Ronnie O'Sullivan at the World Snooker Championship 2024
Ronnie O’Sullivan could walk away with more than just the trophy (Picture: Getty)

The World Snooker Championship is the biggest tournament in the game and with it comes the most prize money.

With the ranking system based on prize money, the cash does not only improve a player’s bank balance but determines where they are ranked in the world, which is key for qualifying for events.

Outside of just winning matches there is also a high break prize and a bonus for landing a maximum 147 break.

There is also an extra, and much bigger, prize for any player who makes two 147 breaks over the three Triple Crown events this season – the UK Championship, Masters and World Championship.

Although less and less likely as the tournament goes on, technically that whopping bonus is still on offer with two frames left of the World Championship final.

World Snooker Championship prize money

Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000

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Mark Selby made a 147 in last year’s World Championship final (Picture: Getty Images)

147 prize money

There is a bonus of £40,000 on offer for a 147 made at the Crucible, although if two players make one then it will be shared.

There was a £10,000 bonus for a 147 during the qualifying rounds, which Noppon Saengkham has already bagged for his effort at the English Instutute of Sport.

Those bonuses are paid on top of the £15,000 high break prize which runs throughout the entire event.

What is the double 147 bonus?

Any player who makes two maximum breaks over the Triple Crown events this season earns themself a huge bonus of £147,000.

Coming into the World Championship Xu Si had made a 147 at the UK Championship, while Ding Junhui and Mark Allen had knocked in maximums at the Masters.

Ding and Xu have been eliminated, but Allen can still bag the huge prize with a 147 at the Crucible.

Everyone else still left in the tournament can also still claim the bonus, but will need to make two maximums before the end of the event.

There have only been 14 maximums in the Crucible’s history, which dates back to 1977.

Cliff Thorburn made the first in 1983 and Mark Selby the most recent in last year’s final.

Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry (3), Ronnie O’Sullivan (3), Mark Williams, Ali Carter, John Higgins, Neil Robertson and Kyren Wilson have all also landed maximums at the Crucible.

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