Mark Williams came up short in his bid to become the oldest ever player to win the World Snooker Championship.
Mark Williams was beaten in the final by Zhao Xintong.
Mark Williams might have banked £200,000 after his incredible run to the final of the World Snooker Championship, but the Welshman still has some way to go to top the all-time prize money list. Williams, 50, fell short of becoming the oldest ever player to triumph at the Crucible as he was beaten 18-12 by Zhao Xintong in the final.
However, the Welsh Potting Machine has still been lauded after rolling back the years in Sheffield. His quarter-final match was an all-time classic, as he beat John Higgins in a final-frame decider. Williams then stunned world No.1 Judd Trump in the final four, and even in his defeat of Zhao, he defiantly won four consecutive frames before the Chinese star got over the line
Despite missing out on the top prize of £500k, finishing runner-up takes his career earnings to more than £8.5million. That puts the three-time champion sixth on the overall list, but still way off the leader, Ronnie O’Sullivan.
The Rocket made the semi-finals at the Crucible before also being beaten by Zhao. He arrived for the tournament having already made a mammoth £14.72m, and is likely to exceed £15m this year if he commits to a regular schedule.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is still way ahead on the all-time money list
Four-time world champion John Higgins is second on £10.52m. World No.1 Judd Trump, who broke the record for most prize money in a single season in the 2024/25 campaign, is third on £9.27m.
Despite matching O’Sullivan’s feat of seven world titles, the legendary Stephen Hendry sits fourth on £8.8m. The Scot’s success came in an era when professional snooker wasn’t as lucrative, a factor that appears to have cost him a top-three place.
Mark Selby lies between Hendry and Williams on £8.55, although he is now only just above the icon. Williams has long made light of prize money, though, and last year joked he wouldn’t see any of the £200,000 he received from the Saudi Arabia Masters.
He insisted he would be forced to give half of it over to his wife, Joanne, saying: “£100,000 goes to her and £100,000 goes to the tax man."
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