The latest snooker rankings update follows the conclusion of the 2024 International Championship, the season’s eighth ranking tournament.
Ding Junhui beat Chris Wakelin 10-7 on Sunday in Nanjing to claim his 15th career ranking title and the £175,000 champion’s cheque.
Victory for the Chinese star on home turf brought him a first piece of silverware that carries ranking status since the 2019 UK Championship.
Let’s take a look at how the results in China impacted the various snooker rankings lists.
Top 16 and Race to the UK Championship
Ding Junhui moved up one spot on the official two-year standings, returning to the top eight in the world.
World number one Judd Trump, meanwhile, maintained his healthy buffer over the chasing pack despite exiting proceedings before the quarter-final stage for the first time in 2024.
Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen, Mark Selby, and Ronnie O’Sullivan continue to occupy the other spots in the top five.
Another early defeat for Luca Brecel means that the struggling Belgian drops down one spot and below Mark Williams.
Shaun Murphy and Gary Wilson are in ninth and tenth respectively, with the latter only a small margin in front of Zhang Anda, Ali Carter, and Si Jiahui.
There was late drama with the remaining positions as players hunted down a top-16 ranking and automatic qualification for the UK Championship with it.
John Higgins was already assured of his spot in York as the world number 14, but Jak Jones and Neil Robertson were both looking over the shoulders heading into the week’s action.
Strong performances for runner-up Chris Wakelin and semi-finalist Xiao Guodong duly upset the order, with that pair rising to 15th and 16th respectively.
That forces World Championship finalist Jones and three-time UK champion Robertson into next week’s qualifiers for the UK Championship.
Who were the other movers?
The biggest rankings story from the International Championship definitely surrounded Wakelin and Xiao’s continued progress in the world of snooker.
They both secured membership among the elite top 16 for the first time in their careers, and they will have their targets set on maiden Masters appearances now as well.
Elsewhere, though, Xu Si’s impressive run to the last four – which included a 147 break and a standout victory over Judd Trump – sees the 26 year-old rise seven places to a career high of number 42.
| Official 2-Year World Rankings | Nov 12, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,577,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,119,000 |
| 3 | Mark Allen | £901,100 |
| 4 | Mark Selby | £764,700 |
| 5 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £745,500 |
| 6 | Mark Williams | £671,200 |
| 7 | Luca Brecel | £666,800 |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | £645,500 |
| 9 | Shaun Murphy | £641,000 |
| 10 | Gary Wilson | £477,900 |
| 11 | Zhang Anda | £470,750 |
| 12 | Ali Carter | £465,900 |
| 13 | Si Jiahui | £430,400 |
| 14 | John Higgins | £395,750 |
| 15 | Chris Wakelin | £371,800 |
| 16 | Xiao Guodong | £363,000 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Jak Jones | £352,900 |
| 18 | Neil Robertson | £350,550 |
| 19 | Tom Ford | £341,750 |
| 20 | Barry Hawkins | £336,550 |
| 21 | Jack Lisowski | £317,900 |
| 22 | David Gilbert | £293,250 |
| 23 | Robert Milkins | £288,400 |
| 24 | Hossein Vafaei | £287,400 |
| 25 | Stuart Bingham | £265,900 |
1-year snooker rankings
Before the International Championship, Ding Junhui was languishing down at number 93 on the one-year snooker rankings list.
With the £175,000 cheque in his back pocket, however, the 37 year-old has leapfrogged his way up to seventh in the standings that are based on results from this season’s ranking events.
The top 32 from this list qualify for the World Grand Prix, which will take place in Hong Kong for the first time in the new year.
Beyond that, the top 16 will feature at the Players Championship and the top 12 at the Tour Championship, with Ding now in a strong spot to feature in all three lucrative events.
Chris Wakelin is up to ninth after bagging £75,000 in prize month, the biggest payday of the Englishman’s career so far.
By reaching the last four, Xu Si has boosted his chances of featuring in the World Grand Prix and now boasts a one-year ranking of 19.
Matthew Selt currently occupies the 32nd and final ticket to Hong Kong, with the likes of Jak Jones and Luca Brecel in danger of missing out as things stand.
| 1-Year Snooker Rankings | Nov 12, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £690,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £357,000 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | £250,200 |
| 4 | Xiao Guodong | £239,000 |
| 5 | Si Jiahui | £197,400 |
| 6 | Neil Robertson | £192,050 |
| 7 | Ding Junhui | £187,000 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | £161,000 |
| 9 | Chris Wakelin | £150,800 |
| 10 | Mark Selby | £141,200 |
| 11 | John Higgins | £99,750 |
| 12 | Wu Yize | £95,000 |
| 13 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £94,500 |
| 14 | Pang Junxu | £93,400 |
| 15 | Elliot Slessor | £83,350 |
| 16 | Jimmy Robertson | £82,500 |
| 17 | David Gilbert | £75,750 |
| 18 | Jack Lisowski | £74,400 |
| 19 | Xu Si | £73,250 |
| 20 | Gary Wilson | £71,900 |
| 21 | Zhang Anda | £71,750 |
| 22 | Barry Hawkins | £70,550 |
| 23 | Mark Allen | £66,100 |
| 24 | Stuart Bingham | £65,400 |
| 25 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £59,600 |
| 26 | Ali Carter | £59,400 |
| 27 | Yuan Sijun | £58,000 |
| 28 | Jackson Page | £56,600 |
| 29 | Hossein Vafaei | £56,400 |
| 30 | Ben Woollaston | £55,000 |
| 31 | Long Zehuang | £51,000 |
| 32 | Matthew Selt | £50,650 |
| — | — | — |
| 33 | Scott Donaldson | £49,950 |
| 35 | Jak Jones | £45,400 |
| 75 | Luca Brecel | £19,800 |
| 104 | Tom Ford | £10,750 |
What is the next snooker event?
The 2024 Champion of Champions began on Monday and runs until Sunday in Bolton, but as an invitational event it will have no bearing on the snooker rankings.
The next ranking event is the prestigious UK Championship at the Barbican Centre in York, marking the season’s opener to the Triple Crown series.
The venue stages are scheduled for November 23rd until December 1st, but a preliminary competition from November 16th to 21st will determine the 16 qualifiers.
More details on upcoming events will be published here on SnookerHQ.com in the coming weeks.
N2024/25 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
DECEMBER
4th to 7th
Shoot Out
(Mattioli Arena, Leicester)
9th to 15th
Scottish Open
(Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh)
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
Jimmy White drops one place to 90th. Anthony Hamilton is up a place to 61st.