World Pool Championship prize money
The World Pool Championship has paid £3,673,685 across 15 tournaments from 2010 to 2025. In 2025 Carlo Biado took £187,970.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Carlo Biado | £187,970£188k | £744,361£744k |
| 2024 | Fedor Gorst | £187,970£188k | £678,196£678k |
| 2023 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | £45,113£45k | £244,361£244k |
| 2022 | Shane Van Boening | £45,113£45k | £244,361£244k |
| 2021 | Albin Ouschan | £37,594£38k | £187,970£188k |
| 2019 | Fedor Gorst | £22,556£23k | £124,812£125k |
| 2018 | Joshua Filler | £30,075£30k | £136,842£137k |
| 2017 | Carlo Biado | £30,075£30k | £138,346£138k |
| 2016 | Albin Ouschan | £30,075£30k | £138,346£138k |
| 2015 | Pin-Yi Ko | £22,556£23k | £138,346£138k |
| 2014 | Niels Feijen | £22,556£23k | £138,346£138k |
| 2013 | Thorsten Hohmann | £27,068£27k | £187,970£188k |
| 2012 | Darren Appleton | £30,075£30k | £207,519£208k |
| 2011 | Yukio Akagariyama | £27,068£27k | £187,970£188k |
| 2010 | Francisco Bustamante | £27,068£27k | £175,940£176k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The World Pool Championship 2025 payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | £187,970£188k | £187,970£188k |
| 2nd | 1 | £75,188£75k | £75,188£75k |
| T3 | 2 | £37,594£38k | £75,188£75k |
| T5 | 4 | £18,797£19k | £75,188£75k |
| T9 | 8 | £11,278£11k | £90,226£90k |
| T17 | 16 | £5,263£5k | £84,211£84k |
| T33 | 32 | £2,632£3k | £84,211£84k |
| T65 | 32 | £1,504£2k | £48,120£48k |
| T97 | 32 | £752£752 | £24,060£24k |
Every cheque by name is on the World Pool Championship 2025 payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the World Pool Championship
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Gorst | United States | 2 | £287,970£288k |
| 2 | Carlo Biado | Philippines | 2 | £254,135£254k |
| 3 | Albin Ouschan | Austria | 2 | £120,301£120k |
| 4 | Shane Van Boening | United States | 1 | £114,286£114k |
| 5 | Eklent Kaci | Albania | 0 | £90,977£91k |
| 6 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz | Spain | 1 | £79,699£80k |
| 7 | Pin-Yi Ko | Chinese Taipei | 1 | £58,459£58k |
| 8 | Joshua Filler | Germany | 1 | £57,519£58k |
| 9 | Johann Chua | Philippines | 0 | £53,759£54k |
| 10 | Wojciech Szewczyk | Poland | 0 | £52,256£52k |
| 11 | Thorsten Hohmann | Germany | 1 | £48,496£48k |
| 12 | Ping-Chung Ko | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £45,489£45k |
| 13 | Darren Appleton | Great Britain | 1 | £45,489£45k |
| 14 | Mario He | Austria | 0 | £44,361£44k |
| 15 | Niels Feijen | Netherlands | 1 | £41,353£41k |
| 16 | Jung-Lin Chang | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £40,977£41k |
| 17 | Bernie Regaliaria | Philippines | 0 | £40,226£40k |
| 18 | Kledio Kaci | Albania | 0 | £40,226£40k |
| 19 | Alexandros Kazakis | Greece | 0 | £38,722£39k |
| 20 | Jeffrey Ignacio | Philippines | 0 | £38,346£38k |
| 21 | Yukio Akagariyama | Japan | 1 | £37,970£38k |
| 22 | Naoyuki Oi | Japan | 0 | £36,842£37k |
| 23 | Kun Lin Wu | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £36,466£36k |
| 24 | Mohammad Soufi | Germany | 0 | £36,466£36k |
| 25 | David Alcaide | Spain | 0 | £34,586£35k |
The top 12 here
Other pool tournaments
The tournaments either side of the World Pool Championship by prize money paid
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the World Pool Championship 2025?
Carlo Biado took £187,970. The whole tournament paid £744,361 across 128 players.
How much prize money has the World Pool Championship paid?
£3,673,685 across 15 editions from 2010 to 2025. The richest was the World Pool Championship 2025, at £744,361.
Who has won the most money at the World Pool Championship?
Fedor Gorst, with £287,970 and 2 wins. Carlo Biado is next on £254,135.
Who has won the World Pool Championship the most times?
Fedor Gorst, 2 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the World Pool Championship rank for prize money?
1st 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 World Pool Championship 2025, and the one before it the World Pool Championship 2024. 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.