The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body for professional snooker, first introduced a ranking system for professional players in 1976, with the aim of seeding players for the World Snooker Championship. The reigning champion would be automatically seeded first, the losing finalist from the previous year seeded second, and the other seedings based on the ranking list.

The 1994–95 ranking list was based on results from nine ranking tournaments and four minor-ranking events from the 1992–93 snooker season, and nine ranking tournaments from the 1993–94 snooker season. The ranking list was published after the conclusion of the 1994 World Snooker Championship. Stephen Hendry retained the top ranking for the fifth consecutive year. Steve Davis moved up from fourth to second. James Wattana was third, ahead of Jimmy White, on the same points total, as Wattana had gained more points in the more recent season. Wattana became the first new player in the top four since 1988, replacing John Parrott.

The top 16 in the rankings are regarded as the elite of professional snooker, and those players receive invitations to the Masters and exemption to the last-32 stage of the World Snooker Championship. It was the first season in the top 16 for Ronnie O'Sullivan, Peter Ebdon, Tony Drago and Joe Swail. O'Sullivan, winner of the 1993 UK Championship and the 1994 British Open, rose from 57th to 9th place.

For the first time since the rankings were established in 1976, Dennis Taylor was not among the top 16; the other players to drop out were Steve James, Martin Clark and Neal Foulds. Among the players to significantly improve their ranking were Dave Harold, who went from 50th to 19th; Stephen Lee who moved to 40th from 101st; Fergal O'Brien, who rose from 100th to 42nd; and Alex Higgins, who improved from 61st to 48th. The highest-placed of the players who had only been professional for one season was Gerard Greene at 169th, followed by Gary Ponting at 173rd.

Points tariff Points were awarded per the tables below, with some special conditions about players who lost their initial match in a tournament. In UK-based tournaments including the World Snooker Championship, players received half of the points stated if they lost their first match. In non-UK events, the top 16 players received only of the points stated if they lost their opening match (which was in the last-32 round). If two players were level on points, the player with more points from the most recent season would be ranked higher.

+Ranking points tariff for 1992–93Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13Winner 1992 Dubai Classic — 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,6001992 Grand Prix — 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1992 UK Championship — 20 30 40 60 120 250 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 — 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 1993 Asian Open — 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,6001993 Welsh Open — 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1993 European Open (1992/1993) — — 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1993 International Open — — 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1993 British Open — 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,6001993 World Snooker Championship — 30 40 50 80 150 300 600 1,200 1,800 2,400 3,000 3,600 4,200 4,800 5,400 6,000

+Minor ranking events 1992–93Tournament Notes 1992 Benson & Hedges Championship 300 points for the winner. The rest of the ranking points tariff is unknown but was approximately 10% of the points compared to a standard ranking event Strachan Challenge 1992/1993 – Event 1 Ranking points tariff unknown, but approximately 10% of the points compared to a standard ranking event for each Strachan Challenge 1992/1993 – Event 2 Strachan Challenge 1992/1993 – Event 3

+Ranking points tariff for 1993–94 ( denotes the last-16 round)CategoryRounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15WinnerOverseas events 1993 Dubai Classic — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1994 Thailand Open — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1993 European Open (1993/1994) — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600UK events 1993 UK Championship — 6 10 20 30 40 60 120 250 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 — 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 1993 Grand Prix — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1994 Welsh Open — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1994 International Open — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 1994 British Open — 4 8 16 20 30 50 100 200 400 800 1,200 1,600 2,000 — 2,400 2,800 3,200 3,600 World Championship 1994 World Snooker Championship — 8 16 30 40 50 80 150 300 600 1,200 1,800 2,400 3,000 3,600 4,200 4,800 5,400 6,000

Rankings + Snooker world rankings 1994–95 Ranking Name Points 1 53,300 2 52,300 3 49,000 4 49,000 5 48,300 6 46,750 7 42,020 8 41,500 9 37,620 10 35,240 11 34,730 12 32,680 13 32,580 14 31,250 15 31,250 16 30,250 17 30,200 18 29,560 19 28,920 20 28,820 21 28,090 22 27,610 23 27,300 24 26,700 25 25,620 26 24,560 27 24,420 28 24,300 29 23,750 30 23,720 31 23,530 32 23,170 33 22,515 34 22,510 35 22,230 36 21,940 37 20,280 38 20,040 39 19,980 40 19,530 41 19,115 42 18,820 43 18,700 44 18,630 45 18,380 46 18,190 47 17,820 48 17,420 49 17,320 50 17,300 51 17,200 52 17,150 53 17,000 54 16,970 55 16,800 56 16,560 57 16,376 58 15,935 59 15,890 60 15,650 61 15,280 62 15,280 63 15,230 64 14,860 65 14,860 66 14,790 67 14,725 68 14,605 69 14,430 70 13,220 71 13,080 72 12,600 73 11,995 74 11,985 75 11,915 76 11,755 77 11,710 78 11,625 79 11,255 80 11,210 81 11,145 82 11,100 83 10,845 84 10,785 85 10,740 86 10,615 87 10,560 88 10,345 89 10,250 90 10,180 91 10,125 92 9,730 93 9,595 94 9,455 95 9,445 96 9,370 97 9,255 98 9,225 99 9,086 100 9,075 101 9,035 102 8,965 103 8,730 104 8,575 105 8,490 106 8,435 107 8,370 108 8,120 109 8,085 110 8,015 111 7,958 112 7,901 113 7,840 114 7,725 115 7,520 116 7,515 117 7,470 118 7,425 119 7,070 120 6,975 121 6,955 122 6,885 123 6,855 124 6,810 125 6,650 126 6,610 127 6,590 128 6,480 129 6,420 130 6,420 131 6,405 132 6,360 133 6,275 134 6,235 135 6,198 136 6,185 137 6,080 138 5,995 139 5,925 140 5,910 141 5,850 142 5,825 143 5,776 144 5,760 145 5,755 146 5,755 147 5,455 148 5,430 149 5,400 150 5,390 151 5,310 152 5,310 153 5,245 154 5,165 155 5,105 156 5,100 157 5,095 158 5,035 159 4,925 160 4,910 161 4,910 162 4,900 163 4,865 164 4,840 165 4,815 166 4,790 167 4,755 168 4,655 169 4,640 170 4,545 171 4,538 172 4,510 173 4,496 174 4,445 175 4,420 176 4,410 177 4,395 178 4,300 179 4,280 180 4,260 181 4,190 182 4,145 183 4,040 184 4,005 185 3,982 186 3,980 187 3,960 188 3,925 189 3,913 190 3,860 191 3,830 192 3,825 193 3,805 194 3,766 195 3,730 196 3,715 197 3,698 198 3,645 199 3,445 200 3,415 201 3,390 202 3,365 203 3,350 204 3,249 205 3,235 206 3,170 207 3,160 208 3,145 209 3,140 210 3,115 211 3,085 212 3,070 213 3,044 214 3,014 215 2,980 216 2,945 217 2,930 218 2,930 219 2,920 220 2,910 221 2,910 222 2,890 223 2,865 224 2,830 225 2,795 226 2,780 227 2,774 228 2,770 229 2,715 230 2,615 231 2,560 232 2,535 233 2,503 234 2,485 235 2,480 236 2,480 237 2,443 238 2,360 239 2,295 240 2,275 241 2,250 242 2,249 243 2,200 244 2,163 245 2,145 246 2,100 247 2,080 248 2,010 249 2,010 250 1,985 251 1,943 252 1,920 253 1,880 254 1,840 255 1,825 256 1,795 257 1,778 258 1,708 259 1,700 260 1,680 261 1,660 262 1,650 263 1,640 264 1,620 265 1,617 266 1,610 267 1,610 268 1,609 269 1,575 270 1,525 271 1,515 272 1,510 273 1,490 274 1,485 275 1,475 276 1,470 277 1,420 278 1,415 279 1,400 280 1,380 281 1,375 282 1,340 283 1,315 284 1,295 285 1,290 286 1,288 287 1,280 288 1,225 289 1,216 290 1,210 291 1,200 292 1,160 293 1,150 294 1,145 295 1,140 296 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