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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2016

Pool prize money in 2016

Pool paid £2,052,920 across 38 tournaments in 2016, to 597 players. Shane Van Boening earned the most, £115,926.

PAID IN 2016£2.1m
TOURNAMENTS38
PLAYERS PAID597
TOP EARNER£116k

The 2016 money list

The top 50 players by prize money won in 2016

Pool players ranked by prize money won in 2016.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Shane Van Boening United States 5 £115,926£116k
2 Jayson Shaw Scotland 5 £100,076£100k
3 Alex Pagulayan Canada 3 £72,331£72k
4 Han-Qing Shi China 1 £71,272£71k
5 Han Yu China 2 £58,693£59k
6 Siming Chen China 1 £48,012£48k
7 Jung-Lin Chang Chinese Taipei 0 £42,565£43k
8 Fan Yang China 1 £40,621£41k
9 Dennis Orcollo Philippines 1 £39,204£39k
10 Albin Ouschan Austria 1 £36,219£36k
11 Jia-Qing Wu China 1 £35,219£35k
12 Mick Hill Great Britain 0 £34,342£34k
13 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 1 £33,636£34k
14 Yu-Hsuan Cheng Chinese Taipei 0 £28,047£28k
15 Sha Sha Liu China 0 £27,004£27k
16 Ga-Young Kim South Korea 1 £26,727£27k
17 Darren Appleton Great Britain 0 £25,208£25k
18 Skyler Woodward United States 2 £23,630£24k
19 Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei 0 £23,047£23k
20 John Morra Canada 2 £22,559£23k
21 Mika Immonen Finland 1 £22,521£23k
22 Niels Feijen Netherlands 1 £18,652£19k
23 Chihiro Kawahara Japan 0 £16,815£17k
24 Alexandros Kazakis Greece 1 £15,643£16k
25 Rodney Morris United States 1 £15,285£15k
26 Warren Kiamco Philippines 0 £15,000£15k
27 Carlo Biado Philippines 0 £14,131£14k
28 David Alcaide Spain 1 £13,808£14k
29 Karen Corr Ireland 1 £13,185£13k
30 Allison Fisher Great Britain 1 £13,148£13k
31 Mike Dechaine United States 0 £13,139£13k
32 Corey Deuel United States 0 £13,108£13k
33 Li Bo China 0 £12,307£12k
34 Kun Lin Wu Chinese Taipei 0 £12,037£12k
35 Thorsten Hohmann Germany 0 £11,906£12k
36 Ping-Chung Ko Chinese Taipei 0 £11,609£12k
37 Ge Bai China 0 £11,407£11k
38 Josh Roberts United States 0 £11,348£11k
39 Chezka Centeno Philippines 0 £11,259£11k
40 Chuang Lu China 0 £11,251£11k
41 Ralf Souquet Germany 0 £11,170£11k
42 Bing Jie Chu China 0 £10,909£11k
43 Francisco Bustamante Philippines 0 £10,778£11k
44 Mario He Austria 1 £10,584£11k
45 Lee Vann Corteza Philippines 0 £10,480£10k
46 Jin-Hu Dang China 0 £10,201£10k
47 Jeffrey Ignacio Philippines 0 £9,852£10k
48 Ruslan Chinakhov Russia 0 £9,407£9k
49 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain 0 £9,121£9k
50 Monica Webb United States 0 £8,963£9k

The top 15 in 2016

Shane Van Boening £116k Jayson Shaw £100k Alex Pagulayan £72k Han-Qing Shi £71k Han Yu £59k Siming Chen £48k Jung-Lin Chang £43k Fan Yang £41k Dennis Orcollo £39k Albin Ouschan £36k Jia-Qing Wu £35k Mick Hill £34k Kelly Fisher £34k Yu-Hsuan Cheng £28k Sha Sha Liu £27k

Every tournament in 2016

By prize money paid

Pool tournaments in 2016 with winner and total paid.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
Men's Sanlig World Championship 2016 Han-Qing Shi £211,752£212k
Kuwait 9-Ball Open Jayson Shaw £188,148£188k
U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 Shane Van Boening £154,074£154k
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2016 Albin Ouschan £136,296£136k
Women's Sanlig World Championship 2016 Siming Chen £132,559£133k
China Open 2016 Men's Division Jia-Qing Wu £118,518£119k
Women's World 9-BAll Championship Han Yu £114,074£114k
Zotye T600 World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 2016 Fan Yang £89,751£90k
Women's China Open 2016 Han Yu £85,333£85k
Derby City Classic 2016 9-Ball Division Shane Van Boening £63,630£64k
Derby City Classic 2016 One Pocket Division Alex Pagulayan £47,685£48k
Derby City Classic 2016 9-Ball Banks Division John Brumback £42,222£42k
The Tornado Open 2016 Ladies Open Event Kelly Fisher £41,037£41k
The Tornado Open 2016 Open Men's Event Shane Van Boening £39,704£40k
WPBA Rivers US Open Ga-Young Kim £37,037£37k
WPBA Masters 2016 Allison Fisher £37,037£37k
2016 Kremlin Cup Alexandros Kazakis £36,741£37k
Super Billiards Expo 2016 Players Championship John Morra £34,815£35k
Turning Stone Classic XXVI Jayson Shaw £30,667£31k
Turning Stone Classic XXV 9-Ball Open Mika Immonen £30,667£31k
25th 4-Bears 8-Ball Classic Men's Division Roberto Gomez £30,000£30k
American 14.1 Championship 2016 Niels Feijen £29,778£30k
Dynamic Billard North Cyprus Open Mario He £28,575£29k
Midwest Billiards Expo One Pocket Alex Pagulayan £26,667£27k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2016 Shane Van Boening £24,889£25k
Derby City Classic 2016 Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge Jayson Shaw £23,704£24k
Dynamic Billard Treviso Open David Alcaide £23,620£24k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 2016 Shane Van Boening £22,000£22k
Chinook Winds Open 8-Ball Skyler Woodward £21,185£21k
Chinook Winds Open 10-Ball Men's Event Skyler Woodward £19,111£19k
International Challenge of Champions 2016 Jayson Shaw £18,519£19k
Derby City Classic 2016 Master of the Table Alex Pagulayan £18,519£19k
Don Coates Memorial 9-Ball Rodney Morris £18,311£18k
5th Annual Steinway Classic Jayson Shaw £16,741£17k
Louisiana Pro One Pocket Danny Smith £15,556£16k
43rd Annual Texas Open - John Morra £15,111£15k
The Break Room Eightball Classic Dennis Orcollo £14,815£15k
NAPT Inaugural 10-Ball Invitational Karen Corr £14,074£14k

The richest tournaments of 2016

Men's Sanlig World Championship 2016 £212k Kuwait 9-Ball Open £188k U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 £154k WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2016 £136k Women's Sanlig World Championship 2016 £133k China Open 2016 Men's Division £119k Women's World 9-BAll Championship £114k Zotye T600 World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 2016 £90k Women's China Open 2016 £85k Derby City Classic 2016 9-Ball Division £64k Derby City Classic 2016 One Pocket Division £48k Derby City Classic 2016 9-Ball Banks Division £42k The Tornado Open 2016 Ladies Open Event £41k The Tornado Open 2016 Open Men's Event £40k WPBA Rivers US Open £37k

Every year we hold

2010 £2.2m 2011 £2.6m 2012 £2.0m 2013 £1.7m 2014 £1.6m 2015 £2.1m 2016 £2.1m 2017 £1.9m 2018 £1.6m 2019 £1.9m 2020 £423k 2021 £1.3m 2022 £3.3m 2023 £4.3m 2024 £4.9m 2025 £5.4m 2026 £5.1m

Frequently asked questions

Who earned the most pool prize money in 2016?

Shane Van Boening, with £115,926 and 5 titles. Jayson Shaw was next on £100,076.

How much prize money was paid in 2016?

£2,052,920 across 38 tournaments, to 597 players.

Which tournament paid the most in 2016?

The Men's Sanlig World Championship 2016, at £211,752.

How does 2016 compare with 2015?

2015 paid £2,105,683 across 43 tournaments.

Where to next

Every year and every player is on pool prize money. The year before is 2015. The year after is 2017. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's pool prize money.