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