Mark Allen career earnings put him up with greats of game as World Championship prizemoney set to increase The Antrim man has won two of the sport's Triple Crown events - The Masters and the UK Championship - but has yet to claim the World Championship Comments Staff reporter 12:03, 21 Apr 2026 Updated 12:04, 21 Apr 2026 View 2 Images Mark Allen at the Crucible Theatre Mark Allen is chasing the Holy Grail at the Crucible, but no matter how it plays out, he can comfort himself with the fact he is one of snooker's top earners of all-time. The Antrim man has won two of the sport's Triple Crown events - The Masters and the UK Championship - but has yet to claim the World Championship. Allen recovered from a disastrous opening session to beat Zhang Anda in the first round last weekend and faces former world champ Kyren Wilson in the second round on Thursday. The world’s elite snooker players are chasing a £500,000 top prize in Sheffield. The prizemoney looks set to increase in the coming years, but researcherrs at OLBG have named the highest-earning British players of all time - with Allen making the top 10. The 40 year old has earned £6million in his career to date, thanks in large part to those two Triple Crown wins. The highest-earning British snooker player of all time is Ronnie O'Sullivan, earning a whopping £15.1 million in prize money. The Englishman is returning in a bid to win his record eighth World Snooker Championship title at The Crucible. According to the latest figures, Judd Trump, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby and Kyren Wilson have all won the highest amount from a single tournament, all winning £500,000 from claiming the World Snooker Championship title. This season hasn't been a memorable one for Allen so far, as he has struggled for form and fluency. View 2 Images Mark Allen is interviewed after winning his match against Zhang Anda of China during day two of the Halo World Snooker Championship While defending world champ Zhao Xintong has already earned £1m from this campaign, Allen has brought in £440,700. World snooker chief Barry Hearn revealed this week that there are hoes for a World Championship prize fund of £3m, up from its existing £2.4m. The top prize will go from £500,000 to £625,000 in 2027. The UK Championship prize fund will also be increased from £1.2m to £1.5m, with the winner's prize going from £250,000 to £312,500. Heard wants to take the winner's prize money from the Crucible up to the £1m mark. Darts currently pays its world champion £1m. "By the time we come back here, we're at a level that snooker has never been close to," said Hearn. "We're going to look at all the events and concentrate on the blue-ribbon ones. Article continues below "But we will get the balance right, so there's a bit of bread for everybody. We will get it right, for the sport and for the individual. This is the biggest opportunity in snooker for 20 years." Click here to sign up to our sport newsletter, bringing you the latest sports news, headlines and top stories
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