List of world number one snooker players
Periods
The snooker players ranked number one in the world are listed below for each period since rankings officially began in 1976/77.

List of world number one snooker players

Section Title: Periods
Table Section Text: The snooker players ranked number one in the world are listed below for each period since rankings officially began in 1976/77.

No.	Nationality	Player	From	To

1	Wales	Ray Reardon	3 May 1975	20 April 1981

2	Canada	Cliff Thorburn	21 April 1981	16 May 1982

Wales	Ray Reardon (2)	17 May 1982	2 May 1983

3	England	Steve Davis	3 May 1983	29 April 1990

4	Scotland	Stephen Hendry	30 April 1990	4 May 1998

5	Scotland	John Higgins	5 May 1998	1 May 2000

6	Wales	Mark Williams	2 May 2000	6 May 2002

7	England	Ronnie O'Sullivan	7 May 2002	5 May 2003

Wales	Mark Williams (2)	6 May 2003	3 May 2004

England	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4 May 2004	1 May 2006

Scotland	Stephen Hendry (2)	2 May 2006	7 May 2007

Scotland	John Higgins (2)	8 May 2007	5 May 2008

England	Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)	6 May 2008	3 May 2010

Scotland	John Higgins (3)	4 May 2010	26 September 2010

8	Australia	Neil Robertson	27 September 2010	12 December 2010

Scotland	John Higgins (4)	13 December 2010	2 May 2011

Wales	Mark Williams (3)	3 May 2011	11 September 2011

9	England	Mark Selby	12 September 2011	4 November 2012

10	England	Judd Trump	5 November 2012	9 December 2012

England	Mark Selby (2)	10 December 2012	17 February 2013

England	Judd Trump (2)	18 February 2013	31 March 2013

England	Mark Selby (3)	1 April 2013	9 June 2013

Australia	Neil Robertson (2)	10 June 2013	5 May 2014

England	Mark Selby (4)	6 May 2014	6 July 2014

Australia	Neil Robertson (3)	7 July 2014	10 August 2014

England	Mark Selby (5)	11 August 2014	7 December 2014

11	China	Ding Junhui	8 December 2014	14 December 2014

Australia	Neil Robertson (4)	15 December 2014	24 January 2015

China	Ding Junhui (2)	25 January 2015	8 February 2015

England	Mark Selby (6)	9 February 2015	24 March 2019

England	Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)	25 March 2019	Present

Sentence(s)

Stephen Hendry was ranked world number one for eight consecutive seasons between 1990 and 1998, and regained the top ranking position for the 2006/2007 season.

final_sentence: Stephen Hendry was ranked world number one for eight consecutive seasons between 1990 and 1998, and regained the top ranking position for the 2006/2007 season.