Gary Wilson is a snooker player with a net worth of 3 million dollars in 2022. Gary Wilson turned pro in 2004.
Wilson is a professional snooker player from Wallsend in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear. Gary has placed second at the 2015 China Open and the 2021 British Open, winning one ranking title at the 2022 Scottish Open.
He began playing snooker at age three, and at the age of 8, he was already a member of a team playing in the local league. Gary made his debut appearance on the Junior Big Break: Stars of the Future episode on BBC1.
Wilson later won several national championships, including the UK Under-18 championship thrice, and was widely considered one of the nation's most promising young athletes.
Gary Wilson Snooker Net Worth In 2022
Gary Wilson has a net worth of three million dollars in 2022. Gary is the eighteenth ranked player in the world.
He took home a big bag as the winner of the Scottish Open in 2022.
Wilson has money list earnings of £130,000. Wilson competed in the 2015 China Open and made it to his first-ranking tournament final.
He played on the World Snooker Tour for two seasons starting in 2004–2006 until reclaiming his professional status at the beginning of the 2013–2014 season.
Wilson made his international debut at the 2003 European U-19 Championship in Latvia. Wilson began his professional career by competing on the Challenge Tour, the second-level professional tour at the time.
He debuted in the professional ranks in 2004 after winning the world under-21 championship. He won £35,000 at the 2015 China Open Final, making it one of his highest-earning competitions.
Wilson defeated some of the finest players in the world, including Barry Hawkins and tournament favorite Ding Junhui from China. He was eligible to play in the 2016 China Open, but Stephen Maguire defeated him 5-3 in the first round.
Wilson qualified for the 2017 World Championship by making his second 147 in the fourth session of his first-round qualification. He finished second to Mark Williams at the 2021 British Open. This was Wilson's second appearance in a ranking final.
Gary Wilson Career Earnings Breakdown
Gary Wilson has bagged 500 thousand pounds as career earnings from major tournaments. In the 2022 BetVictor Scottish Open championship match in Edinburgh, he won his first tournament worth £80,000.
Wilson Earnings
| Year | Winning Prize |
| 2018 | £20,000 |
| 2019 | £21,500. |
| 2020 | £100,000 |
| 2021 | £5,000 |
| 2022 | £80,000 |
2018 - World Open Quarter Finals
Wilson earned £20,000 for his participation in the 2018 Open Quarterfinals. He previously participated in this tournament three times.
Wilson faced a struggle in the round of 32 as he faced off against current world number one Judd Trump.
In 2018 he also played at Welsh Open Semi-Finals. He entered the competition intending to follow in the footsteps of his 2014 Welsh Open run. But it ended with a quite disappointing 5-2 quarterfinal loss against Ben Woollaston.
Wilson beat his previous competition record and earned £20,000 despite losing in the semi-final.
2019 - International Championship Quarter Finals
In the 2019 International Championship, Wilson qualified for the quarterfinals and took home a $21,500 prize.
He faced Mark Selby, who defeated him by a score of 6-5, barely eliminating him. A month later, Wilson lost to Stephen Maguire 7-5 in the 2019 Six-red World Championship quarterfinals.
2020 - World Snooker Championship
In the World Snooker Championship Wilson and David Gilbert, each took home a £100,000 payday.
In the 2020 European Masters semifinal, Wilson was defeated 6-5 by Zhou Yuelong. He was eliminated from the 2020 World Grand Prix in the quarterfinals after falling to Tom Ford 5-2.
2021 - 2021 World GrandPrix
Wilson earned £5,000 at the 2021 World GrandPrix. Wilson made his third career maximum break when competing against Liam Highfield in the WST Pro Series group stage.
2022 - Scottish Open
At the 2022 Scottish Open, Gary Wilson won his first ranking championship by defeating Joe O'Connor 9-2. Wilson earns the £80,000 top prize and got to 18th place in the global rankings.
He achieved a vital career goal by winning his first ranking title. According to Mirror, Wilson dedicated his win to the late Stan Chambers, a snooker icon in his North East community who gave him confidence.
Gary Wilson Turned Professional In 2004
In 2004, Gary Wilson began playing snooker professionally and won the world under-21 championship. Wilson's first year on tour ended with him being named the World Under-21 Champion.
He failed to collect enough ranking points to keep his spot, so he was forced to leave it. Wilson struggled to get his tour card back and he started working as a taxi driver to get back to where he once was in his career.
In 2013, he officially returned to the tour after a seven-year. Wilson had one of the best starts to the season in 2013 and 2014.
He defeated James Wattana in the first tournament, the Wuxi Classic, to earn a spot at his second venue appearance.
Wilson makes it to the round of 32 in the UK Championship and the German Masters. He recorded his first maximum break in professional competition during the event qualifying match against Ricky Walden.
He also did well at the European Tour competitions, winning first-round matches. Wilson earned a place in the 2014 Wuxi Classic, the season's first ranking tournament, where he lost to Alan McManus 5-3 in the opening round.
In the second round of the 2014 World Championship qualifying, he lost against Li Hang 10-7, closing his season.
Gary qualifies for the European Masters semi-finals in Austria in 2020. He reaches the second-ranking tournament final of his career at the British Open but loses to Mark Williams 6-4.
