2026 World Snooker Championship Prize Money: How much does the winner get & round-by-round breakdown

Find out how much the winner of the World Snooker Championship earns and a round-by-round prize money breakdown.

How much does the winner of the World Snooker Championship get?

The prize money for the 2026 World Snooker Championship will remain unchanged from 2025 with the winner set to receive a bumper £500,000 and the runner-up taking home a cool £200,000.

Chinese sensation Zhou Xintong became the sport's first half a million pound winner 12 months ago, producing a scintillating display in the final to see of the evergreen Mark Williams 18-12.

World Snooker Championship Prize Money

• Winner: £500,000
• Runner-Up: £200,000
• Semi-final Losers: £100,000
• Quarter-Final Losers: £50,000
• Last 16 Losers: £30,000
• Last 32 Losers: £20,000

With the winner of the 2026 World Snooker Championship picking up a monumental £500,000, there are also significant financial rewards on offer for the rest of the 32-player field.

Every player featuring in the event is guaranteed at least £20,000, with prize money rising the deeper in the competition a player progresses.

The near £3 million prize pot carries £20,000 for each of the 16 beaten first round players, as well as £30,000 for the eight players who bow out in the second round.

Those who are defeated in the quarter-finals will be rewarded with a £50,000 cheque, whilst the two beaten semi-finalists will take home £100,000.

World Snooker Championship Highest Break Prize Money

The high-break prize for this year's World Snooker Championship stands at £15,000, and includes qualifying matches.

Given Chang Bingyu has already compiled a 147 break in qualifying , any player wanting a slice of that fund will have to match his achievements at the Crucible.

The Chinese star recorded his perfect break in defeat against 2023 World Snooker Championship winner Luca Brecel with the feat coming on the back of another maximum in UK Championship qualification in November.

It means that he has pocketed a mammoth £147,000 bonus after the World Snooker Tour offered the incetivised reward to any player who could chalk up two maximum breaks across each of the three Triple Crown events this season, as well as the Saudi Arabian Snooker Masters.