China Championship snooker prize money
The China Championship has paid £2,826,000 across 4 tournaments from 2016 to 2019. In 2019 Shaun Murphy took £150,000.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Shaun Murphy | £150,000£150k | £751,000£751k |
| 2018 | Mark Selby | £150,000£150k | £725,000£725k |
| 2017 | Luca Brecel | £150,000£150k | £700,000£700k |
| 2016 | John Higgins | £200,000£200k | £650,000£650k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2019 China Championship payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £150,000£150k | £150,000£150k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £75,000£75k | £75,000£75k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £32,000£32k | £64,000£64k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £20,000£20k | £80,000£80k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £13,000£13k | £104,000£104k |
| Last 32 | 16 | £7,500£8k | £120,000£120k |
| Last 64 | 32 | £4,750£5k | £152,000£152k |
| High break | 1 | £6,000£6k | £6,000£6k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2019 China Championship payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the China Championship
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Murphy | England | 1 | £298,000£298k |
| 2 | John Higgins | Scotland | 1 | £295,000£295k |
| 3 | Mark Selby | England | 1 | £219,000£219k |
| 4 | Luca Brecel | Belgium | 1 | £167,000£167k |
| 5 | Mark Williams | Wales | 0 | £121,000£121k |
| 6 | Stuart Bingham | England | 0 | £111,500£112k |
| 7 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 0 | £75,000£75k |
| 8 | Ali Carter | England | 0 | £70,000£70k |
| 9 | Judd Trump | England | 0 | £55,000£55k |
| 10 | Hossein Vafaei | Iran | 0 | £49,000£49k |
| 11 | Barry Hawkins | England | 0 | £47,000£47k |
| 12 | Joe Perry | England | 0 | £46,500£47k |
| 13 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 0 | £45,750£46k |
| 14 | Zhao Xintong | China | 0 | £45,000£45k |
| 15 | Li Hang | China | 0 | £39,500£40k |
| 16 | Michael Holt | England | 0 | £38,750£39k |
| 17 | Lyu Haotian | China | 0 | £36,750£37k |
| 18 | Anthony McGill | Scotland | 0 | £36,000£36k |
| 19 | Ding Junhui | China | 0 | £34,250£34k |
| 20 | Neil Robertson | Australia | 0 | £34,000£34k |
| 21 | David Gilbert | England | 0 | £31,000£31k |
| 22 | Kurt Maflin | Norway | 0 | £31,000£31k |
| 23 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 0 | £29,750£30k |
| 24 | Liang Wenbo | China | 0 | £28,000£28k |
| 25 | Yan Bingtao | China | 0 | £27,500£28k |
The top 12 here
Other snooker tournaments
The tournaments either side of the China Championship by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 25 | Snooker Shoot Out | 16 | £2,413,500£2.4m |
| 26 | LG Cup | 3 | £1,831,600£1.8m |
| 27 | 6-Reds World Championship | 9 | £1,752,009£1.8m |
| 28 | Xi'an Grand Prix | 2 | £1,683,951£1.7m |
| 29 | Riyadh Season Championship | 2 | £1,570,000£1.6m |
| 30 | Indian Open | 5 | £1,552,000£1.6m |
| 31 | Wuxi Classic | 5 | £1,450,500£1.5m |
| 32 | Australian Open | 5 | £1,382,261£1.4m |
| 33 | Irish Masters | 5 | £1,364,320£1.4m |
| 34 | Gibraltar Open | 6 | £1,176,750£1.2m |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2019 China Championship?
Shaun Murphy took £150,000. The whole tournament paid £751,000 across 64 players.
How much prize money has the China Championship paid?
£2,826,000 across 4 editions from 2016 to 2019. The richest was the 2019 China Championship, at £751,000.
Who has won the most money at the China Championship?
Shaun Murphy, with £298,000 and 1 win. John Higgins is next on £295,000.
Where does the China Championship rank for prize money?
23rd 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 2019 China Championship, and the one before it the 2018 China Championship. 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.