In  world championship final Higgins not conceed early before Reardon had reached the winning post Reardon won the frame he needed to win the match  However Higgins did conceed several frames early when he could still have techniclaly won them While it is correct that Higgins was ranked number  on two occassions since the ranking list was created in  it is worth noting that for the    list Higgins had two ranking points deducted for misconduct Otherwise he would have been ranked number one based on tournament performance  The article does not list many of Higgins tournament victories I would suggest adding   Irish Professional Champion beat Rea   Men of the Midlands beat Reardon   Canadian Open beat Pulam   Canadian Open beat Spencer   Benson and Hedges Masters beat Thorburn   Irish Professional Champion beat Dennis Taylor   Irish Professional Champion beat Patsy Fagan   Tolly Cobbold Classic beat Reardon   British Gold Cup beat Reardon   Padmore  Super Crysalate International beat Mans   Tolly Cobbold Classic beat Dennis Taylor   Pontins Professional Championship beat Dennis Taylor   Benson and Hedges Masters beat Griffiths   Irish Professional Championship beat Dennis Taylor   World Doubles Championship with Jimmy White beat Thorburn and Thorne     World Team Championship playing for Ireland  Irish Professional Championship beat Jack McLaughlin