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SNOOKER · 2026-05-04 · SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

2026 Halo World Championship snooker prize money

The 2026 Halo World Championship paid £2,380,000 to 112 players. Wu Yize won £500,000. Shaun Murphy took £200,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£2.4m
WINNER£500k
PLAYERS PAID112
PAYOUT BANDS9

Every cheque

112 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2026 Halo World Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Wu Yize China £500,000£500k
Runner-up Shaun Murphy England £200,000£200k
Semi-final John Higgins Scotland £100,000£100k
Semi-final Mark Allen Northern Ireland £100,000£100k
Quarter-final Barry Hawkins England £50,000£50k
Quarter-final Hossein Vafaei Iran £50,000£50k
Quarter-final Neil Robertson Australia £50,000£50k
Quarter-final Zhao Xintong China £50,000£50k
Last 16 Chris Wakelin England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Ding Junhui China £30,000£30k
Last 16 Judd Trump England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Kyren Wilson England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Mark Selby England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Mark Williams Wales £30,000£30k
Last 16 Ronnie O'Sullivan England £30,000£30k
Last 16 Xiao Guodong China £30,000£30k
Last 32 Ali Carter England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Antoni Kowalski Poland £20,000£20k
Last 32 David Gilbert England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Fan Zhengyi China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Gary Wilson England £20,000£20k
Last 32 He Guoqiang China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Jak Jones Wales £20,000£20k
Last 32 Liam Highfield England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Liam Pullen England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Matthew Stevens Wales £20,000£20k
Last 32 Pang Junxu China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Peifan Lei China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Si Jiahui China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Stan Moody England £20,000£20k
Last 32 Zhang Anda China £20,000£20k
Last 32 Zhou Yuelong China £20,000£20k
Last 48 Aaron Hill Ireland £15,000£15k
Last 48 Anthony McGill Scotland £15,000£15k
Last 48 Ben Mertens Belgium £15,000£15k
Last 48 Gao Yang China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Jack Lisowski England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Jackson Page Wales £15,000£15k
Last 48 Jamie Jones Wales £15,000£15k
Last 48 Jiang Jun China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Luca Brecel Belgium £15,000£15k
Last 48 Michael Holt England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Noppon Saengkham Thailand £15,000£15k
Last 48 Oliver Lines England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Ryan Day Wales £15,000£15k
Last 48 Stuart Bingham England £15,000£15k
Last 48 Xu Si China £15,000£15k
Last 48 Zak Surety England £15,000£15k
Last 80 Allan Taylor England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Ben Woollaston England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Bulcsú Révész Hungary £10,000£10k
Last 80 Chang Bingyu China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Daniel Wells Wales £10,000£10k
Last 80 Dylan Emery Wales £10,000£10k
Last 80 Elliot Slessor England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Ishpreet Singh Chadha India £10,000£10k
Last 80 Jimmy Robertson England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Joe O'Connor England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Jordan Brown Northern Ireland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Julien Leclercq Belgium £10,000£10k
Last 80 Leone Crowley Ireland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Liu Hongyu China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Long Zehuang China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Marco Fu Hong Kong £10,000£10k
Last 80 Martin O'Donnell England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Matthew Selt England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Michal Szubarczyk Poland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Oliver Sykes England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Patrick Whelan England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Peter Lines England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Ricky Walden England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Robbie Mcguigan Northern Ireland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Robbie Williams England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Stephen Maguire Scotland £10,000£10k
Last 80 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand £10,000£10k
Last 80 Tom Ford England £10,000£10k
Last 80 Umut Dikme Germany £10,000£10k
Last 80 Wang Xinbo China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Yao Pengcheng China £10,000£10k
Last 80 Yuan Sijun China £10,000£10k
Last 112 Amir Sarkhosh Iran £5,000£5k
Last 112 Artemijs Zizins Latvia £5,000£5k
Last 112 Ashley Carty England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Ashley Hugill England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Chris Totten Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Connor Benzey England £5,000£5k
Last 112 David Lilley England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Duane Jones Wales £5,000£5k
Last 112 Fergal Quinn (II) Northern Ireland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Gong Chenzhi China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Ian Burns England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Iulian Boiko Ukraine £5,000£5k
Last 112 Jamie Clarke Wales £5,000£5k
Last 112 Lan Yuhao China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Liam Davies Wales £5,000£5k
Last 112 Louis Heathcote England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Lyu Haotian China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Mark Davis England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Mark Lloyd England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Mateusz Baranowski Poland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Prin Ratmukda Thailand £5,000£5k
Last 112 Robert Milkins England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Ross Muir Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Sam Craigie England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Sanderson Lam England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Scott Donaldson Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 112 Steven Hallworth England £5,000£5k
Last 112 Vladislav Gradinari Moldova £5,000£5k
Last 112 Wang Yuchen China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Xu Yichen China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Yulu Bai China £5,000£5k
Last 112 Zhao Hanyang China £5,000£5k

How the money splits

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

Prize money bands at the 2026 Halo 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 32 £10,000£10k £320,000£320k
Last 112 32 £5,000£5k £160,000£160k

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 £320k
Last 112 £160k

The rest of 2026

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2026

Other snooker tournaments in 2026.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2026 BetVictor English Open Ali Carter £538,600£539k
2026 Unibet British Open Jak Jones £502,000£502k
2026 Wuhan Open Chang Bingyu £715,500£716k
2026 SATUO Window Cleaning Robot China Open Mark Selby £1,182,500£1.2m
2026 Shanghai Masters Judd Trump £825,000£825k
2026 BetVictor Championship League Jak Jones £328,000£328k
2026 Sportsbet.io Tour Championship Zhao Xintong £490,000£490k
2026 World Open Thepchaiya Un-Nooh £787,500£788k
2026 BetVictor Welsh Open Barry Hawkins £550,400£550k
2026 Sportsbet.io Players Championship Zhao Xintong £500,000£500k
2026 BetVictor Championship League Mark Selby £182,201£182k
2026 World Grand Prix Zhao Xintong £690,000£690k
2026 Machineseeker German Masters Judd Trump £538,200£538k
2026 Johnstone's Paint Masters Kyren Wilson £1,015,000£1.0m

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2026 Halo World Championship get?

Wu Yize 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 2026 Halo World Championship?

£2,380,000, paid to 112 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2025 Halo World Championship paid £2,440,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the World Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2026. The edition before was the 2025 Halo World Championship.