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British Open snooker prize money

The British Open has paid £5,160,550 across 11 tournaments from 2000 to 2026. In 2026 Jak Jones took £100,000.

PAID IN TOTAL£5.2m
EDITIONS11
2026 TOP PRIZE£100k
PLAYERS PAID286
RANK13 of 98

Every edition

Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all

Every edition of the British Open with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2026 Jak Jones £100,000£100k £502,000£502k
2025 Shaun Murphy £100,000£100k £502,000£502k
2024 Mark Selby £100,000£100k £502,000£502k
2023 Mark Williams £100,000£100k £478,000£478k
2022 Ryan Day £100,000£100k £478,000£478k
2021 Mark Williams £100,000£100k £470,000£470k
2004 John Higgins £30,000£30k £200,000£200k
2003 Stephen Hendry £52,000£52k £470,000£470k
2002 Paul Hunter £52,000£52k £450,000£450k
2001 John Higgins £92,500£93k £670,250£670k
2000 Peter Ebdon £62,000£62k £438,300£438k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The 2026 Unibet British Open payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2026 Unibet British Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £100,000£100k £100,000£100k
Runner-up 1 £45,000£45k £45,000£45k
Semi-final 2 £20,000£20k £40,000£40k
Quarter-final 4 £12,000£12k £48,000£48k
Last 16 8 £9,000£9k £72,000£72k
Last 32 16 £6,000£6k £96,000£96k
Last 64 32 £3,000£3k £96,000£96k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Every cheque by name is on the 2026 Unibet British Open payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the British Open

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The players who have won the most prize money at the British Open.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 John Higgins Scotland 2 £267,775£268k
2 Mark Williams Wales 2 £257,200£257k
3 Mark Selby England 1 £239,275£239k
4 Jak Jones Wales 1 £128,000£128k
5 Shaun Murphy England 1 £126,550£127k
6 Ryan Day Wales 1 £113,925£114k
7 Peter Ebdon England 1 £92,950£93k
8 Graeme Dott Scotland 0 £90,300£90k
9 Paul Hunter England 1 £88,900£89k
10 Stephen Hendry Scotland 1 £84,200£84k
11 Ronnie O'Sullivan England 0 £83,050£83k
12 Mark Allen Northern Ireland 0 £82,000£82k
13 Gary Wilson England 0 £63,000£63k
14 Ali Carter England 0 £61,525£62k
15 Jimmy White England 0 £59,300£59k
16 Judd Trump England 0 £57,000£57k
17 Matthew Stevens Wales 0 £55,100£55k
18 Mark King England 0 £51,550£52k
19 Anthony McGill Scotland 0 £51,000£51k
20 Stephen Maguire Scotland 0 £49,350£49k
21 Alan McManus Scotland 0 £47,175£47k
22 Xiao Guodong China 0 £45,000£45k
23 David Gilbert England 0 £44,000£44k
24 Ian McCulloch England 0 £43,275£43k
25 Stephen Lee England 0 £41,200£41k

The top 12 here

John Higgins £268k Mark Williams £257k Mark Selby £239k Jak Jones £128k Shaun Murphy £127k Ryan Day £114k Peter Ebdon £93k Graeme Dott £90k Paul Hunter £89k Stephen Hendry £84k Ronnie O'Sullivan £83k Mark Allen £82k

Other snooker tournaments

The tournaments either side of the British Open by prize money paid

Snooker tournaments ranked around the British Open.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
1 World Championship 26 £43,387,195£43.4m
2 UK Championship 26 £20,536,855£20.5m
3 Masters 26 £15,910,000£15.9m
4 Welsh Open 26 £9,319,125£9.3m
5 Shanghai Masters 17 £9,217,710£9.2m
6 China Open 18 £8,633,125£8.6m
7 International Championship 11 £7,922,000£7.9m
8 World Open 11 £6,949,800£6.9m
9 Players Championship 17 £6,387,500£6.4m
10 Scottish Open 13 £5,907,700£5.9m
11 Championship League 27 £5,882,202£5.9m
12 German Masters 16 £5,738,160£5.7m
13 British Open 11 £5,160,550£5.2m
14 World Grand Prix 12 £5,000,000£5.0m
15 Champion Of Champions 13 £4,960,000£5.0m
16 English Open 11 £4,872,400£4.9m
17 Saudi Arabia Masters 2 £4,599,000£4.6m
18 Northern Ireland Open 10 £4,252,300£4.3m
19 Tour Championship 8 £3,390,000£3.4m
20 Grand Prix 7 £3,206,900£3.2m
21 European Masters 8 £3,114,934£3.1m
22 Premier League 13 £2,837,000£2.8m
23 China Championship 4 £2,826,000£2.8m
24 Wuhan Open 4 £2,801,500£2.8m
World Championship £43m UK Championship £21m Masters £16m Welsh Open £9.3m Shanghai Masters £9.2m China Open £8.6m International Championship £7.9m World Open £6.9m Players Championship £6.4m Scottish Open £5.9m Championship League £5.9m German Masters £5.7m British Open £5.2m World Grand Prix £5.0m Champion Of Champions £5.0m English Open £4.9m Saudi Arabia Masters £4.6m Northern Ireland Open £4.3m Tour Championship £3.4m Grand Prix £3.2m European Masters £3.1m Premier League £2.8m China Championship £2.8m Wuhan Open £2.8m

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2026 Unibet British Open?

Jak Jones took £100,000. The whole tournament paid £502,000 across 64 players.

How much prize money has the British Open paid?

£5,160,550 across 11 editions from 2000 to 2026. The richest was the 2001 Stan James British Open, at £670,250.

Who has won the most money at the British Open?

John Higgins, with £267,775 and 2 wins. Mark Williams is next on £257,200.

Who has won the British Open the most times?

John Higgins, 2 times in the editions we hold.

Where does the British Open rank for prize money?

13th of the 98 snooker tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.

Where to next

Every snooker tournament and player is ranked on snooker prize money. The latest edition is the 2026 Unibet British Open, and the one before it the 2025 British Open. How much of the pot a snooker 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.