k
6 Dennis Orcollo Philippines 2 £46,040£46k
7 Fan Yang China 1 £43,339£43k
8 Ga-Young Kim South Korea 2 £41,236£41k
9 John Morra Canada 0 £40,148£40k
10 Albin Ouschan Austria 2 £39,110£39k
11 Haitao Liu China 0 £36,604£37k
12 Mark Selby Great Britain 0 £36,296£36k
13 Justin Bergman United States 3 £35,926£36k
14 Sha Sha Liu China 1 £35,481£35k
15 Warren Kiamco Philippines 1 £35,393£35k
16 Yu-Hsuan Cheng Chinese Taipei 1 £34,444£34k
17 Corey Deuel United States 2 £32,815£33k
18 Yuan-Chun Lin Chinese Taipei 1 £29,630£30k
19 Mike Dechaine United States 1 £26,593£27k
20 Thorsten Hohmann Germany 2 £23,976£24k
21 Jayson Shaw Scotland 2 £23,963£24k
22 Xiao Tong Zhang China 0 £23,704£24k
23 Han Yu China 0 £23,185£23k
24 Carlo Biado Philippines 0 £23,037£23k
25 Jasmin Ouschan Austria 1 £22,593£23k
26 Xiao-Fang Fu China 0 £20,889£21k
27 Yu-Bo Zheng China 0 £20,750£21k
28 Karl Boyes Great Britain 0 £20,453£20k
29 Scott Frost United States 1 £19,111£19k
30 Ping-Chung Ko Chinese Taipei 0 £17,259£17k
31 Rodney Morris United States 1 £17,222£17k
32 Johann Chua Philippines 1 £17,115£17k
33 Bing Jie Chu China 0 £16,844£17k
34 Mika Immonen Finland 0 £16,778£17k
35 Josh Roberts United States 1 £16,778£17k
36 Lee Vann Corteza Philippines 0 £15,926£16k
37 Nick Van Den Berg Netherlands 0 £14,691£15k
38 Jeffrey Ignacio Philippines 1 £14,148£14k
39 Rubilen Amit Philippines 0 £14,074£14k
40 Ralf Souquet Germany 0 £13,010£13k
41 Siming Chen China 0 £12,556£13k
42 Niels Feijen Netherlands 2 £12,243£12k
43 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 0 £12,000£12k
44 Justin Hall United States 0 £11,704£12k
45 Chihiro Kawahara Japan 0 £11,384£11k
46 David Alcaide Spain 0 £11,041£11k
47 Mark Gray Great Britain 1 £10,866£11k
48 Jason Klatt Canada 0 £10,519£11k
49 Ruslan Chinakhov Russia 0 £10,251£10k
50 Shannon Daulton United States 1 £9,741£10k

Every tournament in 2015

By prize money paid

Pool tournaments in 2015 with winner and total paid.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
Men's China Billiard World Championship 2015 Darren Appleton £201,517£202k
WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015 Pin-Yi Ko £147,926£148k
U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 Yu-Hsuan Cheng £139,259£139k
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 Pin-Yi Ko £136,296£136k
WPA Women's World 9-Ball Championship 2015 Sha Sha Liu £122,963£123k
Women's China Billiard World Championship 2015 Ge Bai £122,074£122k
China Open 2015 Men's Division Albin Ouschan £114,815£115k
Joy Cup World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 2015 Fan Yang £92,560£93k
Women's China Open 2015 Ga-Young Kim £73,778£74k
Amway WPA Women's 9-Ball World Open 2015 Yuan-Chun Lin £64,444£64k
Derby City Classic 2015 9-Ball Division Warren Kiamco £52,963£53k
PartyPoker World Pool Masters 2015 Shane Van Boening £49,259£49k
Derby City Classic 2015 One Pocket Division Alex Pagulayan £43,519£44k
Derby City Classic 2015 9-Ball Banks Division Shannon Daulton £37,852£38k
WPBA Masters 2015 Jasmin Ouschan £37,037£37k
All Japan Open Championship 2015 Johann Chua £32,472£32k
Turning Stone Casino Classic XXIV Jayson Shaw £30,667£31k
Turning Stone Casino Classic XXIII Jayson Shaw £30,667£31k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2015 Dennis Orcollo £30,444£30k
Super Billiards Expo 2015 Players Championship Dennis Orcollo £30,370£30k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 2015 Thorsten Hohmann £28,222£28k
Dynamic Italian Open 2015 Mark Gray £27,646£28k
Dynamic Dutch Open 2015 Albin Ouschan £27,646£28k
Dynamic Austria Open 2015 Niels Feijen £27,646£28k
The World 14.1 Tournament 2015 Thorsten Hohmann £27,407£27k
Buffalo Billiards Pro One Pocket Alex Pagulayan £26,667£27k
Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open Corey Deuel £25,185£25k
Dynamic Italian Open 2015 Niels Feijen £24,050£24k
Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open Justin Bergman £23,704£24k
Derby City Classic 2015 Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge Shane Van Boening £23,704£24k
Women's All Japan Open Championship 2015 Ga-Young Kim £23,088£23k
Jamaica Joe's Open 8-Ball Justin Bergman £22,222£22k
American 14.1 Championship 2015 Darren Appleton £22,074£22k
US Bar Box Championship 2015 Open 8-Ball Jeffrey Ignacio £21,852£22k
Chinook Winds Open 10-Ball Rodney Morris £21,763£22k
Chinook Winds Open 8-Ball Corey Deuel £21,185£21k
Big Dog One Pocket Championship 2015 Scott Frost £20,000£20k
4th Annual Steinway Classic Yu-Lung Chang £18,815£19k
International Challenge of Champions 2015 Shane Van Boening £18,519£19k
Derby City Classic 2015 Master of the Table Alex Pagulayan £18,519£19k
Cheesehead Classic Josh Roberts £18,370£18k
Gotham City Billiard Club 9-Ball Pro Classic Mike Dechaine £17,630£18k
The Memphis Pro Ten Ball Open 2015 Justin Bergman £8,889£9k

Every year we hold

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most pool prize money in 2015?

Darren Appleton, with £101,113 and 2 titles. Shane Van Boening was next on £75,241.

How much prize money was paid in 2015?

£2,105,683 across 43 tournaments, to 622 players.

Which tournament paid the most in 2015?

The Men's China Billiard World Championship 2015, at £201,517.

How does 2015 compare with 2014?

2014 paid £1,615,447 across 34 tournaments.

Where to next

Every year and every player is on pool prize money. The year before is 2014. The year after is 2016. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's pool prize money.