2025–26 snooker world rankings
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The sport of professional snooker has had a world ranking system in place since 1976.[1] Certain tournaments were given "ranking" status, with the results at those events contributing to a player's world ranking. The events that made up the 1976–77 snooker season were the first to award players with ranking points.[1] 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 2024–25 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 rankings are based on the prior two seasons, with eight revisions after specific tournaments throughout the season.[3] These revisions are used as official rankings, with points awarded in the current season overwriting those from two years prior.[2]
| Preceded by 2024–25 |
2025–26 | Succeeded by 2026–27 |
Judd Trump began the season as the highest ranked player and held it throughout the 2025–26 snooker season.
Ranking list
Revision dates
Seedings for each event were based on the world rankings, with totals being updated at specific revision dates. On these dates, ranking points from the 2023–24 snooker season were removed from a player's total.[4]
| Revision point | Date | After | 2023/2024 points dropped |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 July 2025 | Championship League | Championship League |
| 2 | 17 August 2025 | Saudi Arabia Masters | — |
| 3 | 31 August 2025 | Wuhan Open | European Masters |
| 4 | 22 September 2025 | English Open | British Open |
| 5 | 29 September 2025 | British Open | English Open |
| 6 | 14 October 2025 | Xi'an Grand Prix | Wuhan Open |
| 7 | 27 October 2025 | Northern Ireland Open | Northern Ireland Open |
| 8 | 10 November 2025 | International Championship | International Championship |
| 9 | 8 December 2025 | UK Championship | UK Championship |
| 10 | 14 December 2025 | Shoot Out | Shoot Out |
| 11 | 22 December 2025 | Scottish Open | Scottish Open |
| 12 | 2 February 2026 | German Masters | World Grand Prix |
| 13 | 9 February 2026 | World Grand Prix | German Masters |
| 14 | 23 February 2026 | Players Championship | Welsh Open |
| 15 | 2 March 2026 | Welsh Open | Players Championship |
| 16 | 23 March 2026 | World Open | World Open |
| 17 | 6 April 2026 | Tour Championship | Tour Championship |
| Total | 5 May 2026 | World Championship | World Championship |
| Source:[4] | |||
Seeding list
The following table contains the rankings during the 2025–26 snooker season; blank fields indicate that the player had no ranking.
| Name | Seeding revisions | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 [n 1][5] |
1 [n 2][6] |
2 [n 3][7] |
3 [n 4][8] |
4 [n 5][9] |
5 [n 6][10] |
6 [n 7][11] |
7 [n 8][12] |
8 [n 9][13] |
9 [n 10][14] |
10 [n 11][15] |
11 [n 12][16] | |||||||
 Judd Trump (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
 Mark Williams (WAL) |
3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
 John Higgins (SCO) |
4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | ||||||
 Ding Junhui (CHN) |
6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | ||||||
| Mark Selby (ENG) |
7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
 Neil Robertson (AUS) |
8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | ||||||
 Mark Allen (NIR) |
10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 12 | ||||||
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Zhang Anda (CHN) |
12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | ||||||
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) |
13 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
| Si Jiahui (CHN) |
15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) |
16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG) |
17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 22 | ||||||
| Gary Wilson (ENG) |
18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 24 | ||||||
| Tom Ford (ENG) |
19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 36 | ||||||
| Wu Yize (CHN) |
20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
| Jak Jones (WAL) |
21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 32 | ||||||
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 21 | ||||||
| David Gilbert (ENG) |
23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 31 | ||||||
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) |
24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 28 | ||||||
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
25 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 | ||||||
| Pang Junxu (CHN) |
26 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 25 | ||||||
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | ||||||
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) |
28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | ||||||
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) |
29 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | ||||||
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | ||||||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) |
31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 26 | ||||||
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 23 | ||||||
 Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
33 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 46 | ||||||
| Matthew Selt (ENG) |
34 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 43 | ||||||
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) |
35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 33 | ||||||
| Jackson Page (WAL) |
36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 35 | ||||||
| Ryan Day (WAL) |
37 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 | ||||||
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
38 | 39 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 61 | ||||||
 Luca Brecel (BEL) |
39 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 46 | 44 | ||||||
| Ricky Walden (ENG) |
40 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 42 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 54 | ||||||
| Xu Si (CHN) |
41 | 42 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 34 | ||||||
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) |
42 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 39 | ||||||
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) |
43 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 55 | 52 | ||||||
| Daniel Wells (WAL) |
44 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 45 | ||||||
| He Guoqiang (CHN) |
45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 52 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 47 | ||||||
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) |
46 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 20 | 18 | ||||||
| Robbie Williams (ENG) |
47 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 50 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 56 | ||||||
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) |
48 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 63 | 57 | ||||||
| Robert Milkins (ENG) |
49 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 61 | 72 | ||||||
 Aaron Hill (IRL) |
50 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 40 | 41 | ||||||
| Jamie Jones (WAL) |
51 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 63 | ||||||
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
52 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 49 | ||||||
| Jordan Brown (NIR) |
53 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 64 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 64 | ||||||
| Mark Davis (ENG) |
54 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | ||||||
| Scott Donaldson (SCO) |
55 | 57 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 55 | ||||||
| Liu Hongyu (CHN) |
56 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 58 | ||||||
| David Lilley (ENG) |
57 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 51 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 57 | 60 | ||||||
| Long Zehuang (CHN) |
58 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Anthony McGill (SCO) |
59 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 38 | ||||||
| Sanderson Lam (ENG) |
60 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 67 | ||||||
| Graeme Dott (SCO) |
61 | 62 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 76 | 85 | ||||||
| Cao Yupeng (CHN) |
62 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 80 | 82 | 98 | 109 | 129 | ||||||
 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) |
63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 59 | ||||||
| Stan Moody (ENG) |
64 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 44 | 40 | ||||||
| Zak Surety (ENG) |
65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 46 | 43 | 42 | ||||||
| Michael Holt (ENG) |
66 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 56 | 51 | ||||||
| Oliver Lines (ENG) |
67 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 53 | ||||||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) |
68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 | ||||||
| Duane Jones (WAL) |
69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 75 | ||||||
| Sunny Akani (THA) |
70 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 78 | ||||||
 Antoni Kowalski (POL) |
71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 65 | ||||||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) |
72 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 62 | ||||||
 Wang Yuchen (HKG) |
73 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 74 | ||||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) |
74 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 68 | ||||||
| Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) |
75 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 81 | ||||||
| Liam Davies (WAL) |
76 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 82 | ||||||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) |
77 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 69 | ||||||
 Artemijs Zizins (LAT) |
78 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 68 | 71 | ||||||
 Bulcsú Révész (HUN) |
79 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 84 | ||||||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) |
80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 85 | 87 | 91 | ||||||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) |
81 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 92 | 92 | 97 | 99 | ||||||
 Haris Tahir (PAK) |
82 | 86 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 94 | 98 | ||||||
| Chris Totten (SCO) |
83 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 92 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 102 | ||||||
| Robbie McGuigan (NIR) |
84 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 90 | 86 | ||||||
| Farakh Ajaib (PAK) |
85 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 84 | 89 | ||||||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) |
86 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 88 | ||||||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) |
87 | 86 | 85 | 86 | 89 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 91 | 95 | ||||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) |
88 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 104 | ||||||
| Ken Doherty (IRL) |
89 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 102 | 102 | 104 | 102 | 102 | 106 | ||||||
| Mink Nutcharut (THA) |
90 | 106 | 109 | 107 | 109 | 116 | 116 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 121 | 121 | ||||||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) |
91 | 107 | 110 | 114 | 116 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 126 | 126 | ||||||
 Jonas Luz (BRA) |
92 | 98 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 110 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 115 | 117 | ||||||
 Lim Kok Leong (MAS) |
93 | 121 | 123 | 124 | 126 | 127 | 127 | 127 | 127 | 127 | 128 | 127 | ||||||
 Hatem Yassen (EGY) |
94 | 99 | 104 | 106 | 107 | 114 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 114 | 116 | ||||||
 Mohammed Shehab (UAE) |
95 | 103 | 107 | 110 | 112 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | ||||||
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) |
112 | 116 | 115 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 122 | 117 | 118 | 113 | 114 | |||||||
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) |
80 | 77 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 62 | 51 | 48 | |||||||
| Chatchapong Nasa (THA) |
102 | 106 | 109 | 111 | 117 | 117 | 118 | 115 | 115 | 117 | 119 | |||||||
| Connor Benzey (ENG) |
112 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 125 | 118 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 120 | 113 | |||||||
| David Grace (ENG) |
112 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 89 | 93 | |||||||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) |
96 | 94 | 92 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 90 | |||||||
| Fergal Quinn (NIR) |
112 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 127 | 115 | |||||||
 Florian Nüßle (AUT) |
124 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 122 | 122 | |||||||
| Gao Yang (CHN) |
97 | 102 | 104 | 102 | 105 | 109 | 108 | 105 | 103 | 99 | 94 | |||||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) |
122 | 124 | 125 | 105 | 106 | 101 | 101 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 96 | |||||||
 Iulian Boiko (UKR) |
87 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 87 | |||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) |
125 | 115 | 113 | 115 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 123 | 123 | |||||||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) |
122 | 124 | 123 | 125 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 70 | |||||||
| Lan Yuhao (CHN) |
93 | 97 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 104 | 104 | 101 | 97 | 100 | 100 | |||||||
| Leone Crowley (IRL) |
112 | 116 | 118 | 108 | 113 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 118 | 111 | |||||||
| Liam Graham (SCO) |
108 | 111 | 111 | 113 | 115 | 108 | 107 | 108 | 107 | 110 | 112 | |||||||
| Liam Highfield (ENG) |
104 | 99 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 92 | 94 | 91 | 92 | 79 | |||||||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) |
108 | 111 | 102 | 103 | 86 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 73 | |||||||
| Liu Wenwei (CHN) |
119 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 105 | 108 | |||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) |
93 | 90 | 88 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 77 | |||||||
| Mahmoud El Hareedy (EGY) |
125 | 127 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 128 | |||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG) |
125 | 101 | 101 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 94 | 85 | 80 | |||||||
| Mateusz Baranowski (POL) |
125 | 127 | 126 | 127 | 107 | 105 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 112 | 110 | |||||||
| Michal Szubarczyk (POL) |
100 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 101 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 97 | |||||||
| Ng On Yee (HKG) |
111 | 114 | 117 | 119 | 124 | 125 | 121 | 122 | 122 | 124 | 124 | |||||||
| Oliver Brown (ENG) |
104 | 108 | 112 | 114 | 120 | 121 | 116 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 120 | |||||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) |
100 | 93 | 94 | 93 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 103 | 107 | |||||||
| Ross Muir (SCO) |
108 | 111 | 102 | 103 | 111 | 111 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 111 | 109 | |||||||
 Sahil Nayyar (CAN) |
112 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 126 | 126 | 126 | 125 | 125 | |||||||
| Sam Craigie (ENG) |
91 | 92 | 93 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 81 | 83 | |||||||
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) |
87 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 94 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 92 | |||||||
| Xu Yichen (CHN) |
125 | 127 | 128 | 124 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 104 | 103 | |||||||
| Yao Pengcheng (CHN) |
119 | 121 | 116 | 118 | 108 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 101 | |||||||
| Zhao Hanyang (CHN) |
112 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 104 | 107 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 108 | 105 | |||||||
Notes
- Rankings after World Championship.
- Rankings after Saudi Arabia Masters.
- Rankings after Wuhan Open.
- Rankings after English Open.
- Rankings after British Open.
- Rankings after International Championship.
- Rankings after UK Championship.
- Rankings after Scottish Open.
- Rankings after German Masters.
- Rankings after Tour Championship.
- Rankings after World Championship.