Pool world rankings

The pool world ranking list is a world ranking list published by the world association WPA in the billiard variant pool . The participants of the world ranking tournaments of the past twelve months are listed according to their results at these tournaments. It is mostly updated after each tournament. The number of points awarded in the ranking tournaments depends on the amount of prize money paid out and the number of participants.

List of world number one

The world number one since 2011 is listed in chronological order below.

player	nation	from	to	Duration (in months)	swell
Francisco Bustamante	Philippines	January 2011	April 2011	4th
Antonio Lining	Philippines	April 2011	May 2011	1
Dennis Orcollo	Philippines	May 2011	February 2012	8th
Yukio Akakariyama	Japan	February 2012	July 2012	5
Darren Appleton	England	July 2012	November 2012	4th
Chang Jung-Lin	Chinese Taipei	November 2012	June 2013	7th
Darren Appleton	England	June 2013	September 2013	3
Thorsten Hohmann	Germany	September 2013	June 2014	9
Niels Feijen	Netherlands	June 2014	December 2014	6th
Chang Yu-Lung	Chinese Taipei	December 2014	February 2015	2
Carlo Biado	Philippines	February 2015	July 2015	5
Albin Ouschan	Austria	July 2015	September 2015	2
Ko Pin-yi	Chinese Taipei	September 2015	August 2016	11
Cheng Yu-hsuan	Chinese Taipei	August 2016	November 2016	3
Chang Jung-Lin	Chinese Taipei	November 2016	December 2016	1
Ko Pin-yi	Chinese Taipei	December 2016	June 2017	6th
Chang Jung-Lin	Chinese Taipei	June 2017	February 2018	7th
Carlo Biado	Philippines	February 2018	October 2018	8th
Eklent Kaçi	Albania	October 2018	December 2018	2
Chang Jung-Lin	Chinese Taipei	December 2018	January 2019	1
Alexander Kazakis	Greece	January 2019	February 2019	1
Joshua Filler	Germany	February 2019	January 2020	11
Ko Ping-chung	Chinese Taipei	January 2020

Current world ranking

The following table shows the 16 best placed players in the world rankings.

space	player	Points
1	Ko Ping-chung	25,263
2	Joshua Filler	23,512
3	Shane van Boening	22,574
4th	Fyodor Gorst	19,037
5	Chang Jung-Lin	19,012
6th	Ko Pin-yi	17,966
7th	Alex Pagulayan	16,215
8th	Jayson Shaw	16,000
9	Alexander Kazakis	15,900
10	Niels Feijen	15,792
11	Wu Jiaqing	15,512
12	Ralf Souquet	14,549
13	Johann Chua	14,151
14th	Billy Thorpe	13,960
15th	Carlo Biado	13,700
16	Tyler Styer	13,175
As of August 8, 2020

Web links

• Rankings on the World Pool Billiard Association website

Individual evidence

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8. ↑ Rankings. Status: All Japan Championship 2011. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on December 6, 2011 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Rankings. Status: 8-Ball World Championship 2012. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on February 19, 2012 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
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20. ↑ Rankings. Status: Member Ranking Event - China 2014. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on April 12, 2014 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
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31. ↑ Rankings. Status: CBSA International Miyun 2015. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on October 31, 2015 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
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35. ↑ Rankings. Status: Chinese 8-Ball World Championship 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on March 28, 2016 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
36. ↑ Rankings. Status: Chinese 8-Ball World Championship 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
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39. ↑ Rankings. Status: US Open 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on November 4, 2016 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
40. ↑ Rankings. Status: Kuwait Open 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
41. ↑ Rankings. Status: Kremlin Cup 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on November 16, 2016 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
42. ↑ Rankings. Status: All Japan Championship 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on December 1, 2016 ; Retrieved December 3, 2016 . 
43. ↑ Rankings. Status: CBSA Jiaxing 2016. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on December 23, 2016 ; accessed on January 22, 2017 . 
44. ↑ Rankings. Status: Molinari Players Championship 2017. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on February 2, 2017 . 
45. ↑ Rankings. Status: Aramith Masters Championship 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on May 18, 2017 ; accessed on May 18, 2017 . 
46. ↑ Rankings. Status: China Open 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on June 18, 2017 ; accessed on June 18, 2017 . 
47. ↑ Rankings. Status: CBSA Pengzhou 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on July 31, 2017 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
48. ↑ Rankings. Status: Ryo Rack Classic Championship 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on September 23, 2017 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
49. ↑ Rankings. Status: Oceana 9-Ball 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on October 16, 2017 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
50. ↑ Rankings. Status: Guri International 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on October 24, 2017 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
51. ↑ Rankings. Status: World Pool Series 2017 - Grand Final. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on November 16, 2017 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
52. ↑ Rankings. Status: 9-Ball World Championship 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on January 1, 2018 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
53. ↑ Rankings. Status: CBSA Guangzhou 2017. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on February 16, 2018 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
54. ↑ Rankings. Status: Rasson Masters Championship 2018. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on July 20, 2018 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
55. ↑ Rankings. Status: China Open 2018. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on October 15, 2018 ; accessed on October 24, 2018 . 
56. ↑ Rankings. Status: US International Open 2018. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on December 10, 2018 ; accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
57. ↑ Rankings. Status: 9-Ball World Championship 2018. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on December 21, 2018 ; accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
58. ↑ Rankings. Status: 9-Ball World Championship 2018. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on January 2, 2019 ; accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
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60. ↑ Rankings. Status: US Open 2019. In: wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, archived from the original on July 12, 2019 ; accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
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