2008–09 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 200708 season who qualified for the 200809 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the 200607 world ranking points and the 200708 world ranking points.
No. Name Country Points 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 50450 2 Stephen Maguire 45525 3 Shaun Murphy 45050 4 Mark Selby 38325 5 John Higgins 37925 6 Stephen Hendry 34275 7 Ali Carter 34175 8 Ryan Day 33875 9 Peter Ebdon 32975 10 Neil Robertson 32950 11 Ding Junhui 32194 12 Joe Perry 30425 13 Graeme Dott 27144 14 Marco Fu 27000 15 Mark King 26000 16 Mark Allen 25725 17 Matthew Stevens 25413 18 Ken Doherty 25119 19 Jamie Cope 24744 20 Joe Swail 24725 21 Stuart Bingham 24625 22 Mark Williams 23925 23 Nigel Bond 23613 24 Fergal O'Brien 22538 25 Ian McCulloch 22432 26 Stephen Lee 22219 27 Barry Hawkins 22125 28 Dave Harold 21494 29 Steve Davis 21419 30 Michael Judge 20825 31 Anthony Hamilton 20813 32 Dominic Dale 20688 33 Gerard Greene 19538 34 Michael Holt 19288 35 Ricky Walden 18975 36 Adrian Gunnell 18375 37 Alan McManus 18263 38 Andrew Higginson 17513 39 John Parrott 17450 40 Liang Wenbo 17275 41 Judd Trump 16351 42 Marcus Campbell 16325 43 David Gilbert 16225 44 Rory McLeod 16125 45 Jamie Burnett 16013 46 Jimmy Michie 15550 47 Mike Dunn 15501 48 Tom Ford 14825 49 David Gray 14338 50 Barry Pinches 14250 51 Robert Milkins 14113 52 David Roe 14038 53 Liu Song 13900 54 Andrew Norman 13801 55 Ian Preece 13475 56 Andy Hicks 13263 57 Paul Davies 13101 58 Mark Davis 13088 59 Mark Joyce 12963 60 Rod Lawler 12713 61 Joe Delaney 12701 62 Stuart Pettman 12476 63 Martin Gould 11813 64 David Morris 11538 65 Jimmy White 11513 66 Scott MacKenzie 10688 67 Lee Spick 10950 68 Matthew Selt 10688 69 Patrick Wallace 10675 70 Rodney Goggins 10563 71 James McBain 10550 72 Supoj Saenla 10488 73 Liu Chuang 10050
Notes
Three former top 16 players re-enter that group. They are Joe Perry, Marco Fu and Mark King. Mark Allen is the only new member of the top 16. The players to drop out the top 16 are long standing top 16 players: Stephen Lee (in the top 16 for 11 consecutive seasons), Mark Williams (for 12), Ken Doherty (for 15) and Steve Davis. Players to reach career high rankings within the top 16 are: Stephen Maguire No.2, Mark Selby No.4, Ali Carter No.7, Ryan Day No.8, Joe Perry No.12, Marco Fu No.14 and Mark Allen No.16. No new players reach the top 32, however two players return: former world No.9 Fergal O'Brien at No.24 and Michael Judge at No.30. Two players drop out: Gerard Greene and Michael Holt to 33rd and 34th place respectively. Other players to reach career high rankings within the top 64 are: Jamie Cope up to No.19, Stuart Bingham No.21, Ricky Walden No.35, Andrew Higginson No.38, Liang Wenbo No.40, Judd Trump No.41, David Gilbert No.43, Rory McLeod No.44, Jimmy Michie No.46, Mike Dunn No.47, Tom Ford No.48, Liu Song No.53 and Ian Preece No.55. New players to enter the top 64 are Mark Joyce at No.59, Martin Gould No.63 and David Morris No.64. Former top player Jimmy White falls out the top 64 to 65th place, but remains on the tour via the one year list. Former top 32 player Robin Hull retires from the main tour due to illness.
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