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The sport of snooker has utilised a world rankings system since 1975, used to seed players on the World Snooker Tour for tournaments. Originally, rankings were published once a year at the conclusion of a season: this had the effect of ensuring the World Champion would be the top seed for the entirety of the subsequent season.
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.
The rankings at the start of 2021/2022 season are determined by prize money earned in the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons and are updated after every tournament carrying ranking status; the players are re-ranked at the beginning of the current season after removing players relegated at the end of the previous season from the ranking list. As ...
The World Snooker Championship semi-finals provided high drama at the Crucible Theatre RESULT: Mark Selby holds off furious Mark Allen comeback to win 17-15 in marathon semi-final
Ronnie O’Sullivan closes in on a place in World Championship semi-finals. World Snooker Championship. 21:54, Jamie Braidwood. Mark Selby racked up his 99th Crucible century as he hit back from a ...
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. First introduced in the 1976–77 season , world rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association .
Two of snooker’s biggest met in the first round of the UK Championship as Judd Trump overcame Neil Robertson 6-3 in their mouthwatering clash in York.. The pair have won 53 ranking titles ...
The same rudimentary system was used for a number of years, but the rankings for the 1983–84 season included performances in two additional tournaments during the 1982–83 season. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The UK Championship became a ranking tournament in 1984 , [ 7 ] contributing points to the following season's rankings for the first time.