1986–87 snooker world rankings

Preceded by 1985/1986	1986/1987	Succeeded by 1987/1988

Snooker world rankings 1986/1987: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1986–87 season are listed below.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ranking	Name	1984–85 season						1985–86 season						Total
Ranking	Name	IO	GP	UK	Cl	BO	WC	MT	GP	UK	Cl	BO	WC	Total
1	Steve Davis (ENG)	5	3	5	3	3	8	3	6	6	3	6	8	59
2	Cliff Thorburn (CAN)	0	4	3	4	1	4	6	4	2	5	2	6	41
3	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	2	5	1	0	2	10	4	5	4	2	0	0	35
4	Tony Knowles (ENG)	4	2	2	0	1	6	1	4	3	2	1	6	32
5	Jimmy White (ENG)	2	0	2	1	0	4	5	2	4	6	0	4	30
6	Alex Higgins (NIR)	2	0	4	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	27
7	Willie Thorne (ENG)	2	1	2	5	0	0	2	0	5	0	5	4	26
8	Joe Johnson (ENG)	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	2	1	3	1	10	25
9	Kirk Stevens (CAN)	0	2	3	1	4	2	0	3	3	0	2	4	24
10	Terry Griffiths (WAL)	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	3	3	0	3	4	22
11	Tony Meo (ENG)	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	0	17
12	Silvino Francisco (RSA)	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	2	0	1	2	17
13	Neal Foulds (ENG)	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	3	1	1	15
14	Doug Mountjoy (WAL)	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	0	2	14
15	Ray Reardon (WAL)	1	1	2	2	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	13
16	Rex Williams (ENG)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	12
17	John Parrott (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	2	2	12
18	John Campbell (AUS)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	11
19	John Virgo (ENG)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	1	11
20	Eugene Hughes (IRL)	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	11
21	David Taylor (ENG)	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	10
22	Murdo MacLeod (SCO)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	9
23	Cliff Wilson (WAL)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	9
24	Bill Werbeniuk (CAN)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	3	1	9
25	Eddie Charlton (AUS)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	9
26	Peter Francisco (RSA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	2	0	7
27	Mike Hallett (ENG)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	7
28	Dave Martin (ENG)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
29	Dean Reynolds (ENG)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	7
30	Barry West (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	3	1	0	0	4
31	Steve Longworth (ENG)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
32	Jim Wych (CAN)	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
33	Danny Fowler (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
34	John Spencer (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3
35	Steve Duggan (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
36	Perrie Mans (RSA)	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	1	1	1	3
37	Tony Drago (MLT)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
38	Marcel Gauvreau (CAN)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
39	Dene O'Kane (NZL)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
40	Steve Newbury (WAL)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
41	Warren King (AUS)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
42	Patsy Fagan (IRL)	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
43	Mark Wildman (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
44	George Scott (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
45	Bob Harris (ENG)	–	–	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
46	Ray Edmonds (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
47	Fred Davis (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
48	Paddy Browne (IRL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
49	Tony Chappel (WAL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
50	Graham Cripsey (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
51	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
52	Graham Miles (ENG)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
53	Bob Chaperon (CAN)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
54	Malcolm Bradley (ENG)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
55	Tony Jones (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
56	Wayne Jones (WAL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
57	Tommy Murphy (NIR)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
58	Paul Medati (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
59	Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA)	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
60	Matt Gibson (SCO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
61	Bernie Mikkelsen (CAN)	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
62	John Rea (SCO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
63	Vic Harris (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
64	Ian Black (SCO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
65	Joe O'Boye (IRL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
66	Roger Bales (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
67	Ian Williamson (ENG)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

References

^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.

[1] Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

[2] "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

[3] Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.

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