Malta Cup snooker prize money
The Malta Cup has paid £592,500 across 4 tournaments from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 Shaun Murphy took £20,000.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Shaun Murphy | £20,000£20k | £76,000£76k |
| 2007 | Shaun Murphy | £30,000£30k | £200,500£201k |
| 2006 | Ken Doherty | £18,000£18k | £118,500£119k |
| 2005 | Stephen Hendry | £30,000£30k | £197,500£198k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2008 Malta Cup payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £20,000£20k | £20,000£20k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £9,000£9k | £9,000£9k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £4,500£5k | £9,000£9k |
| Group | 4 | £2,750£3k | £11,000£11k |
| Group | 4 | £2,500£3k | £10,000£10k |
| Group | 4 | £2,250£2k | £9,000£9k |
| Group | 4 | £2,000£2k | £8,000£8k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2008 Malta Cup payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Malta Cup
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Murphy | England | 2 | £57,000£57k |
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 1 | £43,850£44k |
| 3 | Ken Doherty | Ireland | 1 | £36,600£37k |
| 4 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 0 | £29,600£30k |
| 5 | John Higgins | Scotland | 0 | £29,000£29k |
| 6 | Ryan Day | Wales | 0 | £20,000£20k |
| 7 | Peter Ebdon | England | 0 | £18,000£18k |
| 8 | Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 0 | £16,000£16k |
| 9 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | 0 | £14,000£14k |
| 10 | Neil Robertson | Australia | 0 | £13,100£13k |
| 11 | Stephen Lee | England | 0 | £12,750£13k |
| 12 | Mark Williams | Wales | 0 | £12,750£13k |
| 13 | Ali Carter | England | 0 | £12,375£12k |
| 14 | Steve Davis | England | 0 | £12,100£12k |
| 15 | Alan McManus | Scotland | 0 | £11,725£12k |
| 16 | Joe Perry | England | 0 | £10,500£11k |
| 17 | Dominic Dale | Wales | 0 | £10,000£10k |
| 18 | Tom Ford | England | 0 | £9,600£10k |
| 19 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 0 | £9,375£9k |
| 20 | Jimmy White | England | 0 | £9,100£9k |
| 21 | Mark King | England | 0 | £8,725£9k |
| 22 | Anthony Hamilton | England | 0 | £8,500£9k |
| 23 | Ian McCulloch | England | 0 | £7,250£7k |
| 24 | Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 0 | £7,125£7k |
| 25 | Ding Junhui | China | 0 | £7,000£7k |
The top 12 here
Other snooker tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Malta Cup by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 38 | Thailand Masters | 2 | £759,425£759k |
| 39 | Northern Ireland Trophy | 4 | £723,500£724k |
| 40 | Hong Kong Masters | 2 | £629,000£629k |
| 41 | Malta Cup | 4 | £592,500£593k |
| 42 | Scottish Masters | 3 | £572,000£572k |
| 43 | Turkish Masters | 1 | £500,000£500k |
| 44 | WST Classic | 1 | £427,000£427k |
| 45 | WST Pro Series | 1 | £420,500£421k |
| 46 | Champions Cup | 2 | £400,000£400k |
| 47 | European Tour - Event 6 | 4 | £368,307£368k |
| 48 | Paul Hunter Classic | 4 | £362,700£363k |
| 49 | European Tour - Event 5 | 4 | £360,816£361k |
| 50 | European Tour - Event 4 | 4 | £359,800£360k |
| 51 | European Tour - Event 1 | 4 | £357,990£358k |
| 52 | European Tour - Event 2 | 4 | £357,714£358k |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2008 Malta Cup?
Shaun Murphy took £20,000. The whole tournament paid £76,000 across 20 players.
How much prize money has the Malta Cup paid?
£592,500 across 4 editions from 2005 to 2008. The richest was the 2007 Malta Cup, at £200,500.
Who has won the most money at the Malta Cup?
Shaun Murphy, with £57,000 and 2 wins. Stephen Hendry is next on £43,850.
Who has won the Malta Cup the most times?
Shaun Murphy, 2 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the Malta Cup rank for prize money?
41st 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 2008 Malta Cup, and the one before it the 2007 Malta 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.