List of snooker players by number of ranking titles
January 15, 2024
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. This meant that the 1974 World Championship retrospectively became the first ranking event, won by Ray Reardon.
Until 1982, the World Championship was the only ranking event. In the 1982–83 season, two more ranking events were added to the snooker calendar: the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament. In 1984, the UK Championship, initially a non-ranking tournament, became a ranking event for the first time. More ranking tournaments were established over the years. In the 2018–19 season, there were twenty events worth ranking points.
In 1992–93 and from the 2010–11 to the 2015–16 season there were a number of tournaments which contributed to the world rankings but at a lower rate than standard ranking tournaments. Wins in these tournaments are referred to as "minor-ranking titles". There were a total of 69 minor-ranking tournaments; four in the 1992–93 season with the remainder played from 2010 to 2016 as part of the Players Tour Championship.
^Ronnie O'Sullivan won five Shanghai Masters tournaments but three were non-ranking.
^John Higgins won the China Championship in 2016 but this was not a ranking win.
^Steve Davis won six UK Championships but two were non-ranking. He also won the China Open tournament in 1997 but this was not a ranking win.
^Judd Trump won three World Grand Prix tournaments but one was non-ranking.
^Mark Selby won three Paul Hunter Classic tournaments but two were non-ranking.
^Shaun Murphy won two European Masters tournaments but one was non-ranking.
^John Parrott won the German Masters tournament in 1998 but this was not a ranking win.
^Ray Reardon won six World Snooker Championships but two were non-ranking.
^Doug Mountjoy won two UK Championships but one was non-ranking.
^John Spencer won three World Snooker Championships but two were non-ranking.
^Terry Griffiths won the UK Championship in 1982 but this was not a ranking win.
^Alex Higgins won two World Snooker Championships but one was non-ranking. He also won the UK Championship in 1983 but this was not a ranking win.
Referencesedit
^Hafez, Shamoon (16 August 2020). "O'Sullivan wins sixth world title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
Sourcesedit
Turner, Chris. . cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
January 15, 2024
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This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of ranking titles they have won A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings World rankings were introduced in the 1976 77 season initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships This meant that the 1974 World Championship retrospectively became the first ranking event won by Ray Reardon Until 1982 the World Championship was the only ranking event In the 1982 83 season two more ranking events were added to the snooker calendar the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament In 1984 the UK Championship initially a non ranking tournament became a ranking event for the first time More ranking tournaments were established over the years In the 2018 19 season there were twenty events worth ranking points Contents 1 List of winners 2 Ranking title winners by country 3 Minor ranking tournaments 4 Notes 5 References 6 SourcesList of winners editSee also List of snooker ranking tournaments Following the 2023 Scottish OpenRonnie O Sullivan holds the record for the most ranking titles with 40 He surpassed Stephen Hendry s previous record of 36 by winning the 2020 World Snooker Championship 1 Name Titles First Latest nbsp Ronnie O Sullivan ENG a 40 1993 2023World Championship 7UK Championship 8World Open 1Welsh Open 4China Open 2Shanghai Masters 2Northern Ireland Trophy 1British Open 1Dubai Classic 1German Masters 2Irish Masters 2World Grand Prix 2European Masters 1English Open 1Scottish Open 2Players Championship 2Tour Championship 1 nbsp Stephen Hendry SCO 36 1987 2005World Championship 7UK Championship 5World Open 4Welsh Open 3British Open 4Dubai Classic 3European Masters 4Scottish Open 3Thailand Masters 3 nbsp John Higgins SCO b 31 1994 2021World Championship 4UK Championship 3World Open 4Welsh Open 5China Open 1Shanghai Masters 1International Championship 1Indian Open 1British Open 4German Masters 2Australian Goldfields Open 1European Masters 1Scottish Open 2Players Championship 1 nbsp Steve Davis ENG c 28 1981 1995World Championship 6UK Championship 4World Open 3Welsh Open 2British Open 2Classic 4European Masters 1Scottish Open 5Thailand Masters 1 nbsp Judd Trump ENG d 26 2011 2023World Championship 1UK Championship 1World Open 1China Open 2International Championship 2German Masters 2Australian Goldfields Open 1World Grand Prix 2European Masters 2English Open 2Northern Ireland Open 4Gibraltar Open 2Players Championship 2Turkish Masters 1Wuhan Open 1 nbsp Mark Williams WAL 25 1994 2023World Championship 3UK Championship 2World Open 4Welsh Open 2China Open 3British Open 3German Masters 2European Masters 1Northern Ireland Open 1Thailand Masters 3WST Pro Series 1 nbsp Neil Robertson AUS 23 2006 2022World Championship 1UK Championship 3World Open 3Welsh Open 2China Open 2Wuxi Classic 2Bahrain Championship 1World Grand Prix 1Riga Masters 2European Masters 1English Open 1Scottish Open 1Players Championship 1Tour Championship 2 nbsp Mark Selby ENG e 22 2008 2023World Championship 4UK Championship 2Welsh Open 1China Open 3Shanghai Masters 1International Championship 2German Masters 1Paul Hunter Classic 1European Masters 1English Open 2Scottish Open 2China Championship 1WST Classic 1 nbsp Ding Junhui CHN 14 2005 2019UK Championship 3World Open 1Welsh Open 1China Open 2Shanghai Masters 2International Championship 1Indian Open 1Northern Ireland Trophy 1German Masters 1Players Championship 1 nbsp Shaun Murphy ENG f 12 2005 2023World Championship 1UK Championship 1World Open 1Welsh Open 1World Grand Prix 1European Masters 1Gibraltar Open 1China Championship 1Players Championship 2Tour Championship 1Championship League 1 nbsp Jimmy White ENG 10 1986 2004UK Championship 1World Open 2British Open 2Canadian Masters 1Classic 2European Masters 1Scottish Open 1 nbsp Mark Allen NIR 10 2012 2023UK Championship 1World Open 2International Championship 1World Grand Prix 1Northern Ireland Open 2Scottish Open 1Players Championship 1Shoot Out 1 nbsp John Parrott ENG g 9 1989 1996World Championship 1UK Championship 1Dubai Classic 3European Masters 3Scottish Open 1 nbsp Peter Ebdon ENG 9 1993 2012World Championship 1UK Championship 1World Open 1China Open 2British Open 1Irish Masters 1Scottish Open 1Thailand Masters 1 nbsp Ken Doherty IRL 6 1993 2006World Championship 1Welsh Open 2Malta Grand Prix 1European Masters 1Thailand Masters 1 nbsp Stuart Bingham ENG 6 2011 2019World Championship 1Welsh Open 1Shanghai Masters 1Australian Goldfields Open 1English Open 1Gibraltar Open 1 nbsp Stephen Maguire SCO 6 2004 2020UK Championship 1Welsh Open 1China Open 1Northern Ireland Trophy 1European Masters 1Tour Championship 1 nbsp Ray Reardon WAL h 5 1974 1982World Championship 4World Open 1 nbsp Stephen Lee ENG 5 1998 2012World Open 2Welsh Open 1Scottish Open 1Players Championship 1 nbsp Kyren Wilson ENG 5 2015 2022Shanghai Masters 1German Masters 1Paul Hunter Classic 1European Masters 1Championship League 1 nbsp Ali Carter ENG 5 2009 2023World Open 1Welsh Open 1Shanghai Masters 1German Masters 2 nbsp Ryan Day WAL 4 2017 2022British Open 1Riga Masters 1Gibraltar Open 1Shoot Out 1 nbsp Luca Brecel BEL 4 2017 2023World Championship 1Scottish Open 1China Championship 1Championship League 1 nbsp Barry Hawkins ENG 4 2012 2023Australian Goldfields Open 1World Grand Prix 1European Masters 1Players Championship 1 nbsp James Wattana THA 3 1992 1995Thailand Masters 2Strachan Open 1 nbsp Paul Hunter ENG 3 1998 2002Welsh Open 2British Open 1 nbsp Ricky Walden ENG 3 2008 2014Shanghai Masters 1Wuxi Classic 1International Championship 1 nbsp Marco Fu HKG 3 2007 2016World Open 1Australian Goldfields Open 1Scottish Open 1 nbsp Tony Knowles ENG 2 1982 1983World Open 1Scottish Open 1 nbsp Dennis Taylor NIR 2 1984 1985World Championship 1World Open 1 nbsp Cliff Thorburn CAN 2 1980 1985World Championship 1Scottish Open 1 nbsp Doug Mountjoy WAL i 2 1988 1989UK Championship 1Classic 1 nbsp Alan McManus SCO 2 1994 1996Dubai Classic 1Thailand Masters 1 nbsp Graeme Dott SCO 2 2006 2007World Championship 1China Open 1 nbsp Dominic Dale WAL 2 1997 2007World Open 1Shanghai Masters 1 nbsp Anthony McGill SCO 2 2016 2017Indian Open 1Shoot Out 1 nbsp Michael White WAL 2 2015 2017Indian Open 1Paul Hunter Classic 1 nbsp Zhao Xintong CHN 2 2021 2022UK Championship 1German Masters 1 nbsp Joe Perry ENG 2 2015 2022Welsh Open 1Players Championship 1 nbsp Robert Milkins ENG 2 2022 2023Welsh Open 1Gibraltar Open 1 nbsp Gary Wilson ENG 2 2022 2023Scottish Open 2 nbsp John Spencer ENG j 1 1977 1977World Championship 1 nbsp Terry Griffiths WAL k 1 1979 1979World Championship 1 nbsp Alex Higgins NIR l 1 1982 1982World Championship 1 nbsp Willie Thorne ENG 1 1985 1985Classic 1 nbsp Silvino Francisco RSA 1 1985 1985British Open 1 nbsp Joe Johnson ENG 1 1986 1986World Championship 1 nbsp Neal Foulds ENG 1 1986 1986Scottish Open 1 nbsp Tony Meo ENG 1 1989 1989British Open 1 nbsp Mike Hallett ENG 1 1989 1989Australian Goldfields Open 1 nbsp Steve James ENG 1 1990 1990Classic 1 nbsp Bob Chaperon CAN 1 1990 1990British Open 1 nbsp Tony Jones ENG 1 1991 1991European Masters 1 nbsp Dave Harold ENG 1 1993 1993Thailand Masters 1 nbsp Nigel Bond ENG 1 1996 1996British Open 1 nbsp Fergal O Brien IRL 1 1999 1999British Open 1 nbsp Chris Small SCO 1 2002 2002World Open 1 nbsp David Gray ENG 1 2003 2003Scottish Open 1 nbsp Matthew Stevens WAL 1 2003 2003UK Championship 1 nbsp Martin Gould ENG 1 2016 2016German Masters 1 nbsp Liang Wenbo CHN 1 2016 2016English Open 1 nbsp Mark King ENG 1 2016 2016Northern Ireland Open 1 nbsp Anthony Hamilton ENG 1 2017 2017German Masters 1 nbsp Michael Georgiou CYP 1 2018 2018Shoot Out 1 nbsp Jimmy Robertson ENG 1 2018 2018European Masters 1 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh THA 1 2019 2019Shoot Out 1 nbsp Matthew Selt ENG 1 2019 2019Indian Open 1 nbsp Yan Bingtao CHN 1 2019 2019Riga Masters 1 nbsp Michael Holt ENG 1 2020 2020Shoot Out 1 nbsp Jordan Brown NIR 1 2021 2021Welsh Open 1 nbsp David Gilbert ENG 1 2021 2021Championship League 1 nbsp Hossein Vafaei IRN 1 2022 2022Shoot Out 1 nbsp Fan Zhengyi CHN 1 2022 2022European Masters 1 nbsp Chris Wakelin ENG 1 2023 2023Shoot Out 1 nbsp Zhang Anda CHN 1 2023 2023International Championship 1 Players currently not on the World Snooker TourRanking title winners by country editFollowing the 2023 Scottish OpenCountry Players Titles First title Latest title nbsp England 38 214 1977 2023 nbsp Scotland 7 80 1987 2021 nbsp Wales 8 42 1974 2023 nbsp Australia 1 23 2006 2022 nbsp China 6 20 2005 2023 nbsp Northern Ireland 4 14 1982 2023 nbsp Ireland 2 7 1993 2006 nbsp Thailand 2 4 1992 2019 nbsp Belgium 1 4 2017 2023 nbsp Canada 2 3 1980 1990 nbsp Hong Kong 1 3 2007 2016 nbsp South Africa 1 1 1985 1985 nbsp Cyprus 1 1 2018 2018 nbsp Iran 1 1 2022 202214 countries 75 417 1974 2023Minor ranking tournaments editSee also List of minor ranking tournaments In 1992 93 and from the 2010 11 to the 2015 16 season there were a number of tournaments which contributed to the world rankings but at a lower rate than standard ranking tournaments Wins in these tournaments are referred to as minor ranking titles There were a total of 69 minor ranking tournaments four in the 1992 93 season with the remainder played from 2010 to 2016 as part of the Players Tour Championship Mark Selby had the most wins in minor rankings events with seven Mark Allen was second with five titles A number of players won a minor ranking event but have never won a full ranking event Tom Ford won two minor ranking tournaments while Marcus Campbell Tony Drago Andrew Higginson Ju Reti Rod Lawler Rory McLeod Barry Pinches Troy Shaw Joe Swail and Ben Woollaston each won once Notes edit Ronnie O Sullivan won five Shanghai Masters tournaments but three were non ranking John Higgins won the China Championship in 2016 but this was not a ranking win Steve Davis won six UK Championships but two were non ranking He also won the China Open tournament in 1997 but this was not a ranking win Judd Trump won three World Grand Prix tournaments but one was non ranking Mark Selby won three Paul Hunter Classic tournaments but two were non ranking Shaun Murphy won two European Masters tournaments but one was non ranking John Parrott won the German Masters tournament in 1998 but this was not a ranking win Ray Reardon won six World Snooker Championships but two were non ranking Doug Mountjoy won two UK Championships but one was non ranking John Spencer won three World Snooker Championships but two were non ranking Terry Griffiths won the UK Championship in 1982 but this was not a ranking win Alex Higgins won two World Snooker Championships but one was non ranking He also won the UK Championship in 1983 but this was not a ranking win References edit Hafez Shamoon 16 August 2020 O Sullivan wins sixth world title BBC Sport Retrieved 16 August 2020 Sources editTurner Chris Ranking Title Winners cajt pwp blueyonder co uk Chris Turner s 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