Snooker rankings: update after the 2025 Xi’an Grand Prix

The latest snooker rankings update follows the conclusion of the Xi’an Grand Prix, the 2025/26 season’s sixth ranking event.

Mark Williams won his 27th ranking title with a resounding 10-3 triumph over Shaun Murphy, becoming the oldest-ever ranking event champion in the process.

Aged 50 years and 206 days, the Welshman breaks the previous record that had been held unchallenged by countryman Ray Reardon for 43 years.

As usual, let’s reflect on how the most recent action on the snooker table has impacted the rankings.

Were there any top 16 changes?

By pocketing the £177,000 top prize, Williams rejoins the world’s top four to underline his unbelievable longevity at the pinnacle of the sport.

Judd Trump stays in top spot, but with a haul of points from the 2023/24 season starting to come off his rolling two-year tally, his buffer is getting whittled down.

The Englishman has endured a difficult start to this campaign, yet he still enjoys a cushion of more than £400,000 to Kyren Wilson in second.

Neil Robertson stays in third with Ronnie O’Sullivan dropping to fifth ahead of John Higgins, Ding Junhui, and Mark Allen.

Shaun Murphy rises three spots to ninth, which is an incredible turnaround considering he only recently dropped outside the top 16 for the first time in 19 years.

A little further down, Mark Selby completes the top ten ahead of Chinese duo Xiao Guodong and Zhao Xintong.

Then comes Barry Hawkins and Zhang Anda, with the latter set to slip out soon enough if he can’t defend the ranking points he earned through his victory in the 2023 International Championship.

Gary Wilson’s run to the semi-finals sees him return to the top 16 ahead of Chris Wakelin, with Si Jiahui dropping down to 17th as things stand.

Who were the other movers?

Si will be a little concerned about losing his place among the elite bracket, but it’s likely to be temporary with Zhang’s imminent crash down the pecking order.

The seeding cut-off point for the UK Championship in York is coming soon (following the International Championship) and Si is provisionally back in the top 16 on that list.

Indeed, the chasing pack of Jak Jones, Stuart Bingham, Ali Carter, and Wu Yize are quite a way behind and will need to do something special if they are to avoid the UK Championship qualifiers.

Further down, a second successive run to the semi-finals in Xi’an has Daniel Wells improving six rungs on the ladder to a career-high ranking of number 41.

A maiden ranking event quarter-final for Liam Pullen means the Englishman rises 21 places to 82, setting himself up nicely to break into the top 64 next season in what will be the second year of his two-year card.

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	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Oct 13, 2025
1	Judd Trump	£1,755,550
2	Kyren Wilson	£1,353,800
3	Neil Robertson	£1,064,850
4	Mark Williams	£993,500
5	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£938,850
6	John Higgins	£774,750
7	Ding Junhui	£648,350
8	Mark Allen	£637,750
9	Shaun Murphy	£615,400
10	Mark Selby	£576,350
11	Xiao Guodong	£575,900
12	Zhao Xintong	£564,750
13	Barry Hawkins	£531,050
14	Zhang Anda	£476,950
15	Gary Wilson	£471,300
16	Chris Wakelin	£470,300
—	—	—
17	Si Jiahui	£455,000
18	Jak Jones	£377,300
19	Ali Carter	£372,050
20	Stuart Bingham	£365,300
21	Wu Yize	£346,500
22	Tom Ford	£341,850
23	Elliot Slessor	£336,850
24	David Gilbert	£307,500
25	Stephen Maguire	£282,650
26	Joe O’Connor	£274,600
27	Hossein Vafaei	£273,800
28	Pang Junxu	£257,300
29	Jack Lisowski	£250,600
30	Zhou Yuelong	£246,950
31	Yuan Sijun	£232,900
32	Lei Peifan	£232,400

1-year snooker rankings

Once again, the one-year snooker rankings will determine qualification for three lucrative events later in the campaign.

The fields for the 32-player World Grand Prix, the 16-field Players Championship, and the 12-strong Tour Championship all come from these standings.

Mark Williams leapfrogs his way into second behind only Neil Robertson, who captured the £500,000 jackpot at the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.

Shaun Murphy is in third ahead of Ronnie O’Sullivan, with all four guaranteed to feature in the trio of Players Series tournaments.

Gary Wilson is up to eighth after reaching the last four in Xi’an, with the other semi-finalist Daniel Wells rocketing up 73 spots and into the top 32 in 31st place.

Despite being six ranking events into the 2025/26 term, Judd Trump’s persistent struggles means that he continues to rank outside the top 32 on this list.

Note: Results at the Northern Ireland Open qualifiers and International Championship qualifiers have not been included here as they are provisional.

	1-Year Snooker Rankings	Oct 13, 2025
1	Neil Robertson	£525,300
2	Mark Williams	£274,400
3	Shaun Murphy	£223,000
4	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£222,350
5	Xiao Guodong	£154,400
6	Mark Allen	£141,350
7	Elliot Slessor	£133,100
8	Gary Wilson	£127,900
9	Chris Wakelin	£109,400
10	Barry Hawkins	£96,000
11	Mark Selby	£88,350
12	Ali Carter	£76,250
13	Zhou Yuelong	£74,400
14	Stephen Maguire	£74,400
15	Kyren Wilson	£71,500
16	Ding Junhui	£65,850
17	Si Jiahui	£62,800
18	Joe O’Connor	£62,350
19	Jak Jones	£61,000
20	Anthony McGill	£59,600
21	Stuart Bingham	£56,400
22	Zhao Xintong	£54,750
23	Aaron Hill	£52,200
24	Oliver Lines	£51,000
25	Yuan Sijun	£50,800
26	Chang Bingyu	£50,000
27	Stan Moody	£49,400
28	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	£49,000
29	Wu Yize	£46,400
30	Louis Heathcote	£41,500
31	Daniel Wells	£40,100
32	John Higgins	£36,000
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33	Jack Lisowski	£36,000
34	Judd Trump	£35,350
37	Zhang Anda	£33,400
83	Luca Brecel	£13,200

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What is the next snooker event?

There is another batch of qualifiers this week with the early stages of the Scottish Open being held in Wigan from October 14th to 17th.

The next ranking event commences in a week with the Northern Ireland Open running from October 19th to 26th at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.

More daily details on those events and more will be available right here on SnookerHQ.com.

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