# World Snooker Tour awards

The World Snooker Tour makes annual awards in several categories, including player of the year, and established a Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Association of Snooker Writers, a grouping of journalists who wrote about snooker, was founded in 1981. In 1983, they instituted awards for players and others associated with the game, and made another set of awards in 1984. From 1985, the awards were taken over by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. In 1998, the journalists' group was reformed as the Snooker Writers' Association, and the awards were in that body's name for several years. The awards are now administered by the World Snooker Tour.

## Player of the year and miscellaneous awards

World Snooker Tour Awards :
| Awarding body | Year | Player of the Year | Young Player of the Year | Other awards |
| Association of Snooker Writers | 1983 | Steve Davis | no award | Personality of the Year: Bill Werbeniuk |
| Association of Snooker Writers | 1984 | Steve Davis | no award | Personality of the Year: Dennis Taylor |
| WPBSA | 1985 | Dennis Taylor | | |
| WPBSA | 1986 | Steve Davis and Joe Johnson | Stephen Hendry | Personality of the Year: Joe Johnson |
| WPBSA | 1987 | Steve Davis | Stephen Hendry | Overseas Player of the Year: Dene O'Kane |
| WPBSA | 1988 | Steve Davis | Stephen Hendry | Personality of the Year: Terry Griffiths; Overseas Player of the Year: Tony Drago; Frame of the year: Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White (Last frame of the final, 1988 World Snooker Championship); Break of the year: 140, Steve Davis at the 1987 Fidelity International, and Steve James at the 1988 World Snooker Championship; Performance of the year: Steve James, 1988 World Snooker Championship; Billiards player of the year: Norman Dagley |
| WPBSA | 1989 | Steve Davis | Martin Clark | Match of the year: John Parrott v Steve James (1989 World Snooker Championship); Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell |
| WPBSA | 1990 | Stephen Hendry | | |
| WPBSA | 1991 | Stephen Hendry | Alan McManus | Services to Snooker: Eddie Charlton |
| WPBSA | 1992 | Stephen Hendry | Peter Ebdon | |
| WPBSA | 1993 | Stephen Hendry | | |
| WPBSA | 1994 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Fergal O'Brien | |
| WPBSA | 1995 | Stephen Hendry | | Achievement of the year: John Higgins |
| WPBSA | 1996 | Stephen Hendry | | |
| WPBSA | 1997 | Stephen Hendry | | |
| Snooker Writers' Association | 1998 | John Higgins | Paul Hunter | Match of the Year: Mark Williams v Stephen Hendry (1998 Masters) |
| Snooker Writers' Association | 1999 | Stephen Hendry | Marco Fu | |
| Snooker Writers' Association | 2000 | Mark Williams | | |
| Snooker Writers' Association | 2001 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | | |
| Snooker Writers' Association | 2002 | Stephen Lee | | |
| WPBSA | 2003 | Mark Williams | | |
| WPBSA | 2004 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Stephen Maguire | |
| WPBSA | 2005 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | | |
| WPBSA | 2006 | John Higgins | | |
| WPBSA | 2007 | Neil Robertson | | |
| WPBSA | 2008 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | | |
| WPBSA | 2009 | John Higgins | | |
| 2010: no awards ||||||
| World Snooker | 2011 | John Higgins | Jack Lisowski | Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: John Higgins; Players Player of the Year: Mark Williams; Performance of the Year: Judd Trump; Magic Moment: Rory McLeod |
| World Snooker | 2012 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Luca Brecel | Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Performance of the Year: Stuart Bingham; Magic Moment: Stephen Hendry |
| World Snooker | 2013 | Mark Selby | Ian Burns | Fans' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Magic Moment: Jimmy Robertson |
| World Snooker | 2014 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | John Astley | Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Ding Junhui; Performance of the Year: Mark Selby; Magic Moment: Mark Selby |
| World Snooker | 2015 | Stuart Bingham | Oliver Lines | Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Stuart Bingham; Performance of the Year: Joe Perry; Magic Moment: Ronnie O’Sullivan |
| World Snooker | 2016 | John Higgins | Darryl Hill | Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Mark Selby; Magic Moment: Ali Carter; Lifetime award: Steve Davis |
| World Snooker | 2017 | Mark Selby | Yan Bingtao | Fans' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Anthony Hamilton; Magic Moment: Mark King |
| World Snooker | 2018 | Mark Williams | Xu Si | Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Williams; Performance of the Year: Mark Williams; Magic Moment: Michael Georgiou |
| World Snooker | 2019 | Judd Trump | Joe O'Connor | Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Performance of the Year: James Cahill; Magic Moment of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| World Snooker | 2020 | Judd Trump | Louis Heathcote | Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Performance of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Magic Moment of the Year: John Higgins |
| World Snooker | 2021 | Judd Trump | Pang Junxu | Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Mark Selby; Magic Moment of the Year: Neil Robertson |
| World Snooker | 2022 | Neil Robertson | Wu Yize | Fan's player of the year: Zhao Xintong; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Performance of the year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Magic Moment of the Year: Neil Robertson |
| World Snooker | 2023 | Mark Allen | Julien Leclercq | Fan's player of the year: Mark Allen; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Mark Allen; Performance of the year: Luca Brecel (2023 World Snooker Championship final); Magic Moment of the Year: Mark Selby (Maximum break at the 2023 World Snooker Championship); Breakthrough of the year: Si Jiahui |
| World Snooker | 2024 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | He Guoqiang | Fan's player of the year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Performance of the year: Kyren Wilson (2024 World Snooker Championship); Magic Moment of the Year: Shaun Murphy (Maximum break at the 2023 (Dec) Shoot Out); Breakthrough of the year: Zhang Anda (2023 International Championship) |

## Services to snooker award

Services to Snooker Awards :
| Year | Awardee |
| 1983 | Mike Watterson |
| 1984 | Clive Everton |
| 1985 | Del Simmonds |
| 1986 | Rex Williams |
| 1987 | Barry Hearn |
| 1988 | Howard Kruger |
| 1990 | John Spencer |
| 1994 | Ray Reardon |
| 1996 | Rick Waumsley |
| 1998 | Jonathan Martin |
| 1999 | Jim Elkins |
| 2000 | David Vine; Len Ganley |
| 2001 | John Williams |

## Achievement of the year

Achievement of the year awards :
| Year | Awardee | Notes |
| 1987 | Joe Johnson | Reaching the World Snooker Championship final in two consecutive years |
| 1988 | Steve James | Performance at the 1988 World Snooker Championship |
| 1995 | Stephen Hendry | Seven century breaks in the 1995 World Snooker Championship final |
| 1996 | Nigel Bond | Winning British Open final after needing a snooker |
| 1997 | Ken Doherty | Winning the 1997 World Snooker Championship |
| 1998 | Mark Williams | Recovering from 0–6 to win Masters final on re-spotted black |
| 1999 | Stephen Hendry | Winning a seventh World Snooker Championship |
| 2000 | Joe Swail | Reaching the 2000 World Snooker Championship semi-finals |
| 2001 | Paul Hunter | Winning the 2001 Masters final from 3–7 behind |
| 2002 | Peter Ebdon | Winning the 2002 World Snooker Championship |
| 2003 | Ken Doherty | Winning the 2003 World Snooker Championship semi-final against Paul Hunter |
| 2004 | Jimmy White | First ranking title for eleven years |
| 2005 | Shaun Murphy | Winning the 2005 World Snooker Championship |
| 2006 | Graeme Dott | Winning the 2006 World Snooker Championship |
| 2007 | Andrew Higginson | Reaching the 2007 Welsh Open final |
| 2008 | Mark Selby | Winning the Masters at his first attempt |

## Special awards

Special Awards :
| Year | Awardee | Notes |
| 1984 | Mike Green | Retiring secretary of the WPBSA |
| 1987 | Jackie Rea | 40 years as a professional player |
| 1988 | Fred Davis | Playing professionally at the age of 75 |
| 1989 | Nick Hunter | BBC snooker producer |
| 1995 | John Higgins | Winner of three ranking titles in a season |
| 1996 | Ted Lowe | BBC commentator |
| 1997 | Mark Wildman | Services to English billiards |
| 1998 | Jimmy White | Defeat of Stephen Hendry at the 1998 World Snooker Championship |
| 2000 | Steve Davis | 20 years as a top-16 ranked player |
| 2001 | John Dee | Snooker journalist |
| 2004 | Peter Dyke | Promoter |
| 2005 | John Spencer | Professional player, administrator and commentator |
| 2006 | Richard Balani | Promoter of snooker events in Malta |
| 2007 | Clive Everton | Journalist and commentator |
| 2008 | Barry Hearn | 30 years as a tournament promoter and manager of snooker players |

## Hall of fame

The World Snooker hall of fame was instituted in 2011, with eight winners of multiple world snooker championships as the initial inductees.
Hall of Fame :
| Year | Awardee(s) |
| 2011 | Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry |
| 2012 | Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| 2013 | Terry Griffiths, Joe Johnson, Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott, and Neil Robertson |
| 2014 | Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn |
| 2015 | John Parrott and Mark Selby |
| 2016 | Stuart Bingham, Rex Williams and Sindhu Pulsirivong |
| 2017 | Jimmy White and Clive Everton |
| 2018 | Ding Junhui and Barry Hearn |
| 2021 | Judd Trump and Brandon Parker |
| 2022 | Reanne Evans and Allison Fisher |
| 2023 | John Virgo |
| 2024 | Luca Brecel and Daniel Blunn |