2007–08 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 75 snooker players (plus seven others who are officially ranked 76–82; if all players on the pro tour were ranked, they would be lower) in the 200708 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account ranking tournament performances from the previous two seasons (200506 and 200607).
No. Name Country Points 1 John Higgins 42250 2 Graeme Dott 37775 3 Shaun Murphy 37700 4 Ken Doherty 35800 5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 33600 6 Peter Ebdon 33550 7 Neil Robertson 33125 8 Stephen Hendry 32475 9 Ding Junhui 30800 10 Stephen Maguire 30550 11 Mark Selby 27400 12 Mark Williams 27125 13 Stephen Lee 26150 14 Ali Carter 25300 15 Steve Davis 24950 16 Ryan Day 24500 17 Joe Swail 24350 18 Joe Perry 23925 19 Barry Hawkins 23750 20 Matthew Stevens 23550 21 Mark King 22425 22 Jamie Cope 22250 23 Stuart Bingham 22150 24 Michael Holt 21613 25 Nigel Bond 20688 26 Anthony Hamilton 20451 27 Marco Fu 20425 28 Ian McCulloch 19126 29 Mark Allen 18900 30 Dave Harold 18875 31 Dominic Dale 18075 32 Gerard Greene 17900 33 James Wattana 17688 34 Michael Judge 17550 35 David Gray 17163 36 Ricky Walden 16965 37 Fergal O'Brien 16950 38 Alan McManus 16525 39 John Parrott 16288 40 Adrian Gunnell 15500 41 Andy Hicks 14976 42 Andrew Norman 14888 43 Mark Davis 14775 44 Andrew Higginson 14725 45 David Gilbert 14550 46 Jamie Burnett 14500 47 Robert Milkins 14201 48 Rory McLeod 14025 49 Rod Lawler 13650 50 Tom Ford 13475 51 Judd Trump 13450 52 Marcus Campbell 13325 53 Stuart Pettman 13288 54 Robin Hull 13113 55 David Roe 13113 56 Barry Pinches 12638 57 Drew Henry 12500 58 Joe Delaney 12400 59 Mike Dunn 12288 60 Jimmy White 12175 61 Jimmy Michie 11988 62 Paul Davies 11713 63 Scott MacKenzie 11325 64 Ian Preece 11050 65 Lee Spick 11050 66 Liang Wenbo 10900 67 Joe Jogia 10738 68 Tony Drago 10450 69 Tian Pengfei 10225 70 Matthew Couch 9975 71 David Morris 9600 72 Liu Song 9525 73 Mark Joyce 9500 74 Alfie Burden 9500 75 Ben Woollaston 9075 76 Chris Norbury 8663 77 Sean Storey 8500 78 Shokat Ali 7426 79 Jeff Cundy 6475 80 Paul Wykes 6250 81 James Tatton 3513 82 Hugh Abernethy 1800
Notes Entering the top 16 for the first time: Ding Junhui (27 to 9), Mark Selby (28 to 11) and Ryan Day (17 to 16). Additionally, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Ali Carter reach career-high rankings. Stephen Hendry, who was still the world number 1 the previous season, drops down to number 8, marking his worst ranking since the 198788 season. Jimmy White drops down from number 35 to number 60, after his least successful season ever, earning only 5725 points in the 200607 season alone, down from 6450 in the 200506 season. Former world number 4 Matthew Stevens drops down from number 14 to number 20. Barry Hawkins and Anthony Hamilton both drop out of the top 16 after a single season – Hawkins is down from number 12 to number 19, and Hamilton from number 16 to number 26. Mark Allen moves up the rankings, from number 62 to number 29. Jamie Cope also reaches the top 32 for the first time (48 to 22), Three players re-enter the top 32: Dave Harold (36 to 30), Dominic Dale (40 to 31) and Gerard Greene (39 to 32) Five players necessarily drop out of the top 32: James Wattana (25 to 33), David Gray (23 to 35), Alan McManus (19 to 38), Andy Hicks (31 to 41) and Robert Milkins (32 to 47). Andrew Higginson rises 66 places from number 110 to number 44. Judd Trump is up 21 spots from number 72 to number 51. Tony Drago drops out of the top 64, from 52 to 68.
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