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SNOOKER · 2021-05-03 · SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

2021 Betfred World Championship snooker prize money

The 2021 Betfred World Championship paid £2,395,000 to 112 players. Mark Selby won £500,000. Shaun Murphy took £200,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£2.4m
WINNER£500k
PLAYERS PAID112
PAYOUT BANDS11

Every cheque

112 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2021 Betfred World Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Mark Selby England £500,000£500k
Runner-up Shaun Murphy England £200,000£200k
Semi-final Kyren Wilson England £100,000£100k
Semi-final Stuart Bingham England £100,000£100k
Quarter-final Anthony McGill Scotland £50,000£50k
Quarter-final Judd Trump England £50,000£50k
Quarter-final Mark Williams Wales £50,000£50k
Quarter-final Neil Robertson Australia £50,000£50k
Last 16 Barry Hawkins England £30,000£30k
Last 16 David Gilbert England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Jack Lisowski England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Jamie Jones Wales £30,000£30k
Last 16 John Higgins Scotland £30,000£30k
Last 16 Mark Allen Northern Ireland £30,000£30k
Last 16 Ronnie O'Sullivan England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Yan Bingtao China £30,000£30k
Last 32 Ali Carter England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Chris Wakelin England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Ding Junhui China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Gary Wilson England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Kurt Maflin Norway £20,000£20k
Last 32 Liam Highfield England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Liang Wenbo China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Lyu Haotian China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Mark Davis England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Mark Joyce England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Martin Gould England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Matthew Selt England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Ricky Walden England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Sam Craigie England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Stephen Maguire Scotland £20,000£20k
Last 32 Tian Pengfei China £20,000£20k
Last 48 Alexander Ursenbacher Switzerland £15,000£15k
Last 48 Bai Langning China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Chang Bingyu China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Graeme Dott Scotland £15,000£15k
Last 48 Igor Figueiredo Brazil £15,000£15k
Last 48 Jamie Clarke Wales £15,000£15k
Last 48 Li Hang China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Lu Ning China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Luca Brecel Belgium £15,000£15k
Last 48 Robert Milkins England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Ryan Day Wales £15,000£15k
Last 48 Scott Donaldson Scotland £15,000£15k
Last 48 Steven Hallworth England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Xiao Guodong China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Zhao Xintong China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Zhou Yuelong China £15,000£15k
Last 80 Akani Songsermsawad Thailand £10,000£10k
Last 80 Andrew Higginson England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Anthony Hamilton England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Ben Woollaston England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Chen Zifan China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Dominic Dale Wales £10,000£10k
Last 80 Duane Jones Wales £10,000£10k
Last 80 Eden Sharav Israel £10,000£10k
Last 80 Elliot Slessor England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Hossein Vafaei Iran £10,000£10k
Last 80 Ian Burns England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Jak Jones Wales £10,000£10k
Last 80 Jimmy Robertson England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Joe O'Connor England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Joe Perry England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Jordan Brown Northern Ireland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Kacper Filipiak Poland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Louis Heathcote England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Mark King England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Martin O'Donnell England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Matthew Stevens Wales £10,000£10k
Last 80 Michael Holt England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Nigel Bond England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Pang Junxu China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Peter Lines England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Rod Lawler England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Stuart Carrington England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand £10,000£10k
Last 80 Tom Ford England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Xu Si China £10,000£10k
Last 112 Alan McManus Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Andy Hicks England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Ashley Carty England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Ashley Hugill England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Billy Joe Castle England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Brandon Sargeant England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Daniel Wells Wales £5,000£5k
Last 112 David Grace England £5,000£5k
Last 112 David Lilley England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Fan Zhengyi China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Fergal O'Brien Ireland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Florian Nüßle Austria £5,000£5k
Last 112 Fraser Patrick Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Gao Yang China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Jackson Page Wales £5,000£5k
Last 112 James Cahill England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Jamie O'Neill England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Jamie Wilson England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Jianbo Zhao China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Julien Leclercq Belgium £5,000£5k
Last 112 Lee Walker Wales £5,000£5k
Last 112 Lukas Kleckers Germany £5,000£5k
Last 112 Luo Honghao China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Mitchell Mann England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Oliver Lines England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Peifan Lei China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Robbie Williams England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Rory McLeod Jamaica £5,000£5k
Last 112 Si Jiahui China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Simon Lichtenberg Germany £5,000£5k
Last 112 Stephen Hendry Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Yuan Sijun China £5,000£5k
Withdrew Noppon Saengkham Thailand £10,000£10k
High break Shaun Murphy England £15,000£15k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2021 Betfred World Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £500,000£500k £500,000£500k
Runner-up 1 £200,000£200k £200,000£200k
Semi-final 2 £100,000£100k £200,000£200k
Quarter-final 4 £50,000£50k £200,000£200k
Last 16 8 £30,000£30k £240,000£240k
Last 32 16 £20,000£20k £320,000£320k
Last 48 16 £15,000£15k £240,000£240k
Last 80 31 £10,000£10k £310,000£310k
Last 112 32 £5,000£5k £160,000£160k
Withdrew 1 £10,000£10k £10,000£10k
High break 1 £15,000£15k £15,000£15k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £500k
Runner-up £200k
Semi-final £200k
Quarter-final £200k
Last 16 £240k
Last 32 £320k
Last 48 £240k
Last 80 £310k
Last 112 £160k
Withdrew £10k
High break £15k

The rest of 2021

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2021

Other snooker tournaments in 2021.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix Ronnie O'Sullivan £380,000£380k
2021 BetVictor Scottish Open Luca Brecel £405,000£405k
2021 Cazoo UK Championship Zhao Xintong £1,009,000£1.0m
2021 Cazoo Champion Of Champions Judd Trump £440,000£440k
2021 BetVictor English Open Neil Robertson £405,000£405k
2021 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open Mark Allen £405,000£405k
2021 Matchroom.live British Open Mark Williams £470,000£470k
2021 BetVictor Championship League David Gilbert £328,000£328k
2021 Championship League Kyren Wilson £182,700£183k
2021 Cazoo Tour Championship Neil Robertson £380,000£380k
2021 WST Pro Series Mark Williams £420,500£421k
2021 Gibraltar Open Judd Trump £251,000£251k
2021 Players Championship John Higgins £385,000£385k
2021 Welsh Open Jordan Brown £405,000£405k
2021 Snooker Shoot Out Ryan Day £171,000£171k
2021 German Masters Judd Trump £400,000£400k
2021 Masters Yan Bingtao £725,000£725k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2021 Betfred World Championship get?

Mark Selby took £500,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Shaun Murphy took £200,000, 40% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2021 Betfred World Championship?

£2,395,000, paid to 112 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2020 Betfred World Championship paid £2,435,000, and the 2022 Betfred World Championship paid £2,435,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the World Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2021. The edition before was the 2020 Betfred World Championship. The one after was the 2022 Betfred World Championship.