Snooker world rankings 2006/2007

Snooker world rankings 2006/2007: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 2006/2007 season are listed below.

No. 1: Stephen Hendry

Born	(1969-01-13) January 13, 1969
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1985–2012
Highest ranking	1

No. 2: Ken Doherty

Born	(1969-09-17) September 17, 1969
Sport country	Ireland
Professional	1990–
Highest ranking	2

No. 3: Ronnie O'Sullivan

Born	(1975-12-05) December 5, 1975
Sport country	England
Professional	1992–
Highest ranking	1

No.[1]	Name	Nationality	Points[2][3]
1	Stephen Hendry	Scotland	36437
2	Ken Doherty	Ireland	36137
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	England	36012
4	John Higgins	Scotland	34962
5	Shaun Murphy	England	32725
6	Graeme Dott	Scotland	32600
7	Peter Ebdon	England	31200
8	Mark Williams	Wales	31137
9	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	30725
10	Stephen Lee	England	29125
11	Steve Davis	England	28875
12	Barry Hawkins	England	27825
13	Neil Robertson	Australia	27000
14	Matthew Stevens	Wales	23862
15	Allister Carter	England	23725
16	Anthony Hamilton	England	23725
17	Ryan Day	Wales	23075
18	Joe Perry	England	23000
19	Alan McManus	Scotland	22175
20	Nigel Bond	England	22075
21	Michael Holt	England	21937
22	Marco Fu	Hong Kong	21912
23	David Gray	England	21813
24	Stuart Bingham	England	21775
25	James Wattana	Thailand	21725
26	Ian McCulloch	England	21725
27	Ding Junhui	China	21700
28	Mark Selby	England	21450
29	Mark King	England	21175
30	Joe Swail	Northern Ireland	20737
31	Andy Hicks	England	20538
32	Robert Milkins	England	20338
33	Barry Pinches	ENG	20263
34	Jimmy White	ENG	19237
35	Dave Harold	ENG	18700
36	Ricky Walden	ENG	18400
37	Mark Davis	ENG	18375
38	Gerard Greene	NIR	18087
39	Dominic Dale	WAL	17275
40	Adrian Gunnell	ENG	16900
41	Drew Henry	SCO	16887
42	John Parrott	ENG	16313
43	Michael Judge	IRL	15750
44	Tom Ford	ENG	15325
45	Fergal O'Brien	IRL	14650
46	Rod Lawler	ENG	14475
47	Jamie Cope	ENG	14212
48	Marcus Campbell	SCO	14150
49	Rory McLeod	ENG	14100
50	Robin Hull	FIN	13863
51	Tony Drago	MLT	13537
52	Stuart Pettman	ENG	13350
53	Mike Dunn	ENG	13263
54	Jamie Burnett	SCO	13100
55	Shokat Ali	PAK	12963
56	David Roe	ENG	12787
57	Paul Davies	WAL	12250
58	Andrew Norman	ENG	12225
59	Scott MacKenzie	SCO	12175
60	Jimmy Michie	ENG	12138
61	Mark Allen	NIR	12087
62	Joe Jogia	ENG	11325
63	Joe Delaney	IRL	10625
64	Sean Storey	ENG	10425

Notes

• Stephen Hendry, despite having not had the best of seasons, regains the number one spot after nine years from second place.
• Paul Hunter dropped out of the top 32, down from number five to number 34 at the end of the 2005/2006 season,^[4] shortly before his death from colon cancer.
• Jimmy White drops out of the top 32 after his worst season ever, down from number eight to number 34.
• Alan McManus drops out of the top 16 (having been in it for a decade) after his worst season ever as well, down from number 12 to number 19.
• Ian McCulloch drops out of the top 16 after just one season, down from number 16 to number 25.
• Anthony Hamilton re-enters the top 16 after gaining two places, from number 17 to joint number 15.
• Barry Pinches drops out of the top 32, down from number 18 to number 33.
• Allister Carter finally makes it to that much coveted top 16 spot after 4 seasons coming very close indeed inside the top 20 after gaining four places, from number 19 to 15.
• Neil Robertson enters the top 16, from number 27 to number 13.
• John Parrott (a former longtime top 16 player) drops out of the top 32, down from number 28 to number 42.
• Ryan Day officially enters the top 32, from number 33 (just outside the top 32, although he replaced Quinten Hann, officially in 22nd place at the time, during most of the season) to number 17 (just outside the top 16).
• Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui enter the top 32, from number 37 to number 24 and number 62 to number 27 respectively.
• Mark Selby and Joe Swail re-enter the top 32, from number 38 to number 28 and number 40 to number 30 respectively.

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