List of world snooker champions

The World Snooker Championship snooker tournament founded in 1927 and since 1977 played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The event is played over 17 days in late April and early May, and is chronologically the third of the three Triple Crown events of the season since 1977–78, when the UK Championship was first held. The event was not held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II or between 1958 and 1963 due to declining interest.

The governing body that organises this event is the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Prior to this in 1968, the world championship was organised by the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC), except for a few years when the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) staged their own event, the World Professional Match-play Championship.

The best player at the World Snooker Championship was Joe Davis, who won 15 consecutive titles between 1927 and 1946. The record in the modern era, usually dated from 1969 of a knock-out tournament format, rather than a challenge format, is held by Stephen Hendry, who won the title 7 times between 1990 and 1999.

Champions

+ Format OrganiserKnockout tournament ()  BACCChallenge event with defending champion receiving a bye to the final (*)  BACCWorld Professional Match-play Championship (◊)  PBPAChallenge matches (‡)  BACC Knockout tournament  WPBSA

+List of World Snooker Championship winners Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season Venue 1927  20–11n/aCamkin's Hall, Birmingham 1928*   n/aCamkin's Hall, Birmingham 1929   19–14n/aLounge Hall, Nottingham 1930   25–12n/aThurston's Hall, London1931   25–21n/aLounge Hall, Nottingham1932   30–19n/aThurston's Hall, London1933   25–18n/a1934   25–22n/aLounge Hall, Nottingham and Central Hall, Kettering1935   25–20n/aThurston's Hall, London1936   34–27n/a1937   32–29n/a1938   37–24n/a1939   43–30n/a1940   37–36n/a 1941–1945: No tournament1946   78–67n/aRoyal Horticultural Hall, London1947  82–63n/aLeicester Square Hall, London1948   84–61n/a1949   80–65n/a1950   51–46n/aTower Circus, Blackpool1951   58–39n/a1952   94–49n/aHouldsworth Hall, Manchester1952◊    38–35n/aTower Circus, Blackpool1953◊    37–34n/aLeicester Square Hall, London1954◊    45–26n/aHouldsworth Hall, Manchester1955◊    38–35n/aTower Circus, Blackpool1956◊    38–35n/a1957◊    39–34n/aJersey Billiards Association Match Room, St Helier, Jersey 1958–1963: No tournament1964‡   19–161963–64Burroughes Hall, London1964‡    40–331964–651965‡   37–361964–651965‡     25–221965–66South Africa1965‡   39–12 1965–661966‡    5–21965–66St George's Hall, Liverpool1968‡    39–341967–68Co-operative Hall, Bolton1969   37–24 1968–69Victoria House, London1970   37–33 1969–701971   37–29 1970–71Chevron Hotel, Sydney1972   37–31 1971–72Selly Park British Legion, Birmingham1973   38–32 1972–73City Exhibition Hall, Manchester1974   22–12 1973–74Belle Vue, Manchester1975   31–30 1974–75Nunawading Basketball Centre, Melbourne, Australia1976   27–16 1975–76Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester1977   25–21 1976–77Crucible Theatre, Sheffield1978    25–18 1977–781979   24–16 1978–791980   18–16 1979–801981   18–12 1980–811982   18–15 1981–821983   18–6 1982–831984   18–16 1983–841985   18–17 1984–851986   18–12 1985–861987   18–14 1986–871988   18–11 1987–881989   18–3 1988–891990   18–12 1989–901991   18–111990–911992   18–141991–921993   18–51992–931994   18–171993–941995   18–91994–951996   18–121995–961997   18–121996–971998   18–121997–981999   18–111998–992000   18–162001   18–142000–012002   18–172001–022003   18–162002–032004   18–82003–042005    18–162004–052006    18–142005–062007   18–132006–072008   18–82007–082009   18–9 2008–09 2010    18–132009–102011    18–15 2010–112012   18–112011–122013   18–122012–132014   18–142013–142015   18–15 2014–152016   18–142015–162017   18–152016–172018   18–162017–182019    18–92018–192020   18–82019–202021   18–152020–212022   18–132021–222023   18–152022–232024   18–142023–242025   –2024–25

 Statistics 

 Multiple champions 
+Snooker World Champions multiple timesPlayerTotalYearsStatus Joe Davis151927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946† 10/7/1978 Fred Davis81948, 1949, 1951, 1952*, 1953*, 1954*, 1955*, 1956*† 16/4/1998 John Pulman81957*,  1964, 1964, 1965, 1965, 1965, 1966, 1968† 25/12/1998 Stephen Hendry71990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999active Ronnie O'Sullivan  72001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2022active Steve Davis61981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989retired Ray Reardon61970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978retired John Higgins ¤41998, 2007, 2009, 2011active Mark Selby ¤42014, 2016, 2017, 2021active Mark Williams ¤32000, 2003, 2018active John Spencer31969, 1971, 1977† 11/7/2006 Walter Donaldson21947, 1950† 24/5/1973 Alex Higgins21972, 1982† 24/7/2010
+KeyChallenge match*World Professional Match-play Championship¤Player competed in 2019

 Champions by country 

+Champions by country (since 1969) Country Players Total First title Last title10251969202231219902011310197020182319721985111980198011199719971120102010

+Champions by country (all-time) Country Players Total First title Last title13561927202241419472011310197020182319721985221952201011198019801119971997

 Notes 

 References 

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