Snooker rankings: update after the 2026 British Open

Jak Jones rose nine places while Mark Selby returns to the top two with the latest snooker rankings update coming after the conclusion of the 2026 British Open.

Jones stunned Selby with a 10-6 performance on Sunday to land the biggest title of his career and his second piece of silverware of the 2026/27 campaign so far.

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

Mark Selby rises to world number two position

Mark Selby will be disappointed not to have added to his collection of 26 ranking titles, but it was still a strong week for the four-time world champion.

This season’s China Open winner collected another £45,000 in earnings – taking his total this season alone to more than £300,000 already and helping him rise back into the top two of the official world rankings.

He might not stay there for long, however, with the £100,000 that he pocketed for clinching the 2024 British Open title to be deducted from his rolling two-year tally later this month.

Despite losing a crunch match to Judd Trump in the quarter-finals at the Centaur, Zhao Xintong remains in first place with Trump returning to third in the standings.

Neil Robertson and Wu Yize, whose points for reaching the 2024 English Open final were subtracted from their totals, each drop two rungs on the ladder to fourth and fifth respectively.

Everything in the top 16 is unchanged below that with John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Kyren Wilson, Mark Williams, and Barry Hawkins completing the top ten.

Xiao Guodong, Chris Wakelin, Mark Allen, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ding Junhui, and Jack Lisowski are in the top 16 as well.

Where is Jak Jones ranked?

Once ranked as high as 14 in the world rankings, 2024 World Championship runner-up Jones had slipped dramatically down the pecking order after a poor run of form.

But his success in the season-opening Championship League Snooker event instilled a renewed sense of confidence that has quickly translated into another glory on the calendar.

Jones, therefore, has risen back to number 22 and is not far off challenging for a spot back among the world’s top 16.

Indeed, his provisional Race to the Crucible ranking is 18, meaning an automatic ticket back to the Crucible could be on the cards later in the campaign.

Elsewhere, quarter-final runs for Aaron Hill and Stan Moody have resulted in the pair improving to 37th and 38th respectively.

Liam Highfield, who reached a ranking event semi-final for the first time in his career, rises four spots to 65th.

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Rank	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Sept 7, 2026
1	Zhao Xintong	£1,265,550
2	Mark Selby	£1,139,150
3	Judd Trump	£1,108,350
4	Neil Robertson	£1,098,200
5	Wu Yize	£1,067,900
6	John Higgins	£962,000
7	Shaun Murphy	£873,000
8	Kyren Wilson	£708,100
9	Mark Williams	£702,400
10	Barry Hawkins	£664,800
11	Xiao Guodong	£646,900
12	Chris Wakelin	£573,800
13	Mark Allen	£560,550
14	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£513,750
15	Ding Junhui	£470,850
16	Jack Lisowski	£374,100
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17	Zhang Anda	£349,200
18	Zhou Yuelong	£348,900
19	Stuart Bingham	£348,300
20	Si Jiahui	£346,000
21	Chang Bingyu	£340,100
22	Jak Jones	£339,300
23	Elliot Slessor	£336,700
24	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	£330,600
25	Ali Carter	£318,150
26	Gary Wilson	£282,800
27	Lei Peifan	£270,800
28	Pang Junxu	£263,500
29	Noppon Saengkham	£253,500
30	Hossein Vafaei	£245,200
31	Joe O’Connor	£236,450
32	Stephen Maguire	£232,200

Players Ranked 33-64 (Click to expand)

Rank	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Sept 7, 2026
33	David Gilbert	£224,950
34	Yuan Sijun	£217,400
35	Tom Ford	£196,200
36	Jackson Page	£194,650
37	Aaron Hill	£188,500
38	Stan Moody	£185,200
39	Xu Si	£177,250
40	Anthony McGill	£177,100
41	Luca Brecel	£171,500
42	Ryan Day	£167,250
43	Zak Surety	£160,300
44	He Guoqiang	£155,800
45	Jimmy Robertson	£149,600
46	Michael Holt	£148,750
47	Ben Woollaston	£144,500
48	Matthew Selt	£142,750
49	Long Zehuang	£141,850
50	Daniel Wells	£138,300
51	Matthew Stevens	£137,500
52	Fan Zhengyi	£128,550
53	Robbie Williams	£126,450
54	Oliver Lines	£125,800
55	Martin O’Donnell	£122,400
56	Liu Hongyu	£119,100
57	Ricky Walden	£116,750
58	David Lilley	£106,100
59	Ben Mertens	£99,600
60	Lyu Haotian	£98,550
61	Ishpreet Singh Chadha	£93,950
62	Jamie Jones	£93,650
63	Jiang Jun	£88,850
64	Jordan Brown	£88,750

Players Ranked 65-96 (Click to expand)

Rank	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Sept 7, 2026
65	Liam Highfield	£87,800
66	Scott Donaldson	£80,750
67	Liam Pullen	£72,950
68	Louis Heathcote	£72,700
69	Iulian Boiko	£68,500
70	Dylan Emery	£67,950
71	Marco Fu	£67,150
72	Sam Craigie	£60,100
73	Steven Hallworth	£59,200
74	David Grace	£52,850
75	Yao Pengcheng	£51,850
76	Gao Yang	£50,600
77	Ian Burns	£48,700
78	Michal Szubarczyk	£38,450
79	Lan Yuhao	£37,100
80	Xu Yichen	£33,350
81	Ross Muir	£30,100
82	Zhao Hanyang	£28,100
83	Reanne Evans	£24,000
84	Liu Wenwei	£23,600
85	Mateusz Baranowski	£20,900
86	Liam Davies	£20,000
87	Liam Graham	£19,500
88	Leone Crowley	£19,500
89	Artemijs Zizins	£18,000
90	Oliver Brown	£15,000
91	Florian Nuessle	£14,500
92	Chatchapong Nasa	£13,500
93	Alexander Ursenbacher	£12,600
94	Connor Benzey	£12,000
95	Wang Xinbo	£11,500
96	Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	£10,500

Players Ranked 97-128 (Click to expand)

Rank	Official 2-Year World Rankings	Sept 7, 2026
97	Mitchell Mann	£10,500
98	Sahil Nayyar	£10,500
99	Ashley Carty	£10,000
100	Jamie Clarke	£10,000
101	Fergal Quinn	£10,000
102	Jimmy White	£9,000
103	Mahmoud El Hareedy	£7,500
104	Gong Chenzhi	£7,000
105	Alfie Burden	£7,000
105	Oliver Sykes	£7,000
107	Hammad Miah	£6,500
108	Ng On Yee	£6,000
109	Sean O’Sullivan	£5,500
110	Liu Yang	£5,000
111	Andrew Higginson	£5,000
112	Cheung Ka Wai	£5,000
113	Phil O’Kane	£4,500
114	Julien Leclercq	£4,500
115	Huang Jiahao	£4,000
116	Luo Zetao	£3,500
117	Antoni Kowalski	£3,500
118	Bai Yulu	£3,000
119	Anton Kazakov	£2,500
120	Craig Steadman	£2,500
121	Deng Haohui	£2,500
122	Michael Larkov	£1,750
123	Stuart Carrington	£1,000
124	Ashley Hugill	£0
124	Panchaya Channoi	£0
124	Paul Norris	£0
127	Igor Figueiredo	£0
127	Mina Awad	£0

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How do the 1-year snooker rankings look?

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.

Selby is way out in front on this list having earned £120,000 more than Chang Bingyu in second, with Jones up to third.

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Rank	1-Year Rankings	Sept 7, 2026
1	Mark Selby	£317,000
2	Chang Bingyu	£197,000
3	Jak Jones	£141,000
4	Noppon Saengkham	£118,500
5	Zhao Xintong	£89,000
6	David Gilbert	£65,000
7	Zhou Yuelong	£55,000
8	Xiao Guodong	£51,000
9	Stuart Bingham	£51,000
10	Ronnie O’Sullivan	£48,000
11	Neil Robertson	£47,000
12	Judd Trump	£42,000
13	Zhang Anda	£39,000
14	Shaun Murphy	£36,000
15	Chris Wakelin	£35,000
16	Hossein Vafaei	£34,000
17	Pang Junxu	£32,000
18	Liam Highfield	£29,500
19	Kyren Wilson	£29,000
20	Si Jiahui	£29,000
21	Liu Hongyu	£29,000
22	Aaron Hill	£28,500
23	Jackson Page	£28,000
24	He Guoqiang	£27,500
25	Ali Carter	£26,500
26	Jack Lisowski	£23,500
27	Fan Zhengyi	£23,000
28	Elliot Slessor	£22,500
29	Daniel Wells	£22,500
30	Yao Pengcheng	£22,000
31	Mark Williams	£22,000
32	Dylan Emery	£22,000

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When is the next snooker event?

There isn’t long to wait before the next ranking event on the 2026/27 calendar.

The 2026 English Open commences on Monday, September 7 in Brentwood with the winner to be crowned next Sunday, September 13.

Featured photo credit: WST