thumb|[[Judd Trump is the current world number one in snooker]]
thumb|[[Ng On-yee is the current women's world number one in snooker]]
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine their qualification and seeding for events on the World Snooker Tour and other tournaments, as well as their future professional status on the tour.
Introduced in the 1976–77 season, world rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA); Each player's world ranking is based on their performances, in terms of cumulative prize money earned in designated ranking tournaments over the preceding two years. Every professional member of the WPBSA is assigned a ranking disregarding their activeness on the circuit.
Season rankings
World Snooker Tour
{| class="wikitable nowrap defaultcenter col2left"
! colspan="4" scope="col" |Johnstone's Paint WPBSA world rankings by the end of 2025-26 season
|-
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Player
! scope="col" |Points
! scope="col" |Move
|-
|1
|
|1,655,550
|link=|11x11px|Steady
|-
|2
|
|1,210,550
|link=|11x11px|Increase 1
|-
|3
|
|1,176,550
|link=|11x11px|Increase 8
|-
|4
|
|1,120,900
|link=|11x11px|Increase 16
|-
|5
|
|968,350
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 1
|-
|6
|
|956,800
|link=|11x11px|Increase 8
|-
|7
|
|903,400
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 4
|-
|8
|
|897,100
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 6
|-
|9
|
|849,350
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 2
|-
|10
|
|685,350
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 1
|-
|11
|
|658,900
|link=|11x11px|Increase 2
|-
|12
|
|587,750
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 2
|-
|13
|
|584,200
|link=|11x11px|Increase 3
|-
|14
|
|551,250
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 9
|-
|15
|
|464,850
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 9
|-
|16
|
|439,400
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 1
|}
World Women's Snooker Tour
{| class="wikitable nowrap defaultcenter col2left"
! colspan="4" scope="col" |World Women's Snooker rankings by the end of 2025-26 season
|-
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Player
! scope="col" |Points
! scope="col" |Move
|-
|1
|
|69,500
|link=|11x11px|Increase 1
|-
|2
|
|67,750
|link=|11x11px|Increase 1
|-
|3
|
|65,375
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 2
|-
|4
|
|38,875
|link=|11x11px|Steady
|-
|5
|
|27,625
|link=|11x11px|Increase 6
|-
|6
|
|25,250
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 1
|-
|7
|
|20,500
|link=|11x11px|Increase 57
|-
|8
|
|18,875
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 2
|-
|9
|
|13,250
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 1
|-
|10
|
|12,125
|link=|11x11px|Increase 5
|-
|11
|
|11,500
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 2
|-
|12
|
|11,000
|link=|11x11px|Increase 81
|-
|13
|
|10,750
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 1
|-
|14
|
|6,200
|link=|11x11px|Steady
|-
|15
|
|5,250
|New
|-
|16
|
|5,000
|link=|11x11px|Decrease 6
|}
Points distribution
Since the transition of world rankings from point-based tariffs set by the governing body to a prize money list for the 2014–15 season, different events of the same tournament series usually maintain a similar level of prize money. The Triple Crown and specifically the World Championship earn the player most points for rankings, whilst invitational event gains do not count into the rankings. The follow table shows the prize money from the round of 32 in selected ranking events held during the 2024–25 season.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
| style="background:#efefef;" |Category
| style="width:70px; background:lime;" |W
| style="width:70px; background:thistle;" |F
| style="width:70px; background:#ff0;" |SF
| style="width:40px; background:#ffebcd;" |QF
| style="width:40px; background:#afeeee;" |R16
| style="width:40px; background:#afeeee;" |R32
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|World Championship
| rowspan="2" |500,000
| rowspan="2" |200,000
| rowspan="2" |100,000
| rowspan="2" |50,000
| rowspan="2" |30,000
| rowspan="2" |20,000
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Saudi Arabia Masters
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|UK Championship
|250,000
|100,000
|50,000
|25,000
|15,000
|10,000
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|Xi'an Grand Prix
|177,000
|76,000
|34,500
|20,000
|15,000
|10,000
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|International Championship
| rowspan="2" |175,000
| rowspan="2" |75,000
| rowspan="2" |33,000
| rowspan="2" |22,000
| rowspan="2" |14,000
| rowspan="2" |9,000
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|World Open
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|British Open
| rowspan="3" |100,000
| rowspan="3" |45,000
|20,000
|12,000
| rowspan="3" |9,000
|6,000
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|Home Nations Series
| rowspan="2" |21,000
| rowspan="2" |13,200
| rowspan="2" |5,400
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|German Masters
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Shoot Out
|50,000
|20,000
|8,000
|4,000
|2,000
|1,000
|}
See also
- List of snooker ranking tournaments
- List of world number one snooker players
References
External links
- World Rankings at World Snooker Tour
- World Women's Snooker rankings