# 2009–10 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 2008–09 | 2009–10 | Succeeded by 2010–11 |
2009–10 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 2008‍–‍09 season who qualified for the 2009‍–‍10 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the 2007‍–‍08 world ranking points and the 2008‍–‍09 world ranking points.
| No. | Name | Country | Points |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 53575 |
| 2 | Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 48050 |
| 3 | Shaun Murphy | England | 47175 |
| 4 | John Higgins | Scotland | 45825 |
| 5 | Ali Carter | England | 42525 |
| 6 | Ryan Day | Wales | 40675 |
| 7 | Mark Selby | England | 37975 |
| 8 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 37350 |
| 9 | Neil Robertson | Australia | 35225 |
| 10 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 33125 |
| 11 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 32875 |
| 12 | Joe Perry | England | 32875 |
| 13 | Ding Junhui | China | 29644 |
| 14 | Peter Ebdon | England | 29400 |
| 15 | Mark Williams | Wales | 29319 |
| 16 | Mark King | England | 28300 |
| 17 | Barry Hawkins | England | 27175 |
| 18 | Jamie Cope | England | 26632 |
| 19 | Dave Harold | England | 26607 |
| 20 | Ricky Walden | England | 26050 |
| 21 | Stuart Bingham | England | 25419 |
| 22 | Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 24894 |
| 23 | Steve Davis | England | 24544 |
| 24 | Michael Holt | England | 23225 |
| 25 | Stephen Lee | England | 23188 |
| 26 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | 23132 |
| 27 | Liang Wenbo | China | 22825 |
| 28 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 22494 |
| 29 | Nigel Bond | England | 22357 |
| 30 | Judd Trump | England | 21901 |
| 31 | Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 20795 |
| 32 | Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 20751 |
| 33 | Anthony Hamilton | England | 20688 |
| 34 | Dominic Dale | Wales | 20620 |
| 35 | Ian McCulloch | England | 19263 |
| 36 | Michael Judge | Ireland | 19007 |
| 37 | Stuart Pettman | England | 18770 |
| 38 | Mike Dunn | England | 18739 |
| 39 | Rory McLeod | England | 18163 |
| 40 | Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 17888 |
| 41 | Alan McManus | Scotland | 17801 |
| 42 | Adrian Gunnell | England | 17500 |
| 43 | Andrew Higginson | England | 17438 |
| 44 | Ken Doherty | Ireland | 17363 |
| 45 | Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 16863 |
| 46 | Martin Gould | England | 16645 |
| 47 | Mark Davis | England | 16588 |
| 48 | Jimmy Michie | England | 16000 |
| 49 | Tom Ford | England | 15963 |
| 50 | Andy Hicks | England | 15832 |
| 51 | David Gilbert | England | 15625 |
| 52 | Barry Pinches | England | 15570 |
| 53 | John Parrott | England | 15225 |
| 54 | Paul Davies | Wales | 14326 |
| 55 | Robert Milkins | England | 14107 |
| 56 | Jimmy White | England | 14038 |
| 57 | Mark Joyce | England | 14001 |
| 58 | David Morris | Ireland | 13445 |
| 59 | Liu Song | China | 13370 |
| 60 | Jin Long | China | 12976 |
| 61 | Rod Lawler | England | 12783 |
| 62 | David Roe | England | 12620 |
| 63 | Joe Delaney | Ireland | 12558 |
| 64 | Peter Lines | England | 12238 |
| 65 | David Gray | England | 12208 |
| 66 | Ian Preece | Wales | 12170 |
| 67 | Matthew Selt | England | 12113 |
| 68 | Lee Spick | England | 11975 |
| 69 | Matthew Couch | England | 11838 |
| 70 | Daniel Wells | Wales | 11688 |
| 71 | Li Hang | China | 11338 |
| 72 | Simon Bedford | England | 11288 |
| 73 | Patrick Wallace | Northern Ireland | 11150 |
| 74 | Andrew Norman | England | 11126 |
| 75 | Atthasit Mahitthi | Thailand | 10938 |