# 2012–13 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 2011–12 | 2012–13 | Succeeded by 2013–14 |
2012–13 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2012‍–‍13 season are listed below. The rankings worked as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago were 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 | Revision 5 | Revision 5 |
| Mark Selby | England | 1 | 74925 | 1 | 77485 | 2 | 76620 | 1 | 81380 | 1 | 80940 |
| Neil Robertson | Australia | 7 | 59540 | 6 | 62980 | 5 | 65180 | 5 | 65540 | 2 | 79460 |
| Judd Trump | England | 2 | 68975 | 2 | 72075 | 1 | 79155 | 2 | 79275 | 3 | 78320 |
| Shaun Murphy | England | 6 | 59685 | 5 | 63925 | 4 | 67140 | 4 | 68220 | 4 | 67020 |
| Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 4 | 61400 | 4 | 63980 | 7 | 63080 | 6 | 60320 | 5 | 66940 |
| Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 12 | 50065 | 13 | 53485 | 8 | 59800 | 8 | 56360 | 6 | 66060 |
| John Higgins | Scotland | 5 | 61320 | 7 | 61680 | 3 | 72040 | 3 | 70680 | 7 | 64955 |
| Stuart Bingham | England | 16 | 46600 | 12 | 53700 | 10 | 54575 | 10 | 55255 | 8 | 61740 |
| Ding Junhui | China | 11 | 52340 | 9 | 56220 | 11 | 54280 | 11 | 53840 | 9 | 59300 |
| Mark Williams | Wales | 3 | 63560 | 3 | 67740 | 6 | 64400 | 7 | 60320 | 10 | 58260 |
| Graeme Dott | Scotland | 13 | 49445 | 14 | 52225 | 13 | 52740 | 14 | 52500 | 11 | 56100 |
| Matthew Stevens | Wales | 10 | 52760 | 11 | 53900 | 14 | 50140 | 13 | 52660 | 12 | 55060 |
| Ricky Walden | England | 15 | 46945 | 10 | 54245 | 12 | 54125 | 12 | 53165 | 13 | 54765 |
| Barry Hawkins | England | 22 | 39940 | 19 | 47700 | 16 | 46915 | 17 | 47915 | 14 | 54680 |
| Ali Carter | England | 17 | 46220 | 17 | 48900 | 15 | 47000 | 15 | 51760 | 15 | 52895 |
| Mark Davis | England | 19 | 41490 | 18 | 48210 | 17 | 46670 | 16 | 50190 | 16 | 51630 |
| Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 28 | 36825 | 28 | 39390 | 24 | 42490 | 24 | 41930 | 17 | 47390 |
| Stephen Lee | England | 8 | 56550 | 8 | 60670 | 9 | 59670 | 9 | 55430 | 18 | 47135 |
| Robert Milkins | England | 36 | 31245 | 30 | 37200 | 28 | 39890 | 25 | 41530 | 19 | 47080 |
| Joe Perry | England | 24 | 38670 | 23 | 43510 | 18 | 46640 | 18 | 46800 | 20 | 46230 |
| Martin Gould | England | 14 | 47290 | 16 | 51650 | 19 | 45030 | 19 | 44830 | 21 | 44515 |
| Andrew Higginson | England | 18 | 43170 | 21 | 45570 | 26 | 40335 | 29 | 38495 | 22 | 44055 |
| Dominic Dale | Wales | 23 | 39855 | 24 | 43075 | 25 | 42475 | 21 | 43595 | 23 | 43915 |
| Tom Ford | England | 26 | 37080 | 26 | 40500 | 27 | 40100 | 27 | 41460 | 24 | 43465 |
| Michael Holt | England | 33 | 32480 | 32 | 36400 | 30 | 38515 | 28 | 41155 | 25 | 42655 |
| Ken Doherty | Ireland | 35 | 32145 | 31 | 36565 | 29 | 38655 | 31 | 37215 | 26 | 42130 |
| Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 25 | 38395 | 22 | 44035 | 23 | 42545 | 26 | 41505 | 27 | 42045 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 9 | 53060 | 15 | 52060 | 20 | 44860 | 20 | 43740 | 28 | 41360 |
| Ryan Day | Wales | 30 | 34930 | 29 | 39195 | 22 | 43670 | 23 | 43470 | 29 | 41225 |
| Mark King | England | 31 | 33550 | 35 | 34730 | 32 | 35885 | 30 | 37605 | 30 | 40665 |
| Peter Ebdon | England | 20 | 40645 | 20 | 46605 | 21 | 44505 | 22 | 43505 | 31 | 38735 |
| Jamie Cope | England | 27 | 37080 | 25 | 40720 | 31 | 36280 | 32 | 36640 | 32 | 36795 |
| Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 34 | 32275 | 33 | 35510 | 34 | 34780 | 33 | 35540 | 33 | 36740 |
| Liang Wenbo | China | 37 | 29990 | 39 | 33140 | 38 | 32465 | 38 | 32585 | 34 | 36450 |
| Ben Woollaston | England | 43 | 27775 | 43 | 30655 | 40 | 32075 | 35 | 33315 | 35 | 36090 |
| Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 39 | 29110 | 36 | 34630 | 35 | 34770 | 34 | 33490 | 36 | 35905 |
| Jack Lisowski | England | 40 | 28870 | 38 | 33480 | 43 | 30170 | 42 | 31930 | 37 | 34625 |
| Xiao Guodong | China | 41 | 28455 | 42 | 31205 | 42 | 30745 | 43 | 31505 | 38 | 34585 |
| Rory McLeod | England | 38 | 29965 | 40 | 32775 | 41 | 31845 | 39 | 32445 | 39 | 33800 |
| Jamie Jones | Wales | 29 | 34945 | 34 | 35205 | 36 | 33625 | 41 | 32305 | 40 | 33410 |
| Michael White | Wales | 54 | 24495 | 44 | 30005 | 39 | 32440 | 37 | 32800 | 41 | 33295 |
| Anthony Hamilton | England | 32 | 32970 | 37 | 34495 | 37 | 32500 | 36 | 32980 | 42 | 32840 |
| Dave Harold | England | 48 | 25955 | 47 | 28705 | 46 | 28075 | 45 | 29195 | 43 | 31185 |
| Nigel Bond | England | 45 | 26875 | 46 | 28905 | 45 | 28485 | 46 | 28125 | 44 | 30695 |
| Matthew Selt | England | 44 | 27770 | 41 | 31880 | 44 | 29845 | 44 | 29325 | 45 | 30465 |
| Mark Joyce | England | 59 | 22810 | 59 | 24595 | 51 | 25640 | 54 | 25120 | 46 | 30220 |
| David Gilbert | England | 57 | 23420 | 56 | 25664 | 49 | 26330 | 48 | 26856 | 47 | 30194 |
| Steve Davis | England | 51 | 25225 | 51 | 26865 | 50 | 26140 | 47 | 27660 | 48 | 29670 |
| Anthony McGill | Scotland | 50 | 25420 | 52 | 26360 | 55 | 24650 | 53 | 25410 | 49 | 29330 |
| Alan McManus | Scotland | 52 | 24695 | 48 | 27605 | 54 | 24970 | 55 | 24970 | 50 | 29005 |
| Jimmy Robertson | England | 55 | 24275 | 54 | 26055 | 52 | 25530 | 50 | 26450 | 51 | 28895 |
| Liu Chuang | China | 56 | 24110 | 50 | 26880 | 47 | 27320 | 52 | 25560 | 52 | 28795 |
| Yu Delu | China | 58 | 23015 | 60 | 24399 | 56 | 24430 | 49 | 26636 | 53 | 27944 |
| Alfie Burden | England | 60 | 22760 | 58 | 24665 | 57 | 23985 | 56 | 24545 | 54 | 26090 |
| Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 21 | 40035 | 27 | 40035 | 33 | 35475 | 40 | 32435 | 55 | 25975 |
| Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 42 | 28210 | 45 | 29330 | 48 | 27190 | 51 | 26030 | 56 | 23645 |
| Jimmy White | England | 46 | 26455 | 49 | 27445 | 53 | 25440 | 57 | 23920 | 57 | 23575 |
| Peter Lines | England | 53 | 24510 | 53 | 26170 | 58 | 23895 | 58 | 22575 | 58 | 22870 |
| Mike Dunn | England | 49 | 25450 | 55 | 25810 | 59 | 21760 | 60 | 20800 | 59 | 21240 |
| James Wattana | Thailand | 63 | 20610 | 61 | 23335 | 60 | 21440 | 59 | 20840 | 60 | 21215 |
| Adam Duffy | England | 62 | 20865 | 64 | 20769 | 63 | 19520 | 62 | 19646 | 61 | 21024 |
| Barry Pinches | England | 64 | 20495 | 63 | 21015 | 62 | 20415 | 61 | 20575 | 62 | 20415 |
| Rod Lawler | England | | | 65 | 4680 | 65 | 9890 | 66 | 12450 | 63 | 19235 |
| Andy Hicks | England | 61 | 21815 | 62 | 22435 | 64 | 18715 | 63 | 19075 | 64 | 18265 |
| Cao Yupeng | China | | | 66 | 3460 | 66 | 9400 | 65 | 13000 | 65 | 16655 |
| Kurt Maflin | Norway | | | 67 | 2870 | 68 | 7180 | 70 | 8820 | 66 | 16390 |
| Ian Burns | England | | | 82 | 1850 | 75 | 5230 | 74 | 7830 | 67 | 14660 |
| Tian Pengfei | China | | | 71 | 2560 | 70 | 6430 | 69 | 8950 | 68 | 14360 |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thailand | | | 85 | 1810 | 73 | 6030 | 68 | 8990 | 69 | 13915 |
| Dechawat Poomjaeng | Thailand | | | 78 | 2115 | 77 | 4890 | 76 | 7050 | 70 | 13190 |
| Luca Brecel | Belgium | | | 75 | 2220 | 74 | 6010 | 67 | 10370 | 71 | 13100 |
| Pankaj Advani | India | | | 73 | 2300 | 69 | 6460 | 73 | 7900 | 72 | 12830 |
| Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon | Thailand | | | 69 | 2780 | 76 | 5070 | 75 | 7270 | 73 | 12340 |
| Aditya Mehta | India | | | 74 | 2260 | 67 | 7630 | 71 | 8710 | 74 | 12060 |
| Paul Davison | England | | | 79 | 2030 | 71 | 6350 | 72 | 8310 | 75 | 11810 |
| Chen Zhe | China | | | 72 | 2390 | 82 | 4310 | 78 | 6670 | 76 | 11490 |
| Robbie Williams | England | | | 83 | 1850 | 72 | 6040 | 77 | 6720 | 77 | 11060 |
| Liam Highfield | England | | | 87 | 1790 | 78 | 4810 | 80 | 6210 | 78 | 10750 |
| Michael Wasley | England | | | 76 | 2170 | 84 | 3770 | 84 | 5570 | 79 | 10120 |
| Zhang Anda | China | | | 89 | 1480 | 83 | 3880 | 81 | 5920 | 80 | 10110 |
| Craig Steadman | England | | | 86 | 1795 | 85 | 3475 | 82 | 5835 | 81 | 8805 |
| Tony Drago | Malta | | | 70 | 2720 | 81 | 4310 | 83 | 5750 | 82 | 8550 |
| Sam Baird | England | | | 81 | 1900 | 87 | 3220 | 89 | 3540 | 83 | 8140 |
| Li Yan | China | | | 68 | 2865 | 79 | 4760 | 79 | 6600 | 84 | 8060 |
| Simon Bedford | England | | | 77 | 2145 | 86 | 3425 | 87 | 4105 | 85 | 7945 |
| Martin O'Donnell | England | | | 84 | 1810 | 89 | 3130 | 90 | 3450 | 86 | 7940 |
| Daniel Wells | Wales | | | 96 | 480 | 92 | 2520 | 86 | 4280 | 87 | 7770 |
| David Grace | England | | | 88 | 1725 | 80 | 4735 | 85 | 5415 | 88 | 7505 |
| Scott Donaldson | Scotland | | | 92 | 720 | 88 | 3220 | 88 | 3900 | 89 | 6710 |
| Joel Walker | England | | | 90 | 1470 | 90 | 2790 | 92 | 3110 | 90 | 5490 |
| Sean O'Sullivan | England | | | 95 | 480 | 95 | 1440 | 95 | 1760 | 91 | 5190 |
| Passakorn Suwannawat | Thailand | | | 80 | 1935 | 91 | 2710 | 93 | 3030 | 92 | 5190 |
| Jamie O'Neill | England | | | 94 | 480 | 94 | 1440 | 94 | 2480 | 93 | 3660 |
| Ben Judge | Australia | | | 91 | 840 | 93 | 2430 | 91 | 3110 | 94 | 3560 |
| Michael Leslie | Scotland | | | 93 | 480 | 96 | 1080 | 96 | 1400 | 95 | 3490 |
| Mohamed Khairy | Egypt | | | 122 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 96 | 1010 |
| Hossein Vafaei | Iran | | | 156 | 0 | 97 | 360 | 97 | 360 | 97 | 360 |
| Floyd Ziegler | Canada | | | 165 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| Joe Jogia | England | 47 | 26405 | 57 | 25045 | 61 | 20735 | 64 | 18935 | | |