Is billiards the lowest paying professionals sport?

Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by in Billiard Industry News, Tournament Reports

Congratulations to Mika Immonen for being the money leader in 2009. He ought to sweep the player of the year votes for 2009. Runner up Ralf Souquet was the 2008 leader. Karen Corr must have put on a charge to blast past SVB, although I’d bet his gambling winnings are greater than the top three’s action totals for the entire year. I wish every figure here had another zero at the end, but it still wouldn’t amount to (insert another sport here) money.

Player Name Prize Money Totals
Mika Immonen $168,320
Ralf Souquet $74,585
Karen Corr $71,829
Shane Van Boening $70,975
Kelly Fisher $64,893
Johnny Archer $64,500
Thorsten Hohmann $57,300
John Schmidt $57,150
Jasmin Ouschan $57,078
Darren Appleton $56,481
Ga-Young Kim $51,450
Niels Feijen $47,549
Xiao-Ting Pan $45,800
Allison Fisher $41,265
Corey Deuel $40,395
Stevie Moore $35,675
Rodney Morris $34,425
Yu Ram Cha $32,765
John Brumback $32,000
Sha Sha Liu $30,000

Figures courtesy AZBilliards.

One Response to “Is billiards the lowest paying professionals sport?”

  1. Mike

    17. Jan, 2010

    In contrast, the finals of the first snooker tournament fof the year is airing right now. In the Masters’ Ronnie O’Sullivan vs. Mark Selby, the winner will make more than Mika did all last year in just one tournament.

    http://www.justin.tv/manchester_uk#r=xEsql0Y

    Winner: £150,000 Runner Up: £75,000Semi Finalist: £32,000Quarter Finalist: £16,000Last 16: £14,000Last 18 (wildcards): £3,500 High break: £10,000Maximum break: £25,000

    £150,000 Pounds Sterling
    are worth
    $244,320.22 United States Dollars

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