1998–99 snooker world rankings

Preceded by
1997/1998
1998/1999 Succeeded by
1999/2000

Snooker world rankings 1998/1999: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1998–99 season are listed below.

No. 1: John Higgins
Born (1975-05-18) May 18, 1975 (age 49)
Sport country Scotland
Professional1992–present
Highest ranking1
No. 2: Stephen Hendry
Born (1969-01-13) January 13, 1969 (age 55)
Sport country Scotland
Professional1985–2012
Highest ranking1
No. 3: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Born (1975-12-05) December 5, 1975 (age 48)
Sport country England
Professional1992–present
Highest ranking1
No.[1][2] Name Nationality Points[3]
1 John Higgins  Scotland 47422
2 Stephen Hendry  Scotland 47247
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan  England 39407
4 Ken Doherty  Ireland 36167
5 Mark Williams  Wales 32755
6 John Parrott  England 31757
7 Peter Ebdon  England 25426
8 Alan McManus  Scotland 24394
9 Stephen Lee  England 24264
10 Tony Drago  Malta 23809
11 Anthony Hamilton  England 22524
12 Alain Robidoux  Canada 22387
13 Nigel Bond  England 22256
14 Steve Davis  England 22252
15 James Wattana  Thailand 21542
16 Mark King  England 21470
17 Gary Wilkinson  England 19084
18 Jimmy White  England 18995
19 Dave Harold  England 18410
20 Fergal O'Brien  Ireland 18152
21 Andy Hicks  England 17808
22 Darren Morgan  Wales 17804
23 Dominic Dale  Wales 17622
24 Paul Hunter  England 17155
25 Chris Small  Scotland 17026
26 Matthew Stevens  Wales 16935
27 Brian Morgan  England 16227
28 Martin Clark  England 16137
29 Terry Murphy  Northern Ireland 16047
30 Graeme Dott  Scotland 15589
31 Jamie Burnett  Scotland 15542
32 Billy Snaddon  Scotland 15042
33 Mick Price  England 14976
34 Neal Foulds  England 14915
35 Jason Ferguson  England 14802
36 Joe Swail  Northern Ireland 14595
37 Steve James  England 14209
38 Euan Henderson  Scotland 14084
39 Jason Prince  Northern Ireland 13992
40 Rod Lawler  England 13112
41 Paul Davies  Wales 12814
42 Jonathan Birch  England 12742
43 Drew Henry  Scotland 12647
44 Bradley Jones  England 12345
45 Quinten Hann  Australia 12182
46 Karl Broughton  England 12027
47 Tony Chappel  Wales 11952
48 David Roe  England 11875
49 Shokat Ali  Pakistan 11817
50 Lee Walker  Wales 11761
51 Willie Thorne  England 11715
52 Dennis Taylor  Northern Ireland 11648
53 Peter Lines  England 11642
54 Dean Reynolds  England 11534
55 Joe Johnson  England 11515
56 Mark Davis  England 11511
57 Dene O'Kane  New Zealand 11500
58 Michael Judge  Ireland 11477
59 Gerard Greene  Northern Ireland 11332
60 Ian McCulloch  England 11115
61 David Gray  England 11089
62 Paul Wykes  England 11077
63 Tony Jones  England 11035
64 Nick Pearce  England 10930
65 Stefan Mazrocis  England 10910
66 Mark Bennett  Wales 10834
67 Chris Scanlon  England 10752
68 David Finbow  England 10692
69 Karl Burrows  England 10640
70 John Read  England 10567
71 Nick Walker  England 10540
72 Sean Storey  England 10487
73 Marcus Campbell  Scotland 10195
74 Joe Perry  England 10184
75 Gary Ponting  England 10180
76 Stuart Pettman  England 9890
77 Alfie Burden  England 9841
78 Matthew Couch  England 9775
79 Steve Judd  England 9650
80 Wayne Brown  England 9595
81 Jimmy Michie  England 9464
82 Wayne Jones  Wales 9374
83 Martin Dziewialtowski  Scotland 9022
84 Jamie Woodman  England 8957
85 Anthony Davies  Wales 8787
86 Stephen O'Connor  Ireland 8612
87 Darren Clarke  England 8492
88 Troy Shaw  England 8252
89 Lee Richardson  England 8047
90 Ian Brumby  England 7957
91 Karl Payne  England 7719
92 Mark Gray  England 7710
93 Leigh Griffin  England 7508
94 John Lardner  Scotland 7389
95 Peter McCullagh  England 6936
96 Craig MacGillivray  Scotland 6434
99 Robert Milkins  England
150 Patrick Wallace  Northern Ireland
164 Stuart Bingham  England
187 Ali Carter  England
193 Michael Holt  England
377 Marco Fu  Hong Kong

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  3. ^ "1998/99 Embassy World Rankings". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011.