US Open 9-Ball Championship pool prize money
The US Open 9-Ball Championship has paid £2,900,828 across 15 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. In 2026 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz took £75,188.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | £75,188£75k | £375,940£376k |
| 2025 | Aloysius Yapp | £75,188£75k | £375,940£376k |
| 2024 | Fedor Gorst | £37,594£38k | £201,504£202k |
| 2023 | Ping-Chung Ko | £37,594£38k | £201,504£202k |
| 2022 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | £37,594£38k | £225,564£226k |
| 2021 | Carlo Biado | £37,594£38k | £225,564£226k |
| 2019 | Joshua Filler | £37,594£38k | £225,564£226k |
| 2017 | Jayson Shaw | £30,075£30k | £149,624£150k |
| 2016 | Shane Van Boening | £37,594£38k | £156,391£156k |
| 2015 | Yu-Hsuan Cheng | £30,075£30k | £141,353£141k |
| 2014 | Shane Van Boening | £22,556£23k | £125,940£126k |
| 2013 | Shane Van Boening | £22,556£23k | £101,504£102k |
| 2012 | Shane Van Boening | £18,797£19k | £127,820£128k |
| 2011 | Darren Appleton | £22,556£23k | £131,278£131k |
| 2010 | Darren Appleton | £30,075£30k | £135,338£135k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2026 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | £75,188£75k | £75,188£75k |
| 2nd | 1 | £37,594£38k | £37,594£38k |
| T3 | 2 | £18,797£19k | £37,594£38k |
| T5 | 4 | £11,278£11k | £45,113£45k |
| T9 | 8 | £6,015£6k | £48,120£48k |
| T17 | 16 | £3,759£4k | £60,150£60k |
| T33 | 32 | £2,256£2k | £72,180£72k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2026 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the US Open 9-Ball Championship
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Van Boening | United States | 4 | £139,662£140k |
| 2 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | Spain | 2 | £138,910£139k |
| 3 | Fedor Gorst | United States | 1 | £112,406£112k |
| 4 | Aloysius Yapp | Singapore | 1 | £111,278£111k |
| 5 | Jayson Shaw | Scotland | 1 | £81,335£81k |
| 6 | Joshua Filler | Germany | 1 | £81,203£81k |
| 7 | Darren Appleton | Great Britain | 2 | £70,113£70k |
| 8 | Carlo Biado | Philippines | 1 | £65,038£65k |
| 9 | Ping-Chung Ko | Chinese Taipei | 1 | £59,023£59k |
| 10 | Robbie Capito | Hong Kong | 0 | £46,992£47k |
| 11 | Niels Feijen | Netherlands | 0 | £43,985£44k |
| 12 | Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 0 | £43,797£44k |
| 13 | David Alcaide | Spain | 0 | £42,594£43k |
| 14 | Aleksa Pecelj | Serbia | 0 | £36,842£37k |
| 15 | Maximilian Lechner | Austria | 0 | £36,842£37k |
| 16 | Jung-Lin Chang | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £36,466£36k |
| 17 | Pin-Yi Ko | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £34,511£35k |
| 18 | Alex Pagulayan | Canada | 0 | £33,402£33k |
| 19 | Eklent Kaci | Albania | 0 | £32,331£32k |
| 20 | Yu-Hsuan Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 1 | £31,203£31k |
| 21 | Johann Chua | Philippines | 0 | £29,887£30k |
| 22 | Naoyuki Oi | Japan | 0 | £28,346£28k |
| 23 | John Morra | Canada | 0 | £26,541£27k |
| 24 | Corey Deuel | United States | 0 | £25,714£26k |
| 25 | Ralf Souquet | Germany | 0 | £25,263£25k |
The top 12 here
Other pool tournaments
The tournaments either side of the US Open 9-Ball Championship by prize money paid
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2026 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship?
Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz took £75,188. The whole tournament paid £375,940 across 64 players.
How much prize money has the US Open 9-Ball Championship paid?
£2,900,828 across 15 editions from 2010 to 2026. The richest was the 2026 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, at £375,940.
Who has won the most money at the US Open 9-Ball Championship?
Shane Van Boening, with £139,662 and 4 wins. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz is next on £138,910.
Who has won the US Open 9-Ball Championship the most times?
Shane Van Boening, 4 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the US Open 9-Ball Championship rank for prize money?
2nd of the 310 pool tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.
Where to next
Every pool tournament and player is ranked on pool prize money. The latest edition is the 2026 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, and the one before it the 2025 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship. What the men's and women's fields are paid is compared on men's vs women's pool prize money. How much of the pot a pool winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.