Snooker world rankings 2007/2008

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Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The professional world rankings for the top 75 snooker players (plus 7 other players who are ranked 76–82 officially; if all players on the pro tour were ranked they would be lower) in the 2007/2008 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account ranking tournament performances from the previous two seasons (2005/2006 and 2006/2007).

Ranking^[1]	Name	Country	Points^[2]
1	John Higgins	Scotland	42,250
2	Graeme Dott	Scotland	37,775
3	Shaun Murphy	England	37,700
4	Ken Doherty	Ireland	35,800
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	England	33,600
6	Peter Ebdon	England	33,550
7	Neil Robertson	Australia	33,125
8	Stephen Hendry	Scotland	32,475
9	Ding Junhui	China	30,800
10	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	30,550
11	Mark Selby	England	27,400
12	Mark Williams	Wales	27,125
13	Stephen Lee	England	26,150
14	Allister Carter	England	25,300
15	Steve Davis	England	24,950
16	Ryan Day	Wales	24,500
17	Joe Swail	Northern Ireland	24,350
18	Joe Perry	England	23,925
19	Barry Hawkins	England	23,750
20	Matthew Stevens	Wales	23,550
21	Mark King	England	22,425
22	Jamie Cope	England	22,250
23	Stuart Bingham	England	22,150
24	Michael Holt	England	21,613
25	Nigel Bond	England	20,688
26	Anthony Hamilton	England	20,451
27	Marco Fu	Hong Kong	20,425
28	Ian McCulloch	England	19,126
29	Mark Allen	Northern Ireland	18,900
30	Dave Harold	England	18,875
31	Dominic Dale	Wales	18,075
32	Gerard Greene	England	17,900
33	James Wattana	Thailand	17,688
34	Michael Judge	Ireland	17,550
35	David Gray	England	17,163
36	Ricky Walden	England	16,965
37	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	16,950
38	Alan McManus	Scotland	16,525
39	John Parrott	England	16,288
40	Adrian Gunnell	England	15,500
41	Andy Hicks	England	14,976
42	Andrew Norman	England	14,888
43	Mark Davis	England	14,775
44	Andrew Higginson	England	14,725
45	Dave Gilbert	England	14,550
46	Jamie Burnett	Scotland	14,500
47	Robert Milkins	England	14,201
48	Rory McLeod	England	14,025
49	Rod Lawler	England	13,650
50	Tom Ford	England	13,475
51	Judd Trump	England	13,450
52	Marcus Campbell	Scotland	13,325
53	Stuart Pettman	England	13,288
54	Robin Hull	Finland	13,113
55	David Roe	England	13,113
56	Barry Pinches	England	12,638
57	Drew Henry	Scotland	12,500
58	Joe Delaney	Ireland	12,400
59	Mike Dunn	England	12,288
60	Jimmy White	England	12,175
61	Jimmy Michie	England	11,988
62	Paul Davies	Wales	11,713
63	Scott MacKenzie	Scotland	11,325
64	Ian Preece	Wales	11,050
65	Lee Spick	England	11,050
66	Liang Wenbo	China	10,900
67	Joe Jogia	England	10,738
68	Tony Drago	Malta	10,450
69	Tian Pengfei	China	10,225
70	Matthew Couch	England	9,975
71	David Morris	Ireland	9,600
72	Liu Song	China	9,525
73	Mark Joyce	England	9,500
74	Alfie Burden	England	9,500
75	Ben Woollaston	England	9,075
76	Chris Norbury	England	8,663
77	Sean Storey	England	8,500
78	Shokat Ali	Pakistan	7,426
79	Jeff Cundy	England	6,475
80	Paul Wykes	England	6,250
81	James Tatton	England	3,513
82	Hugh Abernethy	Scotland	1,800

No. 1: John Higgins
Tournament wins

Born	May 18, 1975 (1975-05-18) (age 36)
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1992–
Highest ranking	1
World Champion	1998, 2007, 2009

No. 2: Graeme Dott
Tournament wins
Born	May 12, 1977 (1977-05-12) (age 34)
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1994–
Highest ranking	2
World Champion	2006

No. 3: Shaun Murphy
Tournament wins

Born	August 10, 1982 (1982-08-10) (age 29)
Sport country	England
Professional	1997–
Highest ranking	3
World Champion	2005

Notes

Ding Junhui (27 to 9), Mark Selby (28 to 11) and Ryan Day (17 to 16) enter the top 16 for the first time. Additionally, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Allister Carter reach career-high rankings.
Jimmy White drops down from number 35 to number 60, after his least successful season ever, earning only 5725 points in the 06/07 season alone, down from 6450 in the 05/06 season.
Former world number 4 Matthew Stevens drops down from number 14 to number 20.
Barry Hawkins and Anthony Hamilton both drop out of the top 16 after a single season – Hawkins is down from number 12 to number 19, and Hamilton from number 16 to number 26.
Mark Allen moves up the rankings, from number 62 to number 29. Jamie Cope also reaches the top 32 for the first time (48 to 22),
Three players re-enter the top 32 – Dave Harold (36 to 30), Dominic Dale (40 to 31) and Gerard Greene (39 to 32)
Five players necessarily dropped out of the top 32; they are: James Wattana (25 to 33), David Gray (23 to 35), Alan McManus (19 to 38), Andy Hicks (31 to 41) and Robert Milkins (32 to 47).
Andrew Higginson rises 66 places from number 110 to number 44.
Judd Trump is up 21 spots from number 72 to number 51.
Tony Drago drops out of the top 64, from 52 to 68.

References

^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 2005/06 to 2009/10". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank3.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
^ "World Rankings 2007/2008". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/0708/ranking.asp. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

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