Official Men's Squash World Ranking
The Official Men's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for men's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance level of male professional squash player. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in men's squash tournaments. The rankings are produced monthly.[1] The current world number one is Mohamed El Shorbagy of Egypt who replaced Ali Farag in February 2020.
PSA ranking policy
Players competing in PSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The points available depend on the prize money and the draw size. The monthly rankings (issued on the 1st of the month) are used in selecting entries to tournaments and in determining the seeds.
The total number of points a player earns in the previous twelve months is divided by the number of tournaments played (a minimum divisor of ten is used) to give a ranking average. Where a player has played more than 10 tournaments the best scores may be selected (i.e. the lowest are not included) according to the Averaging Formula. (See table below.)
For example, a player who has competed in 14 events will have his best 11 scores used. These will be accumulated and divided by 11.
Players competing in PSA World Tour Events earn ranking points according to the prize money, classification of the event, and the final position in the draw the player reaches.
PSA World Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
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Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
Platinum | $164,500–$180,500 | 19188 points | 2750 | 1810 | 1100 | 675 | 410 | 250 | 153 |
Gold | $100,000–$120,500 | 10660 points | 1750 | 1150 | 700 | 430 | 260 | 160 | |
Silver | $70,000–$88,000 | 7470 points | 1225 | 805 | 490 | 300 | 182.5 | 112.5 | |
Bronze | $51,000–$53,000 | 5330 points | 875 | 575 | 350 | 215 | 130 | 80 | |
PSA World Tour Finals | Ranking Points | ||||||||
Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | Round-Robin Match Win | Undefeated bonus | ||
World Tour Finals | $165,000 | 1000 | 550 | 200 | 150 | 150 | |||
PSA Challenger Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
Challenger Tour 30 | $28,000 | 3194 points | 525 | 345 | 210 | 130 | 78 | 147.5 | |
Challenger Tour 20 | $18,000 | 2112 points | 350 | 230 | 140 | 85 | 51 | 31.5 | |
Challenger Tour 10 | $11,000 | 1218 points | 200 | 130 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 18 | |
Challenger Tour 5 | $5,500 | 609 points | 100 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 9 | |
PSA World Championships | Ranking Points | ||||||||
Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 |
PSA World Championships | $300,000 | 25045 points | 3175 | 2090 | 1270 | 780 | 475 | 290 | 177.5 |
Divisor
A divisor is selected based on the number of tournaments played during the year as shown in the table below (the minimum divisor is ten). The average is calculated from the highest points scored for this number of events over the past twelve months:
Events Played | Divisor |
1-13 | 10 |
14-15 | 11 |
16-17 | 12 |
18-19 | 13 |
20-21 | 14 |
22-23 | 15 |
Current world ranking
PSA Men's World Rankings, of August 2020[2] | ||||
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Rank | Player | Average Points | Move† | |
1 | 1804 | |||
2 | 1775 | |||
3 | 1346 | |||
4 | 1326 | |||
5 | 1086 | |||
6 | 697 | |||
7 | 651 | |||
8 | 634 | |||
9 | 522 | |||
10 | 519 | |||
11 | 492 | |||
12 | 490 | |||
13 | 452 | |||
14 | 387 | |||
15 | 382 | |||
16 | 359 | |||
17 | 353 | |||
18 | 352 | |||
19 | 349 | |||
20 | 332 |
†Change since previous month's rankings
Note: The monthly ranking for the men's squash (world ranking) is taken directly from the Professional Squash Association (PSA) official website.[3]
World No. 1 since 1975
Number one ranked players
The following is a list of players who have achieved the world number one position since February 1975 (active players in green) :
# | Player | Date reached | Total months |
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1 | January 1975 | 25 | |
2 | February 1976 | 59 | |
3 | January 1982 | 94 | |
4 | January 1988 | 97 | |
5 | July 1993 | 2 | |
6 | February 1998 | 60 | |
7 | May 1999 | 14 | |
8 | September 2001 | 5 | |
9 | January 2004 | 14 | |
10 | March 2004 | 2 | |
11 | October 2004 | 3 | |
12 | April 2006 | 33 | |
13 | January 2009 | 11 | |
14 | November 2009 | 20 | |
15 | January 2010 | 21 | |
16 | June 2010 | 19 | |
17 | January 2012 | 11 | |
18 | November 2014 | 47 | |
19 | May 2017 | 1 | |
20 | March 2019 | 11 |
Last update: August 2020
Monthly World No 1 since 1975
2018-2021
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1982–1985
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1975–1977
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Note:
1) Peter Nicol represents England since 21 March 2001.[4]
Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies since 1996
2017-2019
Rank | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
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1 | 1651 | 1852 | 2049 | |||
2 | 1429 | 1477 | 1662 | |||
3 | 1209 | 1120 | 1551 | |||
4 | 1040 | 1011 | 1484 | |||
5 | 761 | 905 | 1133 | |||
6 | 756 | 813 | 735 | |||
7 | 724 | 704 | 713 | |||
8 | 608 | 681 | 678 | |||
9 | 571 | 595 | 660 | |||
10 | 554 | 545 | 575 |
2014-2016
Rank | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |||
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1 | 1385.000 | 1554.500 | 2213 | |||
2 | 1322.000 | 1456.000 | 1380 | |||
3 | 970.500 | 1278.000 | 997 | |||
4 | 878.500 | 783.500 | 941 | |||
5 | 872.500 | 709.500 | 687 | |||
6 | 573.500 | 575.000 | 677 | |||
7 | 570.909 | 525.500 | 673 | |||
8 | 532.500 | 489.500 | 668 | |||
9 | 504.545 | 471.500 | 562 | |||
10 | 484.091 | 460.500 | 554 |
2011- 2013
Rank | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||
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1 | 1716.750 | 1082.500 | 1675.000 | |||
2 | 1392.250 | 996.000 | 1262.500 | |||
3 | 1050.750 | 995.500 | 1252.000 | |||
4 | 1028.250 | 894.500 | 1030.500 | |||
5 | 980.750 | 539.000 | 991.000 | |||
6 | 789.500 | 531.000 | 763.000 | |||
7 | 644.000 | 511.500 | 572.500 | |||
8 | 642.875 | 440.000 | 560.000 | |||
9 | 485.000 | 415.500 | 532.500 | |||
10 | 465.000 | 415.500 | 484.500 |
2008–2010
Rank | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||
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1 | 1183.125 | 940.000 | 1555.000 | |||
2 | 926.250 | 919.375 | 1224.375 | |||
3 | 900.625 | 916.875 | 983.000 | |||
4 | 840.000 | 891.250 | 718.750 | |||
5 | 834.375 | 800.000 | 715.000 | |||
6 | 653.500 | 573.125 | 685.625 | |||
7 | 611.875 | 526.000 | 570.455 | |||
8 | 513.125 | 491.875 | 513.000 | |||
9 | 459.375 | 443.750 | 406.375 | |||
10 | 453.750 | 332.500 | 406.250 |
2005–2007
Rank | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||
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1 | 872.656 | 1346.528 | 1418.125 | |||
2 | 726.944 | 1124.306 | 1039.375 | |||
3 | 702.778 | 881.250 | 833.125 | |||
4 | 685.417 | 756.818 | 786.875 | |||
5 | 672.813 | 530.625 | 666.750 | |||
6 | 611.806 | 519.375 | 661.250 | |||
7 | 587.222 | 510.833 | 542.500 | |||
8 | 535.417 | 496.250 | 503.182 | |||
9 | 376.875 | 437.500 | 428.409 | |||
10 | 357.083 | 425.625 | 415.000 |
2002–2004
Rank | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |||
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1 | 1253.125 | 791.875 | 858.333 | |||
2 | 1149.219 | 760.938 | 816.667 | |||
3 | 729.688 | 685.469 | 673.472 | |||
4 | 592.969 | 589.375 | 642.969 | |||
5 | 498.125 | 562.813 | 579.167 | |||
6 | 417.969 | 430.938 | 505.625 | |||
7 | 357.031 | 323.438 | 497.750 | |||
8 | 323.750 | 287.500 | 462.222 | |||
9 | 319.531 | 277.344 | 380.750 | |||
10 | 268.750 | 253.594 | 363.056 |
1999–2001
Rank | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |||
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1 | 888.750 | 927.500 | 1009.375 | |||
2 | 821.250 | 825.278 | 995.833 | |||
3 | 465.156 | 488.194 | 630.500 | |||
4 | 294.688 | 374.861 | 547.656 | |||
5 | 284.313 | 368.889 | 481.250 | |||
6 | 258.406 | 337.778 | 440.972 | |||
7 | 244.328 | 322.500 | 396.528 | |||
8 | 241.094 | 315.139 | 335.417 | |||
9 | 236.344 | 235.278 | 327.083 | |||
10 | 195.688 | 232.188 | 322.222 |
1996–1998
Year-end number 1
Years ended No. 1 | ||
1. | Jansher Khan | 9 |
2. | Jahangir Khan | 7 |
3. | Geoff Hunt | 5 |
4. | Peter Nicol | 4 |
5. | Amr Shabana | 3 |
Mohamed El Shorbagy | 3 | |
6. | Ramy Ashour | 2 |
Qamar Zaman | 2 | |
Grégory Gaultier | 2 | |
9. | Lee Beachill | 1 |
Karim Darwish | 1 | |
Ali Farag | 1 | |
Thierry Lincou | 1 | |
Nick Matthew | 1 | |
David Palmer | 1 | |
Jonathon Power | 1 | |
James Willstrop | 1 |
- 1975:
Qamar Zaman - 1976:
Geoff Hunt - 1977:
Geoff Hunt - 1978:
Geoff Hunt - 1979:
Geoff Hunt - 1980:
Geoff Hunt - 1981:
Qamar Zaman - 1982:
Jahangir Khan - 1983:
Jahangir Khan - 1984:
Jahangir Khan - 1985:
Jahangir Khan - 1986:
Jahangir Khan - 1987:
Jahangir Khan - 1988:
Jahangir Khan - 1989:
Jansher Khan - 1990:
Jansher Khan - 1991:
Jansher Khan - 1992:
Jansher Khan - 1993:
Jansher Khan - 1994:
Jansher Khan - 1995:
Jansher Khan - 1996:
Jansher Khan - 1997:
Jansher Khan - 1998:
Peter Nicol - 1999:
Jonathon Power - 2000:
Peter Nicol - 2001:
David Palmer - 2002:
Peter Nicol - 2003:
Peter Nicol - 2004:
Lee Beachill - 2005:
Thierry Lincou - 2006:
Amr Shabana - 2007:
Amr Shabana - 2008:
Amr Shabana - 2009:
Karim Darwish - 2010:
Ramy Ashour - 2011:
Nick Matthew - 2012:
James Willstrop - 2013:
Ramy Ashour - 2014:
Mohamed El Shorbagy - 2015:
Grégory Gaultier - 2016:
Mohamed El Shorbagy - 2017:
Grégory Gaultier - 2018:
Mohamed El Shorbagy - 2019:
Ali Farag
See also
References
- "PSA Tour Rule Book" (PDF). PSA. p. 41. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.
- "PSA WORLD RANKINGS". PSA.
- "Peter Nicol defects to England 2001". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-01-06.