Snooker world ranking points 2010/2011: The official world ranking points for the 97 professional snooker players in the 2010–11 season are listed below. The total points from the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons were used to determine the rankings at the start of 2010/2011 season. The rankings set the official seedings at the start of the season and at three further points during the season. The total points accumulated by the cut-off dates for the revised seedings were based on all the points from the current season, all of the points from the 2009/2010 season, and the points that were still valid from the 2008/2009 season. The total points from the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons were used to determine the seedings at the start of the 2011/2012 season.
The first seedings update took place on 4 October 2010, after the Brugge Open, and points accumulated from the Northern Ireland Trophy, Shanghai Masters and Grand Prix during the 2008/2009 season were dropped. The seedings were next updated on 13 December 2010, after the UK Championship; the points accumulated from the Bahrain Championship and UK Championship during the 2008/2009 season were dropped. The final update occurred on 21 February 2011, after the Welsh Open, and the points accumulated from the Welsh Open during the 2008/2009 season were dropped.[1]
| Cut-off point | Date | After | 2008/2009 points dropped | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 October 2010 | Brugge Open | Northern Ireland Trophy, Shanghai Masters, Grand Prix | |
| 2 | 13 December 2010 | UK Championship | Bahrain Championship, UK Championship | |
| 3 | 21 February 2011 | Welsh Open | Welsh Open | |
| 4 | 3 May 2011 | World Championship | China Open, World Championship |