Snooker world rankings 1997/1998: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1997/1998 season are listed below.
No. 1: Stephen Hendry
|
| Born |
(1969-01-13) January 13, 1969 (age 43) |
| Sport country |
Scotland |
| Professional |
1985– |
| Highest ranking |
1 |
No. 2: John Higgins
|
| Born |
(1975-05-18) May 18, 1975 (age 37) |
| Sport country |
Scotland |
| Professional |
1992– |
| Highest ranking |
1 |
No. 3: Ken Doherty
|
| Born |
(1969-09-17) September 17, 1969 (age 43) |
| Sport country |
Ireland |
| Professional |
1990– |
| Highest ranking |
2 |
| Ranking |
Name |
Nationality |
Points |
| 1 |
Stephen Hendry |
Scotland |
43127 |
| 2 |
John Higgins |
Scotland |
30867 |
| 3 |
Ken Doherty |
Ireland |
28601 |
| 4 |
Mark Williams |
Wales |
27485 |
| 5 |
Peter Ebdon |
England |
25282 |
| 6 |
John Parrott |
England |
25082 |
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan |
England |
24217 |
| 8 |
Nigel Bond |
England |
22182 |
| 9 |
Alain Robidoux |
Canada |
21994 |
| 10 |
Alan McManus |
Scotland |
20995 |
| 11 |
Tony Drago |
Malta |
19959 |
| 12 |
James Wattana |
Thailand |
18822 |
| 13 |
Steve Davis |
England |
18654 |
| 14 |
Anthony Hamilton |
England |
17004 |
| 15 |
Darren Morgan |
Wales |
16423 |
| 16 |
Stephen Lee |
England |
16079 |
| 17 |
Gary Wilkinson |
England |
15913 |
| 18 |
Dave Harold |
England |
15812 |
| 19 |
Andy Hicks |
England |
14823 |
| 20 |
Mark King |
England |
14240 |
| 21 |
Jimmy White |
England |
13664 |
| 22 |
Joe Swail |
Northern Ireland |
13481 |
| 23 |
Fergal O'Brien |
Ireland |
13343 |
| 24 |
Steve James |
England |
13204 |
| 25 |
Chris Small |
Scotland |
13036 |
| 26 |
Rod Lawler |
England |
12896 |
| 27 |
Martin Clark |
England |
12744 |
| 28 |
Brian Morgan |
England |
12693 |
| 29 |
Terry Murphy |
Northern Ireland |
12644 |
| 30 |
Neal Foulds |
England |
12570 |
| 31 |
Mick Price |
England |
12372 |
| 32 |
Billy Snaddon |
Scotland |
12266 |
| 33 |
Graeme Dott |
Scotland |
12086 |
| 34 |
Dennis Taylor |
Northern Ireland |
12042 |
| 35 |
Dene O'Kane |
New Zealand |
11873 |
| 36 |
Willie Thorne |
England |
11739 |
| 37 |
Jason Ferguson |
England |
11691 |
| 38 |
Jamie Burnett |
Scotland |
11635 |
| 39 |
Dave Finbow |
England |
11498 |
| 40 |
Drew Henry |
Scotland |
10945 |
| 41 |
Karl Broughton |
England |
10943 |
| 42 |
Jason Prince |
Northern Ireland |
10893 |
| 43 |
Paul Hunter |
England |
10883 |
| 44 |
Euan Henderson |
Scotland |
10810 |
| 45 |
Jonathan Birch |
England |
10675 |
| 46 |
Tony Chappel |
Wales |
10674 |
| 47 |
Mark Davis |
England |
10390 |
| 48 |
Paul Davies |
Wales |
10347 |
| 49 |
David Roe |
England |
10083 |
| 50 |
Mark Bennett |
Wales |
9975 |
| 51 |
Dean Reynolds |
England |
9942 |
| 52 |
Joe Johnson |
England |
9871 |
| 53 |
Matthew Stevens |
Wales |
9870 |
| 54 |
Dominic Dale |
Wales |
9830 |
| 55 |
Jimmy Michie |
England |
9262 |
| 56 |
Michael Judge |
Ireland |
9230 |
| 57 |
Nicolas Pearce |
England |
8804 |
| 58 |
Wayne Jones |
Wales |
8730 |
| 59 |
Shokat Ali |
Pakistan |
8633 |
| 60 |
Tony Jones |
England |
8565 |
| 61 |
Anthony Davies |
Wales |
8428 |
| 62 |
Gerard Greene |
Northern Ireland |
8405 |
| 63 |
Mark Flowerdew |
England |
8185 |
| 64 |
Chris Scanlon |
England |
8050 |