List of world champions in snooker

Joe Davis - the first world champion and with 15 titles also record world champion

Joe Davis (right) and Horace Lindrum , the first Australian world champion in 1952

Alex Higgins - world champion 1972 and 1982

Cliff Thorburn - Canada's first and only world champion (1980)

Steve Davis - he dominated in the 1980s

Dennis Taylor - 1985 World Champion

Stephen Hendry - he won seven titles between 1990 and 1999

John Parrott - 1991 World Champion

Ken Doherty - first and so far only world champion from the Republic of Ireland (1997)

John Higgins - seen here in 2007 during his second of a total of four World Championship victories

Mark Williams - World Champion 2000, 2003 and 2018

Ronnie O'Sullivan - six-time world champion (2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2020)

Peter Ebdon - World Champion 2002

Shaun Murphy - 2005 surprise world champion

Graeme Dott - 2006 World Champion

Neil Robertson - 2010 World Champion

Mark Selby - 2014, 2016 and 2017 world champion

Stuart Bingham - 2015 World Champion

The list of world champions in snooker shows all winners of the snooker world championship and their opponents in the final since the first edition in 1927.

The world championships have been organized by the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) since 1968 , previously the Billiards Association and Control Council (BA&CC) was responsible. In 1952 there were disputes between the BA&CC and some players, whereupon the latter organized a second World Cup. This ran under the name World Matchplay and lasted until 1957. In the following years there were no world championships, between 1964 and 1968 they were sometimes held several times a year on a challenge basis. The world championships have been held in the form of knockout tournaments since 1969. The venues changed constantly at first, since 1977 the Crucible Theater in Sheffield has been a permanent venue.

history

year	winner	finalist	Result	season
BACC world championships
1927	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	20:11	n / A
1928	Joe Davis	Fred Lawrence	16:13	n / A
1929	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	19:14	n / A
1930	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	25:12	n / A
1931	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	25:21	n / A
1932	Joe Davis	Clark McConachy	30:19	n / A
1933	Joe Davis	Willie Smith	25:18	n / A
1934	Joe Davis	Tom Newman	25:23	n / A
1935	Joe Davis	Willie Smith	25:20	n / A
1936	Joe Davis	Horace Lindrum	34:27	n / A
1937	Joe Davis	Horace Lindrum	32:29	n / A
1938	Joe Davis	Sidney Smith	37:24	n / A
1939	Joe Davis	Sidney Smith	43:30	n / A
1940	Joe Davis	Fred Davis	37:36	n / A
1941–1945 no world championships were held
1946	Joe Davis	Horace Lindrum	78:67	n / A
1947	Walter Donaldson	Fred Davis	82:63	n / A
1948	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	84:61	n / A
1949	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	80:65	n / A
1950	Walter Donaldson	Fred Davis	51:46	n / A
1951	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	58:39	n / A
1952	Horace Lindrum	Clark McConachy	94:49	n / A
Professional Matchplay Championship
1952	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	38:35	n / A
1953	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	37:34	n / A
1954	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	39:21	n / A
1955	Fred Davis	John Pulman	37:34	n / A
1956	Fred Davis	John Pulman	38:35	n / A
1957	John Pulman	Jackie Rea	39:34	n / A
1958–1963 no world championships were held
Challenge Matches (with the approval of BACC)
1964	John Pulman	Fred Davis	19:16	n / A
	John Pulman	Rex Williams	40:33	n / A
1965	John Pulman	Fred Davis	37:36	n / A
	John Pulman	Rex Williams	25:22	n / A
	John Pulman	Fred Van Rensburg	39:12	n / A
1966	John Pulman	Fred Davis	005: 02	n / A
1968	John Pulman	Eddie Charlton	39:34	n / A
Knockout Tournaments (WPBSA)
1969	John Spencer	Gary Owen	37:24	n / A
1970	Ray Reardon	John Pulman	37:33	n / A
1971	John Spencer	Warren Simpson	37:29	n / A
1972	Alex Higgins	John Spencer	37:32	n / A
1973	Ray Reardon	Eddie Charlton	38:32	n / A
1974	Ray Reardon	Graham Miles	22:12	n / A
1975	Ray Reardon	Eddie Charlton	31:30	n / A
1976	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	27:16	n / A
The Crucible (WPBSA)
1977	John Spencer	Cliff Thorburn	25:21	1976/77
1978	Ray Reardon	Perrie Mans	25:18	1977/78
1979	Terry Griffiths	Dennis Taylor	24:16	1978/79
1980	Cliff Thorburn	Alex Higgins	18:16	1979/80
1981	Steve Davis	Doug Mountjoy	18:12	1980/81
1982	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	18:15	1981/82
1983	Steve Davis	Cliff Thorburn	18: 06	1982/83
1984	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	18:16	1983/84
1985	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	18:17	1984/85
1986	Joe Johnson	Steve Davis	18:12	1985/86
1987	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	18:14	1986/87
1988	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	18:11	1987/88
1989	Steve Davis	John Parrott	18: 03	1988/89
1990	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18:12	1989/90
1991	John Parrott	Jimmy White	18:11	1990/91
1992	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18:14	1991/92
1993	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18: 05	1992/93
1994	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18:17	1993/94
1995	Stephen Hendry	Nigel Bond	18: 09	1994/95
1996	Stephen Hendry	Peter Ebdon	18:12	1995/96
1997	Ken Doherty	Stephen Hendry	18:12	1996/97
1998	John Higgins	Ken Doherty	18:12	1997/98
1999	Stephen Hendry	Mark Williams	18:11	1998/99
2000	Mark Williams	Matthew Stevens	18:16	1999/2000
2001	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	18:14	2000/01
2002	Peter Ebdon	Stephen Hendry	18:17	2001/02
2003	Mark Williams	Ken Doherty	18:16	2002/03
2004	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Graeme Dott	18: 08	2003/04
2005	Shaun Murphy	Matthew Stevens	18:16	2004/05
2006	Graeme Dott	Peter Ebdon	18:14	2005/06
2007	John Higgins	Mark Selby	18:13	2006/07
2008	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ali Carter	18: 08	2007/08
2009	John Higgins	Shaun Murphy	18: 09	2008/09
2010	Neil Robertson	Graeme Dott	18:13	2009/10
2011	John Higgins	Judd Trump	18:15	2010/11
2012	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ali Carter	18:11	2011/12
2013	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Barry Hawkins	18:12	2012/13
2014	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	18:14	2013/14
2015	Stuart Bingham	Shaun Murphy	18:15	2014/15
2016	Mark Selby	Ding Junhui	18:14	2015/16
2017	Mark Selby	John Higgins	18:15	2016/17
2018	Mark Williams	John Higgins	18:16	2017/18
2019	Judd Trump	John Higgins	18: 09	2018/19
2020	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Kyren Wilson	18: 08	2019/20

Player rating

Active players are marked in bold .

space	player	Victories	Year (s)
1.	Joe Davis	15th	1927-1940, 1946
2.	Fred Davis	8th	1948, 1949, 1951, 1952–1956 (World Matchplay)
2.	John Pulman	8th	1957 (World Matchplay), 1964 (2 ×), 1965 (3 ×), 1966, 1968
4th	Stephen Hendry	7th	1990, 1992-1996, 1999
5.	Ray Reardon	6th	1970, 1973-1976, 1978
5.	Steve Davis	6th	1981, 1983, 1984, 1987-1989
5.	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6th	2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020
8th.	John Higgins	4th	1998, 2007, 2009, 2011
9.	John Spencer	3	1969, 1971, 1977
9.	Mark Williams	3	2000, 2003, 2018
9.	Mark Selby	3	2014, 2016, 2017
12.	Walter Donaldson	2	1947, 1950
12.	Alex Higgins	2	1972, 1982
14th	Horace Lindrum	1	1952
14th	Terry Griffiths	1	1979
14th	Cliff Thorburn	1	1980
14th	Dennis Taylor	1	1985
14th	Joe Johnson	1	1986
14th	John Parrott	1	1991
14th	Ken Doherty	1	1997
14th	Peter Ebdon	1	2002
14th	Shaun Murphy	1	2005
14th	Graeme Dott	1	2006
14th	Neil Robertson	1	2010
14th	Stuart Bingham	1	2015
14th	Judd Trump	1	2019

Nations ranking

space	country	player	World championships
1.	England	13	55
2.	Scotland	4th	14th
3.	Wales	3	10
4th	Northern Ireland	2	3
5.	Australia	2	2
6th	Canada	1	1
6th	Ireland	1	1

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} after matches; not after frames

Web links

• snooker.org
• fcsnooker.co.uk ( Memento from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )