World Rankings 1997/98
Players are English unless stated,
±=Change since last year's rankings
| Rk |
± |
Name |
Nat. |
Points |
| 1. |
|
Stephen Hendry |
Scotland |
43,127 |
| 2. |
|
John Higgins |
Scotland |
30,867 |
| 3. |
+4 |
Ken Doherty |
Ireland |
28,601 |
| 4. |
+12 |
Mark J Williams |
Wales |
27,485 |
| 5. |
-2 |
Peter Ebdon |
|
25,282 |
| 6. |
-2 |
John Parrott |
|
25,082 |
| 7. |
+1 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan |
|
24,217 |
| 8. |
-3 |
Nigel Bond |
|
22,182 |
| 9. |
+5 |
Alain Robidoux |
Canada |
21,994 |
| 10. |
-4 |
Alan McManus |
Scotland |
20,995 |
| 11. |
+4 |
Tony Drago |
Malta |
19,959 |
| 12. |
|
James Wattana |
Thailand |
18,822 |
| 13. |
-3 |
Steve Davis |
|
18,654 |
| 14. |
+8 |
Anthony Hamilton |
|
17,004 |
| 15. |
-6 |
Darren Morgan |
Wales |
16,423 |
| 16. |
+15 |
Stephen Lee |
|
16,079 |
|
|---|
| 17. |
+2 |
Gary Wilkinson |
|
15,913 |
| 18. |
-7 |
Dave Harold |
|
15,812 |
| 19. |
+1 |
Andy Hicks |
|
14,823 |
| 20. |
+19 |
Mark King |
|
14,240 |
| 21. |
-8 |
Jimmy White |
|
13,664 |
| 22. |
-5 |
Joe Swail |
N.Ireland |
13,481 |
| 23. |
+13 |
Fergal O'Brien |
Ireland |
13,343 |
| 24. |
|
Steve James |
|
13,204 |
| 25. |
+5 |
Chris Small |
Scotland |
13,036 |
| 26. |
-6 |
Rod Lawler |
|
12,896 |
| 27. |
+6 |
Martin Clark |
|
12,744 |
| 28. |
+21 |
Brian Morgan |
|
12,693 |
| 29. |
+12 |
Terry Murphy |
N.Ireland |
12,644 |
| 30. |
-9 |
Neal Foulds |
|
12,570 |
| 31. |
+1 |
Mick Price |
|
12,372 |
| 32. |
+3 |
Billy Snaddon |
Scotland |
12,266 |
|
|---|
| 33. |
+25 |
Graeme Dott |
Scotland |
12,086 |
| 34. |
-8 |
Dennis Taylor |
N.Ireland |
12,042 |
| 35. |
-8 |
Dene O'Kane |
New Zealand |
11,873 |
| 36. |
-11 |
Willie Thorne |
|
11,739 |
| 37. |
-8 |
Jason Ferguson |
|
11,691 |
| 38. |
+16 |
Jamie Burnett |
Scotland |
11,635 |
| 39. |
-11 |
Dave Finbow |
|
11,498 |
| 40. |
|
Drew Henry |
Scotland |
10,945 |
| 41. |
+16 |
Karl Broughton |
|
10,943 |
| 42. |
+14 |
Jason Prince |
N.Ireland |
10,893 |
| 43. |
+33 |
Paul Hunter |
|
10,883 |
| 44. |
+18 |
Euan Henderson |
Scotland |
10,810 |
| 45. |
+19 |
Jonathan Birch |
|
10,675 |
| 46. |
|
Tony Chappel |
Wales |
10,674 |
| 47. |
+18 |
Mark Davis |
|
10,390 |
| 48. |
+5 |
Paul Davies |
Wales |
10,347 |
| 49. |
-15 |
David Roe |
|
10,083 |
| 50. |
-7 |
Mark Bennett |
Wales |
9,975 |
| 51. |
-15 |
Dean Reynolds |
|
9,942 |
| 52. |
-5 |
Joe Johnson |
|
9,871 |
| 53. |
+14 |
Matthew Stevens |
Wales |
9,870 |
| 54. |
+33 |
Dominic Dale |
Wales |
9,830 |
| 55. |
+5 |
Jimmy Michie |
|
9,262 |
| 56. |
+22 |
Michael Judge |
Ireland |
9,230 |
| 57. |
+28 |
Nicolas Pearce |
|
8,804 |
| 58. |
-10 |
Wayne Jones |
Wales |
8,730 |
| 59. |
+17 |
Shokat Ali |
Pakistan |
8,633 |
| 60. |
+3 |
Tony Jones |
|
8,565 |
| 61. |
-24 |
Anthony Davies |
Wales |
8,428 |
| 62. |
+10 |
Gerard Greene |
|
8,405 |
| 63. |
-13 |
Mark Flowerdew |
|
8,185 |
| 64. |
+2 |
Chris Scanlon |
|
8,050 |
|
|---|
| 65. |
+16 |
Stefan Mazrocis |
|
8,040 |
| 66. |
-5 |
Steve Murphy |
Ireland |
7,989 |
| 67. |
+13 |
Nick Walker |
|
7,900 |
| 68. |
-16 |
Nick Terry |
|
7,826 |
| 69. |
+33 |
Paul Wykes |
|
7,825 |
| 70. |
-26 |
Mark Johnston-Allen |
|
7,692 |
| 71. |
-3 |
Jamie Woodman |
|
7,655 |
| 72. |
-30 |
Tony Knowles |
|
7,590 |
| 73. |
+40 |
Graham Horne |
Scotland |
7,522 |
| 74. |
-9 |
Paul McPhillips |
Scotland |
7,508 |
| 75. |
+31 |
David McLellan |
Scotland |
7,453 |
| 76. |
+29 |
Ian McCulloch |
|
7,302 |
| 77. |
-26 |
Karl Payne |
|
7,290 |
| 78. |
+38 |
Karl Burrows |
|
7,267 |
| 79. |
+110 |
Lee Walker |
Wales |
7,261 |
| 80. |
+119 |
Bradley Jones |
|
7,192 |
| 81. |
-5 |
Antony Bolsover |
|
7,170 |
| 82. |
+47 |
Sean Storey |
|
7,085 |
| 83. |
-4 |
Barry Pinches |
|
6,998 |
| 84. |
+9 |
Darren Clarke |
|
6,978 |
| 85. |
-11 |
Gary Ponting |
|
6,870 |
| 86. |
-9 |
John Read |
|
6,793 |
| 87. |
+2 |
Stuart Pettman |
|
6,720 |
| 88. |
+34 |
Noppadon Noppachorn |
Thailand |
6,718 |
| 89. |
-53 |
Mike Hallett |
|
6,713 |
| 90. |
+21 |
Peter Lines |
|
6,710 |
| 91. |
+140 |
Robert Milkins |
|
6,697 |
| 92. |
+16 |
Steve Judd |
|
6,683 |
| 93. |
+30 |
Jason Weston |
|
6,680 |
| 94. |
-11 |
Matthew Couch |
|
6,663 |
| 95. |
-72 |
Terry Griffiths |
Wales |
6,650 |
| 96. |
-23 |
Yasin Merchant |
India |
6,540 |
| 97. |
-12 |
Marcus Campbell |
Scotland |
6,468 |
| 98. |
-39 |
Doug Mountjoy |
Wales |
6,457 |
| 99. |
+5 |
Wayne Brown |
|
6,454 |
| 100. |
-30 |
Steve Newbury |
Wales |
6,369 |
| 101. |
-32 |
Ian Brumby |
|
6,329 |
| 102. |
+30 |
Robin Hull |
Finland |
6,320 |
| 103. |
-19 |
Nick Dyson |
|
6,290 |
| 104. |
+233 |
Quinten Hann |
Australia |
6,275 |
| 105. |
+5 |
Lee Richardson |
|
6,250 |
| 106. |
+18 |
Stephen O'Connor |
Ireland |
6,203 |
| 107. |
-6 |
Andrew Cairns |
|
6,095 |
| 108. |
+6 |
Darryn Walker |
|
6,093 |
| 109. |
-9 |
Oliver King |
|
6,065 |
| 110. |
-12 |
Jason Wallace |
|
5,970 |
|
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