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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2021

Pool prize money in 2021

Pool paid £1,369,853 across 30 tournaments in 2021, to 391 players. Albin Ouschan earned the most, £79,765.

PAID IN 2021£1.4m
TOURNAMENTS30
PLAYERS PAID391
TOP EARNER£80k

The 2021 money list

The top 50 players by prize money won in 2021

Pool players ranked by prize money won in 2021.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Albin Ouschan Austria 3 £79,765£80k
2 Dennis Orcollo Philippines 3 £69,023£69k
3 Eklent Kaci Albania 2 £53,692£54k
4 Shane Van Boening United States 1 £48,301£48k
5 Carlo Biado Philippines 1 £42,556£43k
6 Naoyuki Oi Japan 0 £39,541£40k
7 Joshua Filler Germany 2 £34,456£34k
8 Aloysius Yapp Singapore 0 £34,038£34k
9 Omar Al Shaheen Kuwait 0 £33,703£34k
10 Alexandros Kazakis Greece 1 £31,793£32k
11 Skyler Woodward United States 1 £28,346£28k
12 Fedor Gorst United States 0 £25,253£25k
13 David Alcaide Spain 0 £23,586£24k
14 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain 2 £23,154£23k
15 Roberto Gomez Philippines 2 £22,256£22k
16 Oliver Szolnoki Hungary 1 £21,337£21k
17 Tony Chohan United States 1 £19,399£19k
18 Maximilian Lechner Austria 0 £18,086£18k
19 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 2 £17,823£18k
20 Mieszko Fortunski Poland 0 £16,765£17k
21 Scott Frost United States 0 £15,831£16k
22 Denis Grabe Estonia 0 £15,453£15k
23 Marc Bijsterbosch Netherlands 0 £15,030£15k
24 Niels Feijen Netherlands 0 £14,345£14k
25 Johann Chua Philippines 0 £14,098£14k
26 Justin Hall United States 1 £13,534£14k
27 Josh Roberts United States 0 £13,361£13k
28 Mario He Austria 0 £13,186£13k
29 Wiktor Zielinski Poland 1 £13,128£13k
30 Kun Lin Wu Chinese Taipei 1 £13,026£13k
31 Alex Pagulayan Canada 1 £12,143£12k
32 Billy Thorpe United States 0 £11,466£11k
33 Warren Kiamco Philippines 1 £11,090£11k
34 Tyler Styer United States 0 £10,999£11k
35 Jayson Shaw Scotland 0 £10,940£11k
36 Phil Harrison Great Britain 1 £10,300£10k
37 Tomasz Kaplan Poland 0 £9,635£10k
38 Konrad Juszczyszyn Poland 0 £9,441£9k
39 James Aranas Philippines 0 £9,267£9k
40 Kristina Tkach Russia 0 £9,212£9k
41 Chris Melling Great Britain 0 £8,340£8k
42 Mika Immonen Finland 0 £7,965£8k
43 Mateusz Sniegocki Poland 0 £7,898£8k
44 Roland Garcia Philippines 0 £7,744£8k
45 Marco Teutscher Netherlands 0 £7,519£8k
46 Ralf Souquet Germany 0 £7,474£7k
47 John Morra Canada 0 £7,180£7k
48 Ruslan Chinakhov Russia 0 £7,047£7k
49 Wojciech Szewczyk Poland 0 £6,779£7k
50 Jan Van Lierop Netherlands 0 £6,302£6k

The top 15 in 2021

Albin Ouschan £80k Dennis Orcollo £69k Eklent Kaci £54k Shane Van Boening £48k Carlo Biado £43k Naoyuki Oi £40k Joshua Filler £34k Aloysius Yapp £34k Omar Al Shaheen £34k Alexandros Kazakis £32k Skyler Woodward £28k Fedor Gorst £25k David Alcaide £24k Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £23k Roberto Gomez £22k

Every tournament in 2021

By prize money paid

Pool tournaments in 2021 with winner and total paid.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2021 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Carlo Biado £225,564£226k
WPA World Pool Championship 2021 Albin Ouschan £187,970£188k
WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2021 Eklent Kaci £94,135£94k
2021 International 9-Ball Open Albin Ouschan £85,714£86k
World Pool Masters 2021 Alexandros Kazakis £75,188£75k
2021 Championship League Pool Albin Ouschan £64,624£65k
2021 Diamond Las Vegas Open Kun Lin Wu £52,632£53k
Predator Austria Open Eklent Kaci £50,383£50k
6th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic One Pocket Event Tony Chohan £37,594£38k
Dynamic Billard Sankt Johann im Pongau Open 2021 Joshua Filler £34,094£34k
Dynamic Billard Lasko Open 2021 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £33,683£34k
2021 Dynamic Billiard Antalya Open Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £32,998£33k
2021 Dynamic Billard Treviso Open Wiktor Zielinski £32,337£32k
48th Annual Texas Open One Pocket Division Dennis Orcollo £31,579£32k
2021 American Straight Pool Championship Joshua Filler £31,278£31k
1st Annual Diamond Open 2021 10-Ball Division Roberto Gomez £30,376£30k
Predator Austria Women's Open Kelly Fisher £30,230£30k
48th Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Division Shane Van Boening £30,075£30k
1st Annual Diamond Open 2021 Open One Pocket Division Dennis Orcollo £24,662£25k
Apply Mortgages Ultimate Pool Masters Phil Harrison £20,594£21k
WPBA Sondheim Kiwanis Invitational Kelly Fisher £20,301£20k
1st Annual Diamond Open 2021 Open 9-Ball Division Oliver Szolnoki £19,549£20k
2nd Annual Meucci Classic 10-Ball Division BJ Ussery £18,195£18k
2021 Kremlin Cup Babken Melkonyan £17,669£18k
Diveney Cues Bar Box Classic 10-Ball Division Warren Kiamco £16,917£17k
2021 US Open One Pocket Championship Justin Hall £16,767£17k
Action Palace Open 8-Ball Skyler Woodward £16,203£16k
Iron City Open One Pocket Division Dennis Orcollo £15,188£15k
2021 Midwest Billiards Expo 10-Ball Championship Alex Pagulayan £15,038£15k
Space City Open IX Roberto Gomez £8,316£8k

The richest tournaments of 2021

2021 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship £226k WPA World Pool Championship 2021 £188k WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2021 £94k 2021 International 9-Ball Open £86k World Pool Masters 2021 £75k 2021 Championship League Pool £65k 2021 Diamond Las Vegas Open £53k Predator Austria Open £50k 6th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic One Pocket Event £38k Dynamic Billard Sankt Johann im Pongau Open 2021 £34k Dynamic Billard Lasko Open 2021 £34k 2021 Dynamic Billiard Antalya Open £33k 2021 Dynamic Billard Treviso Open £32k 48th Annual Texas Open One Pocket Division £32k 2021 American Straight Pool Championship £31k

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 2021?

Albin Ouschan, with £79,765 and 3 titles. Dennis Orcollo was next on £69,023.

How much prize money was paid in 2021?

£1,369,853 across 30 tournaments, to 391 players.

Which tournament paid the most in 2021?

The 2021 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, at £225,564.

How does 2021 compare with 2020?

2020 paid £429,633 across 12 tournaments.

Where to next

Every year and every player is on pool prize money. The year before is 2020. The year after is 2022. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's pool prize money.