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The billiards world rankings are the official system of ranking English billiards players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments.

The rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, World Billiards, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[1] A player's ranking is based on their performances in designated ranking tournaments. The ranking list rolls on at the end of each season, with every player's points being halved at the season switchover.[2] A season begins on 1 July, and ends on 30 June of the following year.[3]

As of 2012, the distinction between professional and amateur players was removed. Both male and female players are included on the list.

Top Ranked Players

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Davis leaning over a table for a shot
Peter Gilchrist, the top ranked player from 2016 to 2021
Ranking
Season 1 2 3 4
Before 1989 No information
1989–90[4] England Mike Russell England Norman Dagley England Ian Williamson England Peter Gilchrist
1990–91[4] England Mike Russell England Peter Gilchrist England Ian Williamson England Norman Dagley
1991–92[5] India Geet Sethi England Mike Russell Australia Robby Foldvari England Peter Gilchrist
1992–93 India Geet Sethi
1993–94[6] India Geet Sethi Australia Robby Foldvari England Mike Russell England Peter Gilchrist
1995–96[7] England Mike Russell India Geet Sethi England Peter Gilchrist Australia Robby Foldvari
2002–03[8] England Mike Russell England Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Chris Shutt
2003–04[9] England Mike Russell England Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Chris Shutt
2004–10 No official ranking list produced[10][11]
2010–11 England David Causier India Dhruv Sitwala Singapore Peter Gilchrist and England Robert Hall1
2011–12 England David Causier England Billy Bousfield England Phil Mumford England Robert Hall
2012–13 England Mike Russell England Robert Hall England David Causier England Martin Goodwill
2013–14 England David Causier Singapore Peter Gilchrist England Robert Hall Australia Matthew Bolton
2014–15 England David Causier Singapore Peter Gilchrist England Robert Hall England Mike Russell
2015–16 England David Causier Singapore Peter Gilchrist England Robert Hall England Mike Russell
2016–17 Singapore Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Robert Hall England Mike Russell
2017–18 Singapore Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Robert Hall England Mike Russell
2018–19 Singapore Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Robert Hall England Martin Goodwill
2019–20[12] Singapore Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Robert Hall England Ryan Mears
2020–21[13] Singapore Peter Gilchrist England David Causier England Robert Hall England Ryan Mears

Notes

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^1 Gilchrist and Hall were joint 3rd ranked.

References

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  1. ^ "World Billiards Limited (WBL)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Ranking List for Season 2019–2020". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Ranking Lists". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Here endeth 1990–91". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. January 1992. p. 25.
  5. ^ "Sethi displaces Russell as world no. 1". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 1992. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Sethi again tops billiards world rankings". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 1993. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Russell tops billiards world rankings". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. May 1995. p. 23.
  8. ^ "End of season world rankings". Snooker Scene. No. June 2002. Everton's News Agency. p. 47.
  9. ^ Everton, Clive. "Professional billiards dies: what next?". Snooker Scene. No. July 2003. Everton's News Agency. p. 21.
  10. ^ "Chris Shutt beats Mike Russell to become world champion for the first time". Snooker Scene. No. April 2005. Everton's News Agency. pp. 27–28.
  11. ^ Everton, Clive (August 2010). "Sorting billiards out". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. pp. 30–31.
  12. ^ "Ranking list for season 2019–2020". World Billiards. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Ranking list for season 2020–2021". World Billiards. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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