1997–98 snooker world rankings

Preceded by
1996–97 		1997–98 Succeeded by
1998–99

1997–98 snooker world rankings: 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
Sport country Scotland
Professional1985–2012, 2020–2024
Highest ranking1
No. 2: John Higgins
Born (1975-05-18) May 18, 1975
Sport country Scotland
Professional1992–present
Highest ranking1
No. 3: Ken Doherty
Born (1969-09-17) September 17, 1969
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". 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.
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