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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2022

Pool prize money in 2022

Pool paid £3,337,054 across 61 tournaments in 2022, to 654 players. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz earned the most, £148,893.

PAID IN 2022£3.3m
TOURNAMENTS61
PLAYERS PAID654
TOP EARNER£149k

The 2022 money list

The top 50 players by prize money won in 2022

Pool players ranked by prize money won in 2022.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain 5 £148,893£149k
2 Fedor Gorst United States 6 £127,998£128k
3 Joshua Filler Germany 5 £112,314£112k
4 Jayson Shaw Scotland 4 £107,444£107k
5 Wiktor Zielinski Poland 2 £101,423£101k
6 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 7 £83,108£83k
7 Shane Van Boening United States 1 £78,949£79k
8 Wojciech Szewczyk Poland 1 £72,707£73k
9 Albin Ouschan Austria 2 £71,241£71k
10 Mario He Austria 1 £64,722£65k
11 Alexandros Kazakis Greece 1 £62,792£63k
12 Roberto Gomez Philippines 3 £56,917£57k
13 Aloysius Yapp Singapore 3 £54,484£54k
14 Eklent Kaci Albania 0 £53,398£53k
15 Alex Pagulayan Canada 0 £51,180£51k
16 Carlo Biado Philippines 2 £49,311£49k
17 Tony Chohan United States 4 £48,962£49k
18 Tzu-Chien Wei Chinese Taipei 2 £43,564£44k
19 Maximilian Lechner Austria 0 £39,622£40k
20 Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei 2 £37,905£38k
21 John Morra Canada 0 £36,363£36k
22 Roland Garcia Philippines 0 £35,395£35k
23 Mieszko Fortunski Poland 0 £34,527£35k
24 Jasmin Ouschan Austria 1 £32,580£33k
25 Christopher Tevez Peru 0 £31,579£32k
26 Mika Immonen Finland 0 £31,241£31k
27 Denis Grabe Estonia 0 £31,027£31k
28 Daniel Maciol Poland 0 £30,423£30k
29 Josh Roberts United States 0 £29,173£29k
30 Konrad Juszczyszyn Poland 0 £28,675£29k
31 Allison Fisher Great Britain 0 £28,474£28k
32 Naoyuki Oi Japan 0 £27,855£28k
33 Sanjin Pehlivanovic Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 £27,306£27k
34 Chieh-Yu Chou Chinese Taipei 1 £27,000£27k
35 Darren Appleton Great Britain 0 £26,992£27k
36 Bader Al Awadi Kuwait 0 £26,062£26k
37 Lee Vann Corteza Philippines 1 £25,789£26k
38 David Alcaide Spain 0 £24,480£24k
39 Dimitri Jungo Switzerland 1 £23,589£24k
40 Skyler Woodward United States 0 £22,481£22k
41 Oliver Szolnoki Hungary 0 £22,292£22k
42 Robbie Capito Hong Kong 0 £22,183£22k
43 Jung-Lin Chang Chinese Taipei 0 £22,180£22k
44 Abdullah Alyousef Kuwait 0 £22,091£22k
45 Chia Hua Chen Chinese Taipei 1 £21,282£21k
46 Ralf Souquet Germany 0 £19,601£20k
47 Niels Feijen Netherlands 1 £19,288£19k
48 Dimitris Loukatos Greece 1 £19,093£19k
49 Jonas Souto Comino Spain 0 £18,209£18k
50 Brittany Bryant Canada 0 £17,708£18k

The top 15 in 2022

Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £149k Fedor Gorst £128k Joshua Filler £112k Jayson Shaw £107k Wiktor Zielinski £101k Kelly Fisher £83k Shane Van Boening £79k Wojciech Szewczyk £73k Albin Ouschan £71k Mario He £65k Alexandros Kazakis £63k Roberto Gomez £57k Aloysius Yapp £54k Eklent Kaci £53k Alex Pagulayan £51k

Every tournament in 2022

By prize money paid

Pool tournaments in 2022 with winner and total paid.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
WPA World Pool Championship 2022 Shane Van Boening £244,361£244k
2022 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £225,564£226k
WPA Predator World 8-Ball Championship 2022 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £187,970£188k
WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2022 Wojciech Szewczyk £169,925£170k
2022 UK Open Joshua Filler £150,376£150k
European Open 2022 Albin Ouschan £150,376£150k
Women's World 10-Ball Championship 2022 Chieh-Yu Chou £110,943£111k
2022 Alfa Las Vegas Open Wiktor Zielinski £93,985£94k
2022 International 9-Ball Open Jayson Shaw £85,714£86k
Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open Carlo Biado £75,188£75k
Premier League Pool Albin Ouschan £75,188£75k
World Pool Masters 2022 Joshua Filler £75,188£75k
Derby City Classic 2022 9-Ball Division Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £72,143£72k
Derby City Classic 2022 9-Ball Banks Division Fedor Gorst £70,150£70k
Michigan Open 2022 Aloysius Yapp £61,504£62k
Derby City Classic 2022 One Pocket Division Fedor Gorst £60,526£61k
Predator Germany Open Dimitris Loukatos £58,283£58k
7th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic One Pocket Tony Chohan £57,143£57k
Ohio Open 2022 Fedor Gorst £56,391£56k
Apex Wisconsin Open 2022 Alexandros Kazakis £56,391£56k
Arcadia Arizona Open 2022 Fedor Gorst £56,391£56k
WPBA Predator Event Tzu-Chien Wei £56,391£56k
WPBA Predator Event Chia Hua Chen £49,173£49k
WPBA Masters 2022 Jasmin Ouschan £44,511£45k
Predator Germany Women's Open Kelly Fisher £40,839£41k
WPBA Predator Event Kelly Fisher £39,399£39k
WPBA Predator Event Kelly Fisher £39,399£39k
Dynamic Billard Lasko Open 2022 Wiktor Zielinski £37,627£38k
2022 Super Billiards Expo Pro Championship Jayson Shaw £37,594£38k
Action Palace High Stakes One Pocket Roberto Gomez £37,594£38k
2022 Dynamic Billard Treviso Open Joshua Filler £35,688£36k
Dynamic Billard Sankt Johann im Pongau Open 2022 Niels Feijen £35,367£35k
2022 Dynamic Billard Italian Open Mario He £35,116£35k
Dynamic Billard Petrich Open 2022 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £34,534£35k
2022 American Straight Pool Championship Dimitri Jungo £33,534£34k
Dynamic Slovenia Open 2022 Joshua Filler £33,508£34k
49th Annual Texas Open Vitaliy Patsura £31,880£32k
2022 Super Billiards Expo Women's Pro Championship Kelly Fisher £31,203£31k
Turning Stone Classic XXXV Jayson Shaw £31,128£31k
Turning Stone Classic XXXIV Jayson Shaw £31,128£31k
2022 WPBA Aramith / Dr Pool Classic Tzu-Chien Wei £30,977£31k
WPBA Northern Lights Classic Kelly Fisher £29,474£29k
49th Annual Texas Open One Pocket Division Roberto Gomez £29,323£29k
2022 WPBA Ashton Twins Classic Kelly Fisher £29,180£29k
2022 International Open One Pocket Tony Chohan £24,060£24k
Derby City Classic 2022 Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge Joshua Filler £24,060£24k
WPBA Sledgehammer Open Kelly Fisher £22,707£23k
Predator Bucharest Open Pin-Yi Ko £19,578£20k
3rd Annual Meucci Classic 10-Ball Division Aloysius Yapp £19,549£20k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 2022 Fedor Gorst £19,023£19k
Asian Pool Federation 9-Ball Open Men's Division Pin-Yi Ko £18,802£19k
Derby City Classic 2022 Master of the Table Fedor Gorst £18,797£19k
2022 US Open Bank Pool Championship Scott Frost £18,346£18k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2022 Carlo Biado £18,346£18k
Sandcastle 9-Ball Open Aloysius Yapp £18,196£18k
PRP Nineball Open 2022 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £18,188£18k
2nd Annual Diveney Cues Bar Box Classic 10-Ball Division Roberto Gomez £17,594£18k
2022 US Open One Pocket Championship Tony Chohan £17,444£17k
2022 Beasley Open 9-Ball Johann Chua £16,376£16k
2022 Midwest Open One Pocket Event Tony Chohan £15,470£15k
2023 Southeastern Triple Crown All Around Lee Vann Corteza £2,256£2k

The richest tournaments of 2022

WPA World Pool Championship 2022 £244k 2022 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship £226k WPA Predator World 8-Ball Championship 2022 £188k WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2022 £170k 2022 UK Open £150k European Open 2022 £150k Women's World 10-Ball Championship 2022 £111k 2022 Alfa Las Vegas Open £94k 2022 International 9-Ball Open £86k Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open £75k Premier League Pool £75k World Pool Masters 2022 £75k Derby City Classic 2022 9-Ball Division £72k Derby City Classic 2022 9-Ball Banks Division £70k Michigan Open 2022 £62k

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 2022?

Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, with £148,893 and 5 titles. Fedor Gorst was next on £127,998.

How much prize money was paid in 2022?

£3,337,054 across 61 tournaments, to 654 players.

Which tournament paid the most in 2022?

The WPA World Pool Championship 2022, at £244,361.

How does 2022 compare with 2021?

2021 paid £1,369,853 across 30 tournaments.

Where to next

Every year and every player is on pool prize money. The year before is 2021. The year after is 2023. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's pool prize money.