# 2008–09 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 2007–08 | 2008–09 | Succeeded by 2009–10 |
2008–09 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 2007‍–‍08 season who qualified for the 2008‍–‍09 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the 2006‍–‍07 world ranking points and the 2007‍–‍08 world ranking points.
| No. | Name | Country | Points |
| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 50450 |
| 2 | Stephen Maguire | Scotland | 45525 |
| 3 | Shaun Murphy | England | 45050 |
| 4 | Mark Selby | England | 38325 |
| 5 | John Higgins | Scotland | 37925 |
| 6 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 34275 |
| 7 | Ali Carter | England | 34175 |
| 8 | Ryan Day | Wales | 33875 |
| 9 | Peter Ebdon | England | 32975 |
| 10 | Neil Robertson | Australia | 32950 |
| 11 | Ding Junhui | China | 32194 |
| 12 | Joe Perry | England | 30425 |
| 13 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 27144 |
| 14 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | 27000 |
| 15 | Mark King | England | 26000 |
| 16 | Mark Allen | Northern Ireland | 25725 |
| 17 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | 25413 |
| 18 | Ken Doherty | Ireland | 25119 |
| 19 | Jamie Cope | England | 24744 |
| 20 | Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 24725 |
| 21 | Stuart Bingham | England | 24625 |
| 22 | Mark Williams | Wales | 23925 |
| 23 | Nigel Bond | England | 23613 |
| 24 | Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 22538 |
| 25 | Ian McCulloch | England | 22432 |
| 26 | Stephen Lee | England | 22219 |
| 27 | Barry Hawkins | England | 22125 |
| 28 | Dave Harold | England | 21494 |
| 29 | Steve Davis | England | 21419 |
| 30 | Michael Judge | Ireland | 20825 |
| 31 | Anthony Hamilton | England | 20813 |
| 32 | Dominic Dale | Wales | 20688 |
| 33 | Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 19538 |
| 34 | Michael Holt | England | 19288 |
| 35 | Ricky Walden | England | 18975 |
| 36 | Adrian Gunnell | England | 18375 |
| 37 | Alan McManus | Scotland | 18263 |
| 38 | Andrew Higginson | England | 17513 |
| 39 | John Parrott | England | 17450 |
| 40 | Liang Wenbo | China | 17275 |
| 41 | Judd Trump | England | 16351 |
| 42 | Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 16325 |
| 43 | David Gilbert | England | 16225 |
| 44 | Rory McLeod | England | 16125 |
| 45 | Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 16013 |
| 46 | Jimmy Michie | England | 15550 |
| 47 | Mike Dunn | England | 15501 |
| 48 | Tom Ford | England | 14825 |
| 49 | David Gray | England | 14338 |
| 50 | Barry Pinches | England | 14250 |
| 51 | Robert Milkins | England | 14113 |
| 52 | David Roe | England | 14038 |
| 53 | Liu Song | China | 13900 |
| 54 | Andrew Norman | England | 13801 |
| 55 | Ian Preece | Wales | 13475 |
| 56 | Andy Hicks | England | 13263 |
| 57 | Paul Davies | Wales | 13101 |
| 58 | Mark Davis | England | 13088 |
| 59 | Mark Joyce | England | 12963 |
| 60 | Rod Lawler | England | 12713 |
| 61 | Joe Delaney | Ireland | 12701 |
| 62 | Stuart Pettman | England | 12476 |
| 63 | Martin Gould | England | 11813 |
| 64 | David Morris | Ireland | 11538 |
| 65 | Jimmy White | England | 11513 |
| 66 | Scott MacKenzie | Scotland | 10688 |
| 67 | Lee Spick | England | 10950 |
| 68 | Matthew Selt | England | 10688 |
| 69 | Patrick Wallace | Northern Ireland | 10675 |
| 70 | Rodney Goggins | Ireland | 10563 |
| 71 | James McBain | Scotland | 10550 |
| 72 | Supoj Saenla | Thailand | 10488 |
| 73 | Liu Chuang | China | 10050 |