Snooker Shoot Out prize money
The Snooker Shoot Out has paid £2,413,500 across 16 tournaments from 2011 to 2025. In 2025 Alfie Burden took £50,000.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2025 9Club Snooker Shoot Out payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £50,000£50k | £50,000£50k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £20,000£20k | £20,000£20k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £8,000£8k | £16,000£16k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £4,000£4k | £16,000£16k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £2,000£2k | £16,000£16k |
| Last 32 | 16 | £1,000£1k | £16,000£16k |
| Last 64 | 32 | £500£500 | £16,000£16k |
| Last 128 | 64 | £250£250 | £16,000£16k |
| High break | 1 | £5,000£5k | £5,000£5k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2025 9Club Snooker Shoot Out payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Snooker Shoot Out
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Holt | England | 1 | £87,750£88k |
| 2 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 1 | £85,250£85k |
| 3 | Ryan Day | Wales | 1 | £73,500£74k |
| 4 | Tom Ford | England | 1 | £73,250£73k |
| 5 | Alfie Burden | England | 1 | £61,750£62k |
| 6 | Chris Wakelin | England | 1 | £60,750£61k |
| 7 | Hossein Vafaei | Iran | 1 | £58,000£58k |
| 8 | Dominic Dale | Wales | 1 | £56,250£56k |
| 9 | Michael White | Wales | 1 | £53,000£53k |
| 10 | Stuart Bingham | England | 0 | £50,000£50k |
| 11 | Mark Williams | Wales | 0 | £48,500£49k |
| 12 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 0 | £48,250£48k |
| 13 | Martin Gould | England | 1 | £48,250£48k |
| 14 | Barry Hawkins | England | 1 | £45,250£45k |
| 15 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thailand | 1 | £45,000£45k |
| 16 | Anthony McGill | Scotland | 1 | £41,750£42k |
| 17 | Nigel Bond | England | 1 | £40,750£41k |
| 18 | Michael Georgiou | Cyprus | 1 | £39,750£40k |
| 19 | Xiao Guodong | China | 0 | £39,500£40k |
| 20 | Mark Selby | England | 0 | £36,500£37k |
| 21 | Zhou Yuelong | China | 0 | £35,000£35k |
| 22 | Robert Milkins | England | 0 | £33,000£33k |
| 23 | Robin Hull | Finland | 1 | £32,500£33k |
| 24 | Cao Yupeng | China | 0 | £29,500£30k |
| 25 | Shaun Murphy | England | 0 | £26,250£26k |
The top 12 here
Other snooker tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Snooker Shoot Out by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 34 | Gibraltar Open | 6 | £1,176,750£1.2m |
| 35 | Riga Masters | 4 | £914,000£914k |
| 36 | European Open | 3 | £900,800£901k |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2025 9Club Snooker Shoot Out?
Alfie Burden took £50,000. The whole tournament paid £171,000 across 128 players.
How much prize money has the Snooker Shoot Out paid?
£2,413,500 across 16 editions from 2011 to 2025. The richest was the 2025 9Club Snooker Shoot Out, at £171,000.
Who has won the most money at the Snooker Shoot Out?
Michael Holt, with £87,750 and 1 win. Mark Allen is next on £85,250.
Where does the Snooker Shoot Out rank for prize money?
25th 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 2025 9Club Snooker Shoot Out, and the one before it the 2024 9Club Snooker Shoot Out. 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.