2005–06 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 200506 season are listed below.
{| class="wikitable"
! No.
! align="left" | Name
! align="left" | Nationality
! align="left" | Points
|-
| 1
| Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
| 49812
|-
| 2
| Stephen Hendry
|
| 42137
|-
| 3
| Stephen Maguire
|
| 33750
|-
| 4
| Matthew Stevens
|
| 33712
|-
| 5
| Paul Hunter
|
| 32125
|-
| 6
| John Higgins
|
| 32024
|-
| 7
| Peter Ebdon
|
| 31175
|-
| 8
| Jimmy White
|
| 30962
|-
| 9
| Mark Williams
|
| 29749
|-
| 10
| Stephen Lee
|
| 29650
|-
| 11
| Ken Doherty
|
| 29124
|-
| 12
| Alan McManus
|
| 28800
|-
| 13
| Graeme Dott
|
| 28315
|-
| 14
| Joe Perry
|
| 27150
|-
| 15
| Steve Davis
|
| 26987
|-
| 16
| Ian McCulloch
|
| 26612
|-
| 17
| Anthony Hamilton
|
| 26549
|-
| 18
| Barry Pinches
|
| 26375
|-
| 19
| Ali Carter
|
| 25500
|-
| 20
| Mark King
|
| 25400
|-
| 21
| Shaun Murphy
|
| 25112
|-
| 22
| Quinten Hann
|
| 24950
|-
| 23
| David Gray
|
| 24950
|-
| 24
| Michael Holt
|
| 24712
|-
| 25
| Marco Fu
|
| 22724
|-
| 26
| Robert Milkins
|
| 22687
|-
| 27
| Nigel Bond
|
| 22500
|-
| 28
| Neil Robertson
|
| 22275
|-
| 29
| John Parrott
|
| 22150
|-
| 30
| Barry Hawkins
|
| 21950
|-
| 31
| Andy Hicks
|
| 21800
|-
| 32
| James Wattana
|
| 21800
|-
| 33
| Ryan Day
|
| 21725
|-
| 34
| Dominic Dale
|
| 20775
|-
| 35
| Drew Henry
|
| 19762
|-
| 36
| Tony Drago
|
| 19762
|-
| 37
| Stuart Bingham
|
| 19650
|-
| 38
| Gerard Greene
|
| 19562
|-
| 39
| Mark Selby
|
| 19537
|-
| 40
| Joe Swail
|
| 18874
|-
| 41
| Chris Small
|
| 18712
|-
| 42
| Mark Davis
|
| 18700
|-
| 43
| Michael Judge
|
| 18050
|-
| 44
| Fergal O'Brien
|
| 16750
|-
| 45
| Dave Harold
|
| 16725
|-
| 46
| Adrian Gunnell
|
| 16575
|-
| 47
| Stuart Pettman
|
| 16100
|-
| 48
| Ricky Walden
|
| 15500
|-
| 49
| Rory McLeod
|
| 15500
|-
| 50
| Patrick Wallace
|
| 17762
|-
| 51
| Tom Ford
|
| 15175
|-
| 52
| Marcus Campbell
|
| 15175
|-
| 53
| Mike Dunn
|
| 15037
|-
| 54
| Shokat Ali
|
| 14837
|-
| 55
| Robin Hull
|
| 14737
|-
| 56
| Jamie Burnett
|
| 14550
|-
| 57
| Jimmy Michie
|
| 13912
|-
| 58
| Lee Walker
|
| 13487
|-
| 59
| Brian Morgan
|
| 13450
|-
| 60
| Rod Lawler
|
| 13412
|-
| 61
| David Roe
|
| 13324
|-
| 62
| Ding Junhui
|
| 13225
|-
| 63
| Simon Bedford
|
| 12550
|-
| 64
| Joe Jogia
|
| 12550
|}
Notes
- As the 2005 World Champion, Shaun Murphy automatically qualified for every ranking tournament and the Masters.
- Quinten Hann did not play due to an unspecified illness before being banned for eight years for a match-fixing attempt.