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WST Classic snooker prize money

The WST Classic has paid £427,000 across 1 tournament in 2023. That year Mark Selby took £80,000.

PAID IN TOTAL£427k
EDITIONS1
2023 TOP PRIZE£80k
PLAYERS PAID64
RANK44 of 98

Every edition

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

Every edition of the WST Classic with its winner, the winner's prize and the total paid.
YEAR WINNER TOP PRIZE PAID
2023 Mark Selby £80,000£80k £427,000£427k

The 2023 WST Classic payouts

What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition

Prize money by finishing place at the 2023 WST Classic.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £80,000£80k £80,000£80k
Runner-up 1 £35,000£35k £35,000£35k
Semi-final 2 £17,500£18k £35,000£35k
Quarter-final 4 £11,000£11k £44,000£44k
Last 16 8 £7,500£8k £60,000£60k
Last 32 16 £4,500£5k £72,000£72k
Last 64 31 £3,000£3k £93,000£93k
Withdrew 1 £3,000£3k £3,000£3k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Every cheque by name is on the 2023 WST Classic payouts page.

Who has earned the most at the WST Classic

Prize money won here, across every edition we hold

The players who have won the most prize money at the WST Classic.
# PLAYER NATION WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Mark Selby England 1 £80,000£80k
2 Pang Junxu China 0 £35,000£35k
3 Ali Carter England 0 £17,500£18k
4 Gary Wilson England 0 £17,500£18k
5 John Higgins Scotland 0 £11,000£11k
6 Lukas Kleckers Germany 0 £11,000£11k
7 Oliver Lines England 0 £11,000£11k
8 Stuart Bingham England 0 £11,000£11k
9 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand 0 £8,000£8k
10 David Grace England 0 £7,500£8k
11 Jackson Page Wales 0 £7,500£8k
12 James Cahill England 0 £7,500£8k
13 Jimmy White England 0 £7,500£8k
14 Kyren Wilson England 0 £7,500£8k
15 Noppon Saengkham Thailand 0 £7,500£8k
16 Robbie Williams England 0 £7,500£8k
17 Scott Donaldson Scotland 0 £7,500£8k
18 Anthony Hamilton England 0 £4,500£5k
19 Cao Yupeng China 0 £4,500£5k
20 Daniel Wells Wales 0 £4,500£5k
21 David Gilbert England 0 £4,500£5k
22 Haydon Pinhey England 0 £4,500£5k
23 Hossein Vafaei Iran 0 £4,500£5k
24 Jamie Clarke Wales 0 £4,500£5k
25 Jamie Jones Wales 0 £4,500£5k

Other snooker tournaments

The tournaments either side of the WST Classic by prize money paid

Snooker tournaments ranked around the WST Classic.
# TOURNAMENT EDITIONS PAID
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
37 World Masters 1 £785,000£785k
38 Thailand Masters 2 £759,425£759k
39 Northern Ireland Trophy 4 £723,500£724k
40 Hong Kong Masters 2 £629,000£629k
41 Malta Cup 4 £592,500£593k
42 Scottish Masters 3 £572,000£572k
43 Turkish Masters 1 £500,000£500k
44 WST Classic 1 £427,000£427k
45 WST Pro Series 1 £420,500£421k
46 Champions Cup 2 £400,000£400k
47 European Tour - Event 6 4 £368,307£368k
48 Paul Hunter Classic 4 £362,700£363k
49 European Tour - Event 5 4 £360,816£361k
50 European Tour - Event 4 4 £359,800£360k
51 European Tour - Event 1 4 £357,990£358k
52 European Tour - Event 2 4 £357,714£358k
53 European Tour - Event 3 4 £353,043£353k
54 World Seniors Championship 6 £303,000£303k
55 Bahrain Championship 1 £263,525£264k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner get at the 2023 WST Classic?

Mark Selby took £80,000. The whole tournament paid £427,000 across 64 players.

How much prize money has the WST Classic paid?

£427,000 across 1 edition in 2023. The richest was the 2023 WST Classic, at £427,000.

Who has won the most money at the WST Classic?

Mark Selby, with £80,000 and 1 win. Pang Junxu is next on £35,000.

Where does the WST Classic rank for prize money?

44th 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 2023 WST Classic. 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.