# 2011–12 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 2010–11 | 2011–12 | Succeeded by 2012–13 |
2011–12 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2011‍–‍12 season are listed below. The rankings work as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago are removed, when the corresponding tournament during the current season has finished. The following table contains the rankings, which were used to determine the seedings for certain tournaments.
| Name | Country | Revision 1 | Revision 1 | Revision 2 | Revision 2 | Revision 3 | Revision 3 | Revision 4 | Revision 4 |
| Mark Selby | England | 3 | 55965 | 1 | 67385 | 1 | 69945 | 1 | 73945 |
| Mark Williams | Wales | 1 | 60360 | 2 | 63540 | 2 | 65020 | 2 | 66920 |
| Judd Trump | England | 9 | 41715 | 8 | 46465 | 5 | 57385 | 3 | 60985 |
| Shaun Murphy | England | 7 | 46965 | 6 | 50485 | 6 | 54085 | 4 | 59785 |
| Neil Robertson | Australia | 5 | 48100 | 4 | 52100 | 4 | 57940 | 5 | 58640 |
| John Higgins | Scotland | 2 | 58820 | 3 | 57540 | 3 | 58180 | 6 | 56980 |
| Ding Junhui | China | 4 | 55960 | 5 | 51420 | 9 | 48740 | 7 | 53740 |
| Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 8 | 45300 | 9 | 45980 | 8 | 49260 | 8 | 52960 |
| Graeme Dott | Scotland | 10 | 40930 | 10 | 44405 | 7 | 50005 | 9 | 50705 |
| Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 12 | 37305 | 12 | 39625 | 10 | 48265 | 10 | 50165 |
| Martin Gould | England | 21 | 32950 | 16 | 37210 | 12 | 45370 | 11 | 47520 |
| Stephen Lee | England | 18 | 34420 | 13 | 38750 | 15 | 40550 | 12 | 45675 |
| Ali Carter | England | 6 | 47040 | 7 | 46760 | 11 | 48200 | 13 | 45600 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 11 | 40660 | 14 | 38660 | 16 | 40540 | 14 | 45540 |
| Matthew Stevens | Wales | 14 | 36395 | 15 | 37815 | 13 | 43015 | 15 | 45515 |
| Stuart Bingham | England | 17 | 35275 | 11 | 40955 | 14 | 41115 | 16 | 43515 |
| Mark Davis | England | 19 | 33630 | 17 | 36860 | 17 | 40300 | 17 | 41700 |
| Ricky Walden | England | 20 | 33450 | 22 | 32810 | 18 | 39730 | 18 | 41630 |
| Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 16 | 35420 | 21 | 34260 | 20 | 37140 | 19 | 37715 |
| Andrew Higginson | England | 25 | 29420 | 20 | 34590 | 19 | 37470 | 20 | 37545 |
| Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 23 | 31120 | 29 | 29405 | 24 | 34885 | 21 | 36160 |
| Barry Hawkins | England | 22 | 31125 | 23 | 32680 | 23 | 35240 | 22 | 36140 |
| Jamie Cope | England | 15 | 35580 | 18 | 35100 | 21 | 36820 | 23 | 36070 |
| Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 24 | 30215 | 24 | 32280 | 22 | 35480 | 24 | 36055 |
| Joe Perry | England | 27 | 28750 | 27 | 29915 | 26 | 33435 | 25 | 35210 |
| Peter Ebdon | England | 13 | 36480 | 19 | 34600 | 29 | 32840 | 26 | 34940 |
| Tom Ford | England | 34 | 25105 | 31 | 28940 | 27 | 32980 | 27 | 34880 |
| Dominic Dale | Wales | 31 | 27715 | 26 | 30235 | 25 | 34075 | 28 | 33825 |
| Ryan Day | Wales | 28 | 28185 | 30 | 29185 | 28 | 32905 | 29 | 32380 |
| Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 37 | 23145 | 28 | 29505 | 31 | 31705 | 30 | 32280 |
| Mark King | England | 26 | 29210 | 25 | 31685 | 30 | 31765 | 31 | 31840 |
| Ken Doherty | Ireland | 29 | 28060 | 32 | 28145 | 33 | 29865 | 32 | 31515 |
| Rory McLeod | England | 35 | 25005 | 33 | 27635 | 32 | 30235 | 33 | 30560 |
| Michael Holt | England | 45 | 20950 | 38 | 24875 | 35 | 28275 | 34 | 29425 |
| Anthony Hamilton | England | 36 | 23900 | 34 | 27090 | 34 | 28530 | 35 | 28980 |
| Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 32 | 26430 | 37 | 25330 | 36 | 27530 | 36 | 28430 |
| Steve Davis | England | 44 | 21085 | 43 | 23425 | 43 | 25665 | 37 | 27890 |
| Robert Milkins | England | 33 | 25660 | 36 | 25575 | 38 | 26895 | 38 | 27595 |
| Liang Wenbo | China | 30 | 27950 | 35 | 26090 | 42 | 25850 | 39 | 27575 |
| Nigel Bond | England | 40 | 21675 | 44 | 23315 | 37 | 26995 | 40 | 27195 |
| Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 39 | 21770 | 42 | 23440 | 44 | 25480 | 41 | 27080 |
| Jamie Jones | Wales | 47 | 20315 | 45 | 23035 | 41 | 26155 | 42 | 26915 |
| Matthew Selt | England | 43 | 21195 | 40 | 24025 | 40 | 26265 | 43 | 26840 |
| Mike Dunn | England | 38 | 22570 | 41 | 23750 | 48 | 24470 | 44 | 26570 |
| Jack Lisowski | England | 52 | 19635 | 39 | 24175 | 39 | 26335 | 45 | 26270 |
| Alan McManus | Scotland | 51 | 19780 | 46 | 22585 | 46 | 25265 | 46 | 25465 |
| Joe Jogia | England | 49 | 19825 | 48 | 22080 | 45 | 25280 | 47 | 25405 |
| Jimmy White | England | 55 | 18395 | 54 | 20880 | 47 | 24520 | 48 | 25220 |
| Xiao Guodong | China | 64 | 16650 | 52 | 21000 | 50 | 24200 | 49 | 25100 |
| Mark Joyce | England | 42 | 21285 | 50 | 21770 | 51 | 23410 | 50 | 24810 |
| Ben Woollaston | England | 69 | 15575 | 55 | 20685 | 52 | 23405 | 51 | 24430 |
| Dave Harold | England | 48 | 20285 | 47 | 22235 | 49 | 24315 | 52 | 24390 |
| Jimmy Robertson | England | 53 | 18770 | 57 | 20075 | 53 | 23195 | 53 | 23770 |
| Anthony McGill | Scotland | 59 | 17670 | 56 | 20495 | 56 | 22375 | 54 | 23585 |
| Michael White | Wales | 66 | 16150 | 65 | 18040 | 57 | 21360 | 55 | 22635 |
| Barry Pinches | England | 41 | 21520 | 49 | 21775 | 55 | 22495 | 56 | 21995 |
| Tony Drago | Malta | 46 | 20940 | 51 | 21180 | 54 | 22620 | 57 | 21870 |
| James Wattana | Thailand | 67 | 15935 | 58 | 20025 | 58 | 20585 | 58 | 21660 |
| Peter Lines | England | 50 | 19815 | 53 | 20930 | 59 | 20450 | 59 | 21600 |
| Andy Hicks | England | 61 | 17095 | 64 | 18245 | 63 | 19365 | 60 | 21015 |
| Liu Chuang | China | 60 | 17290 | 59 | 19035 | 60 | 19715 | 61 | 20925 |
| Adrian Gunnell | England | 56 | 18390 | 61 | 18400 | 62 | 19520 | 62 | 20795 |
| Liu Song | China | 62 | 17030 | 62 | 18330 | 61 | 19610 | 63 | 19935 |
| Alfie Burden | England | 57 | 18240 | 60 | 18620 | 67 | 18660 | 64 | 19620 |
| Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 54 | 18405 | 63 | 18260 | 68 | 18420 | 65 | 19395 |
| David Gilbert | England | 74 | 14495 | 73 | 15715 | 65 | 19035 | 66 | 19360 |
| Ian McCulloch | England | 63 | 16895 | 67 | 17010 | 66 | 19010 | 67 | 19335 |
| Rod Lawler | England | 58 | 17680 | 66 | 17445 | 69 | 18325 | 68 | 19225 |
| Yu Delu | China | | | 72 | 15745 | 73 | 17465 | 69 | 19175 |
| Li Yan | China | | | 70 | 16095 | 64 | 19175 | 70 | 18985 |
| Adam Duffy | England | | | 77 | 15125 | 74 | 17365 | 71 | 18575 |
| Liam Highfield | England | 68 | 15645 | 68 | 16915 | 70 | 18195 | 72 | 18330 |
| Kurt Maflin | Norway | | | 78 | 15115 | 72 | 17555 | 73 | 18190 |
| David Morris | Ireland | | | 80 | 14980 | 76 | 16820 | 74 | 17470 |
| Andrew Norman | England | 87 | 10715 | 74 | 15645 | 75 | 17325 | 75 | 17460 |
| Passakorn Suwannawat | Thailand | | | 69 | 16135 | 71 | 17615 | 76 | 17300 |
| Sam Craigie | England | | | 83 | 14505 | 79 | 16185 | 77 | 16695 |
| Sam Baird | England | 82 | 13035 | 88 | 13895 | 81 | 15735 | 78 | 16620 |
| Andrew Pagett | Wales | 71 | 15300 | 71 | 15830 | 78 | 16230 | 79 | 16490 |
| Tian Pengfei | China | | | 81 | 14825 | 77 | 16705 | 80 | 16390 |
| David Grace | England | | | 89 | 13715 | 80 | 15795 | 81 | 16055 |
| Paul Davison | England | 72 | 14835 | 79 | 15005 | 86 | 15205 | 82 | 15965 |
| Cao Yupeng | China | | | 86 | 14065 | 84 | 15385 | 83 | 15770 |
| Adam Wicheard | England | | | 93 | 13155 | 91 | 14075 | 84 | 15535 |
| Matthew Couch | England | 70 | 15460 | 76 | 15550 | 87 | 15190 | 85 | 15315 |
| Dechawat Poomjaeng | Thailand | | | 87 | 14005 | 82 | 15685 | 86 | 15170 |
| Aditya Mehta | India | | | 84 | 14415 | 85 | 15255 | 87 | 14940 |
| Bjorn Haneveer | Belgium | 65 | 16625 | 75 | 15565 | 83 | 15565 | 88 | 14665 |
| Simon Bedford | England | | | 85 | 14225 | 90 | 14425 | 89 | 14550 |
| Luca Brecel | Belgium | | | 91 | 13445 | 88 | 14765 | 90 | 14450 |
| Scott MacKenzie | Scotland | | | 82 | 14595 | 89 | 14635 | 91 | 14120 |
| David Hogan | Ireland | | | 90 | 13515 | 93 | 13355 | 92 | 12840 |
| Robin Hull | Finland | | | 92 | 13245 | 92 | 13445 | 93 | 12605 |
| Stuart Carrington | England | | | 94 | 12525 | 94 | 12005 | 94 | 12265 |
| Daniel Wells | Wales | | | 97 | 12165 | 97 | 11645 | 95 | 11780 |
| Lucky Vatnani | India | | | 100 | 11685 | 98 | 11165 | 96 | 11550 |
| Kacper Filipiak | Poland | | | 95 | 12165 | 95 | 11645 | 97 | 11130 |
| Joe Meara | Northern Ireland | | | 96 | 12165 | 96 | 11645 | 98 | 11130 |
| Igor Figueiredo | Brazil | 75 | 13365 | 99 | 11685 | 99 | 10845 | 100 | 10005 |