The latest snooker rankings update follows the conclusion of the 2024 Wuhan Open, the season’s sixth ranking tournament.
Xiao Guodong beat Si Jiahui 10-7 at the Optics Valley Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday to claim a maiden ranking title after 17 years as a professional.
The 35 year-old produced a string of fine performances throughout the week, counting world champion Kyren Wilson and Triple Crown winner Shaun Murphy among his earlier conquests.
Let’s take a look at how the results in Wuhan impacted the snooker rankings.
Top 16
There wasn’t much change in this section of the official two-year list, with Judd Trump remaining the runaway world number one.
The Englishman is more than half a million pounds out in front with Wilson his nearest challenger and Mark Allen, who withdrew from last week’s event, in third.
Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan were also absent from Wuhan but remain as they were in fourth and fifth respectively.
Luca Brecel, Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy, and Ding Junhui are next in the order ahead of Zhang Anda, who rises one spot to tenth.
Ali Carter moves ahead of Gary Wilson into 11th position while Si Jiahui consolidated his place at number 13 with his excellent run to the final.
John Higgins, Jak Jones, and Neil Robertson complete the top 16 ahead of Tom Ford, whose disastrous opening to the 2024/25 snooker season has seen him drop out of the elite bracket.
Who were the other movers?
The most obvious winner in the snooker rankings was of course Xiao Guodong, who pocketed a mammoth top prize worth £140,000 for his tremendous triumph.
That takes the Chinese competitor to 18th on the official two-year list, representing the highest ranking of his career so far.
With the UK Championship coming up soon and the Masters not long after, Xiao will be hoping to challenge for top 16 status and the benefits that come with it.
There weren’t too many other dramatic shifts in the rankings in the top 64, although semi-finalist Long Zehuang rises to number 66 after reaching the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time.
| Official 2-Year World Rankings | Oct 13, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,521,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,001,500 |
| 3 | Mark Allen | £966,700 |
| 4 | Mark Selby | £761,700 |
| 5 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £739,500 |
| 6 | Luca Brecel | £668,500 |
| 7 | Mark Williams | £655,000 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | £623,300 |
| 9 | Ding Junhui | £473,500 |
| 10 | Zhang Anda | £461,750 |
| 11 | Ali Carter | £456,900 |
| 12 | Gary Wilson | £455,900 |
| 13 | Si Jiahui | £424,400 |
| 14 | John Higgins | £372,850 |
| 15 | Jak Jones | £347,500 |
| 16 | Neil Robertson | £345,850 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Tom Ford | £343,850 |
| 18 | Xiao Guodong | £337,500 |
| 19 | Barry Hawkins | £318,050 |
| 20 | Jack Lisowski | £303,900 |
| 21 | David Gilbert | £299,250 |
| 22 | Chris Wakelin | £291,400 |
| 23 | Robert Milkins | £290,500 |
| 24 | Hossein Vafaei | £282,900 |
| 25 | Stuart Bingham | £254,900 |
1-year snooker rankings
Like in previous years, the single-season snooker rankings will determine qualification spots for several lucrative ranking events.
Last season, the top 32 from this list qualified for the World Grand Prix, the top 16 for the Players Championship, and the top 12 for the Tour Championship.
Xiao Guodong was already having a decent season before Wuhan but moves eight spots higher on the one-year list after his breakthrough week.
That takes him into fourth position behind Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, and Mark Williams, and just in front of the player he beat in Saturday’s final, Si Jiahui.
Long Zehuang’s run to the last four, where he squandered a 4-1 lead in an eventual 6-4 defeat to Xiao, has seen him leapfrog his way into the top 32 of these standings.
Among the high-profile players struggling on this list so far this season are Luca Brecel and Ding Junhui, who are way down in 79th and 88th respectively.
| 1-Year Snooker Rankings | Oct 13, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £631,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £235,000 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | £223,000 |
| 4 | Xiao Guodong | £206,000 |
| 5 | Si Jiahui | £188,400 |
| 6 | Neil Robertson | £169,850 |
| 7 | Shaun Murphy | £138,800 |
| 8 | Mark Selby | £127,200 |
| 9 | Wu Yize | £86,000 |
| 10 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £85,500 |
| 11 | John Higgins | £72,350 |
| 12 | Jimmy Robertson | £72,100 |
| 13 | David Gilbert | £70,750 |
| 14 | Chris Wakelin | £70,400 |
| 15 | Zhang Anda | £62,750 |
| 16 | Jack Lisowski | £60,400 |
| 17 | Pang Junxu | £58,400 |
| 18 | Elliot Slessor | £57,350 |
| 19 | Mark Allen | £51,700 |
| 20 | Stuart Bingham | £51,400 |
| 21 | Ali Carter | £50,400 |
| 22 | Ben Woollaston | £50,000 |
| 23 | Gary Wilson | £49,900 |
| 24 | Barry Hawkins | £47550 |
| 25 | Hossein Vafaei | £47,400 |
| 26 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £47,000 |
| 27 | Scott Donaldson | £46,350 |
| 28 | Long Zehuang | £45,600 |
| 29 | Yuan Sijun | £45,400 |
| 30 | Matthew Selt | £45,250 |
| 31 | Xu Si | £40,250 |
| 32 | Jak Jones | £40,000 |
| — | — | — |
| 64 | Zhou Yuelong | £19,350 |
| 79 | Luca Brecel | £14,400 |
| 88 | Ding Junhui | £12,000 |
| 113 | Tom Ford | £5,350 |
What is the next snooker event?
The next ranking event on the World Snooker Tour calendar is the Northern Ireland Open.
The second Home Nations series tournament of the season takes places at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast from October 20-27.
More details on that event will be published here on SnookerHQ.com later this week ahead of its start date.
2024/25 WST calendar
Note: Dates are provisional and subject to change
(NR = Non-ranking event)
COMPLETED
Championship League Snooker
Champion: Ali Carter
Shanghai Masters (NR)
Champion: Judd Trump
Xi’an Grand Prix
Champion: Kyren Wilson
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
Champion: Judd Trump
English Open
Champion: Neil Robertson
British Open
Champion: Mark Selby
Wuhan Open
Champion: Xiao Guodong
Northern Ireland Open
Champion: Kyren Wilson
International Championship
Champion: Ding Junhui
Champion of Champions (NR)
Champion: Mark Williams
UK Championship
Champion: Judd Trump
Snooker Shoot Out
Champion: Tom Ford
Scottish Open
Champion: Lei Peifan
DECEMBER
16th to 22nd
– German Masters qualifiers
– World Open qualifiers
(Canon Medical Arena, Sheffield)
18th to 20th
Riyadh Season Snooker Championship (NR)
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
JANUARY
12th to 19th
The Masters (NR)
(Alexandra Palace, London)
27th to February 2nd
German Masters
(Tempodrom, Berlin)
FEBRUARY
10th to 16th
Welsh Open
(Venue Cymru, Llandudno)
24th to March 2nd
World Open
(TBC, China)
MARCH
4th to 9th
World Grand Prix
(Hong Kong)
17th to 23rd
Players Championship
(Telford, England)
31st to April 6th
Tour Championship
(Manchester Central, Manchester)
APRIL
7th to 16th
World Championship qualifiers
(EIS, Sheffield)
19th to May 5th
World Snooker Championship
(Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Featured photo credit: WST
