# 1998–99 snooker world rankings

| Preceded by 1997–98 | 1998–99 | Succeeded by 1999–2000 |
1998–99 snooker world rankings: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1998‍–‍99 season are listed below.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Points |
| 1 | John Higgins | Scotland | 47422 |
| 2 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland | 47247 |
| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England | 39407 |
| 4 | Ken Doherty | Ireland | 36167 |
| 5 | Mark Williams | Wales | 32755 |
| 6 | John Parrott | England | 31757 |
| 7 | Peter Ebdon | England | 25426 |
| 8 | Alan McManus | Scotland | 24394 |
| 9 | Stephen Lee | England | 24264 |
| 10 | Tony Drago | Malta | 23809 |
| 11 | Anthony Hamilton | England | 22524 |
| 12 | Alain Robidoux | Canada | 22387 |
| 13 | Nigel Bond | England | 22256 |
| 14 | Steve Davis | England | 22252 |
| 15 | James Wattana | Thailand | 21542 |
| 16 | Mark King | England | 21470 |
| 17 | Gary Wilkinson | England | 19084 |
| 18 | Jimmy White | England | 18995 |
| 19 | Dave Harold | England | 18410 |
| 20 | Fergal O'Brien | Ireland | 18152 |
| 21 | Andy Hicks | England | 17808 |
| 22 | Darren Morgan | Wales | 17804 |
| 23 | Dominic Dale | Wales | 17622 |
| 24 | Paul Hunter | England | 17155 |
| 25 | Chris Small | Scotland | 17026 |
| 26 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | 16935 |
| 27 | Brian Morgan | England | 16227 |
| 28 | Martin Clark | England | 16137 |
| 29 | Terry Murphy | Northern Ireland | 16047 |
| 30 | Graeme Dott | Scotland | 15589 |
| 31 | Jamie Burnett | Scotland | 15542 |
| 32 | Billy Snaddon | Scotland | 15042 |
| 33 | Mick Price | England | 14976 |
| 34 | Neal Foulds | England | 14915 |
| 35 | Jason Ferguson | England | 14802 |
| 36 | Joe Swail | Northern Ireland | 14595 |
| 37 | Steve James | England | 14209 |
| 38 | Euan Henderson | Scotland | 14084 |
| 39 | Jason Prince | Northern Ireland | 13992 |
| 40 | Rod Lawler | England | 13112 |
| 41 | Paul Davies | Wales | 12814 |
| 42 | Jonathan Birch | England | 12742 |
| 43 | Drew Henry | Scotland | 12647 |
| 44 | Bradley Jones | England | 12345 |
| 45 | Quinten Hann | Australia | 12182 |
| 46 | Karl Broughton | England | 12027 |
| 47 | Tony Chappel | Wales | 11952 |
| 48 | David Roe | England | 11875 |
| 49 | Shokat Ali | Pakistan | 11817 |
| 50 | Lee Walker | Wales | 11761 |
| 51 | Willie Thorne | England | 11715 |
| 52 | Dennis Taylor | Northern Ireland | 11648 |
| 53 | Peter Lines | England | 11642 |
| 54 | Dean Reynolds | England | 11534 |
| 55 | Joe Johnson | England | 11515 |
| 56 | Mark Davis | England | 11511 |
| 57 | Dene O'Kane | New Zealand | 11500 |
| 58 | Michael Judge | Ireland | 11477 |
| 59 | Gerard Greene | Northern Ireland | 11332 |
| 60 | Ian McCulloch | England | 11115 |
| 61 | David Gray | England | 11089 |
| 62 | Paul Wykes | England | 11077 |
| 63 | Tony Jones | England | 11035 |
| 64 | Nick Pearce | England | 10930 |
| 65 | Stefan Mazrocis | England | 10910 |
| 66 | Mark Bennett | Wales | 10834 |
| 67 | Chris Scanlon | England | 10752 |
| 68 | David Finbow | England | 10692 |
| 69 | Karl Burrows | England | 10640 |
| 70 | John Read | England | 10567 |
| 71 | Nick Walker | England | 10540 |
| 72 | Sean Storey | England | 10487 |
| 73 | Marcus Campbell | Scotland | 10195 |
| 74 | Joe Perry | England | 10184 |
| 75 | Gary Ponting | England | 10180 |
| 76 | Stuart Pettman | England | 9890 |
| 77 | Alfie Burden | England | 9841 |
| 78 | Matthew Couch | England | 9775 |
| 79 | Steve Judd | England | 9650 |
| 80 | Wayne Brown | England | 9595 |
| 81 | Jimmy Michie | England | 9464 |
| 82 | Wayne Jones | Wales | 9374 |
| 83 | Martin Dziewialtowski | Scotland | 9022 |
| 84 | Jamie Woodman | England | 8957 |
| 85 | Anthony Davies | Wales | 8787 |
| 86 | Stephen O'Connor | Ireland | 8612 |
| 87 | Darren Clarke | England | 8492 |
| 88 | Troy Shaw | England | 8252 |
| 89 | Lee Richardson | England | 8047 |
| 90 | Ian Brumby | England | 7957 |
| 91 | Karl Payne | England | 7719 |
| 92 | Mark Gray | England | 7710 |
| 93 | Leigh Griffin | England | 7508 |
| 94 | John Lardner | Scotland | 7389 |
| 95 | Peter McCullagh | England | 6936 |
| 96 | Craig MacGillivray | Scotland | 6434 |
| 99 | Robert Milkins | England | |
| 150 | Patrick Wallace | Northern Ireland | |
| 164 | Stuart Bingham | England | |
| 187 | Ali Carter | England | |
| 193 | Michael Holt | England | |
| 377 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | |