1997–98 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 199798 season are listed below.
{| class="wikitable"
! No.
! align="left" | Name
! align="left" | Nationality
! align="left" | Points
|-
| 1
| Stephen Hendry
|
| 43,127
|-
| 2
| John Higgins
|
| 30,867
|-
| 3
| Ken Doherty
|
| 28,601
|-
| 4
| Mark Williams
|
| 27,485
|-
| 5
| Peter Ebdon
|
| 25,282
|-
| 6
| John Parrott
|
| 25,082
|-
| 7
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
| 24,217
|-
| 8
| Nigel Bond
|
| 22,182
|-
| 9
| Alain Robidoux
|
| 21,994
|-
| 10
| Alan McManus
|
| 20,995
|-
| 11
| Tony Drago
|
| 19,959
|-
| 12
| James Wattana
|
| 18,822
|-
| 13
| Steve Davis
|
| 18,654
|-
| 14
| Anthony Hamilton
|
| 17,004
|-
| 15
| Darren Morgan
|
| 16,423
|-
| 16
| Stephen Lee
|
| 16,079
|-
| 17
| Gary Wilkinson
|
| 15,913
|-
| 18
| Dave Harold
|
| 15,812
|-
| 19
| Andy Hicks
|
| 14,823
|-
| 20
| Mark King
|
| 14,240
|-
| 21
| Jimmy White
|
| 13,664
|-
| 22
| Joe Swail
|
| 13,481
|-
| 23
| Fergal O'Brien
|
| 13,343
|-
| 24
| Steve James
|
| 13,204
|-
| 25
| Chris Small
|
| 13,036
|-
| 26
| Rod Lawler
|
| 12,896
|-
| 27
| Martin Clark
|
| 12,744
|-
| 28
| Brian Morgan
|
| 12,693
|-
| 29
| Terry Murphy
|
| 12,644
|-
| 30
| Neal Foulds
|
| 12,570
|-
| 31
| Mick Price
|
| 12,372
|-
| 32
| Billy Snaddon
|
| 12,266
|-
| 33
| Graeme Dott
|
| 12,086
|-
| 34
| Dennis Taylor
|
| 12,042
|-
| 35
| Dene O'Kane
|
| 11,873
|-
| 36
| Willie Thorne
|
| 11,739
|-
| 37
| Jason Ferguson
|
| 11,691
|-
| 38
| Jamie Burnett
|
| 11,635
|-
| 39
| David Finbow
|
| 11,498
|-
| 40
| Drew Henry
|
| 10,945
|-
| 41
| Karl Broughton
|
| 10,943
|-
| 42
| Jason Prince
|
| 10,893
|-
| 43
| Paul Hunter
|
| 10,883
|-
| 44
| Euan Henderson
|
| 10,810
|-
| 45
| Jonathan Birch
|
| 10,675
|-
| 46
| Tony Chappel
|
| 10,674
|-
| 47
| Mark Davis
|
| 10,390
|-
| 48
| Paul Davies
|
| 10,347
|-
| 49
| David Roe
|
| 10,083
|-
| 50
| Mark Bennett
|
| 9,975
|-
| 51
| Dean Reynolds
|
| 9,942
|-
| 52
| Joe Johnson
|
| 9,871
|-
| 53
| Matthew Stevens
|
| 9,870
|-
| 54
| Dominic Dale
|
| 9,830
|-
| 55
| Jimmy Michie
|
| 9,262
|-
| 56
| Michael Judge
|
| 9,230
|-
| 57
| Nick Pearce
|
| 8,804
|-
| 58
| Wayne Jones
|
| 8,730
|-
| 59
| Shokat Ali
|
| 8,633
|-
| 60
| Tony Jones
|
| 8,565
|-
| 61
| Anthony Davies
|
| 8,428
|-
| 62
| Gerard Greene
|
| 8,405
|-
| 63
| Mark Flowerdew
|
| 8,185
|-
| 64
| Chris Scanlon
|
| 8,050
|-
| 65
| Stefan Mazrocis
|
| 8,040
|-
| 66
| Stephen Murphy
|
| 7,989
|-
| 67
| Nick Walker
|
| 7,900
|-
| 68
| Nick Terry
|
| 7,826
|-
| 69
| Paul Wykes
|
| 7,825
|-
| 70
| Mark Johnston-Allen
|
| 7,692
|-
| 71
| Jamie Woodman
|
| 7,655
|-
| 72
| Tony Knowles
|
| 7,590
|-
| 73
| Graham Horne
|
| 7,522
|-
| 74
| Paul McPhillips
|
| 7,508
|-
| 75
| David McLellan
|
| 7,453
|-
| 76
| Ian McCulloch
|
| 7,302
|-
| 77
| Karl Payne
|
| 7,290
|-
| 78
| Karl Burrows
|
| 7,267
|-
| 79
| Lee Walker
|
| 7,261
|-
| 80
| Bradley Jones
|
| 7,192
|-
| 81
| Antony Bolsover
|
| 7,170
|-
| 82
| Sean Storey
|
| 7,085
|-
| 83
| Barry Pinches
|
| 6,998
|-
| 84
| Darren Clarke
|
| 6,978
|-
| 85
| Gary Ponting
|
| 6,870
|-
| 86
| John Read
|
| 6,793
|-
| 87
| Stuart Pettman
|
| 6,720
|-
| 88
| Noppadon Noppachorn
|
| 6,718
|-
| 89
| Mike Hallett
|
| 6,713
|-
| 90
| Peter Lines
|
| 6,710
|-
| 91
| Robert Milkins
|
| 6,697
|-
| 92
| Steve Judd
|
| 6,683
|-
| 93
| Jason Weston
|
| 6,680
|-
| 94
| Matthew Couch
|
| 6,663
|-
| 95
| Terry Griffiths
|
| 6,650
|-
| 96
| Yasin Merchant
|
| 6,540
|-
| 97
| Marcus Campbell
|
| 6,468
|-
| 98
| Doug Mountjoy
|
| 6,457
|-
| 99
| Wayne Brown
|
| 6,454
|-
| 100
| Steve Newbury
|
| 6,369
|-
| 101
| Ian Brumby
|
| 6,329
|-
| 102
| Robin Hull
|
| 6,320
|-
| 103
| Nick Dyson
|
| 6,290
|-
| 104
| Quinten Hann
|
| 6,275
|-
| 105
| Lee Richardson
|
| 6,250
|-
| 106
| Stephen O'Connor
|
| 6,203
|-
| 107
| Andrew Cairns
|
| 6,095
|-
| 108
| Darryn Walker
|
| 6,093
|-
| 109
| Oliver King
|
| 6,065
|-
| 110
| Jason Wallace
|
| 5,970
|}