1982–83 snooker world rankings

none June 2023 thumb|alt=Cliff Thorburn playing at a snooker table|Cliff Thorburn (pictured in 2007) dropped from first place in the previous list to third in 1982/1983. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the governing body for professional snooker, first published official world rankings for players on the main tour for the 1976–77 season. Before this, for each tournament the defending champion was seeded first, and the previous year's runner-up second.Official rankings Snooker Scene August 1976 Everton's News Agency Birmingham 10Turner Chris Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90 http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120608214119/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank1.html 8 June 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 26 February 2011Turner Chris World Rankings – History and Development http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/history_rankings.htm Global Snooker Centre 24 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20040803184513/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/history_rankings.htm September 2000 3 August 2004 For the 1982–83 season, players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1980, 1981 and 1982) contributed to their points total. For each of the three years, the World Champion gained five points, the runner-up received four, losing semi-finalists got three, losing quarter-finalists got two, and losers in the last-16 round received a single point.New world rankings Snooker Scene June 1982 Everton's News Agency Birmingham 29 For players with no points, placings were determined on the basis of their results at the 1982 World Championship.World professional ratings list 1982 Cue World July 1982 25Ray is still top of list https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-sentinel-ray-is-still-top-of-lis/135095529/ Evening Sentinel Stoke-on-Trent 19 May 1982 17 Newspapers.com 28 January 2024 13 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231113001423/https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-sentinel-ray-is-still-top-of-lis/135095529/ live Ray Reardon, who had topped every previous ranking list except during 1981/1982, returned to first position, with nine points.Morrison Ian 1987 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Revised Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 978-0-600-55604-6 107 The player whom Reardon replaced as number one, Cliff Thorburn, had eight points and dropped to third position. Also with eight points, Alex Higgins was ranked ahead of Thorburn by virtue of better progress at the 1982 championship. Higgins had two ranking points deducted for misconduct which meant that he was ranked second rather than first.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90016657/the-guardian/ Higgins fined £1,000 Clive Everton The Guardian 18 May 1982 22 Newspapers.com 28 January 2024 4 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211204164136/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90016657/the-guardian/ live Bigger field for 1982 championship Snooker Scene June 1981 Everton's News Agency Birmingham 19 The penalty was applied in respect of Higgins's conduct at an exhibition match at Herringthorpe Leisure Centre in February 1981, when he was late returning to his match against Steve Davis, reportedly because he was playing Space Invaders. Davis moved down two places from second to fourth, while Terry Griffiths fell from third to fourteenth. The top sixteen players in the rankings were seeded through to the main stage of the 1983 World Snooker Championship.Willie's ranking reward Leicester Mercury 19 May 1982 32 https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury-willies-ranking-rewar/135096083/ Newspapers.com 28 January 2024 23 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123235717/https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury-willies-ranking-rewar/135096083/ live Rankings The world rankings for professional snooker players in the 1982–1983 season are listed below. Points gained in each of the three World Snooker Championships are shown, with the total number of points given in the last column. A "–" symbol indicates that the player did not participate in that year's championship.Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0-9548549-0-4 119–123 +Snooker world rankings 1982/1983 Ranking Name 1980 1981 1982 Total 1 Ray Reardon WAL 2 3 4 9 2 Alex Higgins NIR 4 1Two points were deducted for misconduct.Higgins in trouble Birmingham Evening Mail https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail-higgins-in-troub/133530225/ 17 April 1981 30 Newspapers.com 28 January 2024 20 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020213232/https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail-higgins-in-troub/133530225/ live 5 83 Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 3 0 8 4 Steve Davis ENG 2 5 0 7 5 Eddie Charlton AUS 2 1 3 6 6 Kirk Stevens CAN 3 1 2 6 7 Doug Mountjoy WAL 1 4 1 6 8 David Taylor ENG 3 2 0 5 9 Bill Werbeniuk CAN 1 2 1 4 10 Jimmy White ENG – 0 3 3 11 Perrie Mans RSA 1928 1 1 1 3 12 John Spencer ENG 1 1 1 3 13 Dennis Taylor NIR 1 2 0 3 14 Terry Griffiths WAL 1 2 0 3 15 Tony Knowles ENG – 0 2 2 16 Willie Thorne ENG 0 0 2 217 Silvino Francisco RSA 1928 – – 2 2 18 Graham Miles ENG 0 1 1 2 19 John Virgo ENG 1 0 1 2 20 Fred Davis ENG 1 1 0 2 21 Jim Wych CAN 2 0 0 2 22 Dean Reynolds ENG – – 1 123 Patsy Fagan IRL 0 0 1 124 Tony Meo ENG 0 1 0 1 25 John Bear CAN 0 – 0 0 26 Cliff Wilson WAL 0 0 0 0 27 Dave Martin ENG – 0 0 0 28 Jim Meadowcroft ENG 0 0 0 0 29 Jim Donnelly SCO – – 0 0 30 John Dunning ENG 0 0 0 0 31 Mike Hallett ENG 0 0 0 0 32 Jack Fitzmaurice ENG – – 0 0 1981/1982 1983/1984 1982/1983 Notes References 1982 Rankings 1983 Rankings 1982