1997–98 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top snooker players in the 199798 season are listed below.
No. Name Nationality Points 1 Stephen Hendry 43,127 2 John Higgins 30,867 3 Ken Doherty 28,601 4 Mark Williams 27,485 5 Peter Ebdon 25,282 6 John Parrott 25,082 7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 24,217 8 Nigel Bond 22,182 9 Alain Robidoux 21,994 10 Alan McManus 20,995 11 Tony Drago 19,959 12 James Wattana 18,822 13 Steve Davis 18,654 14 Anthony Hamilton 17,004 15 Darren Morgan 16,423 16 Stephen Lee 16,079 17 Gary Wilkinson 15,913 18 Dave Harold 15,812 19 Andy Hicks 14,823 20 Mark King 14,240 21 Jimmy White 13,664 22 Joe Swail 13,481 23 Fergal O'Brien 13,343 24 Steve James 13,204 25 Chris Small 13,036 26 Rod Lawler 12,896 27 Martin Clark 12,744 28 Brian Morgan 12,693 29 Terry Murphy 12,644 30 Neal Foulds 12,570 31 Mick Price 12,372 32 Billy Snaddon 12,266 33 Graeme Dott 12,086 34 Dennis Taylor 12,042 35 Dene O'Kane 11,873 36 Willie Thorne 11,739 37 Jason Ferguson 11,691 38 Jamie Burnett 11,635 39 David Finbow 11,498 40 Drew Henry 10,945 41 Karl Broughton 10,943 42 Jason Prince 10,893 43 Paul Hunter 10,883 44 Euan Henderson 10,810 45 Jonathan Birch 10,675 46 Tony Chappel 10,674 47 Mark Davis 10,390 48 Paul Davies 10,347 49 David Roe 10,083 50 Mark Bennett 9,975 51 Dean Reynolds 9,942 52 Joe Johnson 9,871 53 Matthew Stevens 9,870 54 Dominic Dale 9,830 55 Jimmy Michie 9,262 56 Michael Judge 9,230 57 Nick Pearce 8,804 58 Wayne Jones 8,730 59 Shokat Ali 8,633 60 Tony Jones 8,565 61 Anthony Davies 8,428 62 Gerard Greene 8,405 63 Mark Flowerdew 8,185 64 Chris Scanlon 8,050 65 Stefan Mazrocis 8,040 66 Stephen Murphy 7,989 67 Nick Walker 7,900 68 Nick Terry 7,826 69 Paul Wykes 7,825 70 Mark Johnston-Allen 7,692 71 Jamie Woodman 7,655 72 Tony Knowles 7,590 73 Graham Horne 7,522 74 Paul McPhillips 7,508 75 David McLellan 7,453 76 Ian McCulloch 7,302 77 Karl Payne 7,290 78 Karl Burrows 7,267 79 Lee Walker 7,261 80 Bradley Jones 7,192 81 Antony Bolsover 7,170 82 Sean Storey 7,085 83 Barry Pinches 6,998 84 Darren Clarke 6,978 85 Gary Ponting 6,870 86 John Read 6,793 87 Stuart Pettman 6,720 88 Noppadon Noppachorn 6,718 89 Mike Hallett 6,713 90 Peter Lines 6,710 91 Robert Milkins 6,697 92 Steve Judd 6,683 93 Jason Weston 6,680 94 Matthew Couch 6,663 95 Terry Griffiths 6,650 96 Yasin Merchant 6,540 97 Marcus Campbell 6,468 98 Doug Mountjoy 6,457 99 Wayne Brown 6,454 100 Steve Newbury 6,369 101 Ian Brumby 6,329 102 Robin Hull 6,320 103 Nick Dyson 6,290 104 Quinten Hann 6,275 105 Lee Richardson 6,250 106 Stephen O'Connor 6,203 107 Andrew Cairns 6,095 108 Darryn Walker 6,093 109 Oliver King 6,065 110 Jason Wallace 5,970
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