1986–87 snooker world rankings

none July 2024 thumb|alt=A man playing snooker|Steve Davis (pictured in 2014) was ranked in first place for the fourth consecutive year.Hayton Dee 2004 120 thumb|alt=A close up picture of a man's face|Neal Foulds (pictured in 2015) was ranked within the top 16 for the first time. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body for professional snooker, first introduced a ranking system for professional players in 1976, with the aim of seeding players for the World Snooker Championship. The reigning champion would be automatically seeded first, the losing finalist from the previous year seeded second, and the other seedings based on the ranking list. Initially, the rankings were based on performances in the preceding three world championships.Morrison 1987 107 The list for the 1986–87 snooker season was the first to only take account of results over two seasons.Everton 1986 9 Steve Davis retained first place in the rankings, with a lead described by the snooker historian Clive Everton as a "massive margin of 18 points".Everton 1986 9 Also retaining his position, in second, was Cliff Thorburn, while Dennis Taylor overtook Tony Knowles for third place.Hayton Dee 2004 120 The 1986 world champion Joe Johnson rose from 16th to 8th, and six-time world champion Ray Reardon fell from 6th to 15th.Morrison 1987 167–174Smokin' Joe riding high https://www.newspapers.com/article/sports-argus-smokin-joe-riding-high/147946422/ 10 May 1986 Whaley David Sports Argus Birmingham 17 Newspapers.com Liam Kelly of the Evening Herald commented that although the WPBSA's ranking system was intended to be fair, it was "cumbersome and complicated". He noted that WPBSA chairman Rex Williams was ranked 16th instead of John Parrott, who had the same number of ranking points as Williams but more merit points, and argued that this "called into question [the] entire system."Liam Kelly All are not equal Evening Herald Dublin 13 May 1986 44 Players in the top 16 of the rankings were seeded into the last-32 round of the 1987 World Snooker Championship, and received invitations to the 1987 Masters; in the 1985–86 snooker season the top 16 players were guaranteed at least £11,773.50 in prize money, while players ranked 17th to 32nd were only guaranteed to earn £4,570.50.Everton 1986 9 Williams had been ranked 27th the previous season.Hayton Dee 2004 120 Neal Foulds, ranked in the top 16 for the first time for 1986–87, moved up to 13th from 23rd place.Everton 1986 9–11 The two players who lost their places in the top 16 were Eddie Charlton, who dropped from 12th to 25th, and David Taylor who went from 14th to 21st.Joe jumps queue https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-post-3-am-ed-joe-jumps-queue/148901499/ 13 May 1986 Acteson Steve Daily Post Liverpool 26 Newspapers.com The highest-ranked of the players who had been competing professionally for only one season were Barry West (30th), Tony Drago (37th) and Stephen Hendry (51st).Everton 1986 9–10 Among the players who changed their ranking significantly from the previous year were Peter Francisco (59th to 26th), Steve Duggan (70th to 35th), and Roger Bales (100th to 66th).Everton 1986 9 Points tariff and basis of ranking +Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1986–87World rankings and how they earned them Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 4–5 July 1985 Hale Janice How the rankings work Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 14 September 1985 Placing1985 World ChampionshipOther ranking tournaments 1984–851986 World ChampionshipOther ranking tournaments 1985–86Champion 10 5 10 6Runner-up 8 4 8 5Losing semi-finalist 6 3 6 4 Losing Quarter-finalist 4 2 4 3 Last 16 Loser 2 1 2 2Last 32 Loser 1 merit pointOne merit point was also awarded to players who were required to compete in qualifying rounds of the world championship and reached the last 32Everton 1985 14 0.5 merit pointHalf a merit point was also awarded to players who were required to compete in qualifying rounds of ranking tournaments and reached the last 32Everton 1985 14 1 ranking point or 2 merit pointsPlayers who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points 1Final qualifying round loser – – 2 merit points 1 merit point Penultimate qualifying round loser – – 1 merit point 1 A pointAntepenultimate qualifying round loser – – 1 A point Frames won countedPreliminary round loser – – Frames won counted – Ranking was determined as follows:Everton 1986 9 By number of ranking points; If players had an equal number of ranking points, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the 1985–86 season; If players were still equal, merit points were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the 1985–86 season; If players were still equal, A points were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given to the player with the better in the 1985–86 season; If players were still equal, frames won were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given the player with the better in the 1985–86 season. Rankings +Snooker world rankings 1986–87Official W.P.B.S.A. rankings 1985–86 Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 14–15 July 1986 Everton 1986 9–11 Ranking Name 1984–85 season 1985–86 season Ranking points Merit A points Frames IO GP UK Cl BO WC MT GP UK Cl BO WC 1Steve Davis ENG 5 3 5 3 3 8 3 6 6 3 6 8 59 1 0 0 2Cliff Thorburn CAN 0 4 3 4 1 4 6 4 2 5 2 6 41 1 0 0 3Dennis Taylor NIR 2 5 1 0 2 10 4 5 4 2 0 0 35 4 0 0 4Tony Knowles ENG 4 2 2 0 1 6 1 4 3 2 1 6 32 1 0 0 5Jimmy White ENG 2 0 2 1 0 4 5 2 4 6 0 4 30 2 0 0 6Alex Higgins NIR 2 0 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 27 1 0 0 7Willie Thorne ENG 2 1 2 5 0 0 2 0 5 0 5 4 26 3 0 0 8Joe Johnson ENG 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 1 10 25 3 0 0 9Kirk Stevens CAN 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 3 3 0 2 4 24 3 0 0 10Terry Griffiths WAL 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 3 3 0 3 4 22 1.5 0 0 11Tony Meo ENG 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 17 3 0 0 12Silvino Francisco RSA 1928 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 17 5.5 0 0 13Neal Foulds ENG 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 3 1 1 15 2.5 0 0 14Doug Mountjoy WAL 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 0 2 14 1.5 0 0 15Ray Reardon WAL 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 0 0 16Rex Williams ENG 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 12 4 0 0 17John Parrott ENG 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 12 4.5 0 0 18John Campbell AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 11 2.5 0 0 19John Virgo ENG 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 11 4 0 0 20Eugene Hughes IRL 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 11 6 0 0 21David Taylor ENG 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 10 4.5 0 0 22Murdo MacLeod SCO 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 9 6.5 0 0 23Cliff Wilson WAL 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 9 3.5 0 0 24Bill Werbeniuk CAN 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 9 2 0 0 25Eddie Charlton AUS 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 9 3.5 0 0 26Peter Francisco RSA 1928 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 1 2 2 0 7 2.5 1 0 27Mike Hallett ENG 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 7 4 0 0 28Dave Martin ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 29Dean Reynolds ENG 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 4.5 0 0 30 Barry West ENG – – – – – – 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 4 31Steve Longworth ENG 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 5 1 0 32Jim Wych CAN – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 33Danny Fowler ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 4.5 0 0 34John Spencer ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3.5 0 0 35Steve Duggan ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 36Perrie Mans RSA 1928 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 37Tony Drago MLT – – – – – – 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 38Marcel Gauvreau CAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3.5 3 0 39Dene O'Kane NZL 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 0 40Steve Newbury WAL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1 0 41Warren King AUS 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 42Patsy Fagan IRL 0 – 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.5 3 0 43Mark Wildman ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 44George Scott ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 2 0 45Bob Harris ENG – – 0 – 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 2 0 46Ray Edmonds ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 47Fred Davis ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 48Paddy Browne IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.5 3 0 49Tony Chappel WAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.5 3 0 50Graham Cripsey ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 51Stephen Hendry SCO – – – – – – 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 6 52Graham Miles ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 53Bob Chaperon CAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.5 2 0 53Malcolm Bradley ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.5 2 0 55Tony Jones ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 56Wayne Jones WAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 57Tommy Murphy NIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.5 2 0 58Paul Medati ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.5 2 0 59 Jimmy van Rensberg RSA 1928 – – – – – 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 60 Matt Gibson SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 61 Bernie Mikkelsen CAN 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 62John Rea SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.5 3 0 63Vic Harris ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.5 3 0 64Ian Black SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 65Joe O'Boye IRL – – – – – – 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 8 66Roger Bales ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 9 67Ian Williamson ENG 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5 4 0 68Les Dodd ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 2 0 69Robby Foldvari AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 3 0 70Eddie Sinclair SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 2 0 71Jack McLaughlin NIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 2 072Dave Gilbert ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 73Jim Donnelly SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 74Colin Roscoe WAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 75Mario Morra CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 76Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 77Mike Watterson ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 78 Mike Darrington ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 79 Geoff Foulds ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 80Sakchai Sim Ngam THA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 81Dessie Sheehan IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 82Jim Bear CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 83John Dunning ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 1 0 84Bill Oliver ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 85Jim Meadowcroft ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 86Gino Rigitano CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 87Mick Fisher ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 88Billy Kelly IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 89Omprakesh Agrawal IND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 90Eddie McLaughlin SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 91Pat Houlihan ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 92John Hargreaves ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 93Dennis Hughes ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 94Martin Smith ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 95Greg Jenkins AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 96Gerry Watson CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 97Paul Thornley CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 98Frank Jonik CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 99Dave Chalmers ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 100Clive Everton WAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 101Anthony Kearney IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 102Glen Wilkinson AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 103Jackie Rea NIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 104Pascal Burke IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 105Joe Cagianello CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 106Paul Watchorn IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 107David Greaves ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 108Derek Mienie RSA 1928 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 109Bert Demarco SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 110Jim Rempe USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 111Paddy Morgan AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 112Robbie Grace RSA 1928 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 113Maurice Parkin ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 114Bernard Bennett ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 115Mike Hines RSA 1928 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116Ian Anderson AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117James Giannaros AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118Leon Heywood AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1985–86 1987–88 1986–87 Notes References Books Everton Clive Clive Everton 1985 Snooker: The Records Guinness Superlatives Enfield 978-0-85112-448-3 Everton Clive 1986 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Third Aylesbury Pelham Books 978-0-86369-166-9 Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0-9548549-0-4 Morrison Ian 1987 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Revised Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 978-0-600-55604-6 1986 Rankings 1987 Rankings 1986