Premier League snooker prize money
The Premier League has paid £2,837,000 across 13 tournaments from 2001 to 2012. In 2012 Stuart Bingham took £73,000.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £73,000£73k | £73,000£73k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £39,000£39k | £39,000£39k |
| Semi-final | 1 | £26,500£27k | £26,500£27k |
| Semi-final | 1 | £25,500£26k | £25,500£26k |
| Group | 1 | £15,000£15k | £15,000£15k |
| Group | 1 | £14,000£14k | £14,000£14k |
| Group | 1 | £12,000£12k | £12,000£12k |
| Group | 1 | £10,000£10k | £10,000£10k |
| Group | 1 | £4,000£4k | £4,000£4k |
| High break | 1 | £5,000£5k | £5,000£5k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Premier League
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 9 | £750,000£750k |
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 1 | £268,500£269k |
| 3 | John Higgins | Scotland | 0 | £225,000£225k |
| 4 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 1 | £190,000£190k |
| 5 | Ding Junhui | China | 0 | £186,000£186k |
| 6 | Mark Williams | Wales | 0 | £185,000£185k |
| 7 | Shaun Murphy | England | 1 | £152,500£153k |
| 8 | Jimmy White | England | 0 | £144,500£145k |
| 9 | Steve Davis | England | 0 | £144,500£145k |
| 10 | Neil Robertson | Australia | 0 | £103,000£103k |
| 11 | Judd Trump | England | 0 | £91,000£91k |
| 12 | Mark Selby | England | 0 | £90,000£90k |
| 13 | Stuart Bingham | England | 1 | £78,000£78k |
| 14 | Joe Perry | England | 0 | £42,500£43k |
| 15 | Peter Ebdon | England | 0 | £39,500£40k |
| 16 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 0 | £31,500£32k |
| 17 | Paul Hunter | England | 0 | £29,500£30k |
| 18 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | 0 | £25,000£25k |
| 19 | Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 0 | £15,000£15k |
| 20 | Ken Doherty | Ireland | 0 | £14,000£14k |
| 21 | James Wattana | Thailand | 0 | £12,000£12k |
| 22 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 0 | £10,000£10k |
| 23 | Ali Carter | England | 0 | £10,000£10k |
The top 12 here
Other snooker tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Premier League by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Scottish Open | 13 | £5,907,700£5.9m |
| 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League?
Stuart Bingham took £73,000. The whole tournament paid £224,000 across 9 players.
How much prize money has the Premier League paid?
£2,837,000 across 13 editions from 2001 to 2012. The richest was the 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League, at £269,000.
Who has won the most money at the Premier League?
Ronnie O'Sullivan, with £750,000 and 9 wins. Stephen Hendry is next on £268,500.
Who has won the Premier League the most times?
Ronnie O'Sullivan, 9 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the Premier League rank for prize money?
22nd 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 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League, and the one before it the 2011 PartyPoker.com Premier League. 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.