World Snooker Championship 2022 prize money: How much does winner earn?

The World Snooker Championship is into its second round stage at the Crucible in Sheffield but the competition will be proceeding without Leicester's defending champion after Mark Selby's defeat to China's Yan Bingtao.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is still in the competition after a comprehensive win over Mark Allen, 'The Rocket' will be hoping to progress past Stephen Maguire in the next round in his pursuit of a seventh world crown which would equal Stephen Hendry.

Also still in the competition are former champions Judd Trump, John Higgins, Mark Williams and Neil Robertson meaning that those tuning in for the final rounds of action will see some great snooker played over the next few days before the final weekend. The final itself will be played over the course of two days before a winner is crowned on Sunday 2nd May.

There is a large prize on offer for the winner of the competition, with the sport's most prestigious tournament unsurprisingly boasting the biggest prize fund. Here is what the winner earns and the full prize money breakdown:

The winner will take home £500,000 with £200,000 going to the runner up while players beaten in the first round will earn £20,000.

There is £15,000 on offer for the highest televised break and £40,000 for a 147 maximum break.

The prize pot in full totals £2,395,000 and here is the full breakdown:

£500,000

£200,000

£100,000

£50,000

£30,000

£20,000

£15,000

£10,000

£5,000

TV coverage is on BBC One, Two and Four, with extensive coverage of both tables across iPlayer and Red Button in addition to the BBC Sport website and mobile app.