Just one hour left before it all starts at the Crucible…

Ahead of the event, WST has clarified the situation regarding the various bonuses players may grab at the Crucible …

Maximum Break Bonus For Halo World Championship

WST and the WPBSA will offer a bonus of £40,000 for a 147 made at the Crucible during the 2025 Halo World Championship.

Snooker’s greatest tournament runs from April 19th to May 5th in Sheffield. Only 14 maxiums have been made at the Crucible, by ten different players.

There is also an extra bonus of £147,000 for any player making two 147s across the four majors this season. Jackson Page banked this bonus during the qualifying rounds last week but it could still be won by up to two more players. Zhang Anda and Shaun Murphy have already made one maximum each in the majors this season. 

And there is a £15,000 high break prize which applies across the qualifiers and Crucible stages. Page stands to win this, but it would be shared if another player makes a 147.

Crucible Maximums
1983 – Cliff Thorburn
1992 – Jimmy White
1995 – Stephen Hendry
1997 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2003 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2005 – Mark Williams
2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
2008 – Ali Carter
2009 – Stephen Hendry
2012 – Stephen Hendry
2020 – John Higgins
2022 – Neil Robertson
2023 – Kyren Wilson
2023 – Mark Selby

Only Ronnie and Stephen Hendry have made more than one maximum at the Crucible. Both of them made three. Hendry’s third and last one came in the very last match he won at the iconic venue, just days before he retired from the sport.