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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the rankings following the 2023 Shoot Out and German Masters:

1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 23677
2 Judd Trump 23609
3 Neil Robertson 22659
4 Mark Allen 21631
5 John Higgins 16733
6 Mark Williams 16516
7 Kyren Wilson 16361
8 Mark Selby 15108
9 Jack Lisowski 14646
10 Luca Brecel 14498
11 Ali Carter 13715
12 Yan Bingtao 12673
13 Ding Junhui 11885
14 Shaun Murphy 11692
15 Barry Hawkins 11027
16 Ricky Walden 10973

17 Anthony McGill 10771
18 Tom Ford 10665
19 Ryan Day 10251
20 David Gilbert 10077
21 Zhou Yuelong 9969
22 Zhao Xintong 9761
23 Hossein Vafaei 9459
24 Xiao Guodong 9190
25 Stuart Bingham 8914
26 Gary Wilson 8903
27 Robert Milkins 8752
28 Noppon Saengkham 8628
29 Jamie Jones 8383
30 Jimmy Robertson 8323
31 Joe Perry 7633
32 Stephen Maguire 7431
33 Matthew Selt 7417
34 Lyu Haotian 7225
35 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7191
36 Sam Craigie 7132
37 Joe O'Connor 6901
38 Yuan Sijun 6891
39 Jordan Brown 6889
40 Ben Woollaston 6802
41 Matthew Stevens 6735
42 Chris Wakelin 6659
43 Graeme Dott 6426
44 Pang Junxu 6402
45 Jak Jones 5834
46 Fan Zhengyi 5825
47 Michael White 5706
48 Martin Gould 5471

49 Anthony Hamilton 5452
50 Cao Yupeng 5326
51 Si Jiahui 5319
52 Jamie Clarke 5317
53 Ashley Hugill 5314
54 Jackson Page 5229
55 Liam Highfield 5204
56 Scott Donaldson 5048
57 Wu Yize 5037
58 Lu Ning 4996
59 Zhang Anda 4943
60 Robbie Williams 4869
61 Liang Wenbo 4750
62 Tian Pengfei 4581
63 David Grace 4435
64 Elliot Slessor 4267
65 Mark Davis 4042
66 Dominic Dale 3922
67 Li Hang 3918
68 Mark King 3845
69 Oliver Lines 3842
70 Daniel Wells 3778
71 Xu Si 3734
72 David Lilley 3657
73 Mark Joyce 3433
74 Stuart Carrington 3385
74 Andy Hicks 3385
76 Alexander Ursenbacher 3331
77 Jimmy White 3285
78 John Astley 3071
79 Duane Jones 3066
80 Hammad Miah 3053

81 Louis Heathcote 3042
82 Mitchell Mann 2951
83 Fraser Patrick 2902
84 Lei Peifan 2869
85 Fergal O'Brien 2865
86 Aaron Hill 2809
87 Ian Burns 2755
88 Peter Lines 2720
89 Dylan Emery 2671
90 Steven Hallworth 2668
91 Andrew Higginson 2662
91 Zhao Jianbo 2662
93 Ross Muir 2657
94 Craig Steadman 2631
95 Ken Doherty 2624
96 Lukas Kleckers 2583
97 Sunny Akani 2438
98 Chang Bingyu 2359
99 Kurt Maflin 2354
100 Farakh Ajaib 2345
101 Zak Surety 2344
102 James Cahill 2318
103 Martin O'Donnell 2299
104 Allan Taylor 2263
105 Ben Hancorn 2240
106 Sanderson Lam 2047
107 Zhang Jiankang 2004
108 Gerard Greene 1975
109 Barry Pinches 1960
110 Michael Holt 1956
111 Rory McLeod 1906
112 Marco Fu 1856

113 Michael Judge 1717
114 Chen Zifan 1680
115 Alfie Burden 1677
116 Julien Leclercq 1675
117 Ashley Carty 1661
118 Andy Lee 1625
119 Bai Langning 1582
120 Soheil Vahedi 1472
121 Rod Lawler 1463
122 Gao Yang 1380
123 Dean Young 1327
124 Ben Mertens 1325
125 Peng Yisong 1296
126 Andres Petrov 1271
127 Andrew Pagett 1265
128 Michael Georgiou 1248

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Highlights:

- Ronnie returns to the number one spot, moving ahead of Judd Trump despite not entering either event.
- Ali Carter's win in Germany moves him up from 16th to 11th.
- Tom Ford leaps 6 places to 18th, knocking on the door of the top 16.
- Rob Milkins re-enters the top 32, pushing out Matt Selt.
- Chris Wakelin's recent form has moved him up to 42nd, still one spot below his start of season rank.
- Jimmy White's good form continues to push him up the rankings, he's now in 77th.
- Peng Yisong enters the top 128 for the first time, at the expense of Oliver Brown.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here's the top 128, following the 2023 Welsh Open:

1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 24112
2 Judd Trump 23790
3 Mark Allen 22013
4 Neil Robertson 21759
5 John Higgins 17019
6 Mark Williams 16411
7 Kyren Wilson 16180
8 Mark Selby 15167
9 Luca Brecel 15128
10 Jack Lisowski 14801
11 Shaun Murphy 14213
12 Ali Carter 13616
13 Yan Bingtao 12572
14 Ding Junhui 11710
15 Robert Milkins 11694
16 Anthony McGill 11004

17 Barry Hawkins 10769
18 Ricky Walden 10547
19 Tom Ford 10334
20 Hossein Vafaei 10096
21 David Gilbert 9901
22 Ryan Day 9852
23 Zhao Xintong 9838
24 Zhou Yuelong 9798
25 Xiao Guodong 9047
26 Gary Wilson 8792
27 Stuart Bingham 8791
28 Noppon Saengkham 8441
29 Jamie Jones 8241
30 Pang Junxu 7920
31 Joe Perry 7867
32 Joe O'Connor 7828
33 Jimmy Robertson 7826
34 Yuan Sijun 7431
35 Stephen Maguire 7401
36 Matthew Selt 7280
37 Lyu Haotian 7184
38 Sam Craigie 7148
39 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7042
40 Jordan Brown 6843
41 Chris Wakelin 6702
42 Ben Woollaston 6672
43 Matthew Stevens 6607
44 Jak Jones 6449
45 Graeme Dott 6353
46 Tian Pengfei 6176
47 Fan Zhengyi 5767
48 Michael White 5686

49 Si Jiahui 5472
50 Jackson Page 5381
51 Martin Gould 5374
52 Anthony Hamilton 5341
53 Robbie Williams 5267
54 Cao Yupeng 5257
55 Jamie Clarke 5181
56 Wu Yize 5157
57 Liam Highfield 5136
58 Ashley Hugill 5115
59 Scott Donaldson 4995
60 Lu Ning 4937
61 Zhang Anda 4865
62 Liang Wenbo 4627
63 Daniel Wells 4475
64 Dominic Dale 4324
65 David Grace 4321
66 Elliot Slessor 4166
67 David Lilley 3892
68 Mark Davis 3873
69 Li Hang 3867
70 Mark King 3791
71 Oliver Lines 3645
72 Xu Si 3639
73 Stuart Carrington 3619
74 Andy Hicks 3541
75 Mark Joyce 3308
76 Jimmy White 3285
77 Alexander Ursenbacher 3160
78 Louis Heathcote 3109
79 Hammad Miah 3016
80 Duane Jones 2993

81 John Astley 2981
82 Aaron Hill 2959
83 Ross Muir 2916
84 Mitchell Mann 2904
85 Fraser Patrick 2858
86 Lei Peifan 2853
87 Fergal O'Brien 2770
88 Ian Burns 2723
89 Andrew Higginson 2681
90 Steven Hallworth 2581
91 Zhao Jianbo 2574
92 Dylan Emery 2572
93 Peter Lines 2529
94 Ken Doherty 2486
95 Lukas Kleckers 2468
96 Sanderson Lam 2394
97 Craig Steadman 2345
98 Sunny Akani 2321
99 Kurt Maflin 2315
100 Farakh Ajaib 2306
101 Zak Surety 2267
102 James Cahill 2245
103 Chang Bingyu 2184
104 Martin O'Donnell 2176
105 Allan Taylor 2157
106 Ben Hancorn 2123
107 Marco Fu 1951
108 Julien Leclercq 1943
109 Zhang Jiankang 1920
110 Michael Holt 1895
111 Barry Pinches 1832
112 Rory McLeod 1831

113 Gerard Greene 1795
114 Alfie Burden 1771
115 Ben Mertens 1691
116 Andy Lee 1679
117 Michael Judge 1669
118 Chen Zifan 1594
119 Ashley Carty 1569
120 Rod Lawler 1566
121 Soheil Vahedi 1421
122 Peng Yisong 1364
123 Dean Young 1353
124 Gao Yang 1333
125 Bai Langning 1313
126 Andres Petrov 1271
127 Oliver Brown 1213
128 Michael Georgiou 1199

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

There are some significant changes in this revision. Highlights:

- Ronnie stays at number one (but is certain to drop after the Players Championship)
- Mark Allen moves back above Robertson into third
- Rob Milkins moves into the top 16. This is the highest he's been ranked since December 2014.
- McGill is also back into the elite group. Hawkins and Walden drop out.
- Pang Junxu and Joe O'Connor enter the top 32 for the first time. Jimmy Robertson and Stephen Maguire slip out.
- Tian Pengfei leaps 16 spots to 46th.
- Amateur Daniel Wells rises into the top 64. It's the second time in his career that he's risen into the 64 whilest holding amateur status.
- Dominic Dale returns to the top 64. Grace and Slessor move into the >64 danger zone.
- 47 year-old David Lilley is at a career high 67th spot.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the WST Classic, Mark Allen becomes the 19th player to be ranked at number 1.

The 8 players in the upcoming Tour Championship belong in the top 20 of the rankings. Here is said top 20, with TC participants highlighted:

1 Mark Allen 22005
2 Judd Trump 21769
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21074
4 Neil Robertson 20787
5 Mark Selby 16900
6 John Higgins 16667
7 Kyren Wilson 16481
8 Shaun Murphy 16238
9 Luca Brecel 15606
10 Ali Carter 15436
11 Mark Williams 14935
12 Jack Lisowski 13892
13 Robert Milkins 11922
14 Yan Bingtao 11698
15 Ding Junhui 10949
16 Anthony McGill 10574
17 Gary Wilson 10125
18 Tom Ford 9940
19 Ricky Walden 9546
20 Ryan Day 9472

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

gninnur karona wrote:Hopefully all well in chengdufanland.

Are you planning to reveal your end-season rankings soon?

Yes! Thanks for asking Gninnur :-)
I just got back from England yesterday. I'm a bit jet-lagged, but otherwise ok.


I will hopefully post something here after work today.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the 2022-2023 end of season rankings. Let's start with the top 16. The number next to the ranking is the player's change in rank since the start of the season:

1 +12 Mark Allen 23922
2 +3 Mark Selby 23661
3 -2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 22067
4 +6 Luca Brecel 21185
5 -3 Judd Trump 20684
6 +8 Shaun Murphy 19140
7 -4 Neil Robertson 19112
8 -2 Kyren Wilson 18754
9 -5 John Higgins 16788
10 +10 Ali Carter 15245
11 -4 Mark Williams 14714
12 -3 Jack Lisowski 14254
13 +4 Anthony McGill 13825
14 +23 Robert Milkins 12620
15 +4 Ding Junhui 12339
16 -8 Yan Bingtao 11055

- Mark Allen's stellar early season form, along with his WC Semi-Final run and a lack of form from the big hitters, ensures he finishes the season as the number 1.
- Mark Selby 's run to the final sees him jump from 7th to 2nd.
- Luca's win sees him climb to his highest ever position of 4th.
- Yan Bingtao remains in the top 16, despite missing a fair chunk of the campaign.
- The biggest surprise of the season is arguably the form of old-timers Ali Carter and Rob Milkins, both enjoying some of the best spells of their careers.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Next, the 17-66 bracket. In these rankings, only 2 suspended players were in the top 66, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong. As Mark King and Lu Ning did not make the top 66, these would have been the players who would have retained their professional status based on ranking, had this ranking system been the official one:

17 +28 Gary Wilson 10737
18 +52 Si Jiahui 10668
19 +2 Hossein Vafaei 10485
20 +33 Pang Junxu 10342
21 +11 Ryan Day 9825
22 -7 Ricky Walden 9650
23 +2 Tom Ford 9512
24 +12 Jak Jones 9490
25 -7 David Gilbert 9468
26 +1 Noppon Saengkham 9462
27 -16 Stuart Bingham 9459
28 +30 Joe O'Connor 9066
29 -17 Zhao Xintong 9042
30 -14 Barry Hawkins 8963
31 -7 Zhou Yuelong 8794
32 -1 Joe Perry 7991
33 +11 Xiao Guodong 7951
34 -1 Jamie Jones 7604
35 -9 Jimmy Robertson 7384
36 -14 Matthew Selt 7378
37 +9 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7274
38 -15 Stephen Maguire 6901
39 +2 Chris Wakelin 6886
40 +3 Matthew Stevens 6865
41 +15 Yuan Sijun 6811
42 +5 Lyu Haotian 6485
43 -5 Sam Craigie 6301
44 +5 Jackson Page 6266
45 -6 Fan Zhengyi 6087
46 -12 Ben Woollaston 6003
47 +46 Wu Yize 5993
48 +27 Tian Pengfei 5951
49 -20 Jordan Brown 5730
50 +21 Cao Yupeng 5714
51 +16 Robbie Williams 5618
52 -17 Graeme Dott 5596
53 +11 Zhang Anda 5537
54 +3 Scott Donaldson 5509
55 -7 Anthony Hamilton 5273
56 +4 Michael White 5266
57 +12 David Grace 5211
58 -3 Ashley Hugill 5187
59 -5 Jamie Clarke 5022
60 -20 Liam Highfield 4959
61 -33 Martin Gould 4955
62 +67 Daniel Wells 4926
63 -2 Elliot Slessor 4800
64 +28 Xu Si 4780
65 -6 Mark Davis 4737
66 -4 Oliver Lines 4542

Those in green have completed the second year of their 2-year card.
Those in blue have completed their first year of a 2-year card.
Daniel Wells is an amateur

- Michael White, Ashley Hugill and Daniel Wells did not finish in the official top 68.
- Dominic Dale, Andy Hicks and Mark Joyce (as well as Mark King and Lu Ning) would not have qualified to retain their professional status by ranking had this system been used.
- Si Jiahui's run to the semi-final and Daniel Wells' excellent season ensure they are the highest risers, moving up 52 spots from 70th and 67 spots from 129th respectively.
- Other players in this group with strong seasons include Gary Wilson, Pang Junxu, Joe O'Connor, Wu Yize and Xu Si.
- The biggest falls were by Stuart Bingham, Zhao Xintong, Jordan Brown, Graeme Dott, Liam Highfield and Martin Gould.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Finally, the rankings from 67 down to 165, which includes all the remaining professionals.

67 +7 Dominic Dale 4310
68 +22 David Lilley 4120
69 +44 John Astley 3794

70 -28 Lu Ning 3761
71 +43 Jimmy White 3754
72 +4 Andy Hicks 3641

73 -1 Mark Joyce 3552
74 -44 Liang Wenbo 3454
75 -23 Mark King 3432
76 -25 Li Hang 3409
77 +1 Andrew Higginson 3402
78 +25 James Cahill 3340
79 +15 Lukas Kleckers 3296
80 +27 Aaron Hill 3091

81 +27 Ian Burns 3044
82 +28 Hammad Miah 3005
83 -1 Louis Heathcote 2972

84 +38 Sanderson Lam 2887
85 -19 Stuart Carrington 2769
86 +3 Ken Doherty 2768
87 +18 Ross Muir 2752
88 -1 Peter Lines 2708
89 -1 Duane Jones 2647

90 -17 Alexander Ursenbacher 2644
91 +64 Ben Mertens 2500
92 -13 Lei Peifan 2492
93 -7 Steven Hallworth 2485
94 +33 Dylan Emery 2483
95 -4 Fraser Patrick 2409
96 -28 Martin O'Donnell 2366
97 -32 Fergal O'Brien 2346
98 -14 Allan Taylor 2341
99 +12 Zak Surety 2317

100 -15 Mitchell Mann 2289
101 -4 Craig Steadman 2247

102 -25 Michael Holt 2236
103 +29 Alfie Burden 2173
104 +60 Julien Leclercq 2157
105 -10 Zhao Jianbo 2112
106 +6 Barry Pinches 2066
107 +16 Farakh Ajaib 2041
108 +57 Marco Fu 2027
109 +16 Andrew Pagett 1924
110 -27 Chang Bingyu 1788
111 -7 Gerard Greene 1728

112 -14 Rory McLeod 1689
113 +89 Sean O'Sullivan 1672
114 -64 Kurt Maflin 1633
115 +89 Andy Lee 1574
116 +17 Michael Judge 1560
117 -54 Sunny Akani 1528
118 +1 Zhang Jiankang 1509
119 +39 Haydon Pinhey 1452
120 +10 Rod Lawler 1443
121 +10 Dean Young 1436
122 -41 Ben Hancorn 1416
123 NEW Peng Yisong 1375
124 NEW Andres Petrov 1318

125 -7 Michael Georgiou 1253
126 -27 Jamie O'Neill 1239
127 -3 Iulian Boiko 1208
128 +80 Adam Duffy 1207
129 NEW Asjad Iqbal 1192

130 -30 Gao Yang 1186
131 -22 Bai Langning 1175
132 NEW Dechawat Poomjaeng 1146
133 +23 Oliver Brown 1106

134 -54 Ashley Carty 1086
135 -20 Chen Zifan 1070
136 +5 Liam Davies 1035
137 NEW Mohamed Ibrahim 950
138 +2 Ng On Yee 904
139 -1 Reanne Evans 893

140 -24 Peter Devlin 843
141 -45 Soheil Vahedi 819
142 +10 Florian Nüßle 774

143 NEW Anton Kazakov 762
144 -39 Lee Walker 713
145 NEW Muhammad Asif 710
146 -45 Nigel Bond 703
147 NEW Ryan Thomerson 665
148 -46 Simon Lichtenberg 655
149 +44 Mink Nutcharut 638
150 -30 Jamie Wilson 622
151 NEW Jenson Kendrick 579
152 +23 Ian Martin 517
153 NEW Himanshu Jain 488
154 NEW Luke Simmonds 434
155 -1 Robbie McGuigan 372
156 -22 Billy Castle 350
157 +25 Stan Moody 346
158 -41 Igor Figueiredo 302
159 +16 Liam Graham 292
160 NEW George Pragnell 288
161 -18 Paul Deaville 268
162 -20 Simon Blackwell 254

163 -14 Stephen Hendry 248
164 +10 Rebecca Kenna 218
165 NEW Victor Sarkis 209