World Snooker Championship 2023: What is the prize money for Crucible champion? Previous winners, Ronnie O'Sullivan odds

Is Ronnie O'Sullivan going to triumph yet again at the 2023 World Snooker Championship? He will be very well compensated if he does clinch an outright record eighth world title at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this year. The Rocket, who is looking to eclipse fellow snooker legend Stephen Hendry on the all-time list of champions on the sport's biggest stage, is currently level with the Scot on seven Crucible crowns.

The stakes could hardly be higher with the standalone record on the line. Ad For some big-name players, such as O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams, each edition of the World Championship affords another golden opportunity to add their tallies, for others it is simply about securing a title that will go down in folklore.

World ChampionshipHow many World Championship titles have O'Sullivan and Hendry won to share record?7 MINUTES AGO Before we take a look at the odds for the tournament winner, which O'Sullivan unsurprisingly tops, let's run through the eye-watering prize money on offer and also the previous winners of snooker's greatest event. The winner of the event will receive £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000.

The breakdown of prize money is shown below. What is the prize money for the World Snooker Championship? 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 Highest break (including qualifying): £15,000 Bonuses: £40,000 is the reward for a maximum break in the main draw with £10,000 for a 147 in the qualifying rounds.

These come as an add-on to the highest-break jackpot. Previous winners of the World Snooker