# 2010–11 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 2009–10 | 2010–11 | Succeeded by 2011–12 |
2010–11 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2010‍–‍11 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 | Rankings Start of 2010/11 season | Rankings Start of 2010/11 season | Revision 1 | Revision 1 | Revision 2 | Revision 2 | Revision 3 | Revision 3 |
| John Higgins | Scotland | 1 | 57820 | 3 | 46470 | 1 | 54320 | 1 | 59320 |
| Mark Williams | Wales | 8 | 37699 | 4 | 45000 | 3 | 48755 | 2 | 55680 |
| Neil Robertson | Australia | 2 | 48405 | 1 | 54190 | 2 | 52940 | 3 | 52340 |
| Mark Selby | England | 9 | 35445 | 9 | 38775 | 6 | 45645 | 4 | 50345 |
| Ding Junhui | China | 5 | 40975 | 8 | 43370 | 4 | 46480 | 5 | 49580 |
| Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 6 | 40495 | 5 | 44160 | 8 | 43780 | 6 | 47780 |
| Shaun Murphy | England | 7 | 38655 | 7 | 43845 | 5 | 46085 | 7 | 46185 |
| Ali Carter | England | 4 | 46620 | 2 | 48600 | 7 | 45340 | 8 | 45440 |
| Graeme Dott | Scotland | 13 | 30890 | 11 | 34000 | 10 | 37450 | 9 | 41250 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 3 | 47835 | 6 | 43910 | 9 | 41480 | 10 | 40980 |
| Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 10 | 35380 | 12 | 33935 | 11 | 36525 | 11 | 38425 |
| Peter Ebdon | England | 18 | 27545 | 13 | 33110 | 12 | 34880 | 12 | 37980 |
| Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 11 | 33785 | 10 | 34570 | 14 | 33360 | 13 | 36460 |
| Jamie Cope | England | 17 | 27983 | 14 | 32178 | 13 | 33975 | 14 | 36000 |
| Ricky Walden | England | 20 | 26055 | 20 | 26855 | 15 | 31500 | 15 | 32950 |
| Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 14 | 29635 | 16 | 31480 | 18 | 30300 | 16 | 32400 |
| Stuart Bingham | England | 29 | 21659 | 25 | 25610 | 17 | 30350 | 17 | 31750 |
| Matthew Stevens | Wales | 25 | 23384 | 17 | 29750 | 22 | 28940 | 18 | 31440 |
| Mark King | England | 15 | 29085 | 15 | 31755 | 16 | 30605 | 19 | 31305 |
| Ryan Day | Wales | 12 | 33410 | 23 | 26355 | 25 | 28325 | 20 | 30925 |
| Stephen Lee | England | 23 | 23604 | 19 | 28590 | 20 | 29420 | 21 | 30820 |
| Mark Davis | England | 26 | 23145 | 18 | 29160 | 19 | 29980 | 22 | 30805 |
| Andrew Higginson | England | 32 | 19740 | 29 | 24260 | 23 | 28750 | 23 | 30275 |
| Judd Trump | England | 27 | 22560 | 26 | 25330 | 26 | 27750 | 24 | 29275 |
| Barry Hawkins | England | 21 | 25245 | 22 | 26500 | 27 | 27340 | 25 | 28740 |
| Martin Gould | England | 43 | 18072 | 24 | 25800 | 21 | 29240 | 26 | 28490 |
| Liang Wenbo | China | 16 | 28065 | 21 | 26560 | 24 | 28405 | 27 | 28405 |
| Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 28 | 22008 | 28 | 24435 | 29 | 25855 | 28 | 26680 |
| Ken Doherty | Ireland | 30 | 21354 | 30 | 22940 | 28 | 26100 | 29 | 26675 |
| Joe Perry | England | 19 | 27385 | 27 | 25220 | 32 | 22890 | 30 | 26090 |
| Dominic Dale | Wales | 45 | 17297 | 42 | 19838 | 33 | 22795 | 31 | 24695 |
| Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 40 | 18133 | 37 | 21025 | 31 | 23780 | 32 | 24605 |
| Tom Ford | England | 41 | 18078 | 35 | 21350 | 30 | 24505 | 33 | 24505 |
| Nigel Bond | England | 38 | 18307 | 36 | 21068 | 37 | 21790 | 34 | 24015 |
| Rory McLeod | England | 34 | 19148 | 40 | 20300 | 38 | 21570 | 35 | 22845 |
| Robert Milkins | England | 36 | 19117 | 33 | 21930 | 36 | 21800 | 36 | 22750 |
| Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 37 | 18500 | 34 | 21740 | 40 | 21390 | 37 | 22290 |
| Mike Dunn | England | 33 | 19478 | 32 | 22175 | 35 | 22160 | 38 | 22110 |
| Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 47 | 16772 | 38 | 20728 | 34 | 22410 | 39 | 21785 |
| Steve Davis | England | 22 | 25205 | 31 | 22770 | 41 | 21330 | 40 | 21530 |
| Anthony Hamilton | England | 42 | 18073 | 41 | 19908 | 39 | 21550 | 41 | 21400 |
| Tony Drago | Malta | 54 | 14970 | 51 | 17327 | 46 | 19304 | 42 | 20873 |
| Michael Holt | England | 24 | 23460 | 39 | 20705 | 42 | 20145 | 43 | 20720 |
| Peter Lines | England | 50 | 15450 | 49 | 17915 | 43 | 20110 | 44 | 20235 |
| Dave Harold | England | 31 | 20248 | 46 | 19078 | 50 | 18255 | 45 | 19905 |
| Matthew Selt | England | 51 | 15295 | 52 | 17285 | 49 | 18365 | 46 | 19765 |
| Mark Joyce | England | 58 | 14178 | 65 | 14288 | 47 | 19300 | 47 | 19750 |
| Alan McManus | Scotland | 46 | 16903 | 47 | 18105 | 48 | 18450 | 48 | 19600 |
| Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 39 | 18134 | 43 | 19785 | 45 | 19870 | 49 | 19520 |
| Barry Pinches | England | 57 | 14240 | 44 | 19658 | 44 | 20070 | 50 | 19445 |
| Andy Hicks | England | 53 | 15092 | 50 | 17545 | 52 | 17790 | 51 | 18690 |
| Jamie Jones | Wales | | | 68 | 13957 | 53 | 17614 | 52 | 18683 |
| Adrian Gunnell | England | 44 | 17370 | 48 | 18035 | 51 | 17860 | 53 | 18635 |
| Rod Lawler | England | 49 | 15845 | 53 | 16188 | 55 | 17220 | 54 | 18620 |
| Anthony McGill | Scotland | | | 61 | 14817 | 56 | 17034 | 55 | 18028 |
| Jack Lisowski | England | | | 69 | 13557 | 62 | 15934 | 56 | 18003 |
| Jimmy White | England | 60 | 13120 | 63 | 14340 | 57 | 16985 | 57 | 17635 |
| Ian McCulloch | England | 48 | 16159 | 54 | 16165 | 60 | 16290 | 58 | 17515 |
| Alfie Burden | England | | | 57 | 15677 | 59 | 16374 | 59 | 17443 |
| Joe Jogia | England | 71 | 11550 | 64 | 14307 | 58 | 16644 | 60 | 17388 |
| Jimmy Robertson | England | 63 | 12390 | 62 | 14362 | 63 | 15659 | 61 | 16978 |
| Stuart Pettman | England | 35 | 19147 | 45 | 19100 | 54 | 17570 | 62 | 16745 |
| Bjorn Haneveer | Belgium | 62 | 12650 | 56 | 15762 | 61 | 16259 | 63 | 16178 |
| Matthew Couch | England | 68 | 11820 | 58 | 15400 | 66 | 15150 | 64 | 16050 |
| Xiao Guodong | China | 74 | 10640 | 79 | 12097 | 68 | 14834 | 65 | 15903 |
| Liam Highfield | England | | | 71 | 13417 | 65 | 15554 | 66 | 15798 |
| Patrick Wallace | Northern Ireland | 69 | 11745 | 70 | 13535 | 64 | 15600 | 67 | 15600 |
| Liu Song | China | 77 | 9635 | 72 | 13293 | 71 | 14320 | 68 | 15595 |
| Liu Chuang | China | | | 86 | 11272 | 67 | 15049 | 69 | 15543 |
| David Morris | Ireland | 59 | 13647 | 55 | 15905 | 70 | 14645 | 70 | 14970 |
| Michael White | Wales | 72 | 11370 | 74 | 12922 | 69 | 14659 | 71 | 14903 |
| Simon Bedford | England | 66 | 11940 | 90 | 10780 | 82 | 12640 | 72 | 14240 |
| Jimmy Michie | England | 56 | 14505 | 59 | 15350 | 72 | 14315 | 73 | 14190 |
| Igor Figueiredo | Brazil | | | 67 | 13967 | 74 | 13904 | 74 | 14148 |
| Ben Woollaston | England | 73 | 10890 | 80 | 12067 | 76 | 13884 | 75 | 14128 |
| James Wattana | Thailand | 67 | 11860 | 73 | 13257 | 73 | 14194 | 76 | 13988 |
| Kyren Wilson | England | | | 77 | 12147 | 77 | 13404 | 77 | 13773 |
| Andrew Pagett | Wales | | | 78 | 12112 | 75 | 13889 | 78 | 13683 |
| Paul Davison | England | | | 84 | 11707 | 80 | 12844 | 79 | 13588 |
| James McBain | Scotland | | | 76 | 12477 | 81 | 12814 | 80 | 13058 |
| Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon | Thailand | | | 83 | 11917 | 85 | 12054 | 81 | 12923 |
| Joe Delaney | Ireland | 61 | 13017 | 66 | 13975 | 83 | 12390 | 82 | 12590 |
| David Gilbert | England | 55 | 14525 | 81 | 12010 | 78 | 13085 | 83 | 12285 |
| Zhang Anda | China | 70 | 11690 | 82 | 11922 | 84 | 12259 | 84 | 12053 |
| Michael Judge | Ireland | 52 | 15267 | 60 | 14843 | 79 | 12960 | 85 | 11710 |
| Adam Wicheard | England | | | 92 | 10352 | 88 | 11209 | 86 | 11578 |
| Justin Astley | England | | | 85 | 11517 | 87 | 11294 | 87 | 11088 |
| Issara Kachaiwong | Thailand | | | 96 | 9792 | 89 | 10849 | 88 | 10643 |
| Kuldesh Johal | England | | | 89 | 10797 | 92 | 10374 | 89 | 10618 |
| Paul Davies | Wales | 64 | 12253 | 75 | 12543 | 86 | 11945 | 90 | 10545 |
| Kurt Maflin | Norway | | | 91 | 10512 | 93 | 10289 | 91 | 10533 |
| Dermot McGlinchey | Northern Ireland | | | 88 | 10957 | 91 | 10534 | 92 | 10328 |
| Noppon Saengkham | Thailand | | | 93 | 10237 | 94 | 9814 | 93 | 10308 |
| Jamie O'Neill | England | | | 94 | 10152 | 96 | 9369 | 94 | 10188 |
| Jak Jones | Wales | | | 95 | 9992 | 95 | 9769 | 95 | 10013 |
| Patrick Einsle | Germany | | | 87 | 10982 | 90 | 10559 | 96 | 9828 |
| Reanne Evans | England | | | 97 | 9432 | 97 | 8289 | 97 | 8083 |