- List of Top 16 snooker players
This is a list of all the professional snooker players who have been in the Top 16, as of the start of the 2008/09 season, as well as the number of years the players have held their highest position.
A total of 75 players have managed to get into the Top 16 since the rankings were introduced in 1976. There is also a
List of World Snooker Champions , aList of snooker player nicknames , aList of snooker players with over 100 century breaks and aList of snooker players .Players who have reached a highest ranking of 1
*
Stephen Hendry , 9 years
*Steve Davis , 7 years
*Ray Reardon , 6 years
*Ronnie O'Sullivan , 4 years
*Mark J. Williams , 3 years
*John Higgins , 3 years
*Cliff Thorburn , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 2
*
John Parrott , 3 years
*Jimmy White , 2 years
*Alex Higgins , 2 years
*Dennis Taylor , 1 year
*John Spencer, 1 year
*Ken Doherty , 1 year
*Tony Knowles, 1 year
*Stephen Maguire , 1 year
*Perrie Mans , 1 year
*Graeme Dott , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 3
*
Eddie Charlton , 5 years
*Shaun Murphy , 2 years
*Peter Ebdon , 2 years
*Neal Foulds , 2 years
*Terry Griffiths , 1 year
*James Wattana , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 4
*Fred Davis, 1 year
*Kirk Stevens , 1 year
*Paul Hunter , 1 year
*Matthew Stevens , 1 year
*Mark Selby , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 5
*
Stephen Lee , 2 years
*Graham Miles , 1 year
*Joe Johnson, 1 year
*Doug Mountjoy , 1 year
*Gary Wilkinson , 1 year
*Nigel Bond , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 6
*
Rex Williams , 1 year
*Mike Hallett , 1 year
*Alan McManus , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 7
*
Willie Thorne , 2 years
*John Pulman , 1 year
*David Taylor, 1 year
*Steve James, 1 year
*Neil Robertson, 1 year
*Ali Carter , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 8
*
Darren Morgan , 2 years
*Bill Werbeniuk , 1 year
*Dean Reynolds , 1 year
*Ryan Day , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 9
*
Alain Robidoux , 1 year
*Fergal O'Brien , 1 year
*Ding Junhui , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 10
*
Tony Meo , 2 years
*Gary Owen, 1 year
*John Virgo , 1 year
*Silvino Francisco , 1 year
*Tony Drago , 1 year
*Anthony Hamilton, 1 year
*Joe Swail , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 11
*John Dunning, 1 year
*Patsy Fagan , 1 year
*Dave Harold , 1 year
*Mark King, 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 12
*
Martin Clark , 3 years
*Jim Meadowcroft , 1 year
*David Gray, 1 year
*Chris Small , 1 year
*Barry Hawkins , 1 year
*Joe Perry, 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 13
*
David Roe , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 14
*
Quinten Hann , 2 years
*Peter Francisco, 1 year
*Marco Fu , 1 yearPlayers who have reached a highest ranking of 15
*Tony Jones, 1 year
Players who have reached a highest ranking of 16
*
Cliff Wilson , 1 year
*Ian McCulloch, 1 year
*Mark Allen, 1 yearReferences
* [http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive]
* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/ World Snooker Association]
* [http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/main.htm Global Cue Sports Centre]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.