Not only do world snooker champions receive a beautiful trophy for winning the tournament, they also claim a huge amount of money.
Last year, Kyren Wilson got his hands on £500,000 for conquering the World Snooker Championship – now he’s aiming to do it again.
He’ll be facing a tough task to do so, with Ronnie O’Sullivan, world No.1 Judd Trump and Mark Selby among the stars going for glory too.
It was a massive half-a-million winning prize in 2024, but what is the whopping payout this year?
World Snooker Championship 2025 prize money
A total of £2.395million will be available at the World Snooker Championship.
This is the same amount of money that was on offer at last year’s tournament.
Wilson will be aiming to come out on top yet again and receive another huge payday.
And the winner of the World Championship will claim £500,000 once again.
Second place recieves £200,000 while losers in the semi-finals take home £100,000.
For losing in the quarter-finals, players depart with £50,000 each while last 16 finishers receive £30,000.
You can find a full payout breakdown below:
World Snooker Championship: Prize money
- Winner: £500,000
- Runner-up: £200,000
- Semi-finals: £100,000
- Quarter-finals: £50,000
- Last 16: £30,000
- Last 32: £20,000
- Last 48: £15,000
- Last 80: £10,000
- Last 112: £5,000
- High break: £15,000
World Snooker Championship: Dates and how to follow
The 2025 World Snooker Championship will begin on Saturday, April 19 and run all the way through to Monday, May 5.
It is being held at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Morning sessions are scheduled to begin at 10am each day, with afternoon sessions starting at 2:30pm and evening sessions at 7pm.
Fans will be able to watch the action live and free-to-air across the BBC and on iPlayer.
talkSPORT will also have live coverage of the tournament.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
World Snooker Championship: Full schedule
Round 1
Saturday, April 19 – Thursday, April 24
- Kyren Wilson vs TBC
- Jack Jones vs TBC
- Neil Robertson vs TBC
- Mark Allen vs TBC
- Ronnie O’Sullivan vs TBC
- Zhang Anda vs TBC
- Si Jiahui vs TBC
- Mark Selby vs TBC
- John Higgins vs TBC
- Xiao Guodong vs TBC
- Barry Hawkins vs TBC
- Mark Williams vs TBC
- Luca Brecel vs TBC
- Ding Junhui vs TBC
- Shaun Murphy vs TBC
- Judd Trump vs TBC
Round 2 / Last 16
- Thursday, April 24 – Monday, April 28
Quarter-finals
- Tuesday, April 29 – Wednesday, April 30
Semi-finals
- Thursday, May 1 – Saturday, May 3
Final
- Sunday, May 4 – Monday, May 5
