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.
| Ranking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Before 1989 | No information | ||||
| 1989–90 | Peter Gilchrist | ||||
| 1990–91[4] | Norman Dagley | ||||
| 1991–92[5] | Peter Gilchrist | ||||
| 1992–93 | |||||
| 1993–94[6] | Peter Gilchrist | ||||
| 1995–96[7] |  Robby Foldvari | ||||
| 2002–03[8] | Chris Shutt | ||||
| 2003–04[9] | Chris Shutt | ||||
| 2004–10 | No official ranking list produced[10] [11] | ||||
| 2010–11 |  Peter Gilchrist and Robert Hall | ||||
| 2011–12 | Billy Bousfield | Phil Mumford | Robert Hall | ||
| 2012–13 | Robert Hall | Martin Goodwill | |||
| 2013–14 | Robert Hall | Matthew Bolton | |||
| 2014–15 | Robert Hall | Mike Russell | |||
| 2015–16 | Robert Hall | Mike Russell | |||
| 2016–17 | Robert Hall | Mike Russell | |||
| 2017–18 | Robert Hall | Mike Russell | |||
| 2018–19 | Robert Hall | Martin Goodwill | |||
| 2019–20[12] | Robert Hall | Ryan Mears | |||
| 2020–21[13] | Robert Hall | Ryan Mears | |||
Gilchrist and Hall were joint 3rd ranked.