List of snooker players by number of ranking titles


This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament which counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in 1976–77, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. The first ranking event was thus the 1974 World Championship, won by Ray Reardon.
Until 1982 the World Championship was the only ranking event. In the 1982–83 season, two more ranking events were added to the snooker calendar: the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament. In 1984, the UK Championship, initially a non-ranking tournament, became a ranking event for the first time. Over the years more ranking tournaments were established. In the 2018–19 season there were twenty events worth ranking points.
In 1992–93 and from the 2010–11 to the 2015–16 season there were a number of tournaments which contribute to the world rankings but at a lower rate than standard ranking tournaments. Wins in these tournaments are referred to as "minor-ranking titles". All the minor-ranking tournaments from 2010 to 2016 were part of the Players Tour Championship.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most ranking titles with 36.

List of winners



Ranking title winners by country


Ranking tournaments

At the end of the 2018–19 season there had been a total of 344 ranking events and a further 69 minor-ranking events. Minor-ranking events have not been played since the 2015–16 season. 17 ranking events are planned for the 2019/20 season.


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