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POOL PRIZE MONEY · 2023

Pool prize money in 2023

Pool paid £4,251,435 across 70 tournaments in 2023, to 857 players. Joshua Filler earned the most, £169,960.

PAID IN 2023£4.3m
TOURNAMENTS70
PLAYERS PAID857
TOP EARNER£170k

The 2023 money list

The top 50 players by prize money won in 2023

Pool players ranked by prize money won in 2023.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Joshua Filler Germany 7 £169,960£170k
2 Fedor Gorst United States 8 £163,762£164k
3 Shane Van Boening United States 4 £148,047£148k
4 Ping-Chung Ko Chinese Taipei 3 £127,189£127k
5 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain 2 £122,978£123k
6 Eklent Kaci Albania 2 £94,407£94k
7 Wiktor Zielinski Poland 3 £77,613£78k
8 Aloysius Yapp Singapore 2 £76,896£77k
9 Kelly Fisher Great Britain 5 £70,037£70k
10 Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei 2 £69,993£70k
11 Jayson Shaw Scotland 3 £69,621£70k
12 Konrad Juszczyszyn Poland 2 £66,176£66k
13 Mario He Austria 1 £65,284£65k
14 Sanjin Pehlivanovic Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 £60,884£61k
15 David Alcaide Spain 1 £56,265£56k
16 Chieh-Yu Chou Chinese Taipei 2 £55,787£56k
17 Wojciech Szewczyk Poland 1 £49,056£49k
18 Skyler Woodward United States 1 £46,296£46k
19 Han Yu China 1 £45,185£45k
20 Chezka Centeno Philippines 1 £44,282£44k
21 Maximilian Lechner Austria 0 £44,244£44k
22 Allison Fisher Great Britain 0 £42,938£43k
23 Albin Ouschan Austria 0 £42,279£42k
24 Kun Lin Wu Chinese Taipei 0 £40,695£41k
25 Tyler Styer United States 1 £38,558£39k
26 Evan Lunda United States 2 £37,259£37k
27 Tzu-Chien Wei Chinese Taipei 0 £36,722£37k
28 Daniel Maciol Poland 0 £36,617£37k
29 Anthony Raga Philippines 0 £36,259£36k
30 Naoyuki Oi Japan 0 £35,389£35k
31 Roland Garcia Philippines 1 £35,074£35k
32 John Morra Canada 0 £34,808£35k
33 Jasmin Ouschan Austria 2 £34,510£35k
34 Alex Pagulayan Canada 0 £33,466£33k
35 Mohammad Soufi Germany 1 £32,571£33k
36 Tony Chohan United States 2 £32,548£33k
37 Denis Grabe Estonia 0 £32,519£33k
38 Jung-Lin Chang Chinese Taipei 0 £31,667£32k
39 Mieszko Fortunski Poland 1 £31,524£32k
40 Alexandros Kazakis Greece 0 £31,480£31k
41 Marc Bijsterbosch Netherlands 0 £29,159£29k
42 Kristina Tkach Russia 0 £27,679£28k
43 Oliver Szolnoki Hungary 0 £27,661£28k
44 Niels Feijen Netherlands 0 £27,172£27k
45 Seo Seoa South Korea 1 £27,114£27k
46 Moritz Neuhausen Germany 1 £25,120£25k
47 Jin-Hu Dang China 1 £24,444£24k
48 Gerson Martinez Peru 0 £23,635£24k
49 Kristina Zlateva Bulgaria 0 £23,028£23k
50 Aleksa Pecelj Serbia 0 £23,016£23k

The top 15 in 2023

Joshua Filler £170k Fedor Gorst £164k Shane Van Boening £148k Ping-Chung Ko £127k Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £123k Eklent Kaci £94k Wiktor Zielinski £78k Aloysius Yapp £77k Kelly Fisher £70k Pin-Yi Ko £70k Jayson Shaw £70k Konrad Juszczyszyn £66k Mario He £65k Sanjin Pehlivanovic £61k David Alcaide £56k

Every tournament in 2023

By prize money paid

Pool tournaments in 2023 with winner and total paid.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
World Pool Championship 2023 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £240,741£241k
2023 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Ping-Chung Ko £198,519£199k
WPA 9-Ball Qatar Open 2023 Joshua Filler £197,407£197k
WPA Predator World 8-Ball Championship 2023 Shane Van Boening £185,191£185k
WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2023 Eklent Kaci £185,185£185k
2023 Spanish Open Jin-Hu Dang £148,889£149k
Hanoi Open Pool Championship Jayson Shaw £136,296£136k
European Open 2023 David Alcaide £136,296£136k
2023 UK Open Eklent Kaci £136,296£136k
2023 China Open Joshua Filler £118,518£119k
Women's World 10-Ball Championship 2023 Chezka Centeno £111,111£111k
2023 Kamui Women's World 9-Ball Championship Chieh-Yu Chou £109,630£110k
Maldives Open 2023 Ping-Chung Ko £95,556£96k
Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open 2023 Konrad Juszczyszyn £92,598£93k
World Pool Masters 2023 Pin-Yi Ko £92,593£93k
2023 Alfa Las Vegas Open Wiktor Zielinski £91,052£91k
Women's 2023 China Open Han Yu £85,333£85k
2023 International 9-Ball Open Aloysius Yapp £84,444£84k
Peri 9-Ball Open Fedor Gorst £77,037£77k
Derby City Classic 2023 9-Ball Division Fedor Gorst £76,852£77k
Premier League Pool Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £74,074£74k
Derby City Classic 2023 Bank Pool Division Fedor Gorst £73,741£74k
Derby City Classic 2023 One Pocket Division Tony Chohan £65,741£66k
Medalla Light Puerto Rico Women's Open 2023 Kelly Fisher £55,558£56k
Michigan Open 2023 Wiktor Zielinski £55,558£56k
Wisconsin Open 2023 Joshua Filler £55,558£56k
8th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic One Pocket Evan Lunda £53,333£53k
Sharks International 9-Ball Open Ping-Chung Ko £48,148£48k
WPBA Masters 2023 Jasmin Ouschan £47,407£47k
Michigan Women's Open 2023 Kelly Fisher £44,447£44k
Women's Wisconsin Open 2023 Chieh-Yu Chou £44,444£44k
2023 WPBA Aramith / Dr Pool Classic Jasmin Ouschan £40,222£40k
Inaugural Battle of the Bull Aloysius Yapp £38,519£39k
CueLee's Connecticut 9-Ball Open Moritz Neuhausen £38,519£39k
Alfa Women's Las Vegas Open 2023 Seo Seoa £37,037£37k
Eurotour Terme Olimia Open 2023 Joshua Filler £36,610£37k
2023 Dynamic Billard Treviso Open Joshua Filler £36,504£37k
Dynamic Billard Sankt Johann im Pongau Open 2023 Joshua Filler £36,494£36k
2023 Dynamic Billard Tampere Open Mieszko Fortunski £36,473£36k
2023 Dynamic Billard Estonian Open Mohammad Soufi £35,500£36k
Dynamic Billard Lasko Open 2023 Joshua Filler £35,159£35k
Turning Stone Classic XXXVII Fedor Gorst £34,809£35k
Turning Stone Classic XXXVI Jayson Shaw £34,809£35k
2023 American Straight Pool Championship Mario He £32,074£32k
50th Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Tyler Styer £31,407£31k
TE Capital 9-Ball Open Pin-Yi Ko £31,111£31k
PRP Nineball Open 2023 Wojciech Szewczyk £29,729£30k
WPBA Iron City Invitational II Kelly Fisher £29,481£29k
2023 Super Billiards Expo Pro Championship Jonas Souto Comino £28,889£29k
WPBA Iron City Invitational Kelly Fisher £27,704£28k
50th Annual Texas Open One Pocket Tony Chohan £27,407£27k
Derby City Classic 2023 Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge Shane Van Boening £23,704£24k
WPBA Fairfield Invitational Kelly Fisher £23,037£23k
JFlowers Scottish Open Jayson Shaw £22,151£22k
2023 Bob Stocks Memorial 9-Ball BJ Ussery £20,593£21k
2nd Annual Weir Memorial 9-Ball Tournament Shane Van Boening £20,593£21k
Michigan Fall Classic Roland Garcia £19,074£19k
Oceania Tour Event 1 Marco Teutscher £18,991£19k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 2023 Fedor Gorst £18,963£19k
Predator VenOpen 10-Ball 2023 Frailin Guanipa £18,519£19k
Predator VenOpen 9-Ball 2023 Jose Alberto Delgado £18,519£19k
Derby City Classic 2023 Master of the Table Fedor Gorst £18,519£19k
2023 US Open One Pocket Championship Evan Lunda £17,185£17k
Skinny Bob's Nineball Classic Fedor Gorst £17,037£17k
8th Annual Buffalo's Pro Classic Alejandro Calderon £16,815£17k
2023 Midwest Billiards Expo Big Dog 9-Ball Shane Van Boening £16,741£17k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2023 Fedor Gorst £16,741£17k
Ljubljana City 'Mezz' 9-Ball Open 2023 Wiktor Zielinski £16,522£17k
2023 Mezz Bucharest Open Konrad Juszczyszyn £16,167£16k
2023 Midwest Billiards Expo One Pocket Skyler Woodward £15,556£16k

The richest tournaments of 2023

World Pool Championship 2023 £241k 2023 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship £199k WPA 9-Ball Qatar Open 2023 £197k WPA Predator World 8-Ball Championship 2023 £185k WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2023 £185k 2023 Spanish Open £149k Hanoi Open Pool Championship £136k European Open 2023 £136k 2023 UK Open £136k 2023 China Open £119k Women's World 10-Ball Championship 2023 £111k 2023 Kamui Women's World 9-Ball Championship £110k Maldives Open 2023 £96k Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open 2023 £93k World Pool Masters 2023 £93k

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 2023?

Joshua Filler, with £169,960 and 7 titles. Fedor Gorst was next on £163,762.

How much prize money was paid in 2023?

£4,251,435 across 70 tournaments, to 857 players.

Which tournament paid the most in 2023?

The World Pool Championship 2023, at £240,741.

How does 2023 compare with 2022?

2022 paid £3,287,617 across 61 tournaments.

Where to next

Every year and every player is on pool prize money. The year before is 2022. The year after is 2024. How the men's and women's fields compare, year by year, is on men's vs women's pool prize money.