The professional snooker world rankings for the top 27 snooker players in the 1980/1981 season are listed below.
No. 1: Ray Reardon
| Born |
(1932-10-08) October 8, 1932 (age 80) |
| Sport country |
Wales |
| Professional |
1967–1992 |
| Highest ranking |
1 |
No. 2: Cliff Thorburn
|
| Born |
(1948-01-16) January 16, 1948 (age 64) |
| Sport country |
Canada |
| Professional |
1972–1996 |
| Highest ranking |
1 |
No. 3: Eddie Charlton
| Born |
October 31, 1929 |
| Died |
November 7, 2004(2004-11-07) (aged 75) |
| Sport country |
Australia |
| Professional |
1963–1995 |
| Highest ranking |
3 |
| Ranking |
Name |
Nationality |
| 1 |
Ray Reardon |
Wales |
| 2 |
Cliff Thorburn |
Canada |
| 3 |
Eddie Charlton |
Australia |
| 4 |
Alex Higgins |
Northern Ireland |
| 5 |
Terry Griffiths |
Wales |
| 6 |
Dennis Taylor |
Northern Ireland |
| 7 |
Perrie Mans |
South Africa |
| 8 |
Fred Davis |
England |
| 9 |
David Taylor |
England |
| 10 |
Bill Werbeniuk |
Canada |
| 11 |
Kirk Stevens |
Canada |
| 12 |
John Virgo |
England |
| 13 |
Steve Davis |
England |
| 14 |
Doug Mountjoy |
Wales |
| 15 |
John Spencer |
England |
| 16 |
Graham Miles |
England |
| 17 |
Jim Wych |
Canada |
| 18 |
Patsy Fagan |
Ireland |
| 19 |
John Pulman |
England |
| 20 |
Willie Thorne |
England |
| 21 |
Pat Houlihan |
England |
| 22 |
Rex Williams |
England |
| 23 |
Jim Meadowcroft |
England |
| 24 |
John Dunning |
England |
| 25 |
Ian Anderson |
Australia |
| 26 |
Bernard Bennett |
England |
| 27 |
Paddy Morgan |
Australia |