Hossein Vafaei Snooker Career Prize Money

Q: How much prize money has Hossein Vafaei won?

£1,150,937 in snooker prize money, 51st of the 773 players on our money list.

Q: What is Hossein Vafaei's biggest cheque?

£50,000 for finishing quarter-final at the 2026 Halo World Championship.

Q: What was Hossein Vafaei's best year?

2023, when Hossein Vafaei won £209,750.

Every paid result

131 results, newest first

Every snooker result for which Hossein Vafaei was paid prize money.
YEAR	TOURNAMENT	FINISH	PRIZE MONEY
2026	2026 BetVictor English Open	Last 64	£3,600£4k
2026	2026 Wuhan Open	Last 32	£8,000£8k
2026	2026 SATUO Window Cleaning Robot China Open	Last 16	£15,000£15k
2026	2026 BetVictor Championship League	Final - Group 2	£11,000£11k
2026	2026 Halo World Championship	Quarter-final	£50,000£50k
2026	2026 World Open	Quarter-final	£22,000£22k
2026	2026 BetVictor Welsh Open	Last 32	£5,400£5k
2026	2026 BetVictor Championship League	Group 1	£700£700
2026	2026 Machineseeker German Masters	Last 64	£3,600£4k
2025	2025 BetVictor Scottish Open	Last 32	£5,400£5k
2025	2025 9Club Snooker Shoot Out	Last 64	£500£500
2025	2025 Victorian Plumbing UK Championship	Last 48	£7,500£8k
2025	2025 International Championship	Last 32	£9,000£9k
2025	2025 Northern Ireland Open	Last 64	£3,600£4k
2025	2025 BetVictor English Open	Last 64	£3,600£4k
2025	2025 Wuhan Open	Last 32	£8,000£8k
2025	2025 Saudi Arabia Masters	Last 48	£11,000£11k
2025	2025 Halo World Championship	Last 16	£30,000£30k
2025	2025 World Grand Prix	Quarter-final	£20,000£20k
2025	2025 Weide Cup World Open	Last 32	£9,000£9k
2025	2025 BetVictor Welsh Open	Last 32	£5,400£5k
2025	2025 BetVictor Championship League	Winners Group - Semi-final	£11,900£12k
2024	2024 BetVictor Scottish Open	Last 64	£3,600£4k
2024	2024 9Club Snooker Shoot Out	Last 64	£500£500
2024	2024 Victorian Plumbing UK Championship	Last 48	£7,500£8k
2024	2024 International Championship	Last 32	£9,000£9k
2024	2024 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open	Last 64	£3,600£4k
2024	2024 Optics Valley of China Wuhan Open	Last 32	£8,000£8k
2024	2024 Unibet British Open	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2024	2024 BetVictor English Open	Last 32	£5,400£5k
2024	2024 Saudi Arabia Masters	Last 48	£11,000£11k
2024	2024 Du Xiaoman Xi'an Grand Prix	Last 16	£14,000£14k
2024	2024 BetVictor Championship League	Semi-final - Group 3	£6,000£6k
2024	2024 Cazoo World Championship	Last 32	£20,000£20k
2024	2024 Huading Nylon World Open	Quarter-final	£21,500£22k
2024	2024 Johnstone's Paint Players Championship	Last 16	£10,000£10k
2024	2024 BetVictor Welsh Open	Last 32	£4,500£5k
2024	2024 BetVictor German Masters	Withdrew	£3,000£3k
2024	2024 Spreadex World Grand Prix	Last 16	£7,500£8k
2023	2023 MrQ UK Championship	Semi-final	£50,000£50k
2023	2023 Du Xiaoman International Championship	Last 64	£5,000£5k
2023	2023 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open	Last 32	£4,500£5k
2023	2023 BetVictor English Open	Last 32	£4,500£5k
2023	2023 Cazoo British Open	Semi-final	£20,000£20k
2023	2023 Shanghai Masters	Last 16	£17,500£18k
2023	2023 BetVictor European Masters	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2023	2023 BetVictor Championship League	Group 11	£2,000£2k
2023	2023 Cazoo World Championship	Last 16	£30,000£30k
2023	2023 WST Classic	Last 32	£4,500£5k
2023	2023 Pathum Thani 6-Reds World Championship	Semi-final	£18,000£18k
2023	2023 Welsh Open	Last 16	£7,500£8k
2023	2023 BetVictor German Masters	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2023	2023 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out	Last 128	£250£250
2023	2023 Duelbits World Grand Prix	Last 32	£5,000£5k
2023	2023 Cazoo Masters	Quarter-final	£30,000£30k
2023	2023 Cazoo Masters	High break	£5,000£5k
2022	2022 BetVictor English Open	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2022	2022 BetVictor Scottish Open	Last 16	£7,500£8k
2022	2022 Cazoo UK Championship	Last 16	£15,000£15k
2022	2022 Cazoo Champion Of Champions	Last 16	£12,500£13k
2022	2022 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open	Last 32	£4,500£5k
2022	2022 BetVictor European Masters	Withdrew	£3,000£3k
2022	2022 BetVictor European Masters	High break	£2,500£3k
2022	2022 BetVictor Championship League	Semi-final Group 3	£6,000£6k
2022	2022 Betfred World Championship	Last 32	£20,000£20k
2022	2022 Nirvana Turkish Masters	Last 32	£5,500£6k
2022	2022 BetVictor Welsh Open	Semi-final	£20,000£20k
2022	2022 BetVictor European Masters	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2022	2022 Cazoo Players Championship	Last 16	£10,000£10k
2022	2022 BetVictor German Masters	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2022	2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out	Winner	£50,000£50k
2022	2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out	High break	£5,000£5k
2021	2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix	Last 16	£7,500£8k
2021	2021 BetVictor Scottish Open	Last 32	£4,000£4k
2021	2021 Cazoo UK Championship	Last 16	£17,000£17k
2021	2021 BetVictor English Open	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2021	2021 Matchroom.live British Open	Last 16	£7,000£7k
2021	2021 Betfred World Championship	Last 80	£10,000£10k
2021	2021 WST Pro Series	Group 15	£1,000£1k
2021	2021 Gibraltar Open	Last 32	£3,000£3k
2021	2021 Welsh Open	Last 16	£7,500£8k
2021	2021 Snooker Shoot Out	Last 64	£500£500
2020	2020 World Grand Prix	Quarter-final	£12,500£13k
2020	2020 Scottish Open	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2020	2020 Betway UK Championship	Last 32	£12,000£12k
2020	2020 BetVictor Championship League	Group 18	£2,000£2k
2020	2020 English Open	Last 16	£7,500£8k
2020	2020 European Masters	Last 64	£3,000£3k
2020	2020 Betfred World Championship	Last 80	£10,000£10k
2020	2020 Gibraltar Open	Last 64	£2,000£2k
2020	2020 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out	Last 128	£250£250
2019	2019 World Open	Last 32	£8,000£8k
2019	2019 English Open	Last 32	£4,000£4k
2019	2019 China Championship	Semi-final	£32,000£32k
2019	2019 International Championship	Withdrew	£4,750£5k
2019	2019 Riga Masters	Withdrew	£2,000£2k
2019	2019 Betfred World Championship	Last 80	£10,000£10k
2019	2019 China Open	Last 16	£18,000£18k
2019	2019 Indian Open	Last 32	£4,000£4k
2019	2019 Snooker Shoot Out	Last 64	£500£500
2019	2019 Welsh Open	Semi-final	£20,000£20k
2018	2018 Betway UK Championship	Last 32	£10,000£10k
2018	2018 International Championship	Last 32	£8,500£9k
2018	2018 English Open	Last 64	£2,500£3k
2018	2018 European Masters	Withdrew	£3,000£3k
2018	2018 China Championship	Last 16	£13,000£13k
2018	2018 Betfred World Championship	Last 48	£13,500£14k
2017	2017 Betway UK Championship	Last 32	£10,000£10k
2017	2017 Northern Ireland Open	Last 64	£2,500£3k
2017	2017 Shanghai Masters	Last 64	£4,000£4k
2017	2017 OPPO International Championship	Withdrew	£4,000£4k
2017	2017 English Open	Quarter-final	£10,000£10k
2017	2017 European Masters	Last 64	£2,000£2k
2017	2017 World Open	Withdrew	£4,000£4k
2017	2017 Indian Open	Last 16	£6,000£6k
2017	2017 Evergrande China Championship	Last 64	£4,000£4k
2017	2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters	Last 32	£2,000£2k
2017	2017 Betfred World Championship	Last 48	£12,000£12k
2017	2017 China Open	Semi-final	£21,000£21k
2017	2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out	Last 64	£500£500
2017	2017 Coral Welsh Open	Last 16	£6,000£6k
2016	2016 Coral Scottish Open	Last 64	£2,500£3k
2016	2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open	Quarter-final	£10,000£10k
2016	2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters	Withdrew	£525£525
2016	2016 Betfred World Championship	Last 80	£6,600£7k
2015	2015 Kreativ Dental European Tour - Event 5	Last 64	£525£525
2015	2015 Shanghai Masters	Last 64	£2,000£2k
2015	2015 Goldfields Australian Open	Last 32	£4,500£5k
2014	2014 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship	Quarter-final	£5,000£5k
2012	2012 Guotai Liqueur APTC - Event 2	Last 64	£200£200
2012	2012 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship	Last 16	£2,037£2k

Hossein Vafaei's prize money, year by year

£2,237

12

£5,000

14

£7,025

15

£20k

16

£88k

17

£51k

18

£103k

19

£52k

20

£61k

21

£171k

22

£210k

23

£138k

24

£125k

25

£119k

26

Where the money was won

World Championship £212k UK Championship £129k Welsh Open £76k World Open £65k Snooker Shoot Out £58k China Open £54k World Grand Prix £53k China Championship £49k English Open £47k International Championship £40k Championship League £40k Masters £35k

Around Hossein Vafaei on the money list

The players either side, by career snooker prize money

Snooker players ranked around Hossein Vafaei.
#	PLAYER	NATION	PRIZE MONEY
39	Zhou Yuelong	China	£1,389,062£1.4m
40	Chris Wakelin	England	£1,377,890£1.4m
41	Jimmy White	England	£1,336,951£1.3m
42	Liang Wenbo	China	£1,317,771£1.3m
43	Zhang Anda	China	£1,312,790£1.3m
44	Martin Gould	England	£1,309,055£1.3m
45	Dominic Dale	Wales	£1,287,982£1.3m
46	Paul Hunter	England	£1,280,700£1.3m
47	Anthony Hamilton	England	£1,276,152£1.3m
48	Alan McManus	Scotland	£1,259,770£1.3m
49	Matthew Selt	England	£1,218,213£1.2m
50	Yan Bingtao	China	£1,212,251£1.2m
51	Hossein Vafaei	Iran	£1,150,937£1.2m
52	Noppon Saengkham	Thailand	£1,107,396£1.1m
53	Jimmy Robertson	England	£1,093,459£1.1m
54	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	£1,090,491£1.1m
55	Jak Jones	Wales	£1,054,052£1.1m
56	Ben Woollaston	England	£1,048,814£1.0m
57	Si Jiahui	China	£990,700£991k
58	Steve Davis	England	£975,286£975k
59	Andrew Higginson	England	£859,526£860k
60	Michael White	Wales	£840,641£841k
61	Jamie Jones	Wales	£828,518£829k
62	Elliot Slessor	England	£822,770£823k
63	Joe Swail	Northern Ireland	£815,926£816k

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Hossein Vafaei won?

£1,150,937 in snooker prize money, 51st of the 773 players on our money list.

What is Hossein Vafaei's biggest cheque?

£50,000 for finishing quarter-final at the 2026 Halo World Championship.

What was Hossein Vafaei's best year?

2023, when Hossein Vafaei won £209,750.

How many titles has Hossein Vafaei won?

1 title in the tournaments we hold, most recently the 2022 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out.

Who is just above Hossein Vafaei on the money list?

Yan Bingtao, on £1,212,251.

Where to next

The full list is on snooker prize money. Every Iran player is on Iran snooker prize money. One place up is Yan Bingtao. One place down is Noppon Saengkham. Each year Hossein Vafaei was paid is ranked in full: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Hossein Vafaei prize money