Editing Maximum break (section)

==Prize money==
In professional tournaments there was usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break. For example, Ronnie O'Sullivan's maximum at the 1997 World Championship earned him £165,000. Of this, £147,000 was for making the 147 break and £18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/trn/9697/wc_res.shtml |title=Embassy World Championship 1997 |website=snooker.org |date=4 February 2008 |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013214657/http://snooker.org/trn/9697/wc_res.shtml |archive-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[2011–12 snooker season|2011{{nbnd}}12 season]] World Snooker introduced a roll{{nbh}}over system for the maximum break prize money, the "rolling 147 prize".<ref name="WST_Rolling_147">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2396104,00.html |title=Rolling 147 totals |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |access-date=31 October 2011 |date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930140427/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2396104%2C00.html |archive-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> A maximum break is worth £5,000 in the televised stages and £500 in qualifying stages of major ranking events. There is a £500 prize in the [[Players Tour Championship]] events from the last 128 onwards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2533810,00.html |title=147 rolling prizes |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |access-date=1 December 2011 |date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203231022/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2533810%2C00.html |archive-date=3 December 2011}}</ref> If a maximum is not made then the prize rolls over to the next event until somebody wins it.<ref name="WST_Rolling_147" />{{update inline|reason=This paragraph was true in 2011, but it is not clear if that is still the case. Individual prizes for Maximum breaks were phased out in 2019, according to the following paragraph. If both are still correct then the difference needs to be made clear.|date=February 2024}}

At the [[2016 Welsh Open (snooker)|2016 Welsh Open]], Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Barry Pinches 4{{nbnd}}1 in the first round. In the fifth frame of the match, O'Sullivan declined the opportunity to make a maximum break, potting the pink off the penultimate red and completing a break of 146. He stated afterwards that the prize money of £10,000 was not worthy of a 147. World Snooker chairman [[Barry Hearn]] called the decision "unacceptable" and "disrespectful".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35581281 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan criticised after turning down 'too cheap' 147 at Welsh Open |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=16 February 2016 |access-date=18 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217215440/http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/35581281 |archive-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Individual prizes for a maximum break were phased out at the beginning of the [[2019–20 snooker season|2019{{nbnd}}20 season]], with a £1 million bonus on offer for the season if 20 or more were made during the season.<ref name="WST_19_more">{{cite web |title=19 more maximums required for £1 million bonus! - World Snooker |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=15 August 2019 |access-date=5 July 2020 |url=https://wst.tv/19-more-maximums-required-for-1-million-bonus/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221184938/https://wst.tv/19-more-maximums-required-for-1-million-bonus/ |archive-date=21 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The prize would be split among all players who had made at least one qualifying break, with each player receiving an equal share for every break made.<ref name="WST_19_more" />

For the [[2023–24 snooker season|2023{{nbnd}}24 season]] the [[World Snooker Tour|WST]] offered a £147,000 bonus to any player making two maximum breaks during the season's [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] events.<ref>{{cite web |title=£147,000 bonus offered for Triple Crown maximums |url=https://wst.tv/147000-bonus-offered-for-triple-crown-maximums/ |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=16 November 2023 |access-date=22 November 2023 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116125306/https://wst.tv/147000-bonus-offered-for-triple-crown-maximums/}}</ref> For the [[2024–25 snooker season|2024{{nbnd}}25 season]] the WST extended this prize to also include maximums made at the [[Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters]] ranking event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top prize of £500,000 at Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/august/13/top-prize-of--500-000-at-saudi-arabia-snooker-masters--/ |website=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=13 August 2024 |access-date=9 February 2025 |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814001302/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/august/13/top-prize-of--500-000-at-saudi-arabia-snooker-masters--/ |url-status=live}}</ref>