The most recent snooker rankings replace follows the conclusion of Championship League Snooker, the 2025/26 season’s opening rating occasion.
Stephen Maguire ended a five-year title drought by profitable the rating model of the Championship League on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester on Wednesday.
The Scot emerged via three group levels to achieve the ultimate, the place he produced a powerful efficiency in beating Joe O’Connor 3-1.
Victory for Maguire represents his seventh at rating degree and continues his resurgence in kind having reached the ultimate of the Welsh Open earlier this 12 months.
Whereas his prize cash of £33,000 received’t make an unlimited quick influence on his snooker rankings place, it might result in extra substantial enhancements later within the season.
Let’s replicate on how the motion during the last two and a half weeks has affected the 2 foremost standings.
High 16
Solely 5 members from the highest 16 of the official World Snooker Tour rankings entered Championship League Snooker, with the remainder as a substitute choosing an extended summer time break.
These from the elite bracket who did enter didn’t fare notably nicely with Barry Hawkins, Si Jiahui, Zhang Anda, Shaun Murphy, and Chris Wakelin all out of rivalry by the top of the second group stage.
Judd Trump stays in high spot on the two-year listing with a lead of just about £700,000 over Kyren Wilson.
Legendary Class of ’92 members Mark Williams, John Higgins, and Ronnie O’Sullivan full the highest 5.
Ding Junhui is in sixth forward of Mark Selby and Neil Robertson, with Barry Hawkins and Mark Allen rounding off the highest ten.
Zhao Xintong, Zhang Anda, Xiao Guodong, Shaun Murphy, Si Jiahui, and Chris Wakelin are additionally within the high 16.
Different Movers
Stephen Maguire is the apparent beneficiary with the Glaswegian rising two locations as much as quantity 25 on this planet.
Joe O’Connor, who’s now a three-time rating occasion runner-up, stays within the twenty eighth place regardless of reaching the ultimate.
By reaching the final eight, Ben Mertens provides his aspirations of securing tour survival on the finish of the time period an early enhance.
The Belgian, starting the second 12 months of his present two-year card, strikes as much as seventieth and simply outdoors the essential high 64 cut-off level.
| Official 2-Yr World Rankings | July 24, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,978,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,298,300 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | £835,600 |
| 4 | John Higgins | £781,250 |
| 5 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £740,000 |
| 6 | Ding Junhui | £606,000 |
| 7 | Mark Selby | £558,000 |
| 8 | Neil Robertson | £547,050 |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins | £540,050 |
| 10 | Mark Alllen | £522,900 |
| 11 | Zhao Xintong | £510,000 |
| 12 | Zhang Anda | £496,550 |
| 13 | Xiao Guodong | £461,000 |
| 14 | Si Jiahui | £416,200 |
| 15 | Shaun Murphy | £402,900 |
| 16 | Chris Wakelin | £381,400 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Ali Carter | £379,300 |
| 18 | Tom Ford | £359,950 |
| 19 | Gary Wilson | £354,900 |
| 20 | Wu Yize | £345,600 |
| 21 | Stuart Bingham | £326,900 |
| 22 | Jak Jones | £321,800 |
| 23 | David Gilbert | £301,650 |
| 24 | Hossein Vafaei | £282,300 |
| 25 | Stephen Maguire | £260,750 |
| 26 | Jack Lisowski | £249,600 |
| 27 | Pang Junxu | £247,400 |
| 28 | Joe O’Connor | £245,750 |
| 29 | Elliot Slessor | £221,750 |
| 30 | Yuan Sijun | £211,600 |
| 31 | Lei Peifan | £210,000 |
| 32 | Matthew Selt | £199,250 |
1-year snooker rankings
A brand new one-year rating listing commences with the gamers once more vying for qualification into the profitable Gamers Sequence tournaments.
Stephen Maguire takes the entrance and is already in a wholesome place to qualify for the 32-strong World Grand Prix in Hong Kong.
The 16-player Gamers Championship and the 12-person Tour Championship attracts may even be decided via the one-year listing.
There may be nonetheless a protracted technique to go earlier than these profitable rating occasions happen, nonetheless.
The World Grand Prix is scheduled to happen at the beginning of February with the Gamers Championship in Telford a few weeks later.
The Tour Championship will return to Manchester on the finish of March and into April subsequent 12 months.
Notice: Rating factors earned from the Wuhan Open and British Open qualifiers are provisional and haven’t been included within the under listing.
| 1-Yr Snooker Rankings | July 24, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Maguire | £33,000 |
| 2 | Joe O’Connor | £23,000 |
| =3 | Ben Mertens | £11,000 |
| =3 | Ricky Walden | £11,000 |
| =5 | Tom Ford | £9,000 |
| =5 | Pang Junxu | £9,000 |
| =7 | Xu Si | £8,000 |
| =7 | Matthew Selt | £8,000 |
| =9 | Amir Sarkhosh | £6,000 |
| =9 | Elliot Slessor | £6,000 |
| =9 | Alfie Burden | £6,000 |
| =9 | David Lilley | £6,000 |
| =9 | Liam Davies | £6,000 |
| =9 | Liu Hongyu | £6,000 |
| =9 | Matthew Stevens | £6,000 |
| =9 | Zhang Anda | £6,000 |
| =17 | David Gilbert | £5,000 |
| =17 | Dylan Emery | £5,000 |
| =17 | Robbie Williams | £5,000 |
| =17 | Sam Craigie | £5,000 |
| =17 | Jack Lisowski | £5,000 |
| =17 | Ng On Yee | £5,000 |
| =17 | Wu Yize | £5,000 |
| =17 | Yuan Sijun | £5,000 |
| =25 | Chris Wakelin | £4,000 |
| =25 | Lei Peifan | £4,000 |
| =25 | Artemijs Zizins | £4,000 |
| =25 | Liu Wenwei | £4,000 |
| =25 | Haydon Pinhey | £4,000 |
| =25 | Stuart Bingham | £4,000 |
| =25 | Yao Pengcheng | £4,000 |
| =25 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £4,000 |
| — | — | — |
| =33 | Barry Hawkins | £2,000 |
| N/R | Judd Trump | £0 |
| N/R | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £0 |
| N/R | Zhao Xintong | £0 |
What’s the subsequent snooker occasion?
Subsequent up on the 2025/26 snooker calendar is the Shanghai Masters invitational in China.
As has been the case in current seasons, the highest 16 from the official two-year world rankings listing can be concerned.
They are going to be joined by the subsequent 4 highest-ranked Chinese language rivals, plus an extra 4 newbie wildcards.
The 2025 Shanghai Masters runs from July twenty eighth to August third, with choices on find out how to watch out there over on the WST web site.
The following rating occasion on the schedule is the mega-rich Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters from August eighth to August sixteenth in Jeddah.
Extra information and updates on all World Snooker Tour occasions can be out there right here on SnookerHQ.com.
Featured photograph credit score: WST
