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This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
Hendry holds the record for most seasons at number one under the traditional system, with nine seasons (1990/1991–1997/1998 and again in 2006–07). His first spell of eight consecutive seasons in this position is also a record. [10] Under the rolling ranking format, Mark Selby holds both the total and consecutive records. [3]
The most successful player at the World Snooker Championship is Joe Davis, who won fifteen consecutive titles between 1927 and 1946. The record in the modern era, usually dated from the reintroduction in 1969 of a knock-out tournament format, rather than a challenge format, is shared by Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan , both having won the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Achievement in snooker Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured) has scored the most century breaks in professional snooker tournaments at more than 1,200. In snooker, a century break (also century, sometimes called a ton) is a break of 100 points or more, compiled in one visit to the table. A ...
The Triple Crown in professional snooker refers to winning the sport's three longest-running and most prestigious tournaments: the World Snooker Championship (first held in 1927 and staged as a knockout tournament continuously since 1969), the invitational Masters (held annually since 1975), and the UK Championship (held annually since 1977).
He only needed 7 minutes, 15 seconds for the record 133 break, which was also Davis' 200th century break. [50] Davis won one frame 145–0, which at the time was the highest aggregate score ever recorded in one frame. [51] Over the tournament Davis made ten century breaks. [52]
Mark Selby and Marco Fu set a new record for the longest frame of snooker ever played at the Crucible, seventy six minutes eleven seconds. Prize money for the 2017 Championship was a record £1,750,000 with the winner receiving £375,000. Prize money for first-round losers was a record £16,000, exceeding the £15,000 players received in 2003.
The record surpassed the previous record of six centuries set by Davis in 1946, [b] Mark Selby in 2011, and Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2013. [66] Ding's seven centuries equalled the record for the most by one player in any professional snooker match, set by Hendry in the 1994 UK Championship final. [66]