This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. This meant that the 1974 World Championship retrospectively became the first ranking event, won by Ray Reardon.

Until 1982, the World Championship was the only ranking event. In the 1982–83 season, two more ranking events were added to the snooker calendar: the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament. In 1984, the UK Championship, initially a non-ranking tournament, became a ranking event for the first time. More ranking tournaments were established over the years. In the 2018–19 season, there were twenty events worth ranking points.

List of winners

See also: List of snooker ranking tournaments
Following the 2024 World Grand Prix

Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most ranking titles, with 41. He surpassed Stephen Hendry's previous record of 36 by winning the 2020 World Snooker Championship.[1]

Name Titles First Latest


  Players currently not on the World Snooker Tour

Ranking title winners by country

Following the 2024 World Grand Prix
Country Players Titles First title Latest title
 England 38 215 1977 2024
 Scotland 7 80 1987 2021
 Wales 8 42 1974 2023
 Australia 1 23 2006 2022
 China 6 20 2005 2023
 Northern Ireland 4 14 1982 2023
 Ireland 2 7 1993 2006
 Thailand 2 4 1992 2019
 Belgium 1 4 2017 2023
 Canada 2 3 1980 1990
 Hong Kong 1 3 2007 2016
 South Africa 1 1 1985 1985
 Cyprus 1 1 2018 2018
 Iran 1 1 2022 2022
14 countries 75 418 1974 2024

Minor-ranking tournaments

See also: List of minor-ranking tournaments

In 1992–93 and from the 2010–11 to the 2015–16 season there were a number of tournaments which contributed to the world rankings but at a lower rate than standard ranking tournaments. Wins in these tournaments are referred to as "minor-ranking titles". There were a total of 69 minor-ranking tournaments; four in the 1992–93 season with the remainder played from 2010 to 2016 as part of the Players Tour Championship.

Mark Selby had the most wins in minor-rankings events with seven. Mark Allen was second with five titles. A number of players won a minor ranking event but have never won a full ranking event: Tom Ford won two minor-ranking tournaments while Marcus Campbell, Tony Drago, Andrew Higginson, Ju Reti, Rod Lawler, Rory McLeod, Barry Pinches, Troy Shaw, Joe Swail and Ben Woollaston each won once.

Notes

  1. ^ Ronnie O'Sullivan won five Shanghai Masters tournaments but three were non-ranking.
  2. ^ John Higgins won the China Championship in 2016 but this was not a ranking win.
  3. ^ Steve Davis won six UK Championships but two were non-ranking. He also won the China Open tournament in 1997 but this was not a ranking win.
  4. ^ Judd Trump won three World Grand Prix tournaments but one was non-ranking.
  5. ^ Mark Selby won three Paul Hunter Classic tournaments but two were non-ranking.
  6. ^ Shaun Murphy won two European Masters tournaments but one was non-ranking.
  7. ^ John Parrott won the German Masters tournament in 1998 but this was not a ranking win.
  8. ^ Ray Reardon won six World Snooker Championships but two were non-ranking.
  9. ^ Doug Mountjoy won two UK Championships but one was non-ranking.
  10. ^ John Spencer won three World Snooker Championships but two were non-ranking.
  11. ^ Terry Griffiths won the UK Championship in 1982 but this was not a ranking win.
  12. ^ Alex Higgins won two World Snooker Championships but one was non-ranking. He also won the UK Championship in 1983 but this was not a ranking win.

References

  1. ^ Hafez, Shamoon (16 August 2020). "O'Sullivan wins sixth world title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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