2007–08 snooker world rankings

2007–08 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 75 snooker players (plus seven others who are officially ranked 76–82; if all players on the pro tour were ranked, they would be lower) in the 2007‍–‍08 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account ranking tournament performances from the previous two seasons (2005‍–‍06 and 2006‍–‍07).

No. 1: John Higgins

Born	(1975-05-18) May 18, 1975 (age 50)
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1992–present
Highest ranking	1

No. 2: Graeme Dott

Born	(1977-05-12) May 12, 1977 (age 48)
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1994–present
Highest ranking	2

No. 3: Shaun Murphy

Born	(1982-08-10) August 10, 1982 (age 43)
Sport country	England
Professional	1997–present
Highest ranking	3

No.[1]	Name	Country	Points[2][3]
1	John Higgins	Scotland	42250
2	Graeme Dott	Scotland	37775
3	Shaun Murphy	England	37700
4	Ken Doherty	Ireland	35800
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	England	33600
6	Peter Ebdon	England	33550
7	Neil Robertson	Australia	33125
8	Stephen Hendry	Scotland	32475
9	Ding Junhui	China	30800
10	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	30550
11	Mark Selby	England	27400
12	Mark Williams	Wales	27125
13	Stephen Lee	England	26150
14	Ali Carter	England	25300
15	Steve Davis	England	24950
16	Ryan Day	Wales	24500
17	Joe Swail	Northern Ireland	24350
18	Joe Perry	England	23925
19	Barry Hawkins	England	23750
20	Matthew Stevens	Wales	23550
21	Mark King	England	22425
22	Jamie Cope	England	22250
23	Stuart Bingham	England	22150
24	Michael Holt	England	21613
25	Nigel Bond	England	20688
26	Anthony Hamilton	England	20451
27	Marco Fu	Hong Kong	20425
28	Ian McCulloch	England	19126
29	Mark Allen	Northern Ireland	18900
30	Dave Harold	England	18875
31	Dominic Dale	Wales	18075
32	Gerard Greene	Northern Ireland	17900
33	James Wattana	Thailand	17688
34	Michael Judge	Ireland	17550
35	David Gray	England	17163
36	Ricky Walden	England	16965
37	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	16950
38	Alan McManus	Scotland	16525
39	John Parrott	England	16288
40	Adrian Gunnell	England	15500
41	Andy Hicks	England	14976
42	Andrew Norman	England	14888
43	Mark Davis	England	14775
44	Andrew Higginson	England	14725
45	David Gilbert	England	14550
46	Jamie Burnett	Scotland	14500
47	Robert Milkins	England	14201
48	Rory McLeod	England	14025
49	Rod Lawler	England	13650
50	Tom Ford	England	13475
51	Judd Trump	England	13450
52	Marcus Campbell	Scotland	13325
53	Stuart Pettman	England	13288
54	Robin Hull	Finland	13113
55	David Roe	England	13113
56	Barry Pinches	England	12638
57	Drew Henry	Scotland	12500
58	Joe Delaney	Ireland	12400
59	Mike Dunn	England	12288
60	Jimmy White	England	12175
61	Jimmy Michie	England	11988
62	Paul Davies	Wales	11713
63	Scott MacKenzie	Scotland	11325
64	Ian Preece	Wales	11050
65	Lee Spick	England	11050
66	Liang Wenbo	China	10900
67	Joe Jogia	England	10738
68	Tony Drago	Malta	10450
69	Tian Pengfei	China	10225
70	Matthew Couch	England	9975
71	David Morris	Ireland	9600
72	Liu Song	China	9525
73	Mark Joyce	England	9500
74	Alfie Burden	England	9500
75	Ben Woollaston	England	9075
76	Chris Norbury	England	8663
77	Sean Storey	England	8500
78	Shokat Ali	Pakistan	7426
79	Jeff Cundy	England	6475
80	Paul Wykes	England	6250
81	James Tatton	England	3513
82	Hugh Abernethy	Scotland	1800

Preceded by 2006–07

2007–08

Succeeded by 2008–09

Notes

• Entering the top 16 for the first time: Ding Junhui (27 to 9), Mark Selby (28 to 11) and Ryan Day (17 to 16). Additionally, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Ali Carter reach career-high rankings.
• Stephen Hendry, who was still the world number 1 the previous season, drops down to number 8, marking his worst ranking since the 1987‍–‍88 season.
• Jimmy White drops down from number 35 to number 60, after his least successful season ever, earning only 5725 points in the 2006‍–‍07 season alone, down from 6450 in the 2005‍–‍06 season.
• Former world number 4 Matthew Stevens drops down from number 14 to number 20.
• Barry Hawkins and Anthony Hamilton both drop out of the top 16 after a single season – Hawkins is down from number 12 to number 19, and Hamilton from number 16 to number 26.
• Mark Allen moves up the rankings, from number 62 to number 29. Jamie Cope also reaches the top 32 for the first time (48 to 22),
• Three players re-enter the top 32: Dave Harold (36 to 30), Dominic Dale (40 to 31) and Gerard Greene (39 to 32)
• Five players necessarily drop out of the top 32: James Wattana (25 to 33), David Gray (23 to 35), Alan McManus (19 to 38), Andy Hicks (31 to 41) and Robert Milkins (32 to 47).
• Andrew Higginson rises 66 places from number 110 to number 44.
• Judd Trump is up 21 spots from number 72 to number 51.
• Tony Drago drops out of the top 64, from 52 to 68.