World Snooker Tour awards

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The World Snooker Tour produces annual awards in several categories, including player of the year.^[1]^[2]

The Association of Snooker Writers, founded by a group of journalists who wrote about snooker in 1981,^[3] first instituted awards for players and others associated with the game in 1983.^[3] From 1985, the awards were taken over by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.^[4] In 1998, the journalists' group was reformed as the Snooker Writers' Association, and the awards were in that body's name for several years.^[5]^[6] The awards are now administered by the World Snooker Tour.^[2]

List of awardees

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Snooker Writers' Association and WPBSA Awards
Awarding body	Year	Player of the Year^[7]	Personality of the Year	Young Player of the Year	Match of the Year	Other awards	Ref.
Association of Snooker Writers	1983	Steve Davis	Bill Werbeniuk	Tony Jones			^[3]^[8]
Association of Snooker Writers	1984	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor				^[3]^[9]
WPBSA	1985	Dennis Taylor	Dennis Taylor	John Parrott			^[4]^[10]
	1986	Steve Davis Joe Johnson	Joe Johnson	Stephen Hendry			^[4]^[11]
	1987	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White v Steve Davis (last frame of the 1987 Classic final^[a])	Overseas Player of the Year: Dene O'Kane Highest Break of the season: Jimmy White Billiards player of the year: Norman Dagley	^[7]^[12]^[13]
	1988	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	Stephen Hendry	Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White (last frame of the 1988 World Championship final^[a])	Break of the year: Steve Davis and Steve James (140) Overseas Player of the Year: Tony Drago Billiards player of the year: Norman Dagley	^[14]^[15]
	1989	Steve Davis		Martin Clark^[b]	John Parrott v Steve James (1989 World Championship)	Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell	^[16]^[17]
	1990	Stephen Hendry		Nigel Bond^[b]			^[18]^[19]
	1991	Stephen Hendry		Alan McManus^[b]			^[20]^[21]
	1992	Stephen Hendry		Peter Ebdon^[b]			^[22]
	1993	Stephen Hendry		Ronnie O'Sullivan			^[23]^[24]
	1994	Ronnie O'Sullivan		Fergal O'Brien			^[25]
	1995	Stephen Hendry		Tai Pichit^[b]			^[26]^[27]
	1996	Stephen Hendry	Stephen Hendry^[c]	Paul Hunter		Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell	^[7]^[28]^[29]
	1997	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis^[c]	Lee Walker		Break of the year: Ronnie O'Sullivan Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell	^[30]^[31]
Snooker Writers' Association	1998	John Higgins		Paul Hunter	Mark Williams v Stephen Hendry (1998 Masters)		^[7]^[6]
	1999	Stephen Hendry		Marco Fu			^[32]
	2000	Mark Williams
	2001	Ronnie O'Sullivan
	2002	Stephen Lee					^[33]
WPBSA	2003	Mark Williams
	2004	Ronnie O'Sullivan		Stephen Maguire			^[34]
	2005	Ronnie O'Sullivan
	2006	John Higgins
	2007	Neil Robertson
	2008	Ronnie O'Sullivan
	2009	John Higgins
2010: no awards

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World Snooker Tour Awards
Awarding body	Year	WST Player of the Year	Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year	Fans' Player of the Year	Rookie of the Year	Performance of the Year	Magic Moment of the Year	Breakthrough of the Year	Ref.
World Snooker Tour	2011	John Higgins	John Higgins	Judd Trump	Jack Lisowski	Judd Trump	Rory McLeod		^[35]
	2012	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Judd Trump	Luca Brecel	Stuart Bingham	Stephen Hendry		^[36]
	2013	Mark Selby	Mark Selby	Mark Selby	Ian Burns	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Jimmy Robertson		^[37]^[38]
	2014	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ding Junhui	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Astley	Mark Selby	Mark Selby		^[39]^[40]
	2015	Stuart Bingham	Stuart Bingham	Judd Trump	Oliver Lines	Joe Perry	Ronnie O'Sullivan		^[41]
	2016	John Higgins	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Darryl Hill	Mark Selby	Steve Davis		^[42]^[43]
	2017	Mark Selby	Mark Selby	Mark Selby	Yan Bingtao	Anthony Hamilton	Mark King		^[44]^[38]^[45]
	2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Xu Si	Mark Williams	Michael Georgiou		^[46]
	2019	Judd Trump	Judd Trump	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Joe O'Connor	James Cahill	Ronnie O'Sullivan		^[47]
	2020	Judd Trump	Judd Trump	Judd Trump	Louis Heathcote	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins		^[48]
	2021	Judd Trump	Mark Selby	Judd Trump	Pang Junxu	Mark Selby	Neil Robertson		^[49]
	2022	Neil Robertson	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Zhao Xintong	Wu Yize	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Neil Robertson		^[2]
	2023	Mark Allen	Mark Allen	Mark Allen	Julien Leclercq	Luca Brecel	Mark Selby (Maximum break at the 2023 World Snooker Championship)	Si Jiahui	^[50]
	2024	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ronnie O'Sullivan	He Guoqiang	Kyren Wilson	Shaun Murphy (Maximum break at the 2023 Shoot Out)	Zhang Anda (2023 International Championship)	^[51]
	2025	Judd Trump	Kyren Wilson	Judd Trump	Bai Yulu	Zhao Xintong	Judd Trump (2024 Saudi Arabia Masters final)	Xiao Guodong (2024 Wuhan Open)	^[52]

Hall of fame

The World Snooker hall of fame was instituted in 2011, with eight winners of multiple world snooker championships as the initial inductees.^[1]

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Hall of Fame^[7]
Year	Awardee(s)	Ref.
2011	Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry	^[35]
2012	Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan	^[36]
2013	Terry Griffiths, Joe Johnson, Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott, and Neil Robertson	^[37]
2014	Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn	^[39]
2015	John Parrott and Mark Selby	^[41]
2016	Stuart Bingham, Rex Williams and Sindhu Pulsirivong	^[42]
2017	Jimmy White and Clive Everton	^[44]
2018	Ding Junhui and Barry Hearn	^[46]
2021	Judd Trump and Brandon Parker	^[49]
2022	Reanne Evans and Allison Fisher	^[2]
2023	John Virgo	^[50]
2024	Luca Brecel and Daniel Blunn	^[51]
2025	Kyren Wilson	^[52]

Former awards

Services to snooker award

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Services to Snooker Awards^[7]^[53]
Year	Awardee	Notes
1983	Mike Watterson
1984	Clive Everton
1985	Del Simmonds	Promoter and administrator
1986	Rex Williams
1987	Barry Hearn
1988	Howard Kruger	Manager of several leading players
1990	John Spencer
1991	Eddie Charlton
1994	Ray Reardon
1996	Rick Waumsley	BBC snooker coverage
1998	Jonathan Martin	BBC Sport
1999	Jim Elkins	Tournament director for the Masters
2000	David Vine; Len Ganley
2001	John Williams

Achievement of the year

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Performance of the Year/Achievement of the year awards^[7]
Year	Awardee	Notes
1987 (performance)	Joe Johnson	Reaching the World Snooker Championship final in two consecutive years
1988 (performance)	Steve James	Performance at the 1988 World Snooker Championship
1995 (performance)	Stephen Hendry	Seven century breaks in the 1995 World Snooker Championship final
1996 (performance)	Nigel Bond	Winning British Open final after needing a snooker in the final frame^[29]
1996 (achievement)	Mark Williams	Winning the Welsh Open while ranked 39th^[29]
1997	Ken Doherty	Winning the 1997 World Snooker Championship
1998	Mark Williams	Recovering from 0–6 to win Masters final on re-spotted black
1999	Stephen Hendry	Winning a seventh World Snooker Championship
2000	Joe Swail	Reaching the 2000 World Snooker Championship semi-finals
2001	Paul Hunter	Winning the 2001 Masters final from 3–7 behind
2002	Peter Ebdon	Winning the 2002 World Snooker Championship
2003	Ken Doherty	Winning the 2003 World Snooker Championship semi-final against Paul Hunter
2004	Jimmy White	First ranking title for eleven years
2005	Shaun Murphy	Winning the 2005 World Snooker Championship
2006	Graeme Dott	Winning the 2006 World Snooker Championship
2007	Andrew Higginson	Reaching the 2007 Welsh Open final
2008	Mark Selby	Winning the Masters at his first attempt

Special awards

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Special Awards^[7]^[3]
Year	Awardee	Notes
1984	Mike Green	Retiring secretary of the WPBSA
1987	Jackie Rea	40 years as a professional player
1988	Fred Davis	Playing professionally at the age of 75
1989	Nick Hunter	BBC snooker producer
1993	John Pulman	Former world champion^[24]
1995	John Higgins	Winner of three ranking titles in a season
1996	Ted Lowe	BBC commentator, 50 years associated with snooker^[29]
1996	Peter Dyke	Promoter, who recommended to Embassy that they should sponsor the World Championship^[29]
1997	Mark Wildman	Services to English billiards
1998	Jimmy White	Defeat of Stephen Hendry at the 1998 World Snooker Championship
2000	Steve Davis	20 years as a top-16 ranked player
2001	John Dee	Snooker journalist
2004	Peter Dyke	Promoter
2005	John Spencer	Professional player, administrator and commentator
2006	Richard Balani	Promoter of snooker events in Malta
2007	Clive Everton	Journalist and commentator
2008	Barry Hearn	30 years as a tournament promoter and manager of snooker players

Notes

[a]
Frame of the Year
[b]
Newcomer of the year
[c]
BBC Viewers Choice Award

References

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[24]
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[25]
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[26]
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[27]
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[28]
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[29]
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[30]
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[31]
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[32]
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[33]
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[34]
Yates, Phil (6 October 2004). "Calcuating Davis sets the pace". The Times. p. 34.
[35]
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[36]
"Rocket Named Player Of Year". World Snooker. 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012.
[37]
"Selby Named Player Of The Year". World Snooker. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
[38]
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[39]
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[40]
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[41]
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[42]
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World Snooker Tour awards

List of awardees

Hall of fame

Former awards

Services to snooker award

Achievement of the year

Special awards

Notes

References

External links

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