who has won the most money in snooker
Ronnie O'Sullivan As of 1 April 2018, O'Sullivan has won five World Championships, a record seven Masters titles, and a joint record six UK Championships,[3] equalling Stephen Hendry's record of 18 titles in Triple Crown tournaments.[11] His career total of 33 ranking titles is second only to Hendry's 36, while his estimated career earnings of Â£9.7 million put him in first place on snooker's all-time prize-money list.[source] A prolific break-builder, he holds the records for the most competitive century breaks (948)[source], the most ratified maximum breaks in professional competition (14),[5] and the fastest competitive maximum break, compiled at the 1997 World Championship.[12] Based at the Legends Snooker Academy in Leytonstone,[13] he also plays pool,[14][15] and competed on the elite International Pool Tour in 2005.[16][17]
Ken Jennings Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the second highest-earning contestant in game show history. In 2004, Jennings won 74 Jeopardy! games (in a row) before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on Jeopardy! are $3,196,300, consisting of $2,520,700 over his 74 wins, a $2,000 second-place prize in his 75th appearance, a $500,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions, a $100,000 win for second-place prize in the Jeopardy Battle of the Decades, as well as half of a $300,000 prize in the IBM Challenge, when he competed against Watson.