Embassy World Rankings
The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) produce a new list of world rankings at the end of each season, which is operational for the whole of the following season. Rankings are assessed on a two year span of tournaments. Here is the full 1998/99 list, followed by the full Ladies Ranking List for 1998/99.
Rank Rank Points Points Points
98/99 97/98 Player Nat. 97/98 96/97 Total
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1 2 John Higgins SCO 27835 19587 47422
2 1 Stephen Hendry MBE SCO 16790 30457 47247
3 7 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 21105 18302 39407
4 3 Ken Doherty IRE 15095 21072 36167
5 4 Mark J Williams WAL 11335 21420 32755
6 6 John Parrott MBE ENG 15335 16422 31757
7 5 Peter Ebdon ENG 10340 15086 25426
8 10 Alan McManus SCO 10755 13639 24394
9 16 Stephen Lee ENG 12880 11384 24264
10 11 Tony Drago MLT 9305 14504 23809
11 14 Anthony Hamilton ENG 10760 11764 22524
12 9 Alain Robidoux CAN 5790 16597 22387
13 8 Nigel Bond ENG 8150 14106 22256
14 13 Steve Davis MBE ENG 9175 13077 22252
15 12 James Wattana THA 8365 13177 21542
16 20 Mark King ENG 10950 10520 21470
17 17 Gary Wilkinson ENG 8460 10624 19084
18 21 Jimmy White ENG 10811 8185 18996
19 18 Dave Harold ENG 8562 9848 18410
20 23 Fergal O'Brien IRE 9095 9057 18152
21 19 Andy Hicks ENG 8277 9531 17808
22 15 Darren Morgan WAL 7885 9919 17804
23 54 Dominic Dale WAL 9912 7710 17622
24 43 Paul Hunter ENG 9715 7440 17155
25 25 Chris Small SCO 8555 8471 17026
26 53 Matthew Stevens WAL 10280 6655 16935
27 28 Brian Morgan ENG 6605 9622 16227
28 27 Martin Clark ENG 7395 8739 16134
29 29 Terry Murphy NIR 7492 8555 16047
30 33 Graeme Dott SCO 6870 8719 15589
31 38 Jamie Burnett SCO 7317 8225 15542
32 32 Billy Snaddon SCO 6515 8527 15042
33 31 Mick Price ENG 6395 8581 14976
34 30 Neal Foulds ENG 7775 7140 14915
35 37 Jason Ferguson ENG 7472 7330 14802
36 22 Joe Swail NIR 6742 7853 14595
37 24 Steve James ENG 6355 7854 14209
38 44 Euan Henderson SCO 5777 8307 14084
39 42 Jason Prince ENG 6482 7510 13992
40 26 Rod Lawler ENG 5640 7472 13112
41 48 Paul Davies WAL 5207 7607 12814
42 45 Jonathan Birch ENG 4932 7810 12742
43 40 Drew Henry ENG 5610 7037 12647
44 80 Bradley Jones ENG 6155 6190 12345
45 104 Quinten Hann AUS 7287 4895 12182
46 41 Karl Broughton ENG 4432 7595 12027
47 46 Tony Chappel WAL 4832 7120 11952
48 49 David Roe ENG 5430 6445 11875
49 59 Shokat Ali PAK 5752 6065 11817
50 79 Lee Walker WAL 5727 6034 11761
51 36 Willie Thorne ENG 4432 7283 11715
52 34 Dennis Taylor NIR 4222 7426 11648
53 90 Peter Lines ENG 6807 4835 11642
54 51 Dean Reynolds ENG 5162 6372 11534
55 52 Joe Johnson ENG 5050 6465 11515
56 47 Mark Davis ENG 4122 7389 11511
57 35 Dene O'Kane NZL 4502 6998 11500
58 56 Michael Judge IRE 4682 6795 11477
59 62 Gerard Greene ENG 5882 5450 11332
60 76 Ian McCulloch ENG 6205 4910 11115
61 152 David Gray ENG 6662 4427 11089
62 69 Paul Wykes ENG 5707 5370 11077
63 60 Tony Jones ENG 5210 5825 11035
64 57 Nicolas Pearce ENG 4720 6210 10930
65 65 Stefan Mazrocis ENG 5050 5860 10910
66 50 Mark Bennett WAL 4717 6117 10834
67 64 Chris Scanlon ENG 5657 5095 10752
68 39 Dave Finbow ENG 4122 6570 10692
69 78 Karl Burrows ENG 5215 5425 10640
70 86 John Read ENG 5872 4695 10567
71 67 Nick Walker ENG 5050 5490 10540
72 82 Sean Storey ENG 5212 5275 10487
73 97 Marcus Campbell SCO 6155 4040 10195
74 123 Joe Perry ENG 6205 3979 10184
75 85 Gary Ponting ENG 6260 3920 10180
76 87 Stuart Pettman ENG 5615 4275 9890
77 122 Alfie Burden ENG 5727 4114 9841
78 94 Matthew Couch ENG 5280 4495 9775
79 92 Steve Judd ENG 4835 4815 9650
80 99 Wayne Brown ENG 5120 4475 9595
81 55 Jimmy Michie ENG 3282 6182 9464
82 58 Wayne Jones WAL 4217 5157 9374
83 116 Martin Dzie'towski SCO 5322 3700 9022
84 71 Jamie Woodman ENG 4057 4900 8957
85 61 Anthony Davies WAL 4340 4447 8787
86 106 Stephen O'Connor IRE 4617 3995 8612
87 84 Darren Clarke ENG 3562 4930 8492
88 131 Troy Shaw ENG 4712 3540 8252
89 105 Lee Richardson ENG 3657 4390 8047
90 101 Ian Brumby ENG 4057 3900 7957
91 77 Karl Payne ENG 3842 3877 7719
92 150 Mark Gray ENG 4552 3158 7710
93 143 Leigh Griffin ENG 4340 3168 7508
94 130 John Lardner SCO 3775 3614 7389
95 162 Peter McCullagh ENG 4122 2814 6936
96 159 Craig MacGillivray SCO 3842 2592 6434
97 73 Graham Horne SCO 270 5567 5837
98 66 Steve Murphy IRE 270 5337 5607
99 91 Robert Milkins ENG 360 5240 5600
100 75 David McLellan SCO 150 5342 5492
101 93 Jason Weston ENG 270 5110 5380
102 74 Paul McPhillips SCO 270 4982 5252
103 134 Alan Robert Burnett SCO 150 4975 5125
104 102 Robin Hull FIN 270 4780 5050
105 81 Antony Bolsover ENG 150 4870 5020
106 83 Barry Pinches ENG 642 4340 4982
107 88 Noppadon Noppachorn THA 0 4910 4910
108 68 Nick Terry ENG 480 4305 4785
109 137 Joe Delaney IRE 1520 3188 4708
110 112 Dylan Leary ENG 270 4330 4600
111 70 Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 360 4197 4557
112 117 Brian Rowswell ENG 642 3880 4522
113 110 Jason Wallace ENG 480 4040 4520
114 125 Ian Sargeant WAL 480 4017 4497
115 108 Darryn Walker ENG 270 4195 4465
116 115 Chris Shade SCO 360 4048 4408
117 119 Adrian Rosa ENG 642 3735 4377
118 109 Oliver King ENG 360 3815 4175
119 215 Simon Bedford ENG 2027 2111 4138
120 107 Andrew Cairns ENG 270 3860 4130
121 103 Nick Dyson ENG 150 3960 4110
122 138 Paul Sweeny ENG 270 3837 4107
123 111 Nigel Gilbert ENG 150 3940 4090
124 126 Tai Pichit THA 0 4031 4031
125 72 Tony Knowles ENG 150 3877 4027
126 128 Leigh Robinson 0 3964 3964
127 127 Paul S. Davison 150 3792 3942
128 89 Mike Hallett ENG 360 3557 3917
129 141 Mark Fenton WAL 150 3760 3910
130 113 John Harvey Giles ENG 150 3760 3910
131 100 Steve Newbury WAL 150 3735 3885
132 98 Doug Mountjoy WAL 0 3877 3877
133 121 Les Dodd ENG 270 3600 3870
134 146 Geoff Dunn 150 3720 3870
135 133 Stuart Parnell ENG 270 3532 3802
136 96 Yasin Merchant IND 0 3700 3700
137 147 Neil Tomkins 270 3404 3674
138 129 Stuart Reardon ENG 360 3260 3620
139 139 Mike Dunn 150 3444 3594
140 140 Sean Lanigan ENG 270 3320 3590
141 132 Jeff Cundy ENG 480 3080 3560
142 118 Matt Wilson ENG 150 3400 3550
143 120 Surinder Gill 480 3040 3520
144 142 Martin O'Neill 150 3368 3518
145 124 Paul Cavney ENG 150 3360 3510
146 144 Eddie Manning 150 3355 3505
147 158 Gary Lees 360 3098 3458
148 153 Phillip Williams 480 2968 3448
149 157 Simon Parker 360 3044 3404
150 151 Patrick Wallace 150 3238 3388
151 145 Mehmet Husnu CYP 150 3220 3370
152 167 Hugh Abernethy 270 3064 3334
153 161 David Coles 270 3060 3330
154 149 Craig Harrison 0 3308 3308
155 163 Leo Fernandez 642 2630 3272
156 135 Colin Morton ENG 0 3240 3240
157 136 Michael Duffy 150 3068 3218
158 148 Nick Fruin ENG 0 3080 3080
159 200 Bjorn Haneveer 855 2200 3055
160 180 Matt Bailey 200 2800 3000
161 154 Darren Hackeson 150 2788 2938
162 172 Darren Limburg 150 2708 2858
163 164 Steve Meakin 360 2450 2810
164 197 Stuart Bingham ENG 360 2402 2762
165 170 David McDonnell ENG 270 2456 2726
166 178 Shailesh Jogia 360 2364 2724
167 155 Joe Grech 0 2720 2720
168 334 Andrew Higginson 1140 1574 2714
169 189 Michael Leach 113 2590 2703
170 165 Alex Borg MLT 0 2682 2682
171 174 John Bayliss 150 2502 2652
172 177 Alastair Fleming 150 2502 2652
173 213 Andy Neck 360 2290 2650
174 192 Ian Hurdman 270 2294 2564
175 263 Michael Rhodes 200 2355 2555
176 185 Jason Pegram 200 2352 2552
177 191 Steve Harrison 200 2348 2548
178 198 Wayne Saidler 200 2340 2540
179 265 Barry Hawkins 200 2334 2534
180 190 John Herbert 200 2330 2530
181 186 Gareth Chilcott 113 2390 2503
182 181 Garry Baldrey 360 2126 2486
183 212 Munraj Pal 480 2000 2480
184 171 Pat Horne 150 2320 2470
185 211 Barry Mapstone 113 2354 2467
186 168 Sam Chong 0 2452 2452
187 286 Allister Carter ENG 360 2081 2441
188 183 Steve Russell 113 2320 2433
189 203 Philip Seaton 113 2320 2433
190 179 Barry West 0 2410 2410
191 214 Justin Buckingham 270 2110 2380
192 253 Stuart Mann 200 2170 2370
193 282 Michael Holt 200 2163 2363
194 156 Alex Higgins NIR 0 2360 2360
195 209 Tony Kenny 0 2360 2360
196 227 Nick Spelman 0 2347 2347
197 206 Adrian Gunnell 113 2220 2333
198 184 Stephen Taylor 0 2304 2304
199 223 Myles Deleuse 200 2100 2300
200 217 Mario Geudens 270 2010 2280
201 207 Mark Miller 113 2160 2273
202 218 Neal Jones 200 2070 2270
203 193 Richy McDonald 200 2066 2266
204 202 Declan Hughes 0 2230 2230
205 303 Nick Manning 270 1942 2212
206 216 Ian Bullimore 113 2094 2207
207 199 Shane Haines 113 2080 2193
208 225 John Burns ENG 270 1914 2184
209 239 Michael O'Sullivan 270 1900 2170
210 175 Patrick Delsemme 0 2170 2170
211 221 Ryan Michael 270 1890 2160
212 220 Graham Fisken 113 2044 2157
213 222 John Whitty 200 1938 2138
214 176 Robby Foldvari AUS 0 2128 2128
215 208 Dermot McGlinchey 113 2010 2123
216 247 Garoid O'Connor 270 1834 2104
217 229 Scott Cooney 270 1834 2104
218 201 Steven Prest ENG 113 1990 2103
219 194 David Taylor 0 2082 2082
220 240 Will Jerram 200 1874 2074
221 249 Neil Selman 200 1854 2054
222 173 Jimmy Chambers ENG 0 2050 2050
223 260 Evan Munro 270 1764 2034
224 268 Steve Day 270 1761 2031
225 95 Terry Griffiths WAL 0 2027 2027
226 236 Graham Stevens 0 2004 2004
227 228 Colm Gilcreest 113 1890 2003
228 234 Brett Patmore 0 1994 1994
229 235 Mark Love 200 1784 1984
230 242 Matthew Bray 113 1865 1978
231 283 Christopher McGee 360 1587 1947
232 259 Indika Dodangoda 200 1741 1941
233 311 Malcolm Bilclough 113 1827 1940
234 258 Gary Thomson 200 1734 1934
235 233 Colin Donaldson 113 1821 1934
236 257 Richard Somauroo 113 1821 1934
237 264 Mario Wehrmann 270 1658 1928
238 312 James Reynolds 113 1802 1915
239 238 Eddie Barker 0 1911 1911
240 272 Andrew Grieve 113 1791 1904
241 269 Sefton Payne 0 1900 1900
242 319 Richard Tatton 200 1691 1891
243 246 Darren Swinburn 113 1764 1877
244 245 Lee Mallen 270 1602 1872
245 252 John Mills 0 1837 1837
246 231 Anton Bishop ENG 200 1628 1828
247 297 Grant Conquest 200 1624 1824
248 232 Andrew Hannah 200 1610 1810
249 241 Stephen Kershaw 113 1684 1797
250 320 Andy Lavin 113 1682 1795
251 329 Avtar Sohanpal 200 1592 1792
252 255 Andrew Radford 0 1774 1774
253 204 Scott Bigham 0 1764 1764
254 237 Anthony Harris 0 1764 1764
255 254 Scott Rigg 113 1614 1727
256 266 Neil Gilder 200 1521 1721
257 219 Micky Roughan 0 1718 1718
258 250 Matthew McGrotty 113 1594 1707
259 230 Steve Elliott 0 1700 1700
260 289 Lee Johnson 113 1586 1699
261 251 Neil Wood 0 1684 1684
262 274 Jason Greaves 113 1561 1674
263 321 Johl Younger AUS 0 1651 1651
264 322 Karl Beare 0 1649 1649
265 346 Mark Tucker 200 1441 1641
266 326 Charlie Economou 0 1615 1615
267 342 David Craggs 113 1501 1614
268 290 Richard King 200 1408 1608
269 295 Andrew Milliard 113 1495 1608
270 276 Julian Mills 113 1485 1598
271 300 Carl Stringer 200 1395 1595
272 352 Marc Farnsworth 200 1385 1585
273 345 Matthew Street 113 1472 1585
274 248 Steve Ventham 0 1584 1584
275 339 Danny Smith 0 1549 1549
276 261 Damian Massey 0 1514 1514
277 351 Justin Smalley 113 1391 1504
278 362 James Tatton 200 1303 1503
279 262 Steven Whalley 0 1494 1494
280 308 Stephen Ormerod 113 1378 1491
281 305 Sanjay Meghani 200 1289 1489
282 302 Andrew Hall 113 1355 1468
283 291 Karl Townsend 0 1465 1465
284 281 David Singh 0 1454 1454
285 273 Stephen Popplewell 0 1450 1450
286 358 Kyndon Paddon 113 1330 1443
287 347 Spencer Donnelly 0 1434 1434
288 301 Paul Radin 113 1315 1428
289 296 Daniele Zagaroli 113 1314 1427
290 279 Richard Jones 200 1215 1415
291 267 James Vicarey 0 1414 1414
292 284 Mark Williams 0 1414 1414
293 288 Darren Paris 0 1411 1411
294 278 Raymon Fabrie 0 1394 1394
295 377 Rory McLeod 200 1185 1385
296 379 Brian Cox 200 1170 1370
297 292 Del Smith 113 1242 1355
298 294 Andrew Photiou 0 1338 1338
299 275 Dean Venables 0 1314 1314
300 360 Rangzib Mohammed 0 1314 1314
301 280 Jason Smith 0 1304 1304
302 330 David Athorn 113 1169 1282
303 381 Peter Holland 113 1160 1273
304 307 Gareth Atkins 0 1265 1265
305 369 Wayne Ellison 0 1251 1251
306 287 Andrew Peters 0 1250 1250
307 383 Stuart Hinton 150 1094 1244
308 313 Elliott Clark 113 1119 1232
309 317 Johan Oenema 113 1119 1232
310 343 Mark Ganderton 113 1109 1222
311 341 Lee Walters 200 996 1196
312 304 Paul Clarke 0 1192 1192
313 306 Mark Whatley 0 1192 1192
314 393 Paul Clutton 200 985 1185
315 335 John Wilson 0 1163 1163
316 373 Paul Stockwell 113 1047 1160
317 390 Danny Lathouwers 150 1005 1155
318 337 Tony Brown 0 1142 1142
319 387 Craig Roper 85 1047 1132
320 332 Eddie Glass 0 1114 1114
321 336 Jack Fitzmaurice 113 996 1109
322 340 Ahmed Osman 0 1109 1109
323 331 Mark Weston 0 1099 1099
324 349 Stephen Tierney 0 1083 1083
325 391 Jon Wibberley 85 997 1082
326 350 Richard Alford 0 1079 1079
327 385 John Wade 0 1051 1051
328 386 Mark Carrington 0 1050 1050
329 394 Stephen Delaney 85 957 1042
330 388 Mohammed Joker 0 1039 1039
331 365 Andrew Alexandrou 113 923 1036
332 338 Damon Zeid 0 1035 1035
333 348 Paul Lovegrove 0 1032 1032
334 318 Andrew Atkinson 0 1030 1030
335 328 Munier Cassim 0 1020 1020
336 370 Karen Corr 200 818 1018
337 366 Andrew Highfield 113 900 1013
338 392 Dane Hall 0 993 993
339 315 Joe O'Boye 270 688 958
340 401 Alex Lambie 85 869 954
341 364 Andreas Ahmed 113 840 953
342 368 Shaun Wilkes 113 829 942
343 397 Mohammed Shahab 0 920 920
344 384 Anthony Bridge 150 767 917
345 355 Jamie Rous 113 801 914
346 372 Gregg Tugby 0 908 908
347 380 Norman MacLachlan 113 794 907
348 344 Paul Fung 0 900 900
349 405 Ewan Hunter 85 804 889
350 400 Neil Smitham 0 886 886
351 314 Shaun Mellish 0 874 874
352 354 James O'Sullivan 0 862 862
353 256 Ken Owers 0 860 860
354 382 Mark Colmer 113 746 859
355 389 Anthony Massey 85 771 856
356 323 Robert Harrhy 0 847 847
357 378 David Manley 0 829 829
358 404 Steven McMillan 0 819 819
359 376 Udesh Pillay 0 809 809
360 371 Ian Glover 0 806 806
361 402 Grahame Francis 85 713 798
362 408 Wayne Stannard 0 785 785
363 410 Allan Williams 0 753 753
364 411 Eamonn Hill 0 724 724
365 412 Danny Auld 0 707 707
366 298 Mark O'Sullivan 0 690 690
367 357 John Dunning 0 678 678
368 413 Timothy Paling 0 669 669
369 406 Jimmy Singh 0 667 667
370 324 Mukesh Parmar 0 640 640
371 399 Costas Kassinides 0 636 636
372 414 Raj Sharma 0 613 613
373 420 Alan Brookes 0 596 596
374 396 Neil Hoggarth 0 576 576
375 419 Rogelio Esteiro 85 459 544
376 424 Simon Keeton 0 519 519
377 0 Marco Fu 480 0 480
378 409 Jason Curtis 0 480 480
379 403 Neville Atkins 0 398 398
380 423 Ian Stark 85 306 391
381 361 Nicholas Barrow 0 360 360
382 436 Ali Bassiri 0 348 348
383 434 Frank Fitzgerald 0 305 305
384 395 Kamal Jit Singh 85 200 285
385 428 Hitesh Lakhani 0 284 284
386 425 Stephen Pieroni 0 271 271
387 0 James Mc Gouran 270 0 270
388 442 Karl Preece 0 248 248
389 460 Neil Shaw 85 134 219
390 356 Jamie Bodie 0 200 200
391 443 Peter Gilchrist 200 0 200
392 453 Mark Cackett 0 200 200
393 454 Zivko Mihajlovski 0 191 191
394 441 Jim Donnelly 0 191 191
395 457 Harinder Singh Chahal 0 177 177
396 0 Robert Donkin 150 0 150
397 503 Scot Kearney 150 0 150
398 458 Craig McDonald 150 0 150
399 0 Joe Meara 150 0 150
400 519 Paul Moss 150 0 150
401 417 Mark Canovan 0 150 150
402 452 Martin Lee 0 134 134
403 462 Jimmy O'Shae 0 100 100
404 433 John Daniels 0 100 100
405 463 John Leahy 0 100 100
406 465 Khaled Aboulmagd 0 57 57
Ladies WLBSA Official Ranking List 1998/99
Rank Points
98/99 Player Total
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1 Karen Corr 320
2 Kelly Fisher 292
3 Lisa Quick 219
4 Kim Shaw 202
5 Lynette Horsburgh 167
6 June Banks 167
7 Lisa Ingall 135
8 Mandy Fisher 131
9 Emma Bonney 130
10 Julie Kelly 128
11 Helen Audus 121
12 Tessa Davidson 120
13 Michelle Brown 119
14 Caroline Walch 116
15 Sarah Clarke 110
16 Jenny Poulter 110
17 Dawn Wells 74
18 Debbie Reynolds 72
19 Laura Stoddard 68
20 Mary Talbot 65
21 Ann-Marie Farren 64
22 Tracy Warren 61
23 Katie Henrick 59
24 Liz Jones 57
25 Sheron Audus 57
26 Karin Brookes 54
27 Sue Selby 54
28 Julie Billings 53
29 Gaye Jones 50
30 Marianne Lazarides 50
31 Sue Parrish 49
32 Nicola Barker 49
33 Clare Rodgers 45
34 Jan Hughes 45
35 Penny Swann 43
36 Victoria Carter 39
37 Sarah Coffin 36
38 Martina Lumsden 35
39 Rachel Ozier 35
40 Vicki Revell 33
41 Salli Merola 32
42 Natalie Chatfield 29
43 Pam Beevers 29
44 Katharine Stott 29
45 Julie Gillespie 27
46 Agnes Davies 25
47 Maureen Twomey 25
48 Zena Latcham 23
49 Maria Catalano 22
50 Kathy Parashis 21
51 Beverley Hipwell 21
52 Jane O'Neill 21
53 Sarah Martin 19
54 Lorraine Reeves 18
55 Louise Leskevicious 18
56 Ilona York 13
57 Sharon Dickson 12
58 Lisa Gordon 12
59 Margaret Campion 10
60 Riita Koskinen 10
61 Mary Hawkes 10
62 Jackie Stewart 9
63 Doreen Buckton 9
64 Kelly Bartlett 6
65 Janie Watkins 6
66 Kelly Donaghy 5
67 Debbie Singleton 5
68 Clare Heseldine 5
69 Greta Browne 3
70 Valerie Finnie 2
71 Amanda Twells 2
72 Liz Paris 2
73 Nicola Beckley 2
74 Juliette Lushey 1
75 Sarah Butcher 1
76 Maria Lengthorn 1