List of PSA men's number 1 ranked players explained

This article is a list of PSA men's number 1 ranked players in the Official Men's Squash World Ranking.

The PSA Ranking are the Professional Squash Association's (PSA) merit-based method for determining the world rankings in men's squash. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 12 months, has garnered the most PSA ranking points. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since January 1975.

An updated rankings list is released each Monday.

Number 1 ranked Professional Squash Association (PSA) players

The statistics are updated only when the PSA website revises its rankings (Monday of every week). In August 2022, PSA changed the world rankings from monthly to weekly.

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	Current number 1 player^[1]
^↑	PSA Men's Ranking record

No.	Country	width=200	Name	width=135	Start date	width=135	End date	Months	Accumulated total (months)	Days	Accumulated total (days)
1					13	13	396	396
2					59	59	1796	1796
		Qamar Zaman			12	25	365	761
3					72 ^↑	72	2191 ^↑	2191
4					10	10	305	305
		Jahangir Khan			12	84	365	2556
		Jansher Khan			4	14	120	425
		Jahangir Khan			2	86	61	2617
		Jansher Khan			2	16	61	486
		Jahangir Khan			4	90	123	2740
		Jansher Khan			14	30	426	912
		Jahangir Khan			4	94	121	2861
		Jansher Khan			14	44	426	1338
5					2	2	62	62
		Jansher Khan			53	97 ^↑	1614	2952 ^↑
6					15	15	454	454
7					5	5	153	153
		Peter Nicol			1	16	31	485
		Jonathon Power			3	8	92	245
		Peter Nicol			14	30	426	911
		Jonathon Power			4	12	122	367
		Peter Nicol			1	31	31	942
8					4	4	122	122
		Peter Nicol			24	55	730	1672
9					2	2	60	60
10					2	2	61	61
		Peter Nicol			5	60	153	1825
11					3	3	92	92
		Thierry Lincou			12	14	365	425
		Jonathon Power			1	13	31	398
		David Palmer			1	5	28	150
		Jonathon Power			1	14	31	429
12					33	33	1006	1006
13					10	10	304	304
14					1	1	30	30
		Karim Darwish			1	11	31	335
15					5	5	151	151
16					3	3	92	92
		Ramy Ashour			4	9	122	273
		Nick Matthew			12	15	365	457
17					1	1	31	31
		Nick Matthew			1	16	29	486
		James Willstrop			10	11	306	337
		Ramy Ashour			12	21	365	638
		Nick Matthew			1	17	31	517
		Nick Matthew (=) Grégory Gaultier			1	18 2	28	545 58
		Nick Matthew (=)			1	19	31	576
		Grégory Gaultier			7	9	214	272
18					13	13	395	395
		Grégory Gaultier			1	10	31	303
		Mohamed El Shorbagy			15	28	456	851
		Grégory Gaultier			1	11	30	333
19					1	1	31	31
		Grégory Gaultier			9	20	273	606
		Mohamed El Shorbagy			12	40	365	1216
20					11	11	337	337
		Mohamed El Shorbagy			9	49	274	1490
		Ali Farag			9	20	273	610
		Mohamed El Shorbagy			1	50	31	1521
		Ali Farag			6	26	181	791
21					3	3	92	92
		Ali Farag			3	29	89	880

No.	Country	width=200	Name	width=135	Start date	width=135	End date	Weeks	Accumulated total	Days	Accumulated total (days)
		Ali Farag			5	5	35	915
		Paul Coll			2	2	14	106
		Ali Farag			13	18	91	1006
22					13	13	91	91
23					7	7	49	49
		bgcolor=lightblue	Ali Farag		Present	78	96	546	1552

Days at number 1

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	Current number 1 player^[2]
	Current Streak

Rank	Player	Total (months)	Total (weeks)	Total (days)
1.		97		2952
2.		94		2861
3.		60		1825
4.		59		1796
5.			29	96	1552
6.			50		1521
7.		33		1006
8.		25		761
9.		21		638
10.		20		606
11.		19		576
12.		14		429
13.		14		425
14.		11		337
15.		11		335
16.		5		150
17.		3	2	106
18.		3		92
19.			13	91
20.		2		62
21.		2		61
22.			7	49
23.		1		31

Rank	Player	Consecutive days
1.		2191 (72 months)
2.		1796 (59 months)
3.		1614 (53 months)
4.		1006 (33 months)
5.		730 (24 months)
6.		546 (78 weeks)
7.		456 (15 months)
8.		396 (13 months)
9.		365 (12 months)
=		365 (12 months)
=		365 (12 months)
12.		306 (10 months)
13.		304 (10 months)
14.		214 (9 months)
15.		153 (5 months)
16.		122 (4 months)
17.		92 (3 months)
=		92 (3 months)
19.		91 (13 weeks)
20.		62 (2 months)
21.		61 (2 months)
22.		49 (7 weeks)
23.		31 (1 month)

As of December 1, 2024

Days at No. 1 by country

	Country	No. of players	No. of months	No. of weeks	No. of days	Players
1.		3	216		5813	Jansher Khan, Jahangir Khan, Qamar Zaman
2.		7	144	108	5178	Mohamed El Shorbagy, Amr Shabana, Ramy Ashour, Karim Darwish, Ali Farag, Karim Abdel Gawad, Mostafa Asal
3.		3	66		2008	Geoff Hunt, David Palmer, Chris Dittmar
4.		4	63		1919	Peter Nicol, Nick Matthew, James Willstrop, Lee Beachill
5.		2	34		1031	Grégory Gaultier, Thierry Lincou
6.		2	32		972	Peter Nicol, John White
7.		1	14		429	Jonathon Power
8.		1	3	2	106	Paul Coll
9.		1		7	49	Diego Elías

As of December 1, 2024

Players who were ranked World No. 1 without having won a World Championship

Player	Date of first No. 1 position	Num. of days No. 1	First World Championship final	Number of finals
Qamar Zaman *	1st of January 1975	761 (25 months)		4
Chris Dittmar	1st of July 1993	62 (2 months)		5
John White	1st of March 2004	61 (2 months)		1
Lee Beachill	1st of October 2004	92 (3 months)		1
Karim Darwish	1st of January 2009	335 (11 months)		1
James Willstrop	1st of January 2012	337 (11 months)		1
Paul Coll	1st of March 2022	106 (3 months & 2 weeks)		1
Mostafa Asal	16th of January 2023	91 (13 weeks)		1

As of December 1, 2024

Note:

• Qamar Zaman won the British Open in 1975 (considered as the World Open on that year before its inception in 1976).

See also

• PSA Awards
• Official Men's Squash World Ranking
• Professional Squash Association
• List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players
• Official Women's Squash World Ranking

External links

• PSA World Rankings

Notes and References

1. Web site: PSA World Rankings. psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association (PSA). 23 October 2014.
2. Web site: PSA World Rankings. psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association (PSA). 23 October 2014.