List of snooker players by number of ranking titles

This is a list of snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament which counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in 1976/77, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. The first ranking event was thus the 1974 World Championship, won by Ray Reardon.

In 1992/93 and from the 2010/11 season there have been a number of tournaments which contribute to the world rankings but at a lower rate than standard ranking tournaments. Wins in these tournaments are referred to as "minor-ranking titles". All the minor-ranking tournaments since 2010 have been part of the Players Tour Championship.

Stephen Hendry holds the record for the most ranking titles with 36.[1][2]

List of winners

Following the 2016 World Snooker Championship
  Players currently not on the World Snooker Main Tour.


Name Total
(standard)		 Total
(minor)[n 1]

Ranking title winners by country

Following the 2016 World Snooker Championship
Country Players Standard Minor[n 1] First title Last title
Total
 England 37 137 40 1977 2016
 Scotland 7 74 8 1987 2015
 Wales 7 30 3 1974 2015
 China 3 11 6 2005 2015
 Australia 1 11 4 2006 2015
 Republic of Ireland 2 7 0 1993 2006
 Northern Ireland 4 6 6 1982 2016
 Canada 2 3 0 1980 1990
 Thailand 1 3 0 1992 1995
 Hong Kong 1 2 1 2007 2015
 South Africa 1 1 0 1985 1985
 Malta 1 0 1 1993 1993

Ranking tournaments

As of the end of the 2014/15 season there had been a total of 275 ranking events and a further 62 minor-ranking events. 10 ranking events and 7 minor-ranking events are planned for the 2015/16 season.

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Current tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open R R R R R R
Riga Open[n 2] M M
Paul Hunter Classic[n 2] M M M M M M
Shanghai Masters R R R R R R R R R
Ruhr Open[n 2] M M M
Haining Open[n 2] M M
International Championship R R R R
Bulgarian Open[n 2] M M M M
UK Championship R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Gibraltar Open[n 2] M
German Masters R R R R R R R R R
Welsh Open R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Gdynia Open[n 2] M M M M
World Grand Prix R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Players Championship Grand Final R R R R R R
China Open R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
World Snooker Championship R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Former tournaments
Alex Higgins International Trophy[n 3] M
Antwerp Open[n 3] M M M
Bahrain Championship R
Benson & Hedges Championship M
Bluebell Wood Open[n 3] M
British Open R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Brugge Open[n 3] M
Canadian Masters R
Classic R R R R R R R R R
Dongguan Open[n 3] M
Dubai Classic R R R R R R R R
FFB Open[n 3] M M
Indian Open R R
Irish Masters R R R
Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup[n 3] M M M
Lisbon Open[n 3] M
Malta Cup R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Malta Grand Prix R
MIUS Cup[n 3] M
Northern Ireland Trophy R R R
PTC events (unnamed)[n 3] 6M 6M 3M
Prague Classic[n 3] M
Rotterdam Open[n 3] M
Ruhr Championship[n 3] M
Russelsheim Cup[n 3] M
Scottish Open[n 4] R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R M
Strachan Open[n 5] R 3M
Thailand Masters R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Warsaw Classic[n 3] M
Wuxi Classic R R R
Xuzhou Open[n 3] M
Yixing Open[n 3] M M M
Zhangjiagang Open[n 3] M M
Zhengzhou Open[n 3] M M


 R: Ranking tournament
 M: Minor-ranking tournament[n 1]
 Tournament was either not held or carried no ranking points.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Minor events carry ranking points at less than the standard tariff.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Event is part of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Event was part of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series.
  4. ↑ In the 2012/2013 season the event was part of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series.
  5. ↑ In the 1992/1993 there were three minor events in the same season.

References

  1. ↑ "Snooker Stats – Ranking Titles". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Snooker Stats". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 5 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

Sources

  • Turner, Chris. "Ranking Title Winners". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
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