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List of PSA men's number 1 ranked players

This article is a list of PSA men's number 1 ranked players in the Official Men's Squash World Ranking.

The PSA Ranking are the Professional Squash Association's (PSA) merit-based method for determining the world rankings in men's squash. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 12 months, has garnered the most PSA ranking points. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since January 1975.

An updated rankings list is released each Monday.

Number 1 ranked Professional Squash Association (PSA) players edit

The statistics are updated only when the PSA website revises its rankings (Monday of every week). In August 2022, PSA changed the world rankings from monthly to weekly.
Key
* Current number 1 player[1]
PSA Men's Ranking record
 
Jansher Khan has spent a 97 total months at the top of the PSA rankings, the most of any player.
 
Jahangir Khan has spent 72 consecutive months at the top of the PSA rankings, the most of any player.
No. Country Name Start date End date Months Accumulated total
(months)
Days Accumulated total
(days)
1   PAK Qamar Zaman January 1975 January 1976 13 13 396 396
2   AUS Geoff Hunt February 1976 December 1980 59 59 1796 1796
  PAK Qamar Zaman (2) January 1981 December 1981 12 25 365 761
3   PAK Jahangir Khan January 1982 December 1987 72 72 2191 2191
4   PAK Jansher Khan January 1988 October 1988 10 10 305 305
  PAK Jahangir Khan (2) November 1988 October 1989 12 84 365 2556
  PAK Jansher Khan (2) November 1989 February 1990 4 14 120 425
  PAK Jahangir Khan (3) March 1990 April 1990 2 86 61 2617
  PAK Jansher Khan (3) May 1990 June 1990 2 16 61 486
  PAK Jahangir Khan (4) July 1990 October 1990 4 90 123 2740
  PAK Jansher Khan (4) November 1990 December 1991 14 30 426 912
  PAK Jahangir Khan (5) January 1992 April 1992 4 94 121 2861
  PAK Jansher Khan (5) May 1992 June 1993 14 44 426 1338
5   AUS Chris Dittmar July 1993 August 1993 2 2 62 62
  PAK Jansher Khan (7) September 1993 January 1998 53 97 1614 2952
6   SCO Peter Nicol February 1998 April 1999 15 15 454 454
7   CAN Jonathon Power May 1999 September 1999 5 5 153 153
  SCO Peter Nicol (2) October 1999 October 1999 1 16 31 485
  CAN Jonathon Power (2) November 1999 January 2000 3 8 92 245
  SCO Peter Nicol (3) February 2000 March 2001 14 30 426 911
  CAN Jonathon Power (3) April 2001 July 2001 4 12 122 367
  ENG Peter Nicol (4) August 2001 August 2001 1 31 31 942
8   AUS David Palmer September 2001 December 2001 4 4 122 122
  ENG Peter Nicol (5) January 2002 December 2003 24 55 730 1672
9   FRA Thierry Lincou January 2004 February 2004 2 2 60 60
10   SCO John White March 2004 April 2004 2 2 61 61
  ENG Peter Nicol (6) May 2004 September 2004 5 60 153 1825
11   ENG Lee Beachill October 2004 December 2004 3 3 92 92
  FRA Thierry Lincou (2) January 2005 December 2005 12 14 365 425
  CAN Jonathon Power (4) January 2006 January 2006 1 13 31 398
  AUS David Palmer (2) February 2006 February 2006 1 5 28 150
  CAN Jonathon Power (5) March 2006 March 2006 1 14 31 429
12   EGY Amr Shabana April 2006 December 2008 33 33 1006 1006
13   EGY Karim Darwish January 2009 October 2009 10 10 304 304
14   FRA Grégory Gaultier November 2009 November 2009 1 1 30 30
  EGY Karim Darwish (2) December 2009 December 2009 1 11 31 335
15   EGY Ramy Ashour January 2010 May 2010 5 5 151 151
16   ENG Nick Matthew June 2010 August 2010 3 3 92 92
  EGY Ramy Ashour (2) September 2010 December 2010 4 9 122 273
  ENG Nick Matthew (2) January 2011 January 2012 12 15 365 457
17   ENG James Willstrop January 2012 January 2012 1 1 31 31
  ENG Nick Matthew (3) February 2012 February 2012 1 16 29 486
  ENG James Willstrop (2) March 2012 December 2012 10 11 306 337
  EGY Ramy Ashour (3) January 2013 December 2013 12 21 365 638
  ENG Nick Matthew (4) January 2014 January 2014 1 17 31 517
  ENG
  FRA
Nick Matthew (=)
Grégory Gaultier (2)
February 2014 February 2014 1 18
2
28 545
58
  ENG Nick Matthew (=) March 2014 March 2014 1 19 31 576
  FRA Grégory Gaultier (3) April 2014 October 2014 7 9 214 272
18   EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy November 2014 November 2015 13 13 395 395
  FRA Grégory Gaultier (4) December 2015 December 2015 1 10 31 303
  EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy (2) January 2016 March 2017 15 28 456 851
  FRA Grégory Gaultier (5) April 2017 April 2017 1 11 30 333
19   EGY Karim Abdel Gawad May 2017 May 2017 1 1 31 31
  FRA Grégory Gaultier (6) June 2017 February 2018 9 20 273 606
  EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy (3) March 2018 February 2019 12 40 365 1216
20   EGY Ali Farag March 2019 January 2020 11 11 337 337
  EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy (4) February 2020 October 2020 9 49 274 1490
  EGY Ali Farag (2) November 2020 July 2021 9 20 273 610
  EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy (5) August 2021 August 2021 1 50 31 1521
  EGY Ali Farag (3) September 2021 February 2022 6 26 181 791
21   NZL Paul Coll March 2022 May 2022 3 3 92 92
  EGY Ali Farag (4) June 2022 Aug 28, 2022 3 29 89 880
No. Country Name Start date End date Weeks Accumulated total Days Accumulated total
(days)
  EGY Ali Farag Aug 29, 2022 Oct 2, 2022 5 5 35 915
  NZL Paul Coll (2) Oct 3, 2022 Oct 16, 2022 2 2 14 106
  EGY Ali Farag (5) Oct 17, 2022 Jan 15, 2023 13 18 91 1006
22   EGY Mostafa Asal Jan 16, 2023 Apr 16, 2023 13 13 91 91
23   PER Diego Elías Apr 17, 2023 Jun 4, 2023 7 7 49 49
  EGY Ali Farag (6) Jun 5, 2023 Present (Jan 7, 2024) 31 49 217 1223

Days at number 1 edit

As of January 7, 2024

Days at No. 1 by country edit

Country No. of
players
No. of
months
No. of
weeks
No. of
days
Players
1.   Pakistan 3 216 5813 Jansher Khan, Jahangir Khan, Qamar Zaman
2.   Egypt 7 144 62 4845 Mohamed El Shorbagy, Amr Shabana, Ramy Ashour, Karim Darwish, Ali Farag, Karim Abdel Gawad, Mostafa Asal
3.   Australia 3 66 2008 Geoff Hunt, David Palmer, Chris Dittmar
4.   England 4 63 1919 Peter Nicol, Nick Matthew, James Willstrop, Lee Beachill
5.   France 2 34 1031 Grégory Gaultier, Thierry Lincou
6.   Scotland 2 32 972 Peter Nicol, John White
7.   Canada 1 14 429 Jonathon Power
8.   New Zealand 1 3 2 106 Paul Coll
9.   Peru 1 7 49 Diego Elías

As of January 7, 2024

Players who were ranked World No. 1 without having won a World Championship edit

Player Date of first No. 1 position Num. of days No. 1 First World Championship final Number of finals
  Qamar Zaman * 1st of January 1975 761 (25 months) 1977 (vs.  Geoff Hunt) 4
  Chris Dittmar 1st of July 1993 62 (2 months) 1983 (vs.  Jahangir Khan) 5
  John White 1st of March 2004 61 (2 months) 2002 (vs.  David Palmer) 1
  Lee Beachill 1st of October 2004 92 (3 months) 2004 (vs.  Thierry Lincou) 1
  Karim Darwish 1st of January 2009 335 (11 months) 2008 (vs.  Ramy Ashour) 1
  James Willstrop 1st of January 2012 337 (11 months) 2010 (vs.  Nick Matthew) 1
  Paul Coll 1st of March 2022 106 (3 months & 2 weeks) 2019-20 (vs.  Tarek Momen) 1
  Mostafa Asal 16th of January 2023 91 (13 weeks) None 0
  Diego Elías 17th of April 2023 49 (7 weeks) None 0

As of January 7, 2024

Note:

  • Qamar Zaman won the British Open in 1975 (considered as the World Open on that year before its inception in 1976).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association (PSA). Retrieved 23 October 2014.

External links edit

  • PSA World Rankings

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This article is a list of PSA men s number 1 ranked players in the Official Men s Squash World Ranking The PSA Ranking are the Professional Squash Association s PSA merit based method for determining the world rankings in men s squash The top ranked player is the player who over the previous 12 months has garnered the most PSA ranking points Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments The PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since January 1975 An updated rankings list is released each Monday Contents 1 Number 1 ranked Professional Squash Association PSA players 2 Days at number 1 3 Days at No 1 by country 4 Players who were ranked World No 1 without having won a World Championship 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksNumber 1 ranked Professional Squash Association PSA players editThe statistics are updated only when the PSA website revises its rankings Monday of every week In August 2022 PSA changed the world rankings from monthly to weekly Key Current number 1 player 1 PSA Men s Ranking record nbsp Jansher Khan has spent a 97 total months at the top of the PSA rankings the most of any player nbsp Jahangir Khan has spent 72 consecutive months at the top of the PSA rankings the most of any player No Country Name Start date End date Months Accumulated total months Days Accumulated total days 1 nbsp PAK Qamar Zaman January 1975 January 1976 13 13 396 3962 nbsp AUS Geoff Hunt February 1976 December 1980 59 59 1796 1796 nbsp PAK Qamar Zaman 2 January 1981 December 1981 12 25 365 7613 nbsp PAK Jahangir Khan January 1982 December 1987 72 72 2191 21914 nbsp PAK Jansher Khan January 1988 October 1988 10 10 305 305 nbsp PAK Jahangir Khan 2 November 1988 October 1989 12 84 365 2556 nbsp PAK Jansher Khan 2 November 1989 February 1990 4 14 120 425 nbsp PAK Jahangir Khan 3 March 1990 April 1990 2 86 61 2617 nbsp PAK Jansher Khan 3 May 1990 June 1990 2 16 61 486 nbsp PAK Jahangir Khan 4 July 1990 October 1990 4 90 123 2740 nbsp PAK Jansher Khan 4 November 1990 December 1991 14 30 426 912 nbsp PAK Jahangir Khan 5 January 1992 April 1992 4 94 121 2861 nbsp PAK Jansher Khan 5 May 1992 June 1993 14 44 426 13385 nbsp AUS Chris Dittmar July 1993 August 1993 2 2 62 62 nbsp PAK Jansher Khan 7 September 1993 January 1998 53 97 1614 2952 6 nbsp SCO Peter Nicol February 1998 April 1999 15 15 454 4547 nbsp CAN Jonathon Power May 1999 September 1999 5 5 153 153 nbsp SCO Peter Nicol 2 October 1999 October 1999 1 16 31 485 nbsp CAN Jonathon Power 2 November 1999 January 2000 3 8 92 245 nbsp SCO Peter Nicol 3 February 2000 March 2001 14 30 426 911 nbsp CAN Jonathon Power 3 April 2001 July 2001 4 12 122 367 nbsp ENG Peter Nicol 4 August 2001 August 2001 1 31 31 9428 nbsp AUS David Palmer September 2001 December 2001 4 4 122 122 nbsp ENG Peter Nicol 5 January 2002 December 2003 24 55 730 16729 nbsp FRA Thierry Lincou January 2004 February 2004 2 2 60 6010 nbsp SCO John White March 2004 April 2004 2 2 61 61 nbsp ENG Peter Nicol 6 May 2004 September 2004 5 60 153 182511 nbsp ENG Lee Beachill October 2004 December 2004 3 3 92 92 nbsp FRA Thierry Lincou 2 January 2005 December 2005 12 14 365 425 nbsp CAN Jonathon Power 4 January 2006 January 2006 1 13 31 398 nbsp AUS David Palmer 2 February 2006 February 2006 1 5 28 150 nbsp CAN Jonathon Power 5 March 2006 March 2006 1 14 31 42912 nbsp EGY Amr Shabana April 2006 December 2008 33 33 1006 100613 nbsp EGY Karim Darwish January 2009 October 2009 10 10 304 30414 nbsp FRA Gregory Gaultier November 2009 November 2009 1 1 30 30 nbsp EGY Karim Darwish 2 December 2009 December 2009 1 11 31 33515 nbsp EGY Ramy Ashour January 2010 May 2010 5 5 151 15116 nbsp ENG Nick Matthew June 2010 August 2010 3 3 92 92 nbsp EGY Ramy Ashour 2 September 2010 December 2010 4 9 122 273 nbsp ENG Nick Matthew 2 January 2011 January 2012 12 15 365 45717 nbsp ENG James Willstrop January 2012 January 2012 1 1 31 31 nbsp ENG Nick Matthew 3 February 2012 February 2012 1 16 29 486 nbsp ENG James Willstrop 2 March 2012 December 2012 10 11 306 337 nbsp EGY Ramy Ashour 3 January 2013 December 2013 12 21 365 638 nbsp ENG Nick Matthew 4 January 2014 January 2014 1 17 31 517 nbsp ENG nbsp FRA Nick Matthew Gregory Gaultier 2 February 2014 February 2014 1 182 28 54558 nbsp ENG Nick Matthew March 2014 March 2014 1 19 31 576 nbsp FRA Gregory Gaultier 3 April 2014 October 2014 7 9 214 27218 nbsp EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy November 2014 November 2015 13 13 395 395 nbsp FRA Gregory Gaultier 4 December 2015 December 2015 1 10 31 303 nbsp EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy 2 January 2016 March 2017 15 28 456 851 nbsp FRA Gregory Gaultier 5 April 2017 April 2017 1 11 30 33319 nbsp EGY Karim Abdel Gawad May 2017 May 2017 1 1 31 31 nbsp FRA Gregory Gaultier 6 June 2017 February 2018 9 20 273 606 nbsp EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy 3 March 2018 February 2019 12 40 365 121620 nbsp EGY Ali Farag March 2019 January 2020 11 11 337 337 nbsp EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy 4 February 2020 October 2020 9 49 274 1490 nbsp EGY Ali Farag 2 November 2020 July 2021 9 20 273 610 nbsp EGY Mohamed El Shorbagy 5 August 2021 August 2021 1 50 31 1521 nbsp EGY Ali Farag 3 September 2021 February 2022 6 26 181 79121 nbsp NZL Paul Coll March 2022 May 2022 3 3 92 92 nbsp EGY Ali Farag 4 June 2022 Aug 28 2022 3 29 89 880No Country Name Start date End date Weeks Accumulated total Days Accumulated total days nbsp EGY Ali Farag Aug 29 2022 Oct 2 2022 5 5 35 915 nbsp NZL Paul Coll 2 Oct 3 2022 Oct 16 2022 2 2 14 106 nbsp EGY Ali Farag 5 Oct 17 2022 Jan 15 2023 13 18 91 100622 nbsp EGY Mostafa Asal Jan 16 2023 Apr 16 2023 13 13 91 9123 nbsp PER Diego Elias Apr 17 2023 Jun 4 2023 7 7 49 49 nbsp EGY Ali Farag 6 Jun 5 2023 Present Jan 7 2024 31 49 217 1223Days at number 1 editRank Player Total months Total weeks Total days 1 nbsp Jansher Khan 97 29522 nbsp Jahangir Khan 94 28613 nbsp nbsp Peter Nicol 60 18254 nbsp Geoff Hunt 59 17965 nbsp Mohamed El Shorbagy 50 15216 nbsp Ali Farag 29 49 12237 nbsp Amr Shabana 33 10068 nbsp Qamar Zaman 25 7619 nbsp Ramy Ashour 21 63810 nbsp Gregory Gaultier 20 60611 nbsp Nick Matthew 19 57612 nbsp Jonathon Power 14 42913 nbsp Thierry Lincou 14 42514 nbsp James Willstrop 11 33715 nbsp Karim Darwish 11 33516 nbsp David Palmer 5 15017 nbsp Paul Coll 3 2 10618 nbsp Lee Beachill 3 9219 nbsp Mostafa Asal 13 9120 nbsp Chris Dittmar 2 6221 nbsp John White 2 6122 nbsp Diego Elias 7 4923 nbsp Karim Abdel Gawad 1 31 Rank Player Consecutivedays1 nbsp Jahangir Khan 2191 72 months 2 nbsp Geoff Hunt 1796 59 months 3 nbsp Jansher Khan 1614 53 months 4 nbsp Amr Shabana 1006 33 months 5 nbsp Peter Nicol 730 24 months 6 nbsp Mohamed El Shorbagy 456 15 months 7 nbsp Qamar Zaman 396 13 months 8 nbsp Ramy Ashour 365 12 months nbsp Nick Matthew 365 12 months nbsp Thierry Lincou 365 12 months 11 nbsp Ali Farag 337 11 months 12 nbsp James Willstrop 306 10 months 13 nbsp Karim Darwish 304 10 months 14 nbsp Gregory Gaultier 214 9 months 15 nbsp Jonathon Power 153 5 months 16 nbsp David Palmer 122 4 months 17 nbsp Lee Beachill 92 3 months nbsp Paul Coll 92 3 months 19 nbsp Mostafa Asal 91 13 weeks 20 nbsp Chris Dittmar 62 2 months 21 nbsp John White 61 2 months 22 nbsp Diego Elias 49 7 weeks 23 nbsp Karim Abdel Gawad 31 1 month As of January 7 2024Days at No 1 by country editCountry No ofplayers No ofmonths No ofweeks No ofdays Players1 nbsp Pakistan 3 216 5813 Jansher Khan Jahangir Khan Qamar Zaman2 nbsp Egypt 7 144 62 4845 Mohamed El Shorbagy Amr Shabana Ramy Ashour Karim Darwish Ali Farag Karim Abdel Gawad Mostafa Asal3 nbsp Australia 3 66 2008 Geoff Hunt David Palmer Chris Dittmar4 nbsp England 4 63 1919 Peter Nicol Nick Matthew James Willstrop Lee Beachill5 nbsp France 2 34 1031 Gregory Gaultier Thierry Lincou6 nbsp Scotland 2 32 972 Peter Nicol John White7 nbsp Canada 1 14 429 Jonathon Power8 nbsp New Zealand 1 3 2 106 Paul Coll9 nbsp Peru 1 7 49 Diego EliasAs of January 7 2024Players who were ranked World No 1 without having won a World Championship editPlayer Date of first No 1 position Num of days No 1 First World Championship final Number of finals nbsp Qamar Zaman 1st of January 1975 761 25 months 1977 vs nbsp Geoff Hunt 4 nbsp Chris Dittmar 1st of July 1993 62 2 months 1983 vs nbsp Jahangir Khan 5 nbsp John White 1st of March 2004 61 2 months 2002 vs nbsp David Palmer 1 nbsp Lee Beachill 1st of October 2004 92 3 months 2004 vs nbsp Thierry Lincou 1 nbsp Karim Darwish 1st of January 2009 335 11 months 2008 vs nbsp Ramy Ashour 1 nbsp James Willstrop 1st of January 2012 337 11 months 2010 vs nbsp Nick Matthew 1 nbsp Paul Coll 1st of March 2022 106 3 months amp 2 weeks 2019 20 vs nbsp Tarek Momen 1 nbsp Mostafa Asal 16th of January 2023 91 13 weeks None 0 nbsp Diego Elias 17th of April 2023 49 7 weeks None 0As of January 7 2024Note Qamar Zaman won the British Open in 1975 considered as the World Open on that year before its inception in 1976 See also editOfficial Men s Squash World Ranking Professional Squash Association List of PSA women s number 1 ranked players Official Women s Squash World RankingReferences edit PSA World Rankings psaworldtour com Professional Squash Association PSA Retrieved 23 October 2014 External links editPSA World Rankings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of PSA men 27s number 1 ranked players amp oldid 1193202226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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