List of world number one snooker players
Periods
Table:
Sortable table

No.
Nationality
Player
From
To

1
Wales
Ray Reardon
3 May 1975[11]
20 April 1981

2
Canada
Cliff Thorburn
21 April 1981
16 May 1982

Wales
Ray Reardon (2)
17 May 1982
2 May 1983

3
England
Steve Davis
3 May 1983
29 April 1990

4
Scotland
Stephen Hendry
30 April 1990
4 May 1998

5
Scotland
John Higgins
5 May 1998
1 May 2000

6
Wales
Mark Williams
2 May 2000
6 May 2002

7
England
Ronnie O'Sullivan
7 May 2002
5 May 2003

Wales
Mark Williams (2)
6 May 2003
3 May 2004

England
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
4 May 2004
1 May 2006

Scotland
Stephen Hendry (2)
2 May 2006
7 May 2007

Scotland
John Higgins (2)
8 May 2007
5 May 2008

England
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
6 May 2008
3 May 2010

Scotland
John Higgins (3)
4 May 2010
26 September 2010[12]

8
Australia
Neil Robertson[13]
27 September 2010
12 December 2010[14]

Scotland
John Higgins[15] (4)
13 December 2010
2 May 2011[16]

Wales
Mark Williams[17] (3)
3 May 2011
11 September 2011[18]

9
England
Mark Selby[19]
12 September 2011
4 November 2012[20]

10
England
Judd Trump[21]
5 November 2012
9 December 2012[22]

England
Mark Selby[23] (2)
10 December 2012
17 February 2013[24]

England
Judd Trump[25] (2)
18 February 2013
31 March 2013[26]

England
Mark Selby[27] (3)
1 April 2013
9 June 2013[28]

Australia
Neil Robertson[29] (2)
10 June 2013
5 May 2014[30]

England
Mark Selby[31] (4)
6 May 2014
6 July 2014[32]

Australia
Neil Robertson[33] (3)
7 July 2014
10 August 2014[34]

England
Mark Selby[35] (5)
11 August 2014
7 December 2014[36]

11
China
Ding Junhui[37]
8 December 2014
14 December 2014[38]

Australia
Neil Robertson[39] (4)
15 December 2014
24 January 2015[40]

China
Ding Junhui[41] (2)
25 January 2015
8 February 2015[42]

England
Mark Selby[43] (6)
9 February 2015
Present

From the table named List of world number one snooker players — section "Periods", write a short sentence answering the following question: When was Stephen Hendry ranked world number one (and for how many seasons and were they consecutive or not) and did he ever reach number one again? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Stephen Hendry was ranked world number one for eight consecutive seasons between 1990 and 1998, and regained the top ranking position for the 2006/2007 season.