2004–05 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 200405 season are listed below. This was Chris Small's only season in the top 16, and Paul Hunter's only appearance in the top 4.
{| class="wikitable"
! No.
! align="left" | Name
! align="left" | Nationality
! align="left" | Points
|-
| 1
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
| 46775
|-
| 2
| Mark Williams
|
| 44462
|-
| 3
| Stephen Hendry
|
| 40950
|-
| 4
| Paul Hunter
|
| 40375
|-
| 5
| John Higgins
|
| 36487
|-
| 6
| Matthew Stevens
|
| 33325
|-
| 7
| Ken Doherty
|
| 32212
|-
| 8
| Peter Ebdon
|
| 31550
|-
| 9
| Stephen Lee
|
| 30700
|-
| 10
| Alan McManus
|
| 29250
|-
| 11
| Jimmy White
|
| 28137
|-
| 12
| Chris Small
|
| 27550
|-
| 13
| Steve Davis
|
| 27087
|-
| 14
| David Gray
|
| 26912
|-
| 15
| Graeme Dott
|
| 26312
|-
| 16
| Marco Fu
|
| 26212
|-
| 17
| Ian McCulloch
|
| 25350
|-
| 18
| Quinten Hann
|
| 25312
|-
| 19
| Ali Carter
|
| 24850
|-
| 20
| Joe Perry
|
| 24837
|-
| 21
| Barry Pinches
|
| 23750
|-
| 22
| Tony Drago
|
| 23675
|-
| 23
| Mark King
|
| 23562
|-
| 24
| Stephen Maguire
|
| 23050
|-
| 25
| Anthony Hamilton
|
| 22974
|-
| 26
| Gerard Greene
|
| 22325
|-
| 27
| Drew Henry
|
| 22150
|-
| 28
| Robert Milkins
|
| 21762
|-
| 29
| Michael Holt
|
| 21600
|-
| 30
| Joe Swail
|
| 20999
|-
| 31
| John Parrott
|
| 20887
|-
| 32
| Dominic Dale
|
| 20725
|-
| 33
| James Wattana
|
| 20187
|-
| 34
| Dave Harold
|
| 19275
|-
| 35
| Nigel Bond
|
| 19162
|-
| 36
| Mark Selby
|
| 19137
|-
| 37
| Stuart Bingham
|
| 18675
|-
| 38
| Stuart Pettman
|
| 17787
|-
| 39
| Patrick Wallace
|
| 17762
|-
| 40
| Mark Davis
|
| 17150
|-
| 41
| Fergal O'Brien
|
| 17037
|-
| 42
| Michael Judge
|
| 16987
|-
| 43
| Barry Hawkins
|
| 16600
|-
| 44
| Nick Dyson
|
| 16375
|-
| 45
| Ryan Day
|
| 16350
|-
| 46
| Brian Morgan
|
| 15950
|-
| 47
| Robin Hull
|
| 15887
|-
| 48
| Shaun Murphy
|
| 15187
|-
| 49
| Jamie Burnett
|
| 14850
|-
| 50
| Sean Storey
|
| 14787
|-
| 51
| Andy Hicks
|
| 14762
|-
| 52
| David Roe
|
| 14237
|-
| 53
| Bjorn Haneveer
|
| 14225
|-
| 54
| Anthony Davies
|
| 13987
|-
| 55
| Jimmy Michie
|
| 13699
|-
| 56
| Gary Wilkinson
|
| 13650
|-
| 57
| Rod Lawler
|
| 13412
|-
| 58
| Mike Dunn
|
| 13224
|-
| 59
| Lee Walker
|
| 13050
|-
| 60
| David Finbow
|
| 12987
|-
| 61
| Adrian Gunnell
|
| 12825
|-
| 62
| Nick Walker
|
| 12762
|-
| 63
| Marcus Campbell
|
| 12600
|-
| 64
| Jonathan Birch
|
| 12050
|}