World 8-Ball Championship pool prize money
The World 8-Ball Championship has paid £1,318,132 across 8 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. In 2026 Aloysius Yapp took £67,669.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Aloysius Yapp | £67,669£68k | £225,564£226k |
| 2025 | Albin Ouschan | £52,632£53k | £187,976£188k |
| 2024 | Joshua Filler | £56,391£56k | £187,970£188k |
| 2023 | Shane Van Boening | £56,391£56k | £187,976£188k |
| 2022 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | £45,113£45k | £187,970£188k |
| 2012 | Jung-Lin Chang | £15,038£15k | £114,887£115k |
| 2011 | Dennis Orcollo | £30,075£30k | £147,368£147k |
| 2010 | Karl Boyes | £12,782£13k | £78,421£78k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2026 WPA Men's World 8-Ball Championship payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | £67,669£68k | £67,669£68k |
| 2nd | 1 | £31,579£32k | £31,579£32k |
| T3 | 2 | £15,789£16k | £31,579£32k |
| T5 | 4 | £7,895£8k | £31,579£32k |
| T9 | 8 | £3,947£4k | £31,579£32k |
| T17 | 16 | £1,974£2k | £31,579£32k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2026 WPA Men's World 8-Ball Championship payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the World 8-Ball Championship
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | Spain | 1 | £83,271£83k |
| 2 | Albin Ouschan | Austria | 1 | £74,014£74k |
| 3 | Aloysius Yapp | Singapore | 1 | £67,669£68k |
| 4 | Joshua Filler | Germany | 1 | £64,897£65k |
| 5 | Shane Van Boening | United States | 1 | £64,568£65k |
| 6 | Wiktor Zielinski | Poland | 0 | £45,865£46k |
| 7 | Alexandros Kazakis | Greece | 0 | £45,207£45k |
| 8 | Jui An Hsu | 0 | £37,124£37k | |
| 9 | Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 1 | £32,331£32k |
| 10 | Jung-Lin Chang | Chinese Taipei | 1 | £30,733£31k |
| 11 | Sanjin Pehlivanovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | £29,887£30k |
| 12 | Mario He | Austria | 0 | £29,530£30k |
| 13 | Niels Feijen | Netherlands | 0 | £29,323£29k |
| 14 | Kun Lin Wu | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £29,230£29k |
| 15 | Marco Teutscher | Netherlands | 0 | £25,282£25k |
| 16 | Jayson Shaw | Scotland | 0 | £22,932£23k |
| 17 | Daniel Maciol | Poland | 0 | £21,992£22k |
| 18 | Hayato Hijikata | Japan | 0 | £21,241£21k |
| 19 | Konrad Juszczyszyn | Poland | 0 | £20,724£21k |
| 20 | Wojciech Szewczyk | Poland | 0 | £20,677£21k |
| 21 | Darren Appleton | Great Britain | 0 | £18,910£19k |
| 22 | Eklent Kaci | Albania | 0 | £16,635£17k |
| 23 | Maximilian Lechner | Austria | 0 | £16,635£17k |
| 24 | Karl Boyes | Great Britain | 1 | £14,962£15k |
| 25 | Bader Al Awadi | Kuwait | 0 | £14,850£15k |
The top 12 here
Other pool tournaments
The tournaments either side of the World 8-Ball Championship by prize money paid
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2026 WPA Men's World 8-Ball Championship?
Aloysius Yapp took £67,669. The whole tournament paid £225,564 across 32 players.
How much prize money has the World 8-Ball Championship paid?
£1,318,132 across 8 editions from 2010 to 2026. The richest was the 2026 WPA Men's World 8-Ball Championship, at £225,564.
Who has won the most money at the World 8-Ball Championship?
Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, with £83,271 and 1 win. Albin Ouschan is next on £74,014.
Where does the World 8-Ball Championship rank for prize money?
6th 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 WPA Men's World 8-Ball Championship, and the one before it the WPA Yalin World 8-Ball Championship 2025. 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.