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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2015

Pool prize money in 2015

Pool paid £2,137,348 across 43 tournaments in 2015, to 622 players. Darren Appleton earned the most, £102,634.

PAID IN 2015£2.1m
TOURNAMENTS43
PLAYERS PAID622
TOP EARNER£103k

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 £102,634£103k
2 Shane Van Boening United States 3 £76,373£76k
3 Alex Pagulayan Canada 3 £58,908£59k
4 Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei 2 £54,662£55k
5 Ge Bai China 1 £50,338£50k
6 Dennis Orcollo Philippines 2 £46,732£47k
7 Fan Yang China 1 £43,990£44k
8 Ga-Young Kim South Korea 2 £41,856£42k
9 John Morra Canada 0 £40,752£41k
10 Albin Ouschan Austria 2 £39,698£40k
11 Haitao Liu China 0 £37,155£37k
12 Mark Selby Great Britain 0 £36,842£37k
13 Justin Bergman United States 3 £36,466£36k
14 Sha Sha Liu China 1 £36,015£36k
15 Warren Kiamco Philippines 1 £35,925£36k
16 Yu-Hsuan Cheng Chinese Taipei 1 £34,962£35k
17 Corey Deuel United States 2 £33,308£33k
18 Yuan-Chun Lin Chinese Taipei 1 £30,075£30k
19 Mike Dechaine United States 1 £26,992£27k
20 Thorsten Hohmann Germany 2 £24,337£24k
21 Jayson Shaw Scotland 2 £24,323£24k
22 Xiao Tong Zhang China 0 £24,060£24k
23 Han Yu China 0 £23,534£24k
24 Carlo Biado Philippines 0 £23,383£23k
25 Jasmin Ouschan Austria 1 £22,932£23k
26 Xiao-Fang Fu China 0 £21,203£21k
27 Yu-Bo Zheng China 0 £21,062£21k
28 Karl Boyes Great Britain 0 £20,761£21k
29 Scott Frost United States 1 £19,398£19k
30 Ping-Chung Ko Chinese Taipei 0 £17,519£18k
31 Rodney Morris United States 1 £17,481£17k
32 Johann Chua Philippines 1 £17,372£17k
33 Bing Jie Chu China 0 £17,098£17k
34 Josh Roberts United States 1 £17,030£17k
35 Mika Immonen Finland 0 £17,030£17k
36 Lee Vann Corteza Philippines 0 £16,165£16k
37 Nick Van Den Berg Netherlands 0 £14,912£15k
38 Jeffrey Ignacio Philippines 1 £14,361£14k
39 Rubilen Amit Philippines 0 £14,286£14k
40 Ralf Souquet Germany 0 £13,205£13k
41 Siming Chen China 0 £12,744£13k
42 Niels Feijen Netherlands 2 £12,427£12k
43 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 0 £12,180£12k
44 Justin Hall United States 0 £11,880£12k
45 Chihiro Kawahara Japan 0 £11,555£12k
46 David Alcaide Spain 0 £11,207£11k
47 Mark Gray Great Britain 1 £11,029£11k
48 Jason Klatt Canada 0 £10,677£11k
49 Ruslan Chinakhov Russia 0 £10,405£10k
50 Shannon Daulton United States 1 £9,887£10k

The top 15 in 2015

Darren Appleton £103k Shane Van Boening £76k Alex Pagulayan £59k Pin-Yi Ko £55k Ge Bai £50k Dennis Orcollo £47k Fan Yang £44k Ga-Young Kim £42k John Morra £41k Albin Ouschan £40k Haitao Liu £37k Mark Selby £37k Justin Bergman £36k Sha Sha Liu £36k Warren Kiamco £36k

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 £204,547£205k
WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015 Pin-Yi Ko £150,150£150k
U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 Yu-Hsuan Cheng £141,353£141k
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 Pin-Yi Ko £138,346£138k
WPA Women's World 9-Ball Championship 2015 Sha Sha Liu £124,812£125k
Women's China Billiard World Championship 2015 Ge Bai £123,910£124k
China Open 2015 Men's Division Albin Ouschan £116,541£117k
Joy Cup World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 2015 Fan Yang £93,952£94k
Women's China Open 2015 Ga-Young Kim £74,887£75k
Amway WPA Women's 9-Ball World Open 2015 Yuan-Chun Lin £65,413£65k
Derby City Classic 2015 9-Ball Division Warren Kiamco £53,759£54k
PartyPoker World Pool Masters 2015 Shane Van Boening £50,000£50k
Derby City Classic 2015 One Pocket Division Alex Pagulayan £44,173£44k
Derby City Classic 2015 9-Ball Banks Division Shannon Daulton £38,421£38k
WPBA Masters 2015 Jasmin Ouschan £37,594£38k
All Japan Open Championship 2015 Johann Chua £32,960£33k
Turning Stone Casino Classic XXIV Jayson Shaw £31,128£31k
Turning Stone Casino Classic XXIII Jayson Shaw £31,128£31k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2015 Dennis Orcollo £30,902£31k
Super Billiards Expo 2015 Players Championship Dennis Orcollo £30,827£31k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 2015 Thorsten Hohmann £28,647£29k
Dynamic Italian Open 2015 Mark Gray £28,062£28k
Dynamic Dutch Open 2015 Albin Ouschan £28,062£28k
Dynamic Austria Open 2015 Niels Feijen £28,062£28k
The World 14.1 Tournament 2015 Thorsten Hohmann £27,820£28k
Buffalo Billiards Pro One Pocket Alex Pagulayan £27,068£27k
Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open Corey Deuel £25,564£26k
Dynamic Italian Open 2015 Niels Feijen £24,411£24k
Derby City Classic 2015 Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge Shane Van Boening £24,060£24k
Smokin Aces Bar Box 9-Ball Open Justin Bergman £24,060£24k
Women's All Japan Open Championship 2015 Ga-Young Kim £23,435£23k
Jamaica Joe's Open 8-Ball Justin Bergman £22,556£23k
American 14.1 Championship 2015 Darren Appleton £22,406£22k
US Bar Box Championship 2015 Open 8-Ball Jeffrey Ignacio £22,180£22k
Chinook Winds Open 10-Ball Rodney Morris £22,090£22k
Chinook Winds Open 8-Ball Corey Deuel £21,504£22k
Big Dog One Pocket Championship 2015 Scott Frost £20,301£20k
4th Annual Steinway Classic Yu-Lung Chang £19,098£19k
International Challenge of Champions 2015 Shane Van Boening £18,797£19k
Derby City Classic 2015 Master of the Table Alex Pagulayan £18,797£19k
Cheesehead Classic Josh Roberts £18,647£19k
Gotham City Billiard Club 9-Ball Pro Classic Mike Dechaine £17,895£18k
The Memphis Pro Ten Ball Open 2015 Justin Bergman £9,023£9k

The richest tournaments of 2015

Men's China Billiard World Championship 2015 £205k WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2015 £150k U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 £141k WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2015 £138k WPA Women's World 9-Ball Championship 2015 £125k Women's China Billiard World Championship 2015 £124k China Open 2015 Men's Division £117k Joy Cup World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 2015 £94k Women's China Open 2015 £75k Amway WPA Women's 9-Ball World Open 2015 £65k Derby City Classic 2015 9-Ball Division £54k PartyPoker World Pool Masters 2015 £50k Derby City Classic 2015 One Pocket Division £44k Derby City Classic 2015 9-Ball Banks Division £38k WPBA Masters 2015 £38k

Every year we hold

2010 £2.2m 2011 £2.7m 2012 £2.0m 2013 £1.8m 2014 £1.6m 2015 £2.1m 2016 £2.1m 2017 £2.0m 2018 £1.6m 2019 £1.9m 2020 £430k 2021 £1.4m 2022 £3.3m 2023 £4.3m 2024 £5.0m 2025 £5.4m 2026 £5.1m

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most pool prize money in 2015?

Darren Appleton, with £102,634 and 2 titles. Shane Van Boening was next on £76,373.

How much prize money was paid in 2015?

£2,137,348 across 43 tournaments, to 622 players.

Which tournament paid the most in 2015?

The Men's China Billiard World Championship 2015, at £204,547.

How does 2015 compare with 2014?

2014 paid £1,639,740 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.