World Snooker Championship prize money 2025: How much winner will make, total pot and bonuses explained

Joe Wright

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The World Snooker Championship continues this week as the tournaments approaches the quarterfinal stage.

With defending champion Kyren Wilson already out, there will be a different name on the famous trophy in 2025.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is chasing a record eighth world title, veterans John Higgins and Mark Williams are still in the hunt, although second seed and world No. 1 Judd Trump looks the man to beat.

Whoever emerges victorious this year will earn a sizeable amount of prize money, while there are a handful of bonuses up for grabs — including one for some lucky spectators.

The Sporting News breaks down how the 2025 prize pot looks.

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World Snooker Championship prize money 2025: How much winner will make

The victor in the final will take home a prize of £500,000, with the runner-up claiming the consolation of £200,000.

World Snooker Championship 2025 total prize pot

The total prize pot for the 2025 world championship is £2.395 million. It breaks down as follows:

 Amount
Winner£500,000
Runner-up£200,000
Semifinal£100,000
Quarterfinal£50,000
Last 16£30,000
Last 32£20,000
Qualifying rounds
Last 48£15,000
Last 80£10,000
Last 112£5,000
Total£2,395,000

World Snooker Championship: 147 and highest break bonuses

The player who makes the highest break at the Crucible will receive a bonus of £15,000, the same sum as last year.

However, that bonus has already been increased to £40,000 and awarded to Mark Allen after his 147 break in his second-round defeat to Chris Wakelin. Should another player manage a maximum, the prize will be shared.

Allen's 147 also earned a lucky fan a windfall of £25,000, with tournament sponsors Midnite Sports and Casino having pledged to award the prize to one spectator at random for each maximum achieved.

Judd Trump won an additional bonus of £100,000 in his last-16 match with Shaun Murphy, but this was not part of the prize pot for the world championship. Instead, the sum was awarded after he recorded his 100th century break of the snooker season.

Joe Wright

Joe Wright is a Senior Editor at Sporting News, managing global soccer and the UK team. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has extensive experience covering some of the biggest events in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup, which included the final in Moscow.