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Northern Ireland Trophy snooker prize money

The Northern Ireland Trophy has paid £723,500 across 4 tournaments from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan took £30,000.

PAID IN TOTAL£724k
EDITIONS4
2008 TOP PRIZE£30k
PLAYERS PAID81
RANK39 of 98

Every edition

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

Every edition of the Northern Ireland Trophy with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan £30,000£30k £200,500£201k
2007 Stephen Maguire £30,000£30k £220,500£221k
2006 Ding Junhui £30,000£30k £198,500£199k
2005 Matthew Stevens £23,000£23k £104,000£104k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £30,000£30k £30,000£30k
Runner-up 1 £15,000£15k £15,000£15k
Semi-final 2 £7,500£8k £15,000£15k
Quarter-final 4 £5,600£6k £22,400£22k
Last 16 8 £4,000£4k £32,000£32k
Last 32 16 £2,500£3k £40,000£40k
Last 48 16 £1,625£2k £26,000£26k
Last 64 16 £1,100£1k £17,600£18k
High break 1 £2,000£2k £2,000£2k
High break 1 £500£500 £500£500

Every cheque by name is on the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the Northern Ireland Trophy

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The players who have won the most prize money at the Northern Ireland Trophy.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan England 1 £78,600£79k
2 Stephen Maguire Scotland 1 £44,600£45k
3 Ding Junhui China 1 £37,500£38k
4 Matthew Stevens Wales 1 £30,250£30k
5 Stephen Hendry Scotland 0 £22,500£23k
6 Shaun Murphy England 0 £20,600£21k
7 Ali Carter England 0 £18,000£18k
8 John Higgins Scotland 0 £18,000£18k
9 Dave Harold England 0 £17,725£18k
10 Fergal O'Brien Ireland 0 £17,725£18k
11 Mark Allen Northern Ireland 0 £16,725£17k
12 Ian McCulloch England 0 £16,100£16k
13 Ken Doherty Ireland 0 £16,100£16k
14 Ryan Day Wales 0 £15,600£16k
15 Neil Robertson Australia 0 £15,600£16k
16 Graeme Dott Scotland 0 £14,600£15k
17 Peter Ebdon England 0 £14,600£15k
18 Mark Williams Wales 0 £14,500£15k
19 Alan McManus Scotland 0 £13,750£14k
20 Stephen Lee England 0 £13,500£14k
21 Joe Perry England 0 £12,125£12k
22 Steve Davis England 0 £12,125£12k
23 Barry Hawkins England 0 £12,100£12k
24 Dominic Dale Wales 0 £11,500£12k
25 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland 0 £11,225£11k

The top 12 here

Ronnie O'Sullivan £79k Stephen Maguire £45k Ding Junhui £38k Matthew Stevens £30k Stephen Hendry £23k Shaun Murphy £21k Ali Carter £18k John Higgins £18k Dave Harold £18k Fergal O'Brien £18k Mark Allen £17k Ian McCulloch £16k

Other snooker tournaments

The tournaments either side of the Northern Ireland Trophy by prize money paid

Snooker tournaments ranked around the Northern Ireland Trophy.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
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
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
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 Thailand Masters £759k Northern Ireland Trophy £724k Hong Kong Masters £629k Malta Cup £593k Scottish Masters £572k Turkish Masters £500k WST Classic £427k WST Pro Series £421k Champions Cup £400k European Tour - Event 6 £368k Paul Hunter Classic £363k European Tour - Event 5 £361k European Tour - Event 4 £360k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy?

Ronnie O'Sullivan took £30,000. The whole tournament paid £200,500 across 64 players.

How much prize money has the Northern Ireland Trophy paid?

£723,500 across 4 editions from 2005 to 2008. The richest was the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy, at £220,500.

Who has won the most money at the Northern Ireland Trophy?

Ronnie O'Sullivan, with £78,600 and 1 win. Stephen Maguire is next on £44,600.

Where does the Northern Ireland Trophy rank for prize money?

39th 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 Northern Ireland Trophy, and the one before it the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy. 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.