Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The professional
world rankings for the top 75
snooker players (plus 7 other players who are ranked 76–82 officially; if all players on the pro tour were ranked, they would be lower) in the
2007–08 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account ranking tournament performances from the previous two seasons (
2005–06 and
2006–07).
Stephen Hendry, who was still the number 1 the season before, drops down to number 8, marking his worst ranking since the 1987/88 season.
Jimmy White drops down from number 35 to number 60, after his least successful season ever, earning only 5725 points in the 06/07 season alone, down from 6450 in the 05/06 season.
Former world number 4
Matthew Stevens drops down from number 14 to number 20.
Barry Hawkins and
Anthony Hamilton both drop out of the top 16 after a single season – Hawkins is down from number 12 to number 19, and Hamilton from number 16 to number 26.
Mark Allen moves up the rankings, from number 62 to number 29.
Jamie Cope also reaches the top 32 for the first time (48 to 22),