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Originally, the world rankings were decided based only on results in the World Snooker Championship, but other events were later added. [1] The system used for the 2023–24 snooker season was first used in the 2010–11 season , where players won ranking points based entirely on prize money won from these events. [ 2 ]
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. First introduced in the 1976–77 season , world rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association .
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
The World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year.
Women's Snooker World Cup† Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand India 1 4–3 England 1 [47] 28 Feb 4 Mar World Women's Championship: Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 6–3 Bai Yulu (CHN) [48] 13 May 14 May Women's British Open Landywood Snooker Club in Great Wyrley, England
The rankings at the start of 2021/2022 season are determined by prize money earned in the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons and are updated after every tournament carrying ranking status; the players are re-ranked at the beginning of the current season after removing players relegated at the end of the previous season from the ranking list. As ...
However, Evans secured a new two-year tour card by ending the season at number one in the World Women's Snooker rankings, following her performance at the 2023 British Women's Open. [39] [40] [41] Fu was awarded a two-year invitational tour card. [42] Young later secured a new two-year tour card through 2023 Q School. [43]
The World Women’s Snooker (WWS) Tour became a tour qualification route in 2021. At the end of each season, two-year tour cards are issued to the winner of the World Women’s Snooker Championship and to the highest-ranked player from the women's ranking list who is not already on the tour. If the women's World Champion is already on the tour ...