List of world number one in the men's squash

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The current leader in the world rankings, Mohamed Elshorbagy .
With 100 months at the top of the squash world rankings, Jahangir Khan is the most successful player in the all-time ranking.

The list of world number one in the men's squash lists all the leaders of the individual ranking of the PSA squash world ranking since the ranking was introduced in January 1975.

The site initially lists all world number one in chronological order. In the other tables, the respective number one at the end of the year and the leaders according to the number of weeks at the top of the ranking are listed.

Since the introduction of the rating, a total of 20 players have topped the squash world rankings. The first world leader was Qamar Zaman , the current leader is Mohamed Elshorbagy . At 100 months, Jahangir Khan was the longest overall world number one, nine months longer than his longtime rival and compatriot Jansher Khan . Jahangir Khan (six years) also holds the record for the longest uninterrupted period at the top of the rankings. Both Jahangir and Jansher Khan (8 each) hold the record for most seasons that ended in position 1.

World number one in the course of the year

Player : Indicates the name of the player. The number in brackets after the name indicates how many athletes the player was at the top of the world rankings.
From : Indicates the month when the player reached the top position.
to : Indicates the month in which the player was last leader of the world rankings within the respective series.
Month number : Indicates the number of months that the player topped the world rankings within the respective series.

player from to Month number
PakistanPakistan Qamar Zaman (1) 1st January 1975 1st December 1975 12
AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt (2) January 1, 1976 1st December 1980 60
PakistanPakistan Qamar Zaman January 1, 1981 1st December 1981 12
PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan (3) January 1, 1982 1st December 1987 72
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan (4) January 1, 1988 October 1, 1988 08th
PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan November 1, 1988 October 1, 1989 12
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan November 1, 1989 February 1, 1990 04th
PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan March 1, 1990 April 1, 1990 02
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan May 1, 1990 June 1, 1990 02
PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan July 1, 1990 October 1, 1990 04th
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan November 1, 1990 1st December 1991 14th
PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan January 1, 1992 April 1, 1992 04th
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan May 1, 1992 June 1, 1992 02
PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan July 1, 1992 1st December 1992 06th
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan January 1, 1993 June 1, 1993 06th
AustraliaAustralia Chris Dittmar (5) July 1, 1993 August 1, 1993 02
PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan September 1, 1993 January 1, 1998 53
ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol (6) February 1, 1998 April 1, 1999 15th
CanadaCanada Jonathon Power (7) May 1, 1999 September 1, 1999 05
ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol October 1, 1999 October 1, 1999 01
CanadaCanada Jonathon Power November 1, 1999 January 1, 2000 03
ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol February 1, 2000 March 1, 2001 14th
CanadaCanada Jonathon Power April 1, 2001 July 1, 2001 04th
EnglandEngland Peter Nicol August 1, 2001 August 1, 2001 01
AustraliaAustralia David Palmer (8) September 1, 2001 December 1, 2001 04th
EnglandEngland Peter Nicol January 1, 2002 December 1, 2003 24
FranceFrance Thierry Lincou (9) January 1, 2004 February 1, 2004 02
ScotlandScotland John White (10) March 1, 2004 April 1, 2004 02
EnglandEngland Peter Nicol May 1, 2004 September 1, 2004 05
EnglandEngland Lee Beachill (11) October 1, 2004 December 1, 2004 03
FranceFrance Thierry Lincou January 1, 2005 December 1, 2005 12
CanadaCanada Jonathon Power January 1, 2006 January 1, 2006 01
AustraliaAustralia David Palmer February 1, 2006 February 1, 2006 01
CanadaCanada Jonathon Power March 1, 2006 March 1, 2006 01
EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana (12) April 1, 2006 December 1, 2008 33
EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish (13) January 1, 2009 October 1, 2009 10
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier (14) November 1, 2009 November 1, 2009 01
EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish December 1, 2009 December 1, 2009 01
EgyptEgypt Ramy Ashour (15) January 1, 2010 May 1, 2010 05
EnglandEngland Nick Matthew (16) June 1, 2010 August 1, 2010 03
EgyptEgypt Ramy Ashour September 1, 2010 December 1, 2010 04th
EnglandEngland Nick Matthew January 1, 2011 December 1, 2011 12
EnglandEngland James Willstrop (17) January 1, 2012 January 1, 2012 01
EnglandEngland Nick Matthew February 1, 2012 February 1, 2012 01
EnglandEngland James Willstrop March 1, 2012 December 1, 2012 10
EgyptEgypt Ramy Ashour January 1, 2013 December 1st, 2013 12
EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 1st of January 2014 1st of January 2014 01
EnglandEnglandNick Matthew Grégory Gaultier
FranceFrance		 1st of February 2014 1st of February 2014 01
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EnglandEngland Nick Matthew March 1, 2014 March 1, 2014 01
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier April 1, 2014 October 1, 2014 07th
EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy (18) November 1, 2014 October 1, 2015 13
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 1st December 2015 1st December 2015 01
EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy January 1, 2016 1st March 2017 15th
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier April 1, 2017 April 1, 2017 01
EgyptEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad (19) 1st May 2017 1st May 2017 01
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier June 1, 2017 1st February 2018 09
EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 1st March 2018 1st February 2019 12
EgyptEgypt Ali Farag (20) 1st March 2019 January 1, 2020 11
EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy February 1, 2020 current 07th

As of August 1, 2020

World number one at the end of the year

Note: The number in brackets behind the player name indicates the number of times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the world rankings at any given time.

year player year player year player
1975 PakistanPakistan Qamar Zaman 1990 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (2) 2005 FranceFrance Thierry Lincou
1976 AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt 1991 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (3) 2006 EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana
1977 AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt 1992 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (8) 2007 EgyptEgyptAmr Shabana (2)
1978 AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt 1993 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (4) 2008 EgyptEgyptAmr Shabana (3)
1979 AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt 1994 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (5) 2009 EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish
1980 AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt 1995 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (6) 2010 EgyptEgypt Ramy Ashour
1981 PakistanPakistanQamar Zaman (2) 1996 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (7) 2011 EnglandEngland Nick Matthew
1982 PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan 1997 PakistanPakistanJansher Khan (8) 2012 EnglandEngland James Willstrop
1983 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (2) 1998 ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol 2013 EgyptEgyptRamy Ashour (2)
1984 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (3) 1999 CanadaCanada Jonathon Power 2014 EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy
1985 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (4) 2000 ScotlandScotlandPeter Nicol (2) 2015 FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier
1986 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (5) 2001 AustraliaAustralia David Palmer 2016 EgyptEgyptMohamed Elshorbagy (2)
1987 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (6) 2002 EnglandEnglandPeter Nicol (3) 2017 FranceFranceGrégory Gaultier (2)
1988 PakistanPakistanJahangir Khan (7) 2003 EnglandEnglandPeter Nicol (4) 2018 EgyptEgyptMohamed Elshorbagy (3)
1989 PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan 2004 EnglandEngland Lee Beachill 2019 EgyptEgypt Ali Farag

Player at the top of the world rankings after months

Player : Indicates the name of the player. The current leader is highlighted in bold.
First time on : Indicates the date on which the player was at the top of the world rankings for the first time.
Months : Indicates the total number of months that the player was at the top of the world rankings. The position in the table is also based on this value.
Streak : Indicates the number of consecutive months the player has been at the top of the world rankings during their longest streak.

player first on Months series
01. PakistanPakistan Jahangir Khan January 1, 1982 100 072
02. PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan January 1, 1988 091 053
03. AustraliaAustralia Geoff Hunt January 1, 1976 060 060
03. ScotlandScotland/ Peter NicolEnglandEngland February 1, 1998 060 024
05. EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy November 1, 2014 047 015th
06th EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana April 1, 2006 033 033
07th PakistanPakistan Qamar Zaman 1st January 1975 024 012
08th. EgyptEgypt Ramy Ashour January 1, 2010 021st 012
09. FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier November 1, 2009 020th 009
10. EnglandEngland Nick Matthew June 1, 2010 019th 012
11. FranceFrance Thierry Lincou January 1, 2004 014th 012
11. CanadaCanada Jonathon Power May 1, 1999 014th 005
13. EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish January 1, 2009 011 010
13. EgyptEgypt Ali Farag 1st March 2019 011 011
13. EnglandEngland James Willstrop January 1, 2012 011 010
16. AustraliaAustralia David Palmer September 1, 2001 005 004th
17th EnglandEngland Lee Beachill October 1, 2004 003 003
18th AustraliaAustralia Chris Dittmar July 1, 1993 002 002
18th ScotlandScotland John White March 1, 2004 002 002
20th EgyptEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad 1st May 2017 001 001

As of August 1, 2020

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