Billiards world rankings

The billiards world rankings are the official system of ranking English billiards players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments

The ranking are maintained by the sport's governing body, World Billiards, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.^[1] A player's ranking is based on their performances in designated ranking tournaments over two years,^[2] with a season that begins on 1 September, and ends on 31 August of the following year.^[3]

As of 2012, the distinction between professional and amateur players was removed. Both male and female players are included on the list.

Top Ranked Players

 

Peter Gilchrist, the top ranked player from 2016 to 2021

	Ranking
Season	1	2	3	4
Before 1989	No information
1989–90^[4]	Mike Russell	Norman Dagley	Ian Williamson	Peter Gilchrist
1990–91^[4]	Mike Russell	Peter Gilchrist	Ian Williamson	Norman Dagley
1991–92^[5]	Geet Sethi	Mike Russell	Robby Foldvari	Peter Gilchrist
1992–93	Geet Sethi
1993–94^[6]	Geet Sethi	Robby Foldvari	Mike Russell	Peter Gilchrist
1995–96^[7]	Mike Russell	Geet Sethi	Peter Gilchrist	Robby Foldvari
2002–03^[8]	Mike Russell	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Chris Shutt
2003–04^[9]	Mike Russell	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Chris Shutt
2004–10	No official ranking list produced^[10]^[11]
2010–11	David Causier	Dhruv Sitwala	Peter Gilchrist and   Robert Hall^1
2011–12	David Causier	Billy Bousfield	Phil Mumford	Robert Hall
2012–13	Mike Russell	Robert Hall	David Causier	Martin Goodwill
2013–14	David Causier	Peter Gilchrist	Robert Hall	Matthew Bolton
2014–15	David Causier	Peter Gilchrist	Robert Hall	Mike Russell
2015–16	David Causier	Peter Gilchrist	Robert Hall	Mike Russell
2016–17	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Robert Hall	Mike Russell
2017–18	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Robert Hall	Mike Russell
2018–19	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Robert Hall	Martin Goodwill
2019–20^[12]	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Robert Hall	Ryan Mears
2020–21^[13]	Peter Gilchrist	David Causier	Robert Hall	Ryan Mears

Notes

^1 Gilchrist and Hall were joint 3rd ranked.

References

1. "World Billiards Limited (WBL)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
2. "Ranking List for Season 2019–2020". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
3. "Ranking Lists". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
4. "Here endeth 1990–91". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. January 1992. p. 25.
5. "Sethi displaces Russell as world no. 1". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 1992. p. 11.
6. "Sethi again tops billiards world rankings". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 1993. p. 20.
7. "Russell tops billiards world rankings". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. May 1995. p. 23.
8. "End of season world rankings". Snooker Scene. No. June 2002. Everton's News Agency. p. 47.
9. Everton, Clive. "Professional billiards dies: what next?". Snooker Scene. No. July 2003. Everton's News Agency. p. 21.
10. "Chris Shutt beats Mike Russell to become world champion for the first time". Snooker Scene. No. April 2005. Everton's News Agency. pp. 27–28.
11. Everton, Clive (August 2010). "Sorting billiards out". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. pp. 30–31.
12. "Ranking list for season 2019–2020". World Billiards. from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
13. "Ranking list for season 2020–2021". World Billiards. from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

• World Billiards Current Ranking List
• World Billiards Seeding and Draw System