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SNOOKER · TOURNAMENT PRIZE MONEY

World Open snooker prize money

The World Open has paid £6,949,800 across 11 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. In 2026 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh took £175,000.

PAID IN TOTAL£6.9m
EDITIONS11
2026 TOP PRIZE£175k
PLAYERS PAID201
RANK8 of 98

Every edition

Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all

Every edition of the World Open with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2026 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh £175,000£175k £787,500£788k
2025 John Higgins £175,000£175k £825,000£825k
2024 Judd Trump £170,000£170k £815,000£815k
2019 Judd Trump £150,000£150k £772,000£772k
2018 Mark Williams £150,000£150k £735,000£735k
2017 Ding Junhui £150,000£150k £700,000£700k
2016 Ali Carter £90,000£90k £528,000£528k
2014 Shaun Murphy £85,000£85k £479,000£479k
2013 Mark Allen £85,000£85k £419,000£419k
2012 Mark Allen £75,000£75k £387,300£387k
2010 Neil Robertson £100,000£100k £502,000£502k

Prize money paid, edition by edition

The 2026 World Open payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2026 World Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £175,000£175k £175,000£175k
Runner-up 1 £75,000£75k £75,000£75k
Semi-final 2 £33,000£33k £66,000£66k
Quarter-final 4 £22,000£22k £88,000£88k
Last 16 8 £14,000£14k £112,000£112k
Last 32 16 £9,000£9k £144,000£144k
Last 64 24 £5,000£5k £120,000£120k
Last 128 1 £2,500£3k £2,500£3k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Every cheque by name is on the 2026 World Open payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the World Open

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The players who have won the most prize money at the World Open.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Judd Trump England 2 £408,000£408k
2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand 1 £308,800£309k
3 Ding Junhui China 1 £302,500£303k
4 John Higgins Scotland 1 £290,000£290k
5 Mark Allen Northern Ireland 2 £269,000£269k
6 Mark Williams Wales 1 £223,500£224k
7 Neil Robertson Australia 1 £209,000£209k
8 Shaun Murphy England 1 £184,500£185k
9 Kyren Wilson England 0 £173,000£173k
10 Ali Carter England 1 £170,000£170k
11 David Gilbert England 0 £145,000£145k
12 Ronnie O'Sullivan England 0 £138,000£138k
13 Barry Hawkins England 0 £122,000£122k
14 Mark Selby England 0 £120,500£121k
15 Joe Perry England 0 £107,800£108k
16 Marco Fu Hong Kong 0 £90,500£91k
17 Matthew Stevens Wales 0 £88,500£89k
18 Ricky Walden England 0 £88,000£88k
19 Michael Holt England 0 £87,000£87k
20 Ryan Day Wales 0 £81,300£81k
21 Joe O'Connor England 0 £75,000£75k
22 Luca Brecel Belgium 0 £72,000£72k
23 Stephen Maguire Scotland 0 £67,000£67k
24 Jack Lisowski England 0 £66,800£67k
25 Graeme Dott Scotland 0 £66,500£67k

Other snooker tournaments

The tournaments either side of the World Open by prize money paid

Snooker tournaments ranked around the World Open.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
94 Pro Challenge Series - Event 3 1 £15,000£15k
95 Pro Challenge Series - Event 2 1 £9,500£10k
96 Scottish Professional Championship 1 £9,500£10k
97 Pro Challenge Series - Event 5 1 £5,000£5k
98 Merseyside Professional 1 £1,790£2k
1 World Championship 26 £43,387,195£43.4m
2 UK Championship 26 £20,536,855£20.5m
3 Masters 26 £15,910,000£15.9m
4 Welsh Open 26 £9,319,125£9.3m
5 Shanghai Masters 17 £9,217,710£9.2m
6 China Open 18 £8,633,125£8.6m
7 International Championship 11 £7,922,000£7.9m
8 World Open 11 £6,949,800£6.9m
9 Players Championship 17 £6,387,500£6.4m
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

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2026 World Open?

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh took £175,000. The whole tournament paid £787,500 across 57 players.

How much prize money has the World Open paid?

£6,949,800 across 11 editions from 2010 to 2026. The richest was the 2025 Weide Cup World Open, at £825,000.

Who has won the most money at the World Open?

Judd Trump, with £408,000 and 2 wins. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is next on £308,800.

Who has won the World Open the most times?

Judd Trump, 2 times in the editions we hold.

Where does the World Open rank for prize money?

8th 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 2026 World Open, and the one before it the 2025 Weide Cup World Open. 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.