1998 Premier League Snooker

Ranking		HIG	HEN	DOH	WHI	OSU	DAV	WIL	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	John Higgins	x	4	4	7	6	8	7	36–12	4–2–0	6–10
2	Stephen Hendry	4	x	6	5	4	7	6	32–16	4–2–0	6–10
3	Ken Doherty	4	2	x	2	7	5	6	26–22	3–1–2	6–7
4	Jimmy White	1	3	6	x	5	3	4	22–26	2–1–3	6–5
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2	4	1	3	x	4	5	19–48	1–2–3	6–4
6	Steve Davis	0	1	3	5	4	x	4	17–48	1–2–3	6–4
7	Mark Williams	1	2	2	4	3	4	x	16–48	0–2–4	6–2

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.^[3]

• 3 January Match Day 1
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Mark Williams
  • Steve Davis 5–3 Jimmy White
  • Ken Doherty 6–2 Mark Williams
• 4 January Match Day 2
  • John Higgins 7–1 Jimmy White
  • Stephen Hendry 7–1 Steve Davis
• 10 January Match Day 3
  • John Higgins 7–1 Mark Williams
  • Stephen Hendry 5–3 Jimmy White
  • Ken Doherty 7–1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 11 January Match Day 4
  • Mark Williams 4–4 Steve Davis
  • Jimmy White 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • John Higgins 6–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan?
• 31 January? Match Day 5
  • Stephen Hendry 6–2 Ken Doherty
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 Mark Williams
• 1 February? Match Day 6
  • Jimmy White 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Ken Doherty 5–3 Steve Davis
  • Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Higgins
• 9 May Match Day 7
  • John Higgins 4–4 Ken Doherty
  • Steve Davis 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 10 May Match Day 8
  • Mark Williams 4–4 Jimmy White
  • Stephen Hendry 4–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • John Higgins 8–0 Steve Davis

23–24 May (Diamond Centre, Irthlingborough, England)^[3]

	Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	John Higgins	3
	4	Jimmy White	6
						4	Jimmy White	2
						3	Ken Doherty	10
	2	Stephen Hendry	5
	3	Ken Doherty	6