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1997–98 snooker world rankings

Preceded by
1996/1997
1997/1998 Succeeded by
1998/1999

Snooker world rankings 1997/1998: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1997–98 season are listed below.

No. 1: Stephen Hendry
Born (1969-01-13) January 13, 1969 (age 55)
Sport country Scotland
Professional1985–2012
Highest ranking1
No. 2: John Higgins
Born (1975-05-18) May 18, 1975 (age 49)
Sport country Scotland
Professional1992–present
Highest ranking1
No. 3: Ken Doherty
Born (1969-09-17) September 17, 1969 (age 55)
Sport country Ireland
Professional1990–present
Highest ranking2
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

References

  1. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  3. ^ "World Rankings 1997/98". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011.