FOUR-TIME world snooker champ John Higgins’ career earnings has passed £10million despite missing out on a Champion of Champions place.
The potting legend is one of the sport’s top names after winning four Worlds, three UK Championships and two Masters.
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He’s only behind Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan in terms of Triple Crown titles.
But that still wasn’t enough for him to make the Champion of Champions tournament that started this week.
Higgins has not won an event in almost four years, despite being third on the all-time list of ranking winners with 31 victories.
He needed to win last week’s International Championship in China to seal a Champion of Champions spot.
But Higgins was knocked out on the quarters and will have to watch the latest tournament on TV.
Despite his struggles in recent years, Higgins is still banking plenty of dosh.
And after reaching the last eight in his most recent competition, he has now surpassed £10m in career earnings.
Cue Tracker claims Higgins has now won £10,020,519 in prize money from snooker.
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That puts him second on the all-time list behind O’Sullivan, who has pocketed more than £14.5m.
Stephen Hendry is third on the list with £8.8m.
While Judd Trump has raked in £8.5m.
And Mark Selby has taken home £8.1m.
Higgins can now rest and prepare for his next big event, which will b the BetVictor Scottish Open in Edinburgh next month.
It takes place between December 9 to 15.
And Higgins will be hoping to finally clinch victory in a tough pack including Gary Wilson, Kyren Wilson, Trump and O’Sullivan.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season hen the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
1969 – John Spencer
1970 – Ray Reardon
1971 – John Spencer
1972 – Alex Higgins
1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
1977 – John Spencer (2)
1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
1979 – Terry Griffiths
1980 – Cliff Thorburn
1981 – Steve Davis
1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
1983 – Steve Davis (2)
1984 – Steve Davis (3)
1985 – Dennis Taylor
1986 – Joe Johnson
1987 – Steve Davis (4)
1988 – Steve Davis (5)
1989 – Steve Davis (6)
1990 – Stephen Hendry
1991 – John Parrott
1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
1997 – Ken Doherty
1998 – John Higgins
1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
2000 – Mark Williams
2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2002 – Peter Ebdon
2003 – Mark Williams (2)
2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
2005 – Shaun Murphy
2006 – Graeme Dott
2007 – John Higgins (2)
2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
2009 – John Higgins (3)
2010 – Neil Robertson
2011 – John Higgins (4)
2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
2014 – Mark Selby
2015 – Stuart Bingham
2016 – Mark Selby (2)
2017 – Mark Selby (3)
2018 – Mark Williams (3)
2019 – Judd Trump
2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
2021 – Mark Selby (4)
2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
2023 – Luca Brecel
2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
2 – Alex Higgins
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