Snooker rankings update: Judd Trump ends 2025 as world number one

Judd Trump has officially ended 2025 as the world number one in the snooker rankings after the Scottish Open brought the calendar year’s schedule of ranking events to a close.

Chris Wakelin took home the last prize of this year with his 9-2 success over Chang Bingyu giving him glory at the Scottish Open in Edinburgh.

Wakelin produced a strong display to see off the young Chinese opponent, lifting the Stephen Hendry Trophy aloft for a second career ranking title.

The Scottish Open was the last opportunity for players to earn ranking points in 2025, so let’s take a look at how things stand heading into the new year.

Trump ends 2025 on top

Judd Trump didn’t play in Scotland, but he was already safely assured of ending 2025 as snooker’s world number one.

Strangely for him, the Englishman didn’t win a single ranking title all year but reached three finals and maintained a huge buffer to the chasing pack.

It’ll prove more difficult to stay on top in 2026 with a lot of ranking points to defend, but even then Trump is still comfortably on top on the provisional end-of-season standings.

Behind him, nothing much has changed on the official two-year snooker rankings list following the action in Edinburgh.

All the top 13 positions remain unchanged, but Scottish Open champion Chris Wakelin rejoins the elite bracket in 14th thanks to his £100,000 payday.

That pushes Barry Hawkins and Si Jiahui down one spot each, with Gary Wilson losing his top-16 membership on the back of the prize money from his 2023 Scottish Open success being deducted from his rolling tally.

Further down, runner-up Chang Bingyu has risen eight rungs on the ladder up to a career-high of 62nd in the world.

Considering he is only halfway through the first year of his two-year card, breaking into the top 64 already represents a remarkable feat for the 23 year-old.

Zak Surety also boasts a new career-high ranking after reaching the last 16, moving up six positions to number 46.

Here’s how the top 32 on the official two-year rankings look after the Scottish Open:

	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Dec 22, 2025
1	Judd Trump	£1,752,550
2	Kyren Wilson	£1,366,500
3	Neil Robertson	£1,120,850
4	Mark Williams	£980,000
5	John Higgins	£836,850
6	Mark Selby	£823,450
7	Shaun Murphy	£689,300
8	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£664,850
9	Zhao Xintong	£618,150
10	Mark Allen	£617,750
11	Xiao Guodong	£577,300
12	Ding Junhui	£560,850
13	Wu Yize	£543,900
14	Chris Wakelin	£529,200
15	Barry Hawkins	£528,950
16	Si Jiahui	£484,900
—	—	—
17	Gary Wilson	£396,800
18	Stuart Bingham	£382,300
19	Jak Jones	£372,800
20	Elliot Slessor	£354,650
21	Ali Carter	£351,550
22	Jack Lisowski	£335,100
23	Zhang Anda	£307,450
24	David Gilbert	£300,400
25	Stephen Maguire	£290,550
26	Joe O’Connor	£274,800
27	Pang Junxu	£270,600
28	Tom Ford	£265,550
29	Lei Peifan	£256,800
30	Zhou Yuelong	£249,650
31	Yuan Sijun	£247,400
32	Hossein Vafaei	£236,700

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World Grand Prix lineup confirmed

The Scottish Open was the last opportunity for players to make a move in the race to qualify for the World Grand Prix.

Only the top 32 players from the one-year snooker rankings list will feature at the lucrative ranking event in February.

Chang began the week in 35th position but a run to the final was more than enough to see him qualify for Hong Kong.

Jak Jones almost paid a punishing penalty for withdrawing from the Scottish Open but managed to hold onto the 32nd and last ticket, with Noppon Saengkham just missing out in 33rd.

The top 16 from the one-year list will later qualify for the Players Championship and then the top 12 for the Tour Championship.

Wakelin looks primed to feature in all of them after moving up to seventh.

Below, though, are the final one-year rankings that have determined qualification for the 32-field World Grand Prix.

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	1-Year Snooker Rankings	Dec 22, 2025
1	Neil Robertson	£589,300
2	Mark Selby	£378,950
3	Shaun Murphy	£309,900
4	Mark Williams	£294,400
5	Wu Yize	£251,300
6	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£231,350
7	Chris Wakelin	£219,800
8	Judd Trump	£194,350
9	Mark Allen	£183,350
10	Elliot Slessor	£169,900
11	Xiao Guodong	£164,800
12	Jack Lisowski	£150,000
13	Barry Hawkins	£148,400
14	Gary Wilson	£146,900
15	John Higgins	£144,600
16	Zhou Yuelong	£129,600
—	—	—
17	Stephen Maguire	£122,800
18	Zhao Xintong	£108,150
19	Si Jiahui	£106,200
20	Ding Junhui	£104,850
21	Chang Bingyu	£104,100
22	Kyren Wilson	£102,700
23	Stuart Bingham	£97,900
24	Ali Carter	£90,250
25	Yuan Sijun	£89,300
26	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	£83,500
27	Joe O’Connor	£83,050
28	Anthony McGill	£82,600
29	Zhang Anda	£76,400
30	Pang Junxu	£71,700
31	Aaron Hill	£70,700
32	Jak Jones	£70,000

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Allen gunning for Home Nations bonus

With just one event on the series left, Mark Allen appears set to land the £150,000 Home Nations bonus.

The Northern Irishman has been a consistent Home Nations performer this term, adding semi-final appearances in Northern Ireland and Scotland to his victory at the English Open in September.

Allen has accumulated £142,000 in prize money, giving him a hefty buffer to Wakelin in second (£110,800) and Jack Lisowski in third (£109,000).

Zhou Yuelong, Judd Trump, and Chang Bingyu could also still take home the Home Nations bonus with a triumph at the Welsh Open, but the jackpot is very much in Allen’s hands as things stand.

When is the next snooker event?

All will be quiet on the World Snooker Tour for the next couple of weeks, but we don’t have to wait too long for more action on the baize.

The invitational version of Championship League Snooker commences on Friday, January 2nd.

Beyond that, there will be qualifiers for the German Masters and the Welsh Open beginning on Monday, January 5th.

Less than a week after that, the prestigious Masters will get under way at the Alexandra Palace on January 11th.

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