This article contains a list of professional snooker referees and indicates those who have officiated at the World Snooker Championship finals. John Williams presided over the most (eleven) finals, nine of those at the Crucible Theatre, including the 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis.[1]
All of the World Snooker Championship finals from the start of what is known as the "modern era"[2] in 1969 are included in the list, with the exception of 1970 and 1971. The referees for these two years are currently not known. Some earlier years have also been included where the information about referees is available.
| Name | World finals | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Ahmed, Junaid" | data-sort-value=9999 | [3] | ||
| data-sort-value="Almási, Gergő" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Amberg, Erik" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Barklam, Andrew" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Bell, Julian" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Bozhilova, Desislava" | data-sort-value=9999 | [4] | ||
| data-sort-value="Camilleri, Terry" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Chambers, James" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Coniglio, Greg" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Crișan, Alex" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Dabrowski, Kevin" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Dalgliesh, Robin" | data-sort-value=9999 | [5] | ||
| data-sort-value="De Vos, Nico" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Deng, Shihao" | data-sort-value=9999 | [6] | ||
| data-sort-value="Eaton, Rod" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Eckardt, Marcel" | data-sort-value=2020 | 2020 | ||
| data-sort-value="Erkkilä, Sami" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Evans, Garry" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Ford, David" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Freitag, Markus" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Gradinari, Natalia" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Harry, Nick" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Humphries, Colin" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Ivanov, Hristo" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Ivett, Kim" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Jacob, Mark" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Kanieska, Małgorzata" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Kesseler, Maike" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="King, Mark" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Kraatz, Luise" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Lagowska, Marzena" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Leddie, Nigel" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Li, Peggy" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Lyu, Xilin" | data-sort-value=9999 | [7] | ||
| data-sort-value="Marteel, Olivier" | data-sort-value=2022 | 2015 and 2022 | ||
| data-sort-value="Mason, Graham" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Mathues, Rudy" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Matusiak, Radosław" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Moens, Hilde" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Moors, Robin" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Mueller, Thorsten" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Ogburn, Peter" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Olborski, Miłosz" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Pellew, John" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Pließnig, Erich" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Poskočilová, Eva" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Royce, Martyn" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Santos, André" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Scheers, Jan" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Schmidt, Ingo" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Scullion, Leo" | data-sort-value=2019 | 2019 | ||
| data-sort-value="Sedmak, Marek" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Spencer, Rob" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Sułkowska, Monika" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Sullivan-Bisset, Glen" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Thomson, Agnieszka" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Tournel, Bart" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Tuzikava, Anastasiya" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Velichkova, Proletina" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Verhaas, Jan" | data-sort-value=2017 | 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2017 | [8] | |
| data-sort-value="Wagstaff, Ian" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Wang, Haitao" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Wang, Wei" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Whitby, Carl" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Williams, Ben" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Woollaston, Tatiana" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Xie, Yixin" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Yates, Andy" | data-sort-value=9999 | [9] | ||
| data-sort-value="Zabłocki, Robert" | data-sort-value=9999 | [10] | ||
| data-sort-value="Zhang, Tao" | data-sort-value=9999 | [11] | ||
| data-sort-value="Zheng, Weili" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Zhu, Ying" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| Name | World finals | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Annandale, Lawrie" | data-sort-value=1998 | 1998 | ||
| data-sort-value="Bennett, Stuart" | data-sort-value=9999 | [12] | ||
| data-sort-value="Brinded, Colin" | data-sort-value=1999 | 1999 | [13] | |
| data-sort-value="Camkin, Bill" | data-sort-value=1927 | 1927 | [14] | |
| data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Alan" | data-sort-value=1997 | 1997 | [15] | |
| data-sort-value="Chambers, Charles" | data-sort-value=1937 | 1937 | [16] [17] [18] | |
| data-sort-value="Collier, Paul" | data-sort-value=2021 | 2004, 2016, 2021 and 2024 | [19] | |
| data-sort-value="De-Gruchy, S.A." | data-sort-value=1957 | 1957 | [20] | |
| data-sort-value="Duncan, Bruce" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Ganley, Len" | data-sort-value=1993 | 1983, 1987, 1990 and 1993 | [21] | |
| data-sort-value="Lee, Sydney" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Leigh, Willie" | data-sort-value=1934 | 1934 | [22] | |
| data-sort-value="Leng, T. B." | data-sort-value=1946 | 1946, 1947 | [23] [24] | |
| data-sort-value="Malkinson, W." | data-sort-value=1929 | 1929 | [25] | |
| data-sort-value="Montalto, Michael" | data-sort-value=9999 | [26] | ||
| data-sort-value="Moore, Brendan" | data-sort-value=2023 | 2014, 2018 and 2023 | [27] | |
| data-sort-value="Murphy, Patricia" | data-sort-value=9999 | [28] | ||
| data-sort-value="Newton, John" | data-sort-value=2000 | 2000 | [29] | |
| data-sort-value="Oomen, Johan" | data-sort-value=9999 | [30] | ||
| data-sort-value="Palmer, David" | data-sort-value=9999 | [31] | ||
| data-sort-value="Phillips, Harold" | data-sort-value=1969 | 1969 | [32] | |
| data-sort-value="Smith, Fred" | data-sort-value=1928 | 1928 | [33] | |
| data-sort-value="Smyth, John" | data-sort-value=1982 | 1977 and 1982 | ||
| data-sort-value="Street, John" | data-sort-value=1995 | 1980, 1986, 1989, 1992 and 1995 | ||
| data-sort-value="Tabb, Michaela" | data-sort-value=2012 | 2009 and 2012 | [34] | |
| data-sort-value="Thorpe, Jim" | data-sort-value=1984 | 1972 and 1984 | [35] | |
| data-sort-value="Timms, Bill" | data-sort-value=1976 | 1973, 1974 and 1976 | [36] | |
| data-sort-value="Webb, Martin" | data-sort-value=9999 | |||
| data-sort-value="Williams, Eirian" | data-sort-value=2010 | 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2010 | ||
| data-sort-value="Williams, John" | data-sort-value=2002 | 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996 and 2002 | ||
| data-sort-value="Williamson, Peter" | data-sort-value=9999 | [37] | ||