1998–99 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 199899 season are listed below.
{| class="wikitable"
! No.
! align="left" | Name
! align="left" | Nationality
! align="left" | Points
|-
| 1
| John Higgins
|
| 47422
|-
| 2
| Stephen Hendry
|
| 47247
|-
| 3
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
| 39407
|-
| 4
| Ken Doherty
|
| 36167
|-
| 5
| Mark Williams
|
| 32755
|-
| 6
| John Parrott
|
| 31757
|-
| 7
| Peter Ebdon
|
| 25426
|-
| 8
| Alan McManus
|
| 24394
|-
| 9
| Stephen Lee
|
| 24264
|-
| 10
| Tony Drago
|
| 23809
|-
| 11
| Anthony Hamilton
|
| 22524
|-
| 12
| Alain Robidoux
|
| 22387
|-
| 13
| Nigel Bond
|
| 22256
|-
| 14
| Steve Davis
|
| 22252
|-
| 15
| James Wattana
|
| 21542
|-
| 16
| Mark King
|
| 21470
|-
| 17
| Gary Wilkinson
|
| 19084
|-
| 18
| Jimmy White
|
| 18995
|-
| 19
| Dave Harold
|
| 18410
|-
| 20
| Fergal O'Brien
|
| 18152
|-
| 21
| Andy Hicks
|
| 17808
|-
| 22
| Darren Morgan
|
| 17804
|-
| 23
| Dominic Dale
|
| 17622
|-
| 24
| Paul Hunter
|
| 17155
|-
| 25
| Chris Small
|
| 17026
|-
| 26
| Matthew Stevens
|
| 16935
|-
| 27
| Brian Morgan
|
| 16227
|-
| 28
| Martin Clark
|
| 16137
|-
| 29
| Terry Murphy
|
| 16047
|-
| 30
| Graeme Dott
|
| 15589
|-
| 31
| Jamie Burnett
|
| 15542
|-
| 32
| Billy Snaddon
|
| 15042
|-
| 33
| Mick Price
|
| 14976
|-
| 34
| Neal Foulds
|
| 14915
|-
| 35
| Jason Ferguson
|
| 14802
|-
| 36
| Joe Swail
|
| 14595
|-
| 37
| Steve James
|
| 14209
|-
| 38
| Euan Henderson
|
| 14084
|-
| 39
| Jason Prince
|
| 13992
|-
| 40
| Rod Lawler
|
| 13112
|-
| 41
| Paul Davies
|
| 12814
|-
| 42
| Jonathan Birch
|
| 12742
|-
| 43
| Drew Henry
|
| 12647
|-
| 44
| Bradley Jones
|
| 12345
|-
| 45
| Quinten Hann
|
| 12182
|-
| 46
| Karl Broughton
|
| 12027
|-
| 47
| Tony Chappel
|
| 11952
|-
| 48
| David Roe
|
| 11875
|-
| 49
| Shokat Ali
|
| 11817
|-
| 50
| Lee Walker
|
| 11761
|-
| 51
| Willie Thorne
|
| 11715
|-
| 52
| Dennis Taylor
|
| 11648
|-
| 53
| Peter Lines
|
| 11642
|-
| 54
| Dean Reynolds
|
| 11534
|-
| 55
| Joe Johnson
|
| 11515
|-
| 56
| Mark Davis
|
| 11511
|-
| 57
| Dene O'Kane
|
| 11500
|-
| 58
| Michael Judge
|
| 11477
|-
| 59
| Gerard Greene
|
| 11332
|-
| 60
| Ian McCulloch
|
| 11115
|-
| 61
| David Gray
|
| 11089
|-
| 62
| Paul Wykes
|
| 11077
|-
| 63
| Tony Jones
|
| 11035
|-
| 64
| Nick Pearce
|
| 10930
|-
| 65
| Stefan Mazrocis
|
| 10910
|-
| 66
| Mark Bennett
|
| 10834
|-
| 67
| Chris Scanlon
|
| 10752
|-
| 68
| David Finbow
|
| 10692
|-
| 69
| Karl Burrows
|
| 10640
|-
| 70
| John Read
|
| 10567
|-
| 71
| Nick Walker
|
| 10540
|-
| 72
| Sean Storey
|
| 10487
|-
| 73
| Marcus Campbell
|
| 10195
|-
| 74
| Joe Perry
|
| 10184
|-
| 75
| Gary Ponting
|
| 10180
|-
| 76
| Stuart Pettman
|
| 9890
|-
| 77
| Alfie Burden
|
| 9841
|-
| 78
| Matthew Couch
|
| 9775
|-
| 79
| Steve Judd
|
| 9650
|-
| 80
| Wayne Brown
|
| 9595
|-
| 81
| Jimmy Michie
|
| 9464
|-
| 82
| Wayne Jones
|
| 9374
|-
| 83
| Martin Dziewialtowski
|
| 9022
|-
| 84
| Jamie Woodman
|
| 8957
|-
| 85
| Anthony Davies
|
| 8787
|-
| 86
| Stephen O'Connor
|
| 8612
|-
| 87
| Darren Clarke
|
| 8492
|-
| 88
| Troy Shaw
|
| 8252
|-
| 89
| Lee Richardson
|
| 8047
|-
| 90
| Ian Brumby
|
| 7957
|-
| 91
| Karl Payne
|
| 7719
|-
| 92
| Mark Gray
|
| 7710
|-
| 93
| Leigh Griffin
|
| 7508
|-
| 94
| John Lardner
|
| 7389
|-
| 95
| Peter McCullagh
|
| 6936
|-
| 96
| Craig MacGillivray
|
| 6434
|-
| 99
| Robert Milkins
|
|
|-
| 150
| Patrick Wallace
|
|
|-
| 164
| Stuart Bingham
|
|
|-
| 187
| Ali Carter
|
|
|-
| 193
| Michael Holt
|
|
|-
| 377
| Marco Fu
|
|
|}