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The two shared a record 11 centuries and brought up the 100th ton of the tournament, the first time the century count has been into treble figures for the tournament.
Both missed chances of maximum breaks as Trump went 16-9 up, a lead he did not relinquish in the final session.
The Englishman has moved up to second in the world rankings, finally banishing the title of one of the best players never to win in Sheffield.
The standard of potting was that of exhibition matches, with 23 of the 27 frames being won by breaks of 50 or more.
The Bristolian capitalised on the shock exits of world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan and three-time winner Mark Selby from his half of the draw.
Trump has won three ranking titles this season, and becomes the first player since Mark Williams in 2003 to claim the double of World Championship and Masters in the same campaign.
He has now also completed snooker's Triple Crown following his victory at the UK Championship in 2011.
Four-time champion Higgins came up short in the Crucible final once more having been beaten in 2017 by Selby and Williams last year.
The 43-year-old has now lost four finals in Sheffield - only Jimmy White with six has been beaten in more - but he played his part against Trump.
Reaching the final was an achievement in itself for Higgins, bringing to an end a poor season by his high standards in which he failed to win a ranking event and hinted at retirement in December.
Though Higgins made 125 at the start of the second session, Trump took total control thereafter by winning eight straight frames including two further centuries and runs of 71, 58 and 70.
'The Wizard of Wishaw' came out firing in the third session, sinking a superb double on the 15th red while on a maximum 147 break which was heartily applauded by Trump in his seat, but he missed the next black.
Higgins followed it up with 59, but Trump showed his class with knocks of 101 and 71 to go 14-7.
Trump needed to win all four of the following frames to win the match with a session to spare, but Higgins' 67 in the 23rd frame guaranteed an evening finish.
He made a further 70 but Trump's brilliant 104 with 13 reds and 13 blacks put him two from victory heading into the final session.
Trump's 94 put him on the cusp of snooker's biggest prize, which he took with another cool break of 62.
Record-breaking final in numbers
Most centuries in a professional match: Trump and Higgins shared 11 tons, one more than the 10 seen in the 2016 semi-final between Ding Junhui and Alan McManus.
Most centuries in a Crucible final: The total of 11 was three more than the previous record of eight, set in 2002 (Stephen Hendry v Peter Ebdon) and 2013 (Ronnie O'Sullivan v Barry Hawkins)
Most centuries by a player in a single match: Trump made seven centuries in the final, equalling Ding's record against McManus from 2016
Most tournament centuries overall: There were 100 in the tournament, smashing the previous best of 86 from 2015 and 2016
Frame-by-frame scores
Trump - Higgins
Session one
66-1 (51), 72-45 (63), 0-139, 105-0, 8-70 (69), 0-74, 0-101, 103-4
Session two
1-125, 66-0, 139-4 (135), 67-45, 118-0 (114), 65-30, 95-28 (71), 70-20 (58), 85-19 (70)
Session three
0-113, 35-60 (59), 101-0, 72-0 (71), 126-0, 16-92 (67), 11-79 (70), 104-0
Session four
94-0, 63-1 (62)
Draw
(1) Mark Williams (WAL) 10-7
(16) David Gilbert (ENG) 10-7
(9) Barry Hawkins (ENG) 10-1
(8) Kyren Wilson (ENG) 10-4
(5) John Higgins (SCO) 10-7
(12) Stuart Bingham (ENG) 10-9
(13) Shaun Murphy (ENG) 10-0
(4) Neil Robertson (AUS) 10-1
(3) Mark Selby (ENG) 10-7
(7) Judd Trump (ENG) 10-9
(10) Ding Junhui (CHN) 10-7
(15) Stephen Maguire (SCO) 10-9
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(5) John Higgins (SCO) 13-11
Ali Carter (ENG) 13-9
(7) Judd Trump (ENG) 13-9
(15) Stephen Maguire (SCO) 13-12
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(16) David Gilbert (ENG) 13-8
(5) John Higgins (SCO) 13-10
Gary Wilson (ENG) 13-9
(7) Judd Trump (ENG) 13-6
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