2008–09 snooker world rankings

none 2007–08 2009–10 2008–09 2008–09 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 200708 season who qualified for the 200809 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the 200607 world ranking points and the 200708 world ranking points. No. 1: Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Maguire, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Michaela Tabb at German Masters Snooker Final (DerHexer) 2012-02-05 05 cropped.jpg 1975 12 5 1992–present 1 No. 2: Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire at German Masters Snooker Final (DerHexer) 2012-02-05 23.jpg 1981 3 13 1998–present 2 No. 3: Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy at the Paul Hunter Classic 2008.jpg 1982 8 10 1997–present 3 No.Turner Chris Historical World Rankings 2005/06 to 2009/10 http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150350/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank3.html 13 March 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 26 February 2011 Name Country   PointsWorld Rankings 2008/2009 http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/0809/ranking.asp Snooker.org 26 February 2011 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan England 50450 2 Stephen Maguire Scotland 45525 3 Shaun Murphy England 45050 4 Mark Selby England 38325 5 John Higgins Scotland 37925 6 Stephen Hendry Scotland 34275 7 Ali Carter England 34175 8 Ryan Day Wales 33875 9 Peter Ebdon England 32975 10 Neil Robertson Australia 32950 11 Ding Junhui China 32194 12 Joe Perry England 30425 13 Graeme Dott Scotland 27144 14 Marco Fu Hong Kong 27000 15 Mark King England 26000 16 Mark Allen Northern Ireland 25725 17 Matthew Stevens Wales 25413 18 Ken Doherty Ireland 25119 19 Jamie Cope England 24744 20 Joe Swail Northern Ireland 24725 21 Stuart Bingham England 24625 22 Mark Williams Wales 23925 23 Nigel Bond England 23613 24 Fergal O'Brien Ireland 22538 25 Ian McCulloch England 22432 26 Stephen Lee England 22219 27 Barry Hawkins England 22125 28 Dave Harold England 21494 29 Steve Davis England 21419 30 Michael Judge Ireland 20825 31 Anthony Hamilton England 20813 32 Dominic Dale Wales 20688 33 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland 19538 34 Michael Holt England 19288 35 Ricky Walden England 18975 36 Adrian Gunnell England 18375 37 Alan McManus Scotland 18263 38 Andrew Higginson England 17513 39 John Parrott England 17450 40 Liang Wenbo China 17275 41 Judd Trump England 16351 42 Marcus Campbell Scotland 16325 43 David Gilbert England 16225 44 Rory McLeod England 16125 45 Jamie Burnett Scotland 16013 46 Jimmy Michie England 15550 47 Mike Dunn England 15501 48 Tom Ford England 14825 49 David Gray England 14338 50 Barry Pinches England 14250 51 Robert Milkins England 14113 52 David Roe England 14038 53 Liu Song China 13900 54 Andrew Norman England 13801 55 Ian Preece Wales 13475 56 Andy Hicks England 13263 57 Paul Davies Wales 13101 58 Mark Davis England 13088 59 Mark Joyce England 12963 60 Rod Lawler England 12713 61 Joe Delaney Ireland 12701 62 Stuart Pettman England 12476 63 Martin Gould England 11813 64 David Morris Ireland 11538 65 Jimmy White England 11513 66 Scott MacKenzie Scotland 10688 67 Lee Spick England 10950 68 Matthew Selt England 10688 69 Patrick Wallace Northern Ireland 10675 70 Rodney Goggins Ireland 10563 71 James McBain Scotland 10550 72 Supoj Saenla Thailand 10488 73 Liu Chuang China 10050 Notes Three former top 16 players re-enter that group. They are Joe Perry, Marco Fu and Mark King. Mark Allen is the only new member of the top 16. The players to drop out the top 16 are long standing top 16 players: Stephen Lee (in the top 16 for 11 consecutive seasons), Mark Williams (for 12), Ken Doherty (for 15) and Steve Davis. Players to reach career high rankings within the top 16 are: Stephen Maguire No.2, Mark Selby No.4, Ali Carter No.7, Ryan Day No.8, Joe Perry No.12, Marco Fu No.14 and Mark Allen No.16. No new players reach the top 32, however two players return: former world No.9 Fergal O'Brien at No.24 and Michael Judge at No.30. Two players drop out: Gerard Greene and Michael Holt to 33rd and 34th place respectively. Other players to reach career high rankings within the top 64 are: Jamie Cope up to No.19, Stuart Bingham No.21, Ricky Walden No.35, Andrew Higginson No.38, Liang Wenbo No.40, Judd Trump No.41, David Gilbert No.43, Rory McLeod No.44, Jimmy Michie No.46, Mike Dunn No.47, Tom Ford No.48, Liu Song No.53 and Ian Preece No.55. New players to enter the top 64 are Mark Joyce at No.59, Martin Gould No.63 and David Morris No.64. Former top player Jimmy White falls out the top 64 to 65th place, but remains on the tour via the one year list. Former top 32 player Robin Hull retires from the main tour due to illness. References 2008 Rankings 2009 Rankings 2008