Snooker world rankings 2009/2010

Snooker world rankings 2009/2010: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 2008/2009 season who qualified for the 2009/2010 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the snooker world ranking points 2007/2008 and snooker world ranking points 2008/2009.

No.[1] Name Country   Points[2] 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan  England 53575 2 Stephen Maguire  Scotland 48050 3 Shaun Murphy  England 47175 4 John Higgins  Scotland 45825 5 Ali Carter  England 42525 6 Ryan Day  Wales 40675 7 Mark Selby  England 37975 8 Marco Fu  Hong Kong 37350 9 Neil Robertson  Australia 35225 10 Stephen Hendry  Scotland 33125 11 Mark Allen  Northern Ireland 32875 12 Joe Perry  England 32875 13 Ding Junhui  China 29644 14 Peter Ebdon  England 29400 15 Mark Williams  Wales 29319 16 Mark King  England 28300 17 Barry Hawkins  England 27175 18 Jamie Cope  England 26632 19 Dave Harold  England 26607 20 Ricky Walden  England 26050 21 Stuart Bingham  England 25419 22 Joe Swail  Northern Ireland 24894 23 Steve Davis  England 24544 24 Michael Holt  England 23225 25 Stephen Lee  England 23188 26 Matthew Stevens  Wales 23132 27 Liang Wenbo  China 22825 28 Graeme Dott  Scotland 22494 29 Nigel Bond  England 22357 30 Judd Trump  England 21901 31 Fergal O'Brien  Ireland 20795 32 Gerard Greene  Northern Ireland 20751 33 Anthony Hamilton  England 20688 34 Dominic Dale  Wales 20620 35 Ian McCulloch  England 19263 36 Michael Judge  Ireland 19007 37 Stuart Pettman  England 18770 38 Mike Dunn  England 18739 39 Rory McLeod  England 18163 40 Jamie Burnett  Scotland 17888 41 Alan McManus  Scotland 17801 42 Adrian Gunnell  England 17500 43 Andrew Higginson  England 17438 44 Ken Doherty  Ireland 17363 45 Marcus Campbell  Scotland 16863 46 Martin Gould  England 16645 47 Mark Davis  England 16588 48 Jimmy Michie  England 16000 49 Tom Ford  England 15963 50 Andy Hicks  England 15832 51 David Gilbert  England 15625 52 Barry Pinches  England 15570 53 John Parrott  England 15225 54 Paul Davies  Wales 14326 55 Robert Milkins  England 14107 56 Jimmy White  England 14038 57 Mark Joyce  England 14001 58 David Morris  Ireland 13445 59 Liu Song  China 13370 60 Jin Long  China 12976 61 Rod Lawler  England 12783 62 David Roe  England 12620 63 Joe Delaney  Ireland 12558 64 Peter Lines  England 12238 65 David Gray  England 12208 66 Ian Preece  Wales 12170 67 Matthew Selt  England 12113 68 Lee Spick  England 11975 69 Matthew Couch  England 11838 70 Daniel Wells  Wales 11688 71 Li Hang  China 11338 72 Simon Bedford  England 11288 73 Patrick Wallace  Northern Ireland 11150 74 Andrew Norman  England 11126 75 Atthasit Mahitthi  Thailand 10938

No. 1: Ronnie O'Sullivan Born (1975-12-05) December 5, 1975 Sport country  England Professional 1992– Highest ranking 1 No. 2: Stephen Maguire Born (1981-03-13) March 13, 1981 Sport country  Scotland Professional 1998– Highest ranking 2 No. 3: Shaun Murphy Born (1982-08-10) August 10, 1982 Sport country  England Professional 1997– Highest ranking 3

Notes

• Former world number 1 Mark Williams returns to the top 16, but no new players attain this ranking.
• The player to drop out the top 16 is Graeme Dott (a member of the top 16 for 7 consecutive seasons).
• Players to reach career high rankings within the top 16 are: Allister Carter No.5, Ryan Day No.6, Marco Fu No.8 and Mark Allen No.11.
• Three new players reach the top 32: Ricky Walden, Liang Wenbo and Judd Trump. Two players return to the top 32: Michael Holt at No.24 and Gerard Greene at No.32. Five players drop out: Anthony Hamilton, Dominic Dale, Ian McCulloch, Michael Judge and Ken Doherty to 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 44th place respectively.

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