You can find all the prize money on offer at World Snooker Tour tournaments in the 2026-2027 season here, along with of course the World Snooker Championship.
We have gathered all the snooker prize money available to players from WST tournaments in the 2026-2027 season here. In addition, we've added all of the maximum break prizes from the tournaments along with other special prizes.
Snooker Prize money - All snooker tournaments 2026-2027
The
2026-2027 snooker tournaments and the prize money given out at each tournament can be found below in cronological order for the season.
The tournaments on the World Snooker Tour with the biggest total prize money pools are the World Snooker Championships, the UK Championship and The Masters. This trio also goes by the name of the snooker majors.
However, large prize money pools can also be found in some Chinese tournaments, but the Saudi-Arabian tournaments that provided players with amazing chances to make bank are no longer being organized in the 2026/2027 season.
Below you can find all the prize money in snooker this season, separated into each tournament.
Championship League Snooker Ranking - Prize money
Mattioli Arena, Leicester - 22.6. - 15.7.2026
- Stage 1 - Winner £3 000 - 2. £2 000 - 3. £1 000
- Stage 2 - Winner £4 000 - 2. £3 000 - 3. £2 000 - 4. £1 000
- Stage 3 - Winner £6 000 - 2. £4 000 - 3. £2 000 - 4. £1 000
- Finaali - Winner £20 000 - 2. £10 000
Shanghai Masters - Prize money
Shanghai, China - 27.7. - 2.8.2026
The
Snooker Shanghai Masters is an invitational tournament that runs from the end of July to the start of August. As it's an invitational, the prize money awarded will have no effect on the world ranking points.
- Winner: £210,000
- Final: £105,000
- Semi-final: £70,000
- Quarter-final: £35,000
- TOP 16: £17,500
- TOP 24 £10,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £825,000
China Open - Prize money
Taiyuan, China - 8.8. - 16.8.2026
The China Open is one of the biggest ranking tournaments this season. The winner will net a hefty sum, on par with the prize for the winner of the UK Championship.
- Winner: £250,000
- Final: £100,000
- Semi-final: £50,000
- Quarter-final: £25,000
- TOP 16: £15,000
- TOP 32: £10,000
- TOP 48: £7,500
- TOP 80: £5,000
- TOP 112: £2,500
- Highest break: £15,000
- Total: £1,250,000
Wuhan Open prize money
The Wuhan Open is a mid-sized ranking tournament. The prize money on offer is about 50% larger than in the Home Nations series tournaments.
Wuhan, China - 23.8. - 29.8.2026
- Winner: 140 000 pounds
- Final: 63 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 30 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 16 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 12 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 8 000 pounds
- TOP 64: 4 500 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 700 000 pounds
British Open prize money
Cheltenham, England - 31.8. - 6.9.2026
- Winner: 100 000 pounds
- Final: 45 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 20 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 12 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 6 000 pounds
- TOP 64: 3 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 502 000 pounds
English Open prize money
Brentwood, England - 7.9. - 13.9.2026
Snooker's English Open[/sivu] is one of the four Home Nations tournaments each season. After all four tournaments have finished, the best player in the quadruple event will be awarded with an extra prize of 150 000 pounds. The winner of the English Open will receive 100 000 pounds.
- Winnner: 100 000 pounds
- Final: 45 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 21 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 13 200 pounds
- TOP 16: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 5 400 pounds
- TOP 64: 3 600 pounds
- TOP 96: 1 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 550 400 pounds
- Home Nations -bonus: 150 000 pounds
Shenzhen Open prize money
Shenzhen, China - 28.9. - 4.10.2026
The snooker Shenzhen Open is one of the newest tournaments on the tour. The first edition came about as recently as 2024 - albeit under a different name back then. Like other Chinese tournaments, the Shenzhen Open also sports a pretty hefty prize pool, with the winner pocketing £177 000.
- Winner: 177 000 pounds
- Final: 76 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 34 500 pounds
- Quarter-final: 22 350 pounds
- TOP 16: 14 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 9 400 pounds
- TOP 64: 5 350 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 850 000 pounds
Northern Ireland Open prize money
Belfast, Northern Ireland - 18.10. - 25.10.2026
Already one of the traditional tournaments on the tour, the Snooker Northern Ireland Open takes place at the end of October this year. pelataan tänä vuonna lokakuun lopulla. The tournament is a part of the Home Nations series, where the most successful player at all four tournaments receives a special prize of 150 000 pounds.
- Winner: 100 000 pounds
- Final: 45 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 21 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 13 200 pounds
- TOP 16: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 5 400 pounds
- TOP 64: 3 600 pounds
- TOP 96: 1 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 550 400 pounds
- Home Nations -bonus: 150 000 pounds
International Championship prize money
Nanjing, China- 31.10. - 7.11.2026
Snooker's International Championship -tournament takes place at the start of November in Nanjing, China. The winner gets to pocket himself a pretty tidy sum of 175 000 pounds.
- Winner: 175 000 pounds
- Final: 75 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 33 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 22 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 14 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 64: 5 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 825 000 pounds
Champion of Champions prize money
Leicester, England - 9.11. - 15.11.2026
Snooker's Champion of Champions is an invitational tournament, where only 16 players are invited to participate. As an invitational, there are no ranking points on offer.
- Winner: 150 000 pounds
- Final: 60 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 30 000 pounds
- TOP 8: 17 500 pounds
- TOP 16: 12 500 pounds
- Total: 440 000 pounds
UK Championship prize money
York, England - 28.11. - 6.12.2026
The
UK Championship is one of the most historic and prestigious snooker tournaments each year. The winner of this Triple Crown event gets a prize of 250 000 pounds. The UK Championship takes place each year between November and December.
- Winner: 250 000 pounds
- Final: 100 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 50 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 25 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 15 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 10 000 pounds
- TOP 48: 7 500 pounds
- TOP 80: 5 000 pounds
- TOP 112: 2 500 pounds
- Highest break: 15 000 pounds
- Total: 1 205 000 pounds
Shoot Out prize money
Blackpool, England - 9.12. - 12.12.2026
The Shoot Out is without a doubt the weirdest ranking tournament on the tour. Many people hold the opinion that it shouldn't even count towards ranking points, since the short shot clock in it is such a big deviation from normal snooker.
- Winner: 50 000 pounds
- Final: 20 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 8 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 4 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 2 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 1 000 pounds
- TOP 64: 500 pounds
- TOP 128: 200 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 171 000 pounds
Scottish Open prize money
Edinburgh, Scotland - 14.12. - 20.12.2026
- Winner: 100 000 pounds
- Final: 45 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 21 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 13 200 pounds
- TOP 16: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 5 400 pounds
- TOP 64: 3 600 pounds
- TOP 96: 1 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 550 400 pounds
- Home Nations -bonus: 150 000 pounds
Snooker Masters prize money
London, England - 10.1. - 17.1.2027
- Winner: 350 000 pounds
- Final: 140 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 75 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 40 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 25 000 pounds
- Highest break: 15 000 pounds
- Total: 1 015 000 pounds
Championship League Snooker Invitational - prize money
Leicester, England - Finals 23.1.2027
- Stage 1-7: Winner £3 000, 2. £2 000, 3. £1 000
- Final: Winner £10 000, 2. £5 000, 3-4. £3 000
German Masters prize money
Berlin, Germany - 25. -31.1.2027
- Winner: 100 000 pounds
- Final: 45 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 21 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 13 200 pounds
- TOP 16: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 5 400 pounds
- TOP 64: 3 600 pounds
- TOP 96: 1 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 550 400 pounds
Welsh Open prize money
Llandudno, Wales - 8. - 14.2.2027
- Winner: 100 000 pounds
- Final: 45 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 21 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 13 200 pounds
- TOP 16: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 5 400 pounds
- TOP 64: 3 600 pounds
- TOP 96: 1 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 550 400 pounds
- Home Nations -bonus: 150 000 pounds
World Grand Prix prize money
Hong Kong - 16. - 21.2.2027
- Winner: 180 000 pounds
- Final: 80 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 35 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 20 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 15 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 10 000 pounds
- Highest break: 10 000 pounds
- Total: 700 000 pounds
Player Championship prize money
Telford, England - 2. - 7.3.2027
- Winner: 150 000 pounds
- Final: 70 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 35 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 20 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 15 000 pounds
- Highest break: 10 000 pounds
- Total: 500 000 pounds
World Open prize money
Yushan, China - 15. - 21.3.2027
- Winner: 175 000 pounds
- Final: 75 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 33 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 22 000 pounds
- TOP 16: 14 000 pounds
- TOP 32: 9 000 pounds
- TOP 64: 5 000 pounds
- Highest break: 5 000 pounds
- Total: 825 000 pounds
Tour Championship prize money
Manchester, England - 29.3. - 4.4.2027
- Winner: 150 000 pounds
- Final: 60 000 pounds
- Semi-final: 40 000 pounds
- Quarter-final: 30 000 pounds
- TOP 12: 20 000 pounds
- Highest break: 10 000 pounds
- Total: 500 000 pounds
Snooker World Championships 2027 prize money
Sheffield, England - 17.4. - 3.5.2027
The
World Snooker Championship 2027 starts on the 17th of April, and we'll have a new world champion on the 3rd of May. There will be a record-breaking 3 million pound prize pool in Sheffield this year. That's more than £700 000 extra compared to last year, and the champion's bank account will fatten to the tune of 625 000 pounds.
- Winner: £625,000
- Final: £250,000
- Semi-final: £125,000
- Quarter-final: £62,500
- TOP 16: £37,500
- TOP 32: £25,000
- TOP 48: £18,750
- TOP 80: £12,500
- TOP 112: £6,250
- Highest break: £15,000
- Total: £3,000,000
Snooker prize money & special prizes 2025-2026
This section will be updated later, once the possible special prizes for the 2026-2027 snooker season have been confirmed. Below you can find last season's special prizes.
Triple Crown Bonus: £147 000
Jackson Page of Wales managed to hit two maximum breaks in one match during the 2025 World Snooker Championship qualifiers. This historic feat brought him more than fame, as he also earned the 147 000 pound Triple Crown bonus. This bonus was for any player who manages to score two maximum breaks in major tournaments across the season.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has also managed to earn the prize albeit not in the same match like Page, but sadly this prize will no longer be a part of the calendar for the 2026-2027 season.
100 century breaks in a season: £100 000
The 2025-2026 season also featured a £100 000 prize for the first player to make one hundred century breaks across the season. Judd Trump managed this feat in the 2024/2025 season.
Home Nations Series -bonus: £150 000
BetVictor is sponsoring the World Snooker Tour Home Nations -series, which is comprised of the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and the Welsh Open. The best player at all four tournaments combined will receive an extra prize of £150 000. Jack Lisowski is the latest player to win the bonus.
The Golden Ball (167 maximum break): 1 000 000 dollars
The invitational tournament in Saudi-Arabia's Riad had a real specialty, as there was an extra golden ball on the felt worth 20 points. The ball could only be played after completing a maximum break of 147, giving the player a chance to hit a world record break of 167. Any player who succeeded in doing so would have received a 1 million dollar special prize, but no one has managed it so far.
WST Ranking -list - Snooker players with the most prize money earned 2025-2026
In snooker, the players are often referred to by their ranking position. The snooker world ranking -list is in fact the exact same, as the amount of prize money they've earned.
The World Snooker Tour uses a 2-year money list. In other words, the ranking points accumulate from the prize money earned from ranking tournaments over the last two seasons.
Other prize money earned, such as the special prizes above or winnings from invitational tournaments are not counted towards the world ranking list.
The ranking is updated daily after each tournament, where the money from that tournament is added in, and the money earned two years ago is filtered out. There's also a 1-year money list in use for some situations.
You can find the current money list, also known as the ranking list for snooker players below.
Updated 15 September 2026
World Rankings 2026-27
| # | Athlete | Points |
| 1. | Zhao Xintong 🇨🇳 | 1 265 550 |
| 2. | Judd Trump 🏴 | 1 109 550 |
| 3. | Neil Robertson 🇦🇺 | 1 092 200 |
| 4. | Wu Yize 🇨🇳 | 1 073 900 |
| 5. | Mark Selby 🏴 | 1 048 150 |
| 6. | John Higgins 🏴 | 917 000 |
| 7. | Shaun Murphy 🏴 | 891 000 |
| 8. | Mark Williams 🏴 | 747 400 |
| 9. | Kyren Wilson 🏴 | 712 300 |
| 10. | Barry Hawkins 🏴 | 673 800 |
| 11. | Xiao Guodong 🇨🇳 | 643 900 |
| 12. | Chris Wakelin 🏴 | 570 200 |
| 13. | Mark Allen (NIR) | 540 550 |
| 14. | Ronnie O'Sullivan 🏴 | 513 750 |
| 15. | Ding Junhui 🇨🇳 | 491 850 |
| 16. | Ali Carter 🏴 | 418 150 |
| 17. | Jack Lisowski 🏴 | 374 100 |
| 18. | Zhou Yuelong 🇨🇳 | 359 100 |
| 19. | Zhang Anda 🇨🇳 | 348 60 |
| 20. | Chang Bingyu 🇨🇳 | 345 500 |
| 21. | Si Jiahui 🇨🇳 | 343 000 |
| 22. | Stuart Bingham 🏴 | 342 000 |
| 23. | Jak Jones 🏴 | 327 300 |
| 24. | Elliot Slessor 🏴 | 324 700 |
| 25. | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 🇹🇭 | 321 600 |
| 26. | Gary Wilson 🏴 | 282 800 |
| 27. | Pang Junxu 🇨🇳 | 272 500 |
| 28. | Lei Peifan 🇨🇳 | 270 800 |
| 29. | Noppon Saengkham 🇹🇭 | 250 500 |
| 30. | Joe O'Connor 🏴 | 245 450 |
| 31. | Hossein Vafaei 🇮🇷 | 242 200 |
| 32. | Stephen Maguire 🏴 | 223 200 |
| 33. | Yuan Sijun 🇨🇳 | 220 400 |
| 34. | David Gilbert 🏴 | 212 950 |
| 35. | Tom Ford 🏴 | 199 800 |
| 36. | Jackson Page 🏴 | 198 250 |
| 37. | Aaron Hill 🇮🇪 | 189 100 |
| 38. | Anthony McGill 🏴 | 186 100 |
| 39. | Stan Moody 🏴 | 179 800 |
| 40. | Xu Si 🇨🇳 | 176 650 |
| 41. | Ryan Day 🏴 | 164 250 |
| 42. | Zak Surety 🏴 | 163 900 |
| 43. | Luca Brecel 🇧🇪 | 162 500 |
| 44. | He Guoqiang 🇨🇳 | 155 800 |
| 45. | Jimmy Robertson 🏴 | 149 600 |
| 46. | Michael Holt 🏴 | 149 350 |
| 47. | Matthew Selt 🏴 | 148 150 |
| 48. | Daniel Wells 🏴 | 143 70 |
| 49. | Ben Woollaston 🏴 | 141 500 |
| 50. | Long Zehuang 🇨🇳 | 138 850 |
| 51. | Matthew Stevens 🏴 | 137 500 |
| 52. | Fan Zhengyi 🇨🇳 | 133 950 |
| 53. | Robbie Williams 🏴 | 128 850 |
| 54. | Martin O'Donnell 🏴 | 119 400 |
| 55. | Liu Hongyu 🇨🇳 | 119 100 |
| 56. | Ricky Walden 🏴 | 114 350 |
| 57. | Oliver Lines 🏴 | 111 200 |
| 58. | David Lilley 🏴 | 106 100 |
| 59. | Ishpreet Singh Chadha 🇮🇳 | 93 950 |
| 60. | Lyu Haotian 🇨🇳 | 93 650 |
| 61. | Ben Mertens 🇧🇪 | 93 600 |
| 62. | Lyu Haotian 🇨🇳 | 93 150 |
| 63. | Jordan Brown (NIR) | 92 350 |
| 64. | Jiang Jun 🇨🇳 | 88 850 |
One Year Ranking
| # | Athlete | Points |
| 1. | Mark Selby 🏴 | 326 000 |
| 2. | Chang Bingyu 🇨🇳 | 202 400 |
| 3. | Jak Jones 🏴 | 141 000 |
| 4. | Ali Carter 🏴 | 126 500 |
| 5. | Noppon Saengkham 🇹🇭 | 118 500 |
| 6. | Zhao Xintong 🇨🇳 | 89 000 |
| 7. | Zhou Yuelong 🇨🇳 | 68 200 |
| 8. | Mark Williams 🏴 | 67 000 |
| 9. | David Gilbert 🏴 | 65 000 |
| 10. | Shaun Murphy 🏴 | 57 000 |
| 11. | Judd Trump 🏴 | 55 200 |
| 12. | Xiao Guodong 🇨🇳 | 51 000 |
| 13. | Stuart Bingham 🏴 | 51 000 |
| 14. | Ronnie O'Sullivan 🏴 | 48 000 |
| 15. | Neil Robertson 🇦🇺 | 47 000 |
| 16. | Zhang Anda 🇨🇳 | 44 400 |
| 17. | Kyren Wilson 🏴 | 42 200 |
| 18. | Pang Junxu 🇨🇳 | 41 000 |
| 19. | Chris Wakelin 🏴 | 40 400 |
| 20. | Hossein Vafaei 🇮🇷 | 34 000 |
| 21. | Liam Davies 🏴 | 33 200 |
| 22. | Aaron Hill 🇮🇪 | 32 100 |
| 23. | Jackson Page 🏴 | 31 600 |
| 24. | Liam Highfield 🏴 | 30 500 |
| 25. | Si Jiahui 🇨🇳 | 29 000 |
| 26. | Liu Hongyu 🇨🇳 | 29 000 |
| 27. | Fan Zhengyi 🇨🇳 | 28 400 |
| 28. | Daniel Wells 🏴 | 27 900 |
| 29. | He Guoqiang 🇨🇳 | 27 500 |
| 30. | Ding Junghui 🇨🇳 | 27 000 |
| 31. | Wu Yize 🇨🇳 | 27 000 |
| 32. | Yuan Sijun 🇨🇳 | 26 500 |
| 33. | Stan Moody 🏴 | 25 100 |
| 34. | Barry Hawkins 🏴 | 24 000 |
| 35. | Michael Holt 🏴 | 23 600 |
| 36. | Jack Lisowski 🏴 | 23 500 |
| 37. | Dylan Emery 🏴 | 23 000 |
| 38. | Elliot Slessor 🏴 | 22 500 |
| 39. | Anthony McGill 🏴 | 22 000 |
| 40. | Yao Pengcheng 🇨🇳 | 22 000 |
| 41. | Matthew Selt 🏴 | 21 900 |
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