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The following table shows the world ranking positions of all players of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2017/18 season chronologically at the beginning of the season and according to the other tournaments after which a world ranking was published.
This world ranking served as the basis for the seeding list for certain tournaments.
player
begin
RM
CC
PHC
IO
WOO
EM
EO
IC
SM
NOK
UK
SO
GM
SSO
WGP
WHERE
GO
Pc
CO
WC
+/-
England Mark Selby
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
▬
England Ronnie O'Sullivan
14th
14th
10
10
10
10
12
9
7th
4th
4th
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
▲ 12
Wales Mark Williams
15th
16
17th
17th
17th
18th
17th
17th
17th
16
11
10
10
7th
7th
6th
6th
6th
6th
7th
3
▲ 12
Scotland John Higgins
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
4th
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4th
▼ 2
England Judd Trump
3
3
2
2
3
4th
4th
4th
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4th
5
▼ 2
China People's Republic Ding Junhui
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
2
2
2
2
3
3
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
3
6th
▼ 2
England Barry Hawkins
5
5
7th
7th
7th
7th
7th
8th
10
9
8th
7th
7th
8th
8th
8th
7th
8th
8th
6th
7th
▼ 2
England Shaun Murphy
8th
8th
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
7th
8th
7th
7th
8th
8th
▬
England Kyren Wilson
13
11
13
13
13
15th
15th
12
13
14th
15th
14th
14th
14th
14th
13
12
12
10
9
9
▲ 4
Australia Neil Robertson
7th
7th
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
7th
9
10
10
20th
15th
13
13
11
15th
15th
12
10
10
▼ 3
England Allister Carter
12
13
12
12
12
13
13
14th
12
13
14th
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
14th
15th
11
▲ 1
Northern Ireland Mark Allen
10
10
11
11
11
9
10
11
6th
7th
9
8th
8th
9
9
9
9
9
17th
16
12
▼ 2
England Stuart Bingham
9
9
9
9
9
11
9
10
11
11
12
12
12
11
11
15th
14th
13
15th
12
13
▼ 4
Scotland Anthony McGill
17th
18th
18th
18th
18th
16
16
16
16
17th
17th
15th
16
16
16
16
16
16
13
14th
14th
▲ 3
Belgium Luca Brecel
27
27
15th
15th
15th
12
11
13
14th
12
13
11
11
15th
15th
14th
13
14th
11
13
15th
▲ 12
Wales Ryan Day
18th
15th
16
16
16
17th
18th
18th
18th
18th
19th
16
17th
17th
17th
18th
18th
17th
16
17th
16
▲ 2
Scotland Stephen Maguire
24
19th
20th
20th
21st
20th
20th
20th
20th
20th
20th
18th
18th
19th
19th
17th
17th
18th
18th
18th
17th
▲ 7
Hong Kong Marco Fu
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
8th
8th
7th
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
9
11
18th
▼ 12
China People's Republic Liang Wenbo
11
12
14th
14th
14th
14th
14th
15th
15th
15th
16
17th
19th
18th
18th
19th
19th
19th
19th
19th
19th
▼ 8
England Joe Perry
22nd
22nd
23
23
24
23
23
23
23
22nd
22nd
22nd
22nd
21st
21st
22nd
22nd
22nd
22nd
22nd
20th
▲ 2
England Mark King
20th
21st
22nd
22nd
22nd
21st
21st
21st
21st
21st
21st
21st
21st
20th
20th
20th
20th
20th
20th
20th
21st
▼ 1
Scotland Graeme Dott
30th
30th
29
30th
29
28
29
30th
31
28
30th
28
28
25th
23
23
23
23
21st
21st
22nd
▲ 8
China People's Republic Yan Bingtao
56
56
55
55
55
56
56
53
37
39
27
27
26th
27
27
26th
25th
25th
24
23
23
▲ 33
England Martin Gould
16
17th
19th
19th
20th
22nd
22nd
22nd
19th
19th
18th
19th
20th
23
24
24
24
24
25th
24
24
▼ 8
China People's Republic Xiao Guodong
39
39
37
37
39
37
39
36
35
35
36
34
30th
29
29
28
27
27
27
25th
25th
▲ 14
England Jack Lisowski
54
54
57
57
58
57
55
47
44
33
35
38
38
38
38
37
35
35
33
30th
26th
▲ 28
England David Gilbert
19th
20th
21st
21st
19th
19th
19th
19th
25th
25th
24
24
24
24
25th
25th
26th
26th
26th
26th
27
▼ 8
England Ricky Walden
21st
23
24
24
23
24
24
24
22nd
23
23
23
23
22nd
22nd
21st
21st
21st
23
27
28
▼ 7
Wales Michael White
26th
26th
30th
26th
26th
26th
28
26th
27
26th
26th
26th
27
28
28
27
29
29
30th
31
29
▼ 3
England Anthony Hamilton
25th
25th
26th
27
27
27
27
28
26th
27
28
29
29
30th
30th
30th
30th
30th
29
29
30th
▼ 5
England Michael Holt
23
24
25th
25th
25th
25th
25th
25th
24
24
25th
25th
25th
26th
26th
29
28
28
28
28
31
▼ 8
England Tom Ford
31
33
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
34
37
35
36
36
38
36
36
37
33
32
▼ 1
China People's Republic Zhou Yuelong
32
31
28
29
30th
30th
26th
27
28
29
29
31
31
32
32
34
31
33
31
32
33
▼ 1
England Jimmy Robertson
38
38
35
35
35
33
34
33
38
37
37
35
37
34
34
32
34
34
34
34
34
▲ 4
England Robert Milkins
35
35
36
36
36
38
41
40
34
34
33
33
34
35
35
33
33
32
35
37
35
▬
China People's Republic Li Hang
58
58
44
46
46
36
37
38
33
38
38
36
36
37
37
36
37
37
36
36
36
▲ 22
England Ben Woollaston
28
28
31
31
31
29
30th
29
30th
31
31
32
33
33
33
35
38
38
38
41
37
▼ 9
China People's Republic Cao Yupeng
88
90
87
87
87
77
70
70
69
68
68
67
56
56
51
47
50
43
43
38
38
▲ 50
Wales Jamie Jones
36
36
45
42
44
44
44
43
45
45
47
48
47
48
46
48
48
50
48
51
39
▼ 3
England Gary Wilson
57
57
58
58
57
55
57
56
57
56
53
54
55
50
50
51
42
42
41
39
40
▲ 17
England Mark Davis
37
34
33
33
33
39
36
37
39
40
40
42
42
41
41
41
41
41
42
43
41
▼ 4
England Mark Joyce
48
46
47
47
47
46
46
45
42
42
42
40
39
40
40
39
39
39
38
40
42
▲ 6
China People's Republic Yu Delu
47
49
52
50
48
48
48
48
54
50
48
49
48
46
48
46
45
46
45
46
43
▲ 4
Norway Kurt Maflin
52
53
50
51
49
49
50
55
55
46
44
41
41
42
42
42
44
45
44
42
44
▲ 8
Iran Hossein Vafaei
59
59
62
61
59
59
59
54
51
51
50
43
44
45
45
44
46
48
47
47
45
▲ 14
Wales Dominic Dale
33
32
34
34
34
34
33
35
36
36
39
39
40
39
39
40
40
40
39
44
46
▼ 13
Wales Matthew Stevens
55
55
49
49
54
53
52
50
56
55
55
52
54
57
55
54
53
53
53
52
47
▲ 8
England Chris Wakelin
63
64
64
64
64
63
60
61
63
62
60
58
60
60
61
61
59
59
59
55
48
▲ 15
Cyprus Republic Michael Georgiou
73
72
71
71
72
70
71
71
72
72
73
72
73
73
59
57
58
54
54
54
49
▲ 24
England Stuart Carrington
46
47
48
48
51
52
51
51
52
52
52
53
51
55
52
52
55
55
55
56
50
▼ 4
Ireland Fergal O'Brien
45
45
40
40
37
41
40
42
43
44
45
46
49
49
49
49
52
52
52
45
51
▼ 6
Thailand Noppon Saengkham
64
63
63
62
63
64
64
64
64
64
64
59
58
58
58
58
47
47
46
50
52
▲ 12
England Mike Dunn
43
43
38
38
38
43
43
44
46
48
46
44
43
44
43
43
43
44
50
53
53
▼ 10
England Andrew Higginson
49
48
51
53
53
54
53
49
50
54
56
50
53
54
57
56
54
58
58
59
54
▼ 5
England Peter Ebdon
40
40
41
41
42
40
38
39
41
43
43
47
46
47
47
50
51
51
49
49
55
▼ 15
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
42
41
39
39
41
35
35
34
49
53
54
55
57
51
53
59
60
60
60
58
56
▼ 14
England Robbie Williams
53
52
56
56
56
60
63
63
48
47
49
51
52
53
56
55
56
56
56
48
57
▼ 4
Scotland Scott Donaldson
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
66
66
64
65
65
66
65
63
61
61
60
58
▲ 7
England Matthew Selt
34
37
42
43
40
42
42
41
40
41
41
45
45
43
44
45
49
49
51
57
59
▼ 25
England Liam Highfield
68
68
68
68
67
69
69
68
70
71
69
68
68
68
69
69
68
69
68
64
60
▲ 8
China People's Republic Lü Haotian
-
113
115
119
123
123
112
102
106
101
82
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
68
61
England Rory McLeod
41
42
46
45
43
45
45
57
58
57
57
56
50
52
54
53
57
57
57
61
62
▼ 21
Wales Daniel Wells
62
62
61
63
62
58
61
59
61
60
63
63
64
63
65
64
65
65
65
65
63
▼ 1
Scotland Alan McManus
29
29
27
28
28
31
31
31
29
30th
32
30th
32
31
31
31
32
31
32
35
64
▼ 35
England Oliver Lines
60
60
59
59
61
62
62
62
60
61
62
61
63
62
63
63
62
62
62
62
65
▼ 5
England John Astley
66
67
67
67
68
67
67
67
66
65
65
66
67
67
68
68
67
67
67
66
66
▬
China People's Republic Zhang Anda
67
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
67
67
67
69
69
69
71
71
71
71
71
73
67
▬
England Elliot Slessor
85
86
84
85
76
74
77
80
82
82
72
73
72
72
72
72
72
73
73
69
68
▲ 17
Wales Lee Walker
69
69
69
69
69
68
68
69
68
69
70
70
71
71
73
73
73
72
72
70
69
▬
China People's Republic Tian Pengfei
50
51
53
54
52
51
54
58
62
63
59
62
62
64
64
66
69
68
69
74
70
▼
England David Grace
44
44
43
44
45
47
47
46
47
49
51
65
66
66
67
67
66
66
66
67
71
▼ 27
England Alfie Burden
61
61
60
60
60
61
58
60
59
59
61
60
61
61
62
62
64
64
63
71
72
▼ 11
China People's Republic Mei Xiwen
70
70
70
70
70
71
72
72
71
70
71
71
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
72
73
▼ 3
England Sam Baird
51
50
54
52
50
50
49
52
53
58
58
57
59
59
60
60
61
63
64
63
74
▼ 23
Ireland Ken Doherty
-
83
79
79
75
72
73
73
74
76
75
77
78
78
79
79
79
76
76
77
75
Thailand Akani Songsermsawad
-
109
111
115
97
98
103
97
88
83
84
75
75
79
74
74
74
74
74
76
76
China People's Republic Zhao Xintong
72
73
73
74
73
75
75
77
73
74
74
76
76
75
76
76
76
77
77
78
77
▼ 5
England Hammad Miah
71
71
72
72
71
73
74
74
75
77
79
79
79
76
77
77
77
78
78
79
78
▼ 7
England Mitchell Mann
74
75
75
73
74
76
76
78
79
75
78
78
77
77
78
78
78
79
79
80
79
▼ 5
England Sam Craigie
76
76
78
78
80
78
80
82
81
81
77
82
80
81
81
81
81
81
81
75
80
▼ 4
England Martin O'Donnell
-
128
129
111
102
105
97
98
83
85
89
89
91
92
84
84
86
87
87
84
81
Wales Jak Jones
75
77
80
80
81
82
82
83
84
86
86
85
85
85
86
86
85
85
85
81
82
▼ 7
India Aditya Mehta
77
78
76
76
79
81
78
76
78
79
81
80
81
80
80
80
80
80
80
82
83
▼ 6
Wales Ian Preece
78
79
77
77
77
79
79
81
77
73
76
81
82
82
82
82
82
82
82
83
84
▼ 6
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene
-
103
106
107
101
103
96
94
98
89
92
93
92
93
90
90
89
90
90
90
85
Thailand James Wattana
-
74
74
75
78
80
81
79
80
80
83
84
84
84
85
85
83
83
83
85
86
England Adam Duffy
84
87
88
88
89
90
90
91
95
91
90
91
94
94
95
95
96
98
98
99
87
▼ 3
Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
-
99
102
101
94
92
91
75
76
78
80
83
83
83
83
83
84
84
84
86
88
England Craig Steadman
81
81
82
81
83
84
85
85
86
88
91
92
89
90
92
92
92
89
89
87
89
▼ 8
China People's Republic Fang Xiongman
79
82
83
83
84
85
84
84
85
87
87
87
87
88
89
89
88
86
86
88
90
▼ 11
China People's Republic Xu Si
-
111
113
117
85
86
86
89
92
94
98
90
86
87
88
88
87
88
88
89
91
China People's Republic Yuan Sijun
-
115
117
121
124
124
123
109
112
103
101
103
105
104
104
104
104
104
104
100
92
England Jimmy White
-
94
96
98
103
106
108
115
120
120
115
101
101
100
99
99
100
99
99
101
93
China People's Republic Wang Yuchen
80
80
81
82
82
83
83
86
87
84
85
86
88
86
87
87
90
91
91
91
94
▼ 14
England Ian Burns
-
121
98
92
93
91
93
95
91
93
97
99
99
99
100
100
91
92
92
92
95
China People's Republic Zhang Yong
-
118
120
124
127
127
124
110
94
96
95
97
95
96
93
93
94
93
93
93
96
England Peter Lines
-
129
130
106
116
117
99
100
104
109
112
94
93
89
91
91
93
94
94
94
97
China People's Republic Li Yuan
-
112
114
118
122
122
122
114
101
99
88
88
90
91
94
94
95
95
95
95
98
Finland Robin Hull
-
101
104
105
104
107
109
116
102
104
102
104
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
110
99
England Allan Taylor
-
130
91
91
92
88
88
88
90
92
96
98
96
97
97
97
98
96
96
96
100
Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong
83
85
86
86
88
89
89
87
89
90
93
95
97
95
96
96
97
97
97
97
101
▼ 18
Wales Duane Jones
-
124
125
128
115
99
104
106
110
113
108
110
113
114
113
113
116
116
116
98
102
Malta Alex Borg
82
84
85
84
86
87
87
90
93
95
94
96
98
98
98
98
99
100
100
102
103
▼ 21
England Nigel Bond
-
102
105
102
108
110
116
120
123
124
124
125
125
124
120
120
108
108
108
103
104
China People's Republic Chen Zifan
-
105
93
94
98
100
95
93
96
97
99
100
100
101
102
102
101
101
101
104
105
China People's Republic Chen Zhe
92
96
99
99
106
93
92
92
97
98
100
102
104
107
108
108
109
109
109
105
106
▼ 14
England Ashley Hugill
-
122
123
126
114
116
121
113
116
118
116
116
103
102
101
101
102
102
102
106
107
China People's Republic Niu Zhuang
-
114
116
120
113
115
120
125
108
112
107
109
107
103
103
103
103
103
103
107
108
Scotland Chris Totten
-
110
112
116
121
121
127
128
128
121
121
122
119
112
112
112
114
115
115
108
109
Scotland Eden Sharav
-
104
107
108
117
104
100
101
99
100
103
105
102
105
105
105
105
105
105
109
110
Ireland Josh Boileau
86
88
89
89
90
94
94
96
100
102
105
107
109
108
107
107
107
107
107
111
111
▼ 25
Iran Soheil Vahedi
-
108
110
114
112
114
111
118
118
108
111
113
116
117
118
116
111
110
110
112
112
England Paul Davison
-
95
97
96
100
102
107
112
115
117
114
115
118
119
119
119
121
121
121
113
113
England Billy Joe Castle
-
117
119
123
126
126
105
107
109
106
104
106
108
109
109
109
110
111
111
114
114
England Jamie Curtis-Barrett
91
92
94
95
99
101
106
111
114
116
113
114
110
110
110
110
112
112
112
115
115
▼ 24
Pakistan Hamza Akbar
-
116
118
122
125
125
128
129
127
128
128
129
127
125
124
124
124
125
125
116
116
Australia Kurt Dunham
93
97
100
100
107
109
114
119
121
122
122
123
121
121
121
121
115
113
113
117
117
▼ 24
Scotland Ross Muir
-
127
128
131
131
131
113
103
105
110
106
108
111
111
111
111
113
114
114
118
118
England Christopher Keogan
89
91
92
93
95
96
101
104
107
111
117
117
112
113
114
114
117
117
117
119
119
▼ 30
Northern Ireland Joe Swail
-
131
131
109
118
118
115
108
113
115
119
119
117
118
115
115
118
118
118
120
120
Thailand Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
87
89
90
90
91
95
98
99
103
105
109
111
114
115
116
117
119
119
119
121
121
▼ 34
England Sanderson Lam
-
125
126
129
130
130
131
131
117
107
110
112
115
116
117
118
120
120
120
122
122
Thailand Boonyarit Keattikun
90
93
95
97
96
97
102
105
111
114
118
118
120
120
122
122
122
122
122
123
123
▼ 33
England Sean O'Sullivan
-
126
127
130
105
108
110
117
119
119
120
121
123
126
126
125
126
123
123
124
124
England Rod Lawler
-
120
122
110
109
111
117
121
122
123
123
124
124
123
123
123
123
124
124
125
125
Ireland Leo Fernandez
95
119
121
125
128
128
129
130
130
130
130
120
122
122
125
126
125
126
126
126
126
▼ 31
Scotland Rhys Clark
-
123
124
127
129
129
130
122
124
125
125
126
126
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
127
Wales David John
94
98
101
103
110
112
118
123
125
126
126
127
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
▼ 34
Germany Lukas Kleckers
-
100
103
104
111
113
119
124
126
127
127
128
129
129
129
129
129
129
129
129
129
Egypt Basem Eltahhan
-
107
109
113
120
120
126
127
131
131
131
131
131
131
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
Australia Matthew Bolton
-
106
108
112
119
119
125
126
129
129
129
130
130
130
131
131
131
131
131
131
131
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