Snooker rankings: update after the 2026 Wuhan Open

Zhao Xintong is the new world number one despite suffering his first ever loss in a ranking event final as the 2026 Wuhan Open concluded on Sunday.

The 29 year-old was defeated 10-7 by Chang Bingyu, who memorably picked up his maiden piece of silverware on the World Snooker Tour.

Let’s take a look at the main movements in the snooker rankings.

Zhao Xintong becomes world number one

For only the 13th time since world rankings were introduced to the sport in the 1970s, there is a new world number one.

Results elsewhere and Zhao Xintong’s advancement beyond the quarter-finals ensured that the Chinese star reached the summit for the first time in his career.

Last year’s world champion becomes only the fourth player from outside the UK to become world number one and the second from China.

With barely any points to defend between now and the 2027 World Championship, Zhao could streak further ahead in the coming months.

Neil Robertson, who lost to Zhao in a crunch quarter-final tie in Wuhan, stays second ahead of Wu Yize and Mark Selby.

Having held the world number one status since August in 2024, Judd Trump drops down to fifth after the £500,000 he claimed for his triumph at the 2024 Saudi Arabia Masters were deducted from his rolling tally.

The Englishman is ahead of John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, and Kyren Wilson with Mark Williams and Barry Hawkins completing the top ten.

Two-time Wuhan Open winner Xiao Guodong’s run to the semi-finals this year keeps him high up the pecking order in 11th.

Chris Wakelin, Mark Allen, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Ding Junhui remain unchanged from 12th to 15th respectively, but Jack Lisowski replaces Si Jiahui in 16th.

Where is Chang Bingyu ranked?

It had been coming for the last year or so, with Chang Bingyu finally delivering on centre stage to orchestrate his breakthrough into the big-time.

A finalist in the 2025 Scottish Open, the 24 year-old’s rise into the higher echelons seemed inevitable, and he proved his worth with victories over Trump, O’Sullivan, and Zhao in Wuhan.

The £175,000 top prize helps Chang leapfrog his way up to a career-high world ranking of number 22.

With no points to defend this season, his upward trajectory will continue and a top 16 berth is likely in the near future.

Indeed, Chang is already ranked in the elite bracket on the provisional lists for UK Championship seeding and Masters qualification.

	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Aug 30, 2026
1	Zhao Xintong	£1,253,550
2	Neil Robertson	£1,198,200
3	Wu Yize	£1,109,900
4	Mark Selby	£1,107,350
5	Judd Trump	£1,101,550
6	John Higgins	£962,000
7	Shaun Murphy	£875,400
8	Kyren Wilson	£711,100
9	Mark Williams	£702,400
10	Barry Hawkins	£675,000
11	Xiao Guodong	£647,500
12	Chris Wakelin	£591,800
13	Mark Allen	£573,750
14	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£513,750
15	Ding Junhui	£464,850
16	Jack Lisowski	£362,100
—	—	—
17	Si Jiahui	£355,000
18	Zhou Yuelong	£348,900
19	Zhang Anda	£348,600
20	Stuart Bingham	£348,300
21	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	£334,200
22	Chang Bingyu	£334,100
23	Elliot Slessor	£330,700
24	Ali Carter	£320,550
25	Gary Wilson	£282,800
26	Lei Peifan	£268,800
27	Pang Junxu	£266,500
28	Hossein Vafaei	£250,600
29	Noppon Saengkham	£250,500
30	Joe O’Connor	£241,850
31	Jak Jones	£239,300
32	Stephen Maguire	£237,600

Players Ranked 33-64 (Click to expand)

Rank	Player	Prize Money
33	David Gilbert	£221,350
34	Yuan Sijun	£217,400
35	Tom Ford	£196,200
36	Jackson Page	£192,250
37	Xu Si	£182,650
38	Aaron Hill	£180,100
39	Anthony McGill	£179,500
40	Luca Brecel	£176,900
41	Stan Moody	£173,200
42	Ryan Day	£167,250
43	Zak Surety	£162,700
44	He Guoqiang	£158,800
45	Ben Woollaston	£153,500
46	Jimmy Robertson	£150,200
47	Matthew Selt	£148,150
48	Michael Holt	£146,350
49	Matthew Stevens	£138,100
50	Long Zehuang	£136,450
51	Daniel Wells	£135,300
52	Oliver Lines	£131,200
53	Fan Zhengyi	£128,550
54	Robbie Williams	£126,450
55	Liu Hongyu	£122,700
56	Martin O’Donnell	£122,400
57	Ricky Walden	£117,350
58	Ishpreet Singh Chadha	£108,950
59	David Lilley	£106,100
60	Ben Mertens	£96,600
61	Jamie Jones	£96,050
62	Lyu Haotian	£94,950
63	Jiang Jun	£88,850
64	Jordan Brown	£85,750

Players Ranked 65-96 (Click to expand)

Rank	Player	Prize Money
65	Scott Donaldson	£80,750
66	Liam Pullen	£72,950
67	Louis Heathcote	£72,700
68	Dylan Emery	£67,950
69	Liam Highfield	£67,800
70	Marco Fu	£67,150
71	Sam Craigie	£60,100
72	Iulian Boiko	£59,500
73	Steven Hallworth	£56,200
74	Gao Yang	£50,600
75	Yao Pengcheng	£48,850
76	Ian Burns	£48,700
77	David Grace	£46,850
78	Michal Szubarczyk	£38,450
79	Lan Yuhao	£37,100
80	Xu Yichen	£30,350
81	Zhao Hanyang	£28,100
82	Ross Muir	£24,100
83	Reanne Evans	£24,000
84	Liu Wenwei	£23,600
85	Mateusz Baranowski	£20,900
86	Leone Crowley	£19,500
87	Liam Graham	£16,500
88	Oliver Brown	£15,000
89	Florian Nuessle	£14,500
90	Liam Davies	£14,000
91	Alexander Ursenbacher	£12,600
92	Connor Benzey	£12,000
93	Sahil Nayyar	£10,500
94	Chatchapong Nasa	£10,500
95	Fergal Quinn	£10,000
96	Artemijs Zizins	£9,000

Players Ranked 97-128 (Click to expand)

Rank	Player	Prize Money
97	Jimmy White	£9,000
98	Mitchell Mann	£7,500
99	Alfie Burden	£7,000
99	Ashley Carty	£7,000
99	Oliver Sykes	£7,000
102	Jamie Clarke	£7,000
103	Hammad Miah	£6,500
104	Ng On Yee	£6,000
105	Wang Xinbo	£5,500
106	Andrew Higginson	£5,000
107	Cheung Ka Wai	£5,000
108	Mahmoud El Hareedy	£4,500
109	Julien Leclercq	£4,500
109	Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	£4,500
111	Gong Chenzhi	£4,000
111	Huang Jiahao	£4,000
113	Luo Zetao	£3,500
114	Antoni Kowalski	£3,500
115	Anton Kazakov	£2,500
115	Sean O’Sullivan	£2,500
117	Craig Steadman	£2,500
117	Deng Haohui	£2,500
119	Liu Yang	£2,000
120	Phil O’Kane	£1,500
121	Michael Larkov	£1,000
121	Stuart Carrington	£1,000
123	Ashley Hugill	£0
123	Bai Yulu	£0
123	Panchaya Channoi	£0
123	Paul Norris	£0
127	Igor Figueiredo	£0
127	Mina Awad	£0

How do the 1-year snooker rankings look?

The hefty champion’s cheque for Chang sees him rise to second on the one-year list behind recent China Open winner Mark Selby.

As ever, the one-year snooker rankings will be important on various fronts – notably qualification to three big tournaments in the second half of the season.

The fields for the World Grand Prix, Players Championship, and Tour Championship have typically been comprised using these standings.

The one-year rankings can also provide an avenue back onto the main tour for lower-ranked players who fail to break into the top 64 and secure tour surival.

Zhao moves up to fourth behind Noppon Saengkham, with David Gilbert completing the top five.

	1-Year Rankings	Aug 30, 2026
1	Mark Selby	£272,000
2	Chang Bingyu	£191,000
3	Noppon Saengkham	£115,500
4	Zhao Xintong	£77,000
5	David Gilbert	£56,000
6	Zhou Yuelong	£55,000
7	Stuart Bingham	£51,000
8	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£48,000
=	Xiao Guodong	£48,000
10	Neil Robertson	£47,000
11	Jak Jones	£41,000
12	Hossein Vafaei	£34,000
13	Shaun Murphy	£33,000
=	Zhang Anda	£33,000
15	Chris Wakelin	£32,000
16	Si Jiahui	£29,000
=	Liu Hongyu	£29,000
18	Pang Junxu	£26,000
19	Ali Carter	£23,500
20	Kyren Wilson	£23,000
21	Judd Trump	£22,000
=	Mark Williams	£22,000
=	Jackson Page	£22,000
=	Dylan Emery	£22,000
25	Gary Wilson	£21,500
=	He Guoqiang	£21,500
27	Daniel Wells	£19,500
28	Yao Pengcheng	£19,000
29	Yuan Sijun	£17,500
30	Aaron Hill	£16,500
=	Jiang Jun	£16,500
=	Matthew Selt	£16,500