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SNOOKER · TOURNAMENT PRIZE MONEY · PRESTON, ENGLAND

LG Cup snooker prize money

The LG Cup has paid £1,831,600 across 3 tournaments from 2001 to 2003. In 2003 Mark Williams took £82,500.

PAID IN TOTAL£1.8m
EDITIONS3
2003 TOP PRIZE£83k
PLAYERS PAID130
RANK26 of 98

Every edition

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

Every edition of the LG Cup with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2003 Mark Williams £82,500£83k £617,200£617k
2002 Chris Small £82,500£83k £597,200£597k
2001 Stephen Lee £82,500£83k £617,200£617k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The 2003 LG Cup payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2003 LG Cup.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £82,500£83k £82,500£83k
Runner-up 1 £42,500£43k £42,500£43k
Semi-final 2 £21,500£22k £43,000£43k
Quarter-final 4 £11,800£12k £47,200£47k
Last 16 8 £9,700£10k £77,600£78k
Last 32 16 £7,600£8k £121,600£122k
Last 48 16 £4,200£4k £67,200£67k
Last 64 16 £3,100£3k £49,600£50k
Last 80 16 £2,200£2k £35,200£35k
Last 96 16 £1,500£2k £24,000£24k
High break 1 £25,000£25k £25,000£25k
High break 1 £1,800£2k £1,800£2k

Every cheque by name is on the 2003 LG Cup payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the LG Cup

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The players who have won the most prize money at the LG Cup.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Stephen Lee England 1 £107,200£107k
2 Mark Williams Wales 1 £103,800£104k
3 Chris Small Scotland 1 £98,300£98k
4 John Higgins Scotland 0 £88,800£89k
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan England 0 £60,600£61k
6 Alan McManus Scotland 0 £59,700£60k
7 Peter Ebdon England 0 £57,900£58k
8 Stephen Hendry Scotland 0 £38,450£38k
9 Ken Doherty Ireland 0 £37,100£37k
10 Steve Davis England 0 £36,650£37k
11 John Parrott England 0 £33,300£33k
12 Joe Swail Northern Ireland 0 £33,250£33k
13 Paul Hunter England 0 £31,000£31k
14 Matthew Stevens Wales 0 £29,200£29k
15 Jimmy Michie England 0 £27,500£28k
16 David Gray England 0 £27,100£27k
17 Michael Holt England 0 £25,400£25k
18 Jimmy White England 0 £25,300£25k
19 Graeme Dott Scotland 0 £25,000£25k
20 Barry Hawkins England 0 £23,550£24k
21 Marco Fu Hong Kong 0 £23,300£23k
22 Quinten Hann Australia 0 £23,200£23k
23 Mark King England 0 £21,600£22k
24 James Wattana Thailand 0 £21,500£22k
25 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland 0 £21,450£21k

The top 12 here

Stephen Lee £107k Mark Williams £104k Chris Small £98k John Higgins £89k Ronnie O'Sullivan £61k Alan McManus £60k Peter Ebdon £58k Stephen Hendry £38k Ken Doherty £37k Steve Davis £37k John Parrott £33k Joe Swail £33k

Other snooker tournaments

The tournaments either side of the LG Cup by prize money paid

Snooker tournaments ranked around the LG Cup.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
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
35 Riga Masters 4 £914,000£914k
36 European Open 3 £900,800£901k
37 World Masters 1 £785,000£785k
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 Snooker Shoot Out £2.4m LG Cup £1.8m 6-Reds World Championship £1.8m Xi'an Grand Prix £1.7m Riyadh Season Championship £1.6m Indian Open £1.6m Wuxi Classic £1.5m Australian Open £1.4m Irish Masters £1.4m Gibraltar Open £1.2m Riga Masters £914k European Open £901k World Masters £785k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2003 LG Cup?

Mark Williams took £82,500. The whole tournament paid £617,200 across 96 players.

How much prize money has the LG Cup paid?

£1,831,600 across 3 editions from 2001 to 2003. The richest was the 2003 LG Cup, at £617,200.

Who has won the most money at the LG Cup?

Stephen Lee, with £107,200 and 1 win. Mark Williams is next on £103,800.

Where does the LG Cup rank for prize money?

26th 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 2003 LG Cup, and the one before it the 2002 LG Cup. 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.