1998–99 snooker world rankings explained

Snooker world rankings 1998/1999: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1998–99 season are listed below.

No. 1: John Higgins
Birth Date:	18 May 1975
Professional:	1992–present
High Ranking:	1

No. 2: Stephen Hendry
Birth Date:	13 January 1969
Professional:	1985–2012
High Ranking:	1

No. 3: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Birth Date:	5 December 1975
Professional:	1992–present
High Ranking:	1

No.^[1] ^[2]	Name	Nationality	Points^[3]
1	John Higgins		47422
2	Stephen Hendry		47247
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan		39407
4	Ken Doherty	Ireland	36167
5	Mark Williams		32755
6	John Parrott		31757
7	Peter Ebdon		25426
8	Alan McManus		24394
9	Stephen Lee		24264
10	Tony Drago	Malta	23809
11	Anthony Hamilton		22524
12	Alain Robidoux	Canada	22387
13	Nigel Bond		22256
14	Steve Davis		22252
15	James Wattana	Thailand	21542
16	Mark King		21470
17	Gary Wilkinson		19084
18	Jimmy White		18995
19	Dave Harold		18410
20	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	18152
21	Andy Hicks		17808
22	Darren Morgan		17804
23	Dominic Dale		17622
24	Paul Hunter		17155
25	Chris Small		17026
26	Matthew Stevens		16935
27	Brian Morgan		16227
28	Martin Clark		16137
29	Terry Murphy		16047
30	Graeme Dott		15589
31	Jamie Burnett		15542
32	Billy Snaddon		15042
33	Mick Price		14976
34	Neal Foulds		14915
35	Jason Ferguson		14802
36	Joe Swail		14595
37	Steve James		14209
38	Euan Henderson		14084
39	Jason Prince		13992
40	Rod Lawler		13112
41	Paul Davies		12814
42	Jonathan Birch		12742
43	Drew Henry		12647
44	Bradley Jones		12345
45	Quinten Hann	Australia	12182
46	Karl Broughton		12027
47	Tony Chappel		11952
48	David Roe		11875
49	Shokat Ali	Pakistan	11817
50	Lee Walker		11761
51	Willie Thorne		11715
52	Dennis Taylor		11648
53	Peter Lines		11642
54	Dean Reynolds		11534
55	Joe Johnson		11515
56	Mark Davis		11511
57	Dene O'Kane	New Zealand	11500
58	Michael Judge	Ireland	11477
59	Gerard Greene		11332
60	Ian McCulloch		11115
61	David Gray		11089
62	Paul Wykes		11077
63	Tony Jones		11035
64	Nick Pearce		10930
65	Stefan Mazrocis		10910
66	Mark Bennett		10834
67	Chris Scanlon		10752
68	David Finbow		10692
69	Karl Burrows		10640
70	John Read		10567
71	Nick Walker		10540
72	Sean Storey		10487
73	Marcus Campbell		10195
74	Joe Perry		10184
75	Gary Ponting		10180
76	Stuart Pettman		9890
77	Alfie Burden		9841
78	Matthew Couch		9775
79	Steve Judd		9650
80	Wayne Brown		9595
81	Jimmy Michie		9464
82	Wayne Jones		9374
83	Martin Dziewialtowski		9022
84	Jamie Woodman		8957
85	Anthony Davies		8787
86	Stephen O'Connor	Ireland	8612
87	Darren Clarke		8492
88	Troy Shaw		8252
89	Lee Richardson		8047
90	Ian Brumby		7957
91	Karl Payne		7719
92	Mark Gray		7710
93	Leigh Griffin		7508
94	John Lardner		7389
95	Peter McCullagh		6936
96	Craig MacGillivray		6434
99	Robert Milkins
150	Patrick Wallace
164	Stuart Bingham
187	Ali Carter
193	Michael Holt
377	Marco Fu	Hong Kong

Notes and References

1. Web site: Turner. Chris. Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150539/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank2.html. 13 March 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 26 February 2011.
2. Book: Hayton, Eric. The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. 2004. Rose Villa Publications. Lowestoft. 0-9548549-0-X. 119–123.
3. Web site: 1998/99 Embassy World Rankings. Snooker.org. 26 February 2011.