# 1997–98 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 1996–97 | 1997–98 | Succeeded by 1998–99 |
1997–98 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1997‍–‍98 season are listed below.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Points |
| 1 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 43,127 |
| 2 | John Higgins | Scotland | 30,867 |
| 3 | Ken Doherty | Ireland | 28,601 |
| 4 | Mark Williams | Wales | 27,485 |
| 5 | Peter Ebdon | England | 25,282 |
| 6 | John Parrott | England | 25,082 |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 24,217 |
| 8 | Nigel Bond | England | 22,182 |
| 9 | Alain Robidoux | Canada | 21,994 |
| 10 | Alan McManus | Scotland | 20,995 |
| 11 | Tony Drago | Malta | 19,959 |
| 12 | James Wattana | Thailand | 18,822 |
| 13 | Steve Davis | England | 18,654 |
| 14 | Anthony Hamilton | England | 17,004 |
| 15 | Darren Morgan | Wales | 16,423 |
| 16 | Stephen Lee | England | 16,079 |
| 17 | Gary Wilkinson | England | 15,913 |
| 18 | Dave Harold | England | 15,812 |
| 19 | Andy Hicks | England | 14,823 |
| 20 | Mark King | England | 14,240 |
| 21 | Jimmy White | England | 13,664 |
| 22 | Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 13,481 |
| 23 | Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 13,343 |
| 24 | Steve James | England | 13,204 |
| 25 | Chris Small | Scotland | 13,036 |
| 26 | Rod Lawler | England | 12,896 |
| 27 | Martin Clark | England | 12,744 |
| 28 | Brian Morgan | England | 12,693 |
| 29 | Terry Murphy | Northern Ireland | 12,644 |
| 30 | Neal Foulds | England | 12,570 |
| 31 | Mick Price | England | 12,372 |
| 32 | Billy Snaddon | Scotland | 12,266 |
| 33 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 12,086 |
| 34 | Dennis Taylor | Northern Ireland | 12,042 |
| 35 | Dene O'Kane | New Zealand | 11,873 |
| 36 | Willie Thorne | England | 11,739 |
| 37 | Jason Ferguson | England | 11,691 |
| 38 | Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 11,635 |
| 39 | David Finbow | England | 11,498 |
| 40 | Drew Henry | Scotland | 10,945 |
| 41 | Karl Broughton | England | 10,943 |
| 42 | Jason Prince | Northern Ireland | 10,893 |
| 43 | Paul Hunter | England | 10,883 |
| 44 | Euan Henderson | Scotland | 10,810 |
| 45 | Jonathan Birch | England | 10,675 |
| 46 | Tony Chappel | Wales | 10,674 |
| 47 | Mark Davis | England | 10,390 |
| 48 | Paul Davies | Wales | 10,347 |
| 49 | David Roe | England | 10,083 |
| 50 | Mark Bennett | Wales | 9,975 |
| 51 | Dean Reynolds | England | 9,942 |
| 52 | Joe Johnson | England | 9,871 |
| 53 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | 9,870 |
| 54 | Dominic Dale | Wales | 9,830 |
| 55 | Jimmy Michie | England | 9,262 |
| 56 | Michael Judge | Ireland | 9,230 |
| 57 | Nick Pearce | England | 8,804 |
| 58 | Wayne Jones | Wales | 8,730 |
| 59 | Shokat Ali | Pakistan | 8,633 |
| 60 | Tony Jones | England | 8,565 |
| 61 | Anthony Davies | Wales | 8,428 |
| 62 | Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 8,405 |
| 63 | Mark Flowerdew | England | 8,185 |
| 64 | Chris Scanlon | England | 8,050 |
| 65 | Stefan Mazrocis | England | 8,040 |
| 66 | Stephen Murphy | Ireland | 7,989 |
| 67 | Nick Walker | England | 7,900 |
| 68 | Nick Terry | England | 7,826 |
| 69 | Paul Wykes | England | 7,825 |
| 70 | Mark Johnston-Allen | England | 7,692 |
| 71 | Jamie Woodman | England | 7,655 |
| 72 | Tony Knowles | England | 7,590 |
| 73 | Graham Horne | Scotland | 7,522 |
| 74 | Paul McPhillips | Scotland | 7,508 |
| 75 | David McLellan | Scotland | 7,453 |
| 76 | Ian McCulloch | England | 7,302 |
| 77 | Karl Payne | England | 7,290 |
| 78 | Karl Burrows | England | 7,267 |
| 79 | Lee Walker | Wales | 7,261 |
| 80 | Bradley Jones | England | 7,192 |
| 81 | Antony Bolsover | England | 7,170 |
| 82 | Sean Storey | England | 7,085 |
| 83 | Barry Pinches | England | 6,998 |
| 84 | Darren Clarke | England | 6,978 |
| 85 | Gary Ponting | England | 6,870 |
| 86 | John Read | England | 6,793 |
| 87 | Stuart Pettman | England | 6,720 |
| 88 | Noppadon Noppachorn | Thailand | 6,718 |
| 89 | Mike Hallett | England | 6,713 |
| 90 | Peter Lines | England | 6,710 |
| 91 | Robert Milkins | England | 6,697 |
| 92 | Steve Judd | England | 6,683 |
| 93 | Jason Weston | England | 6,680 |
| 94 | Matthew Couch | England | 6,663 |
| 95 | Terry Griffiths | Wales | 6,650 |
| 96 | Yasin Merchant | India | 6,540 |
| 97 | Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 6,468 |
| 98 | Doug Mountjoy | Wales | 6,457 |
| 99 | Wayne Brown | England | 6,454 |
| 100 | Steve Newbury | Wales | 6,369 |
| 101 | Ian Brumby | England | 6,329 |
| 102 | Robin Hull | Finland | 6,320 |
| 103 | Nick Dyson | England | 6,290 |
| 104 | Quinten Hann | Australia | 6,275 |
| 105 | Lee Richardson | England | 6,250 |
| 106 | Stephen O'Connor | Ireland | 6,203 |
| 107 | Andrew Cairns | England | 6,095 |
| 108 | Darryn Walker | England | 6,093 |
| 109 | Oliver King | England | 6,065 |
| 110 | Jason Wallace | England | 5,970 |