Jak Jones' new career earnings and world ranking after massive World Snooker Championship pay cheque

He put up a hell of a fight, but sadly it wasn't to be in the end for Jak Jones in the World Championship final.

The 30-year-old from Cwmbran, who was ranked 44th in the world going into the tournament, stunned the Crucible over two weeks as he came through the qualifying rounds to make it to the biggest game in snooker. On his way to the final, he knocked out former world champions Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham to set up a showdown with Kyren Wilson on Sunday night.

Jones made a disastrous start to the final as he went down 7-0 to his seeded opponent, only to launch a spirited fightback and make it 11-6 going into the final day. He stayed in the fight on Monday as the finalists won a further four frames each to head into the final session with the scores at 15-10.

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With Wilson just needing to reach 18 frames to win, the advantage was with him but Jones didn't make it easy as he reeled off three consecutive frames on Monday evening. But, in the end, Wilson got the job done as he sealed an 18-14 victory and his first world title.

While he fell just short of the main prize, however, Jones - who was a 200-1 outsider just two weeks ago - has won plenty of admirers in Sheffield due to his matchplay. While he made the last eight at the Crucible this time last year, his run to the final was unprecedented, having never reached that stage in any tournament in his career ahead of the weekend.

Going into this year's World Championships, Jones' best ever tournament finish had been reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 Gibraltar Open, while the single-highest pay cheque he had received had been the £50,000 he took home after last year's quarter-final defeat to Mark Allen in Sheffield.

However, after his stunning tournament run, his career earnings have soared, as has his position in the world rankings. Here's everything you need to know.

Jak Jones' new career earnings

By reaching the final, Jones, who became professional in 2010, has won almost half of his previous total career earnings in a matter of a weeks.

Going into the tournament, he had taken home around £380,000 in prize money over the course of his career, according to CueTracker. Of course, with the winner of the World Championships taking home a staggering half a million pounds, he had the chance to completely eclipse his career earnings with victory over Wilson.

However, even though he fell short of the title, Jones has earned £200,000 for finishing as runner-up, putting his new total career earnings at around £580,000.

Jak Jones' new world ranking

The Welshman started the tournament ranked 44th in the world, while his odds of winning the World Championship were placed at 200-1 as he had to come through the qualifying rounds first.

But he sailed through the qualifiers to then knock out world number 11 Zhang Anda and Si Jiahui to reach the quarter-finals, where he faced world number two Judd Trump. Jones was the clear underdog but came out on top in a seismic shock that stunned the Crucible, before claiming another scalp by beating former world champion Stuart Bingham to reach the final.

His incredible run saw him become the third-lowest ranked player ever to reach the final and the lowest since Shaun Murphy, who won the title in 2005 having been ranked 48th in the world. But Jones - who was also only the ninth qualifer to reach a Crucible final - has soared up the global standings, where he is now ranked 14th.

That puts him ahead of the likes of Bingham, John Higgins, David Gilbert and Neil Robertson. Meanwhile, Wilson is now ranked third in the world, behind Trump and Allen but ahead of last year's winner Luca Brecel.

2024 World Snooker Championship prize money breakdown

• Winner - £500,000

• Runner-up - £200,000

• Semi-finalists - £100,000

• Quarter-finalists - £50,000

• Last 16 - £30,000

• Last 32 - £20,000

Qualifying rounds

• Last 48 - £15,000

• Last 80 - £10,000

• Last 112 - £5,000