The latest snooker rankings update follows the conclusion of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out, the season’s tenth ranking tournament.
Tom Ford emerged with a maiden ranking title after winning the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out in dramatic fashion on Saturday in his hometown of Leicester.
The 41 year-old, who needed a blue-ball shoot out to beat Wu Yize in the semi-finals, delighted the Mattioli Arena crowd with another tense triumph over Liam Graham in the final.
After a frantic first few minutes of the 10-minute final, young Scot Graham appeared to grab the ascendancy when he established a 20-point lead.
But the 20 year-old missed a crucial red with about 90 seconds remaining, and Ford duly amassed 23 points before the buzzer sounded for a 31-28 success.
It provides Ford with his first ranking title after more than 20 years as a professional on the main tour, and having lost in the three previous finals that he contested.
Prior to this week’s play it had been a dreadful 2024/25 snooker season for the Englishman, who admitted to enjoying a “bottomless brunch” during the tawdry tournament.
But the £50,000 champion’s cheque has arrested his slide down the snooker rankings and puts him in a promising position to finish the campaign strongly.
Let’s take a look at some of the movements in the snooker rankings following the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out.
Top 16
Only four players from the top ten on the official world rankings entered the Shoot Out.
Mark Selby enjoyed the best run by reaching the semi-finals, but the three-time world champion took home only £8,000 which didn’t make much of a dent on his rolling two-year tally.
Indeed, all of the top ten places stay the same with Selby in third behind runaway world number one Judd Trump and world champion Kyren Wilson.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Allen, Mark Williams, and Luca Brecel complete the top eight ahead of Chinese duo Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda.
There was some movement below that as Gary Wilson’s earnings for winning the 2022 Scottish Open came off his total.
The Englishman, who will have a chance to win the Home Nations series event for the third season in a row next week, drops four places to 15th.
That bumps Ali Carter, Barry Hawkins, Si Jiahui, and John Higgins up one place respectively in the standings.
Chris Wakelin continues to occupy the 16th position.
Who were the other movers?
The Snooker Shoot Out doesn’t boast the greatest prize fund, so it isn’t necessarily a surprise that there haven’t been too many movements elsewhere either.
Tom Ford, though, has steadied the ship after seeing his season’s starting position of number 13 drop sharply in recent months.
The former International Championship runner-up rises two places and back up to number 20 in the world, just behind the likes of Jak Jones, Xiao Guodong, and Neil Robertson.
Liam Graham, meanwhile, won £20,000 for reaching this far in a professional tournament for the first time in his fledgling career.
The former European under-21 champion jumps 15 spots to number 85 in the world.
Although it remains unlikely that he’ll break into the top 64 by the end of the season, he has given himself a better chance to save his tour card through the one-year snooker rankings list.
| Official 2-Year World Rankings | Dec 8, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,801,000 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,143,000 |
| 3 | Mark Selby | £761,700 |
| 4 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £716,000 |
| 5 | Mark Allen | £697,100 |
| 6 | Mark Williams | £663,700 |
| 7 | Luca Brecel | £651,800 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | £638,500 |
| 9 | Ding Junhui | £556,000 |
| 10 | Zhang Anda | £487,250 |
| 11 | Ali Carter | £469,900 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins | £432,050 |
| 13 | Si Jiahui | £426,400 |
| 14 | John Higgins | £406,250 |
| 15 | Gary Wilson | £398,400 |
| 16 | Chris Wakelin | £386,800 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Jak Jones | £360,900 |
| 18 | Xiao Guodong | £346,000 |
| 19 | Neil Robertson | £344,050 |
| 20 | Tom Ford | £341,750 |
| 21 | David Gilbert | £299,250 |
| 22 | Robert Milkins | £288,400 |
| 23 | Jack Lisowski | £285,400 |
| 24 | Hossein Vafaei | £272,900 |
| 25 | Stuart Bingham | £265,900 |
1-year snooker rankings
The top 32 from the one-year 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 just two match wins this season before heading to Leicester, Tom Ford was languishing outside the top 100 on this list.
But he has launched himself up 80 rungs on the ladder and into the top 32 in 30th place.
Liam Graham moves up 48 spots to number 60, yet he’s still around £30,000 shy of breaking into the top 32 and securing a ticket to Hong Kong.
However, those valuable points in the rankings could prove vital in terms of his World Snooker Tour survival efforts.
Four players from the one-year list who haven’t already safeguarded their status on the pro tour will receive fresh two-year cards at the end of the campaign.
Graham currently lies in fifth place on these standings, less than £2,000 behind Louis Heathcote in fourth.
| 1-Year Snooker Rankings | Dec 8, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £940,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £407,000 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | £250,200 |
| 4 | Xiao Guodong | £239,500 |
| 5 | Neil Robertson | £203,050 |
| 6 | Ding Junhui | £202,000 |
| 7 | Si Jiahui | £198,400 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | £186,500 |
| 9 | Barry Hawkins | £170,550 |
| 10 | Chris Wakelin | £165,800 |
| 11 | Mark Selby | £149,200 |
| 12 | Wu Yize | £118,000 |
| 13 | Mark Allen | £116,600 |
| 14 | John Higgins | £114,750 |
| 15 | Jack Lisowski | £99,400 |
| 16 | Zhang Anda | £97,750 |
| 17 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £94,500 |
| 18 | Pang Junxu | £93,400 |
| 19 | Elliot Slessor | £92,850 |
| 20 | David Gilbert | £91,750 |
| 21 | Jimmy Robertson | £90,000 |
| 22 | Xu Si | £81,250 |
| 23 | Stuart Bingham | £80,400 |
| 24 | Ali Carter | £75,400 |
| 25 | Gary Wilson | £72,400 |
| 26 | Jackson Page | £67,100 |
| 27 | Hossein Vafaei | £64,400 |
| 28 | Ben Woollaston | £66,600 |
| 29 | Jak Jones | £61,150 |
| 30 | Tom Ford | £60,750 |
| 31 | Matthew Selt | £60,650 |
| 32 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £60,100 |
| — | — | — |
| 33 | Yuan Sijun | £58,000 |
| 44 | Stephen Maguire | £41,750 |
| 60 | Liam Graham | £31,500 |
| 87 | Luca Brecel | £19,800 |
What is the next snooker event?
The 2024 Scottish Open will be the next tournament on the calendar that will have an impact on the rankings.
Indeed, it will be the final opportunity for players to claim a ranking piece of silverware during this calendar year.
This term’s third Home Nations series competition runs from December 9th to 15th at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh.
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
