List of world champions in snooker
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
Player rating
Active players are marked in bold .
space | player | Victories | Year (s) |
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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 |
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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
Web links
- snooker.org
- fcsnooker.co.uk ( Memento from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )