2021–22 snooker world rankings
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2021/2022 | Succeeded by 2022/2023 |
Snooker world rankings 2021/2022: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players, who qualified for the 2021–22 season, are listed below. The rankings work as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago are removed when the corresponding tournament during the current season finishes. The following table contains the rankings which were used to determine the seedings for certain tournaments. Note that the list given below are just those rankings that are used for seeding tournaments. Other rankings are produced after each ranking event which are not noted here.
Name | Country | Seeding revision 0 [n 1][1] |
Seeding revision 1 [n 2][2] |
Seeding revision 2 [n 3][3] |
Seeding revision 3 [n 4][4] |
Seeding revision 4 [n 5][5] |
Seeding revision 5 [n 6] |
Seeding revision 6 [n 7] |
Seeding revision 7 [n 8] |
Seeding revision 8 [n 9] |
Seeding revision 9 [n 10] |
Seeding revision 10 [n 11] |
Seeding revision 11 | ||||||||||||
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Mark Selby | England | 2 | 1,246,000 | 2 | 1,242,000 | 1 | 1,213,000 | 2 | 1,118,500 | 1 | 1,102,500 | 1 | 1,092,000 | ||||||||||||
Judd Trump | England | 1 | 1,370,000 | 1 | 1,376,000 | 2 | 1,206,000 | 1 | 1,199,000 | 2 | 989,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 3 | 861,000 | 3 | 864,000 | 3 | 864,000 | 3 | 864,000 | 3 | 854,000 | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | Australia | 4 | 785,500 | 4 | 785,500 | 4 | 772,000 | 4 | 764,500 | 4 | 834,500 | 4 | 817,500 | ||||||||||||
Kyren Wilson | England | 6 | 611,000 | 6 | 618,000 | 5 | 609,500 | 5 | 602,000 | 5 | 572,000 | ||||||||||||||
Shaun Murphy | England | 5 | 643,500 | 5 | 649,500 | 6 | 574,500 | 7 | 427,000 | 6 | 413,000 | ||||||||||||||
John Higgins | Scotland | 7 | 418,000 | 7 | 420,000 | 7 | 411,500 | 6 | 428,500 | 7 | 406,000 | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 9 | 347,000 | 9 | 347,000 | 9 | 345,500 | 8 | 345,500 | 8 | 333,000 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Williams | Wales | 11 | 314,000 | 11 | 305,250 | 8 | 400,500 | 11 | 330,000 | 9 | 330,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ding Junhui | China | 8 | 356,750 | 8 | 356,750 | 10 | 335,250 | 10 | 330,500 | 10 | 324,500 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 12 | 302,000 | 10 | 325,000 | 11 | 296,000 | 9 | 338,500 | 11 | 317,500 | ||||||||||||||
Yan Bingtao | China | 10 | 314,000 | 15 | 270,000 | 15 | 261,500 | 13 | 274,000 | 12 | 271,000 | ||||||||||||||
Stuart Bingham | England | 15 | 281,000 | 13 | 287,000 | 13 | 281,500 | 12 | 286,000 | 13 | 265,000 | ||||||||||||||
Barry Hawkins | England | 13 | 292,750 | 12 | 296,750 | 12 | 292,000 | 14 | 267,500 | 14 | 256,000 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Lisowski | England | 14 | 281,250 | 14 | 277,250 | 14 | 272,500 | 15 | 265,000 | 15 | 251,500 | ||||||||||||||
Anthony McGill | Scotland | 16 | 257,000 | 16 | 257,000 | 16 | 248,500 | 16 | 235,500 | 16 | 231,500 | ||||||||||||||
Zhou Yuelong | China | 17 | 207,750 | 17 | 204,750 | 17 | 212,000 | 17 | 200,500 | 17 | 177,500 | ||||||||||||||
Graeme Dott | Scotland | 18 | 199,250 | 18 | 201,250 | 20 | 179,750 | 18 | 171,000 | 18 | 156,500 | ||||||||||||||
Martin Gould | England | 25 | 151,250 | 25 | 152,250 | 23 | 150,500 | 23 | 146,000 | 19 | 150,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ali Carter | England | 24 | 156,000 | 23 | 165,000 | 22 | 158,500 | 20 | 161,500 | 20 | 147,000 | ||||||||||||||
Gary Wilson | England | 33 | 124,000 | 33 | 121,000 | 28 | 144,500 | 25 | 141,000 | 21 | 144,000 | ||||||||||||||
David Gilbert | England | 23 | 162,500 | 19 | 195,500 | 18 | 194,000 | 21 | 154,000 | 22 | 138,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ryan Day | Wales | 28 | 141,250 | 27 | 150,250 | 26 | 145,500 | 26 | 138,000 | 23 | 138,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Walden | England | 32 | 129,250 | 31 | 133,250 | 29 | 136,750 | 24 | 142,000 | 24 | 136,000 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Ford | England | 22 | 163,250 | 22 | 171,250 | 24 | 149,750 | 28 | 128,000 | 25 | 132,000 | ||||||||||||||
Zhao Xintong | China | 26 | 149,750 | 26 | 151,750 | 25 | 147,000 | 29 | 126,500 | 26 | 125,500 | ||||||||||||||
Liang Wenbo | China | 27 | 142,500 | 28 | 142,500 | 30 | 132,000 | 27 | 135,000 | 27 | 124,000 | ||||||||||||||
Lu Ning | China | 35 | 116,250 | 36 | 114,250 | 34 | 126,250 | 30 | 122,500 | 28 | 121,500 | ||||||||||||||
Kurt Maflin | Norway | 21 | 169,000 | 24 | 154,000 | 27 | 145,500 | 32 | 121,500 | 29 | 121,500 | ||||||||||||||
Joe Perry | England | 20 | 187,500 | 20 | 186,500 | 21 | 173,000 | 22 | 149,000 | 30 | 115,500 | ||||||||||||||
Xiao Guodong | China | 29 | 139,000 | 29 | 136,000 | 32 | 127,500 | 33 | 115,500 | 31 | 110,500 | ||||||||||||||
Scott Donaldson | Scotland | 34 | 121,750 | 34 | 119,750 | 35 | 114,250 | 35 | 109,500 | 32 | 108,500 | ||||||||||||||
Jordan Brown | Northern Ireland | 40 | 101,000 | 38 | 103,000 | 37 | 108,000 | 36 | 108,000 | 33 | 108,000 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Milkins | England | 37 | 109,500 | 37 | 109,500 | 41 | 101,000 | 38 | 104,000 | 34 | 104,000 | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Selt | England | 30 | 136,750 | 32 | 126,750 | 33 | 127,000 | 34 | 110,000 | 35 | 102,000 | ||||||||||||||
Mark King | England | 52 | 87,500 | 57 | 83,500 | 59 | 81,750 | 54 | 81,000 | 36 | 101,000 | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens | Wales | 36 | 109,750 | 35 | 114,750 | 36 | 110,000 | 37 | 106,500 | 37 | 98,500 | ||||||||||||||
Michael Holt | England | 31 | 136,000 | 30 | 135,000 | 31 | 130,250 | 31 | 121,500 | 38 | 98,500 | ||||||||||||||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thailand | 19 | 188,000 | 21 | 186,000 | 19 | 181,250 | 19 | 169,000 | 39 | 94,000 | ||||||||||||||
Luca Brecel | Belgium | 39 | 103,500 | 40 | 102,500 | 44 | 99,000 | 46 | 90,000 | 40 | 91,000 | ||||||||||||||
Li Hang | China | 38 | 108,500 | 39 | 102,500 | 38 | 105,500 | 43 | 95,000 | 41 | 91,000 | ||||||||||||||
Elliot Slessor | England | 50 | 88,500 | 49 | 88,500 | 43 | 100,000 | 39 | 99,000 | 42 | 91,000 | ||||||||||||||
Alexander Ursenbacher | Switzerland | 45 | 97,250 | 42 | 100,250 | 42 | 100,250 | 41 | 95,500 | 43 | 88,500 | ||||||||||||||
Liam Highfield | England | 43 | 98,000 | 44 | 97,000 | 45 | 97,250 | 44 | 93,500 | 44 | 88,500 | ||||||||||||||
Noppon Saengkham | Thailand | 44 | 97,500 | 41 | 102,500 | 39 | 105,500 | 40 | 95,500 | 45 | 87,500 | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Jones | Wales | 55 | 85,500 | 51 | 87,500 | 50 | 87,500 | 48 | 87,500 | 46 | 87,500 | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy Robertson | England | 63 | 74,000 | 60 | 79,000 | 48 | 90,500 | 42 | 95,000 | 47 | 87,000 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Davis | England | 49 | 91,000 | 46 | 95,000 | 49 | 89,500 | 47 | 89,500 | 48 | 86,000 | ||||||||||||||
David Grace | England | 59 | 83,750 | 56 | 83,750 | 58 | 82,000 | 51 | 85,000 | 49 | 85,000 | ||||||||||||||
Martin O'Donnell | England | 48 | 92,250 | 47 | 92,250 | 46 | 95,250 | 45 | 90,500 | 50 | 82,500 | ||||||||||||||
Lyu Haotian | China | 53 | 86,250 | 58 | 83,250 | 54 | 83,250 | 50 | 86,000 | 51 | 81,000 | ||||||||||||||
Stuart Carrington | England | 47 | 93,750 | 48 | 91,750 | 51 | 87,000 | 49 | 87,000 | 52 | 78,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ben Woollaston | England | 46 | 96,250 | 45 | 95,250 | 52 | 86,750 | 53 | 82,000 | 53 | 77,000 | ||||||||||||||
Joe O'Connor | England | 62 | 76,250 | 63 | 75,250 | 57 | 82,250 | 57 | 74,500 | 54 | 74,500 | ||||||||||||||
Sam Craigie | England | 51 | 88,500 | 50 | 87,500 | 55 | 82,750 | 55 | 78,000 | 55 | 73,000 | ||||||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | England | 54 | 85,750 | 54 | 85,750 | 47 | 90,750 | 52 | 83,000 | 56 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||||
Tian Pengfei | China | 58 | 83,750 | 55 | 83,750 | 53 | 83,750 | 58 | 73,000 | 57 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||||
Sunny Akani | Thailand | 57 | 85,000 | 52 | 87,000 | 56 | 82,250 | 56 | 77,500 | 58 | 68,000 | ||||||||||||||
Dominic Dale | Wales | 61 | 77,250 | 61 | 78,250 | 60 | 81,250 | 59 | 72,500 | 59 | 67,500 | ||||||||||||||
Jak Jones | Wales | 65 | 53,500 | 65 | 54,500 | 65 | 59,500 | 64 | 63,500 | 60 | 66,500 | ||||||||||||||
Nigel Bond | England | 64 | 71,750 | 64 | 72,750 | 64 | 68,000 | 62 | 68,000 | 61 | 66,000 | ||||||||||||||
Chris Wakelin | England | 60 | 79,250 | 59 | 79,250 | 61 | 74,500 | 65 | 61,500 | 62 | 65,500 | ||||||||||||||
Hossein Vafaei | Iran | 41 | 100,000 | 43 | 98,000 | 40 | 105,000 | 60 | 69,000 | 63 | 64,000 | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Higginson | England | 56 | 85,250 | 53 | 86,250 | 62 | 72,750 | 61 | 68,000 | 64 | 64,000 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Joyce | England | 42 | 98,750 | 62 | 76,750 | 63 | 72,000 | 63 | 64,500 | 65 | 63,500 | ||||||||||||||
Pang Junxu | China | 66 | 50,000 | 66 | 52,000 | 66 | 57,000 | 66 | 57,000 | 66 | 57,000 | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Clarke | Wales | 67 | 43,000 | 67 | 44,000 | 67 | 44,000 | 67 | 44,000 | 67 | 51,500 | ||||||||||||||
Robbie Williams | England | 68 | 36,500 | 68 | 37,500 | 68 | 40,500 | 68 | 40,500 | 68 | 48,000 | ||||||||||||||
Oliver Lines | England | 72 | 25,500 | 69 | 31,500 | 69 | 36,500 | 69 | 40,500 | 69 | 43,500 | ||||||||||||||
Ashley Carty | England | 70 | 27,000 | 71 | 29,000 | 71 | 29,000 | 70 | 33,000 | 70 | 36,000 | ||||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth | England | 69 | 27,500 | 70 | 29,500 | 70 | 29,500 | 72 | 29,500 | 71 | 33,500 | ||||||||||||||
Simon Lichtenberg | Germany | 71 | 26,500 | 72 | 28,500 | 72 | 28,500 | 71 | 29,500 | 72 | 31,500 | ||||||||||||||
Allan Taylor | England | 77 | 15,500 | 78 | 17,500 | 75 | 22,500 | 75 | 25,500 | 73 | 28,500 | ||||||||||||||
Ken Doherty | Ireland | 73 | 21,500 | 73 | 25,500 | 73 | 28,500 | 73 | 28,500 | 74 | 28,500 | ||||||||||||||
Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 76 | 17,000 | 75 | 21,000 | 77 | 21,000 | 76 | 24,000 | 75 | 28,000 | ||||||||||||||
Rory McLeod | Jamaica | 78 | 15,500 | 77 | 17,500 | 78 | 20,500 | 77 | 23,500 | 76 | 26,500 | ||||||||||||||
Zhao Jianbo | China | 74 | 21,500 | 74 | 23,500 | 74 | 26,500 | 74 | 26,500 | 77 | 26,500 | ||||||||||||||
Gao Yang | China | 75 | 19,000 | 76 | 20,000 | 80 | 20,000 | 78 | 23,000 | 78 | 23,000 | ||||||||||||||
Lukas Kleckers | Germany | 80 | 14,000 | 82 | 15,000 | 76 | 22,000 | 79 | 22,000 | 79 | 22,000 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Devlin | England | 82 | 13,500 | 81 | 15,500 | 82 | 15,500 | 81 | 18,500 | 80 | 21,500 | ||||||||||||||
Ashley Hugill | England | 81 | 13,500 | 79 | 17,500 | 79 | 20,500 | 80 | 20,500 | 81 | 20,500 | ||||||||||||||
Lee Walker | Wales | 86 | 9,500 | 84 | 10,500 | 83 | 15,500 | 82 | 18,500 | 82 | 18,500 | ||||||||||||||
Cao Yupeng | China | 96 | 0 | 88 | 8,000 | 86 | 11,000 | 85 | 14,000 | 83 | 17,000 | ||||||||||||||
Aaron Hill | Ireland | 79 | 15,000 | 80 | 16,000 | 81 | 16,000 | 83 | 16,000 | 84 | 16,000 | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Wilson | England | 83 | 12,000 | 83 | 12,000 | 85 | 12,000 | 87 | 12,000 | 85 | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||
Ben Hancorn | England | 84 | 10,000 | 86 | 10,000 | 84 | 15,000 | 84 | 15,000 | 86 | 15,000 | ||||||||||||||
Fan Zhengyi | China | 85 | 9,500 | 87 | 9,500 | 88 | 9,500 | 86 | 12,500 | 87 | 12,500 | ||||||||||||||
Mitchell Mann | England | 114 | 0 | 98 | 2,000 | 109 | 2,000 | 88 | 12,000 | 88 | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||
Xu Si | China | 119 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 98 | 5,000 | 97 | 8,000 | 89 | 11,000 | ||||||||||||||
Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 88 | 5,000 | 91 | 5,000 | 89 | 8,000 | 95 | 8,000 | 90 | 11,000 | ||||||||||||||
Zak Surety | England | 87 | 9,500 | 85 | 10,500 | 87 | 10,500 | 89 | 10,500 | 91 | 10,500 | ||||||||||||||
Hammad Miah | England | 104 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 91 | 7,000 | 90 | 10,000 | 92 | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||
Jackson Page | Wales | 107 | 0 | 99 | 2,000 | 110 | 2,000 | 91 | 9,500 | 93 | 9,500 | ||||||||||||||
Chang Bingyu | China | 97 | 0 | 89 | 6,000 | 92 | 6,000 | 98 | 6,000 | 94 | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||
Louis Heathcote | England | 111 | 0 | 97 | 2,000 | 97 | 5,000 | 93 | 9,000 | 95 | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||
Duane Jones | Wales | 101 | 0 | 102 | 1,000 | 93 | 6,000 | 92 | 9,000 | 96 | 9,000 | ||||||||||||||
Farakh Ajaib | Pakistan | 89 | 4,500 | 90 | 5,500 | 94 | 5,500 | 94 | 8,500 | 97 | 8,500 | ||||||||||||||
Zhang Jiankang | China | 122 | 0 | 105 | 1,000 | 90 | 8,000 | 96 | 8,000 | 98 | 8,000 | 102 | 8,000 | ||||||||||||
Fraser Patrick | Scotland | 102 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 99 | 7,500 | 103 | 7,500 | ||||||||||||
Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 103 | 0 | 94 | 4,000 | 100 | 4,000 | 104 | 4,000 | 100 | 7,000 | ||||||||||||||
Wu Yize | China | 118 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 107 | 3,000 | 111 | 3,000 | 101 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||
Andy Hicks | England | 94 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 106 | 3,000 | 99 | 6,000 | 102 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||
Yuan Sijun | China | 120 | 0 | 100 | 2,000 | 111 | 2,000 | 103 | 5,000 | 103 | 5,000 | 104 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
Andrew Pagett | Wales | 93 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 99 | 5,000 | 102 | 5,000 | 104 | 5,000 | 105 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
Craig Steadman | England | 99 | 0 | 93 | 5,000 | 96 | 5,000 | 101 | 5,000 | 105 | 5,000 | 106 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
Peter Lines | England | 116 | 0 | 92 | 5,000 | 95 | 5,000 | 100 | 5,000 | 106 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||
Alfie Burden | England | 92 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 108 | 4,000 | 107 | 4,000 | 107 | 4,000 | ||||||||||||
Ian Burns | England | 105 | 0 | 101 | 1,000 | 101 | 4,000 | 105 | 4,000 | 108 | 4,000 | 108 | 4,000 | ||||||||||||
Jimmy White | England | 109 | 0 | 103 | 1,000 | 102 | 4,000 | 106 | 4,000 | 109 | 4,000 | 109 | 4,000 | ||||||||||||
Barry Pinches | England | 95 | 0 | 104 | 1,000 | 103 | 4,000 | 107 | 4,000 | 110 | 4,000 | 110 | 4,000 | ||||||||||||
Jamie O'Neill | England | 108 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 111 | 3,000 | 111 | 3,000 | ||||||||||||
Chen Zifan | China | 98 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 105 | 3,000 | 110 | 3,000 | 112 | 3,000 | 112 | 3,000 | ||||||||||||
Iulian Boiko | Ukraine | 90 | 3,000 | 95 | 3,000 | 104 | 3,000 | 109 | 3,000 | 113 | 3,000 | 113 | 3,000 | ||||||||||||
Sean Maddocks | England | 91 | 2,000 | 96 | 2,000 | 108 | 2,000 | 112 | 2,000 | 114 | 2,000 | 114 | 2,000 | ||||||||||||
Reanne Evans | England | 117 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Dean Young | Scotland | 100 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ng On-yee | Hong Kong | 115 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 117 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Michael Judge | Ireland | 113 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 118 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Zhang Anda | China | 121 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Lei Peifan | China | 110 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Igor Figueiredo | Brazil | 106 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 121 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 112 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ Seeding revision 0 was used for the seeding of the Championship League and the 2021 British Open.
- ^ Seeding revision 1 was used for the seeding of the 2021 Northern Ireland Open.
- ^ Seeding revision 2 was used for the seeding of the 2021 English Open, 2021 Scottish Open and 2022 German Masters.
- ^ Seeding revision 3 was used for the seeding of the 2022 European Masters.
- ^ Seeding revision 4 will be used for the seeding of the 2021 UK Championship.
- ^ Seeding revision 5 will be used for the seeding of the 2022 Masters.
- ^ Seeding revision 6 will be used for the seeding of the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out.
- ^ Seeding revision 7 will be used for the seeding of the 2022 Welsh Open.
- ^ Seeding revision 8 will be used for the seeding of the 2022 Turkish Masters.
- ^ Seeding revision 9 will be used for the seeding of the 2022 Gibraltar Open.
- ^ Seeding revision 10 will be used for the seeding of the 2022 World Snooker Championship.
References
- ^ "World Rankings: After the 2021 Betfred World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 May 2021.
- ^ "World Rankings: After the 2021 BetVictor Championship League Snooker" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 August 2021.
- ^ "World Rankings: After the 2021 matchroom.live British Open" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 August 2021.
- ^ "World Rankings: After the 2021 BetVictor Northern Ireland Open" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 October 2021.
- ^ "World Rankings: After the 2021 BetVictor English Open" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 November 2021.