Snooker world rankings 1985/1986

The professional world rankings for snooker players in the 1985–86 season are listed below.

The tournaments that counted towards these rankings were those which were open to all professional players over three seasons. These tournaments were the Jameson International Open 1982, 1983 and 1984; the Professional Players Tournament 1982 and 1983, and 1984 Rothmans Grand Prix; the 1984 UK Championship; the 1984 Lada Classic and 1985 Mercantile Credit Classic; the 1985 Dulux British Open; and the 1983, 1984 and 1985 Embassy World Championships. Steve Davis was ranked first of the 102 players included.[1]

Points tariff

In additional to standard ranking points awarded as per the table below, a "merit" point was awarded for losers in the last 32 of the World Championship, and a half merit point awarded to losers in the last 32 of other ranking tournaments. No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament. (For example, a top 16 player seeded into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match.)[1]

World ChampionshipOther Ranking Tournaments
Champion105
Runner-up84
Losing semi-finalist63
Losing Quarter-finalist42
Last 16 Loser21
Last 32 Loser1 merit point0.5 merit point

Rankings
No. 1: Steve Davis
Born (1957-08-22) August 22, 1957
Sport country England
Professional1978–2014
Highest ranking1
No. 2: Cliff Thorburn
Born (1948-01-16) January 16, 1948
Sport country Canada
Professional1972–1996
Highest ranking1
No. 3: Tony Knowles
Born (1955-06-13) June 13, 1955
Sport country England
Professional1980–1997
Highest ranking2
No.[1][2][3][4] Name Nationality
1 Steve Davis  England
2 Cliff Thorburn  Canada
3 Tony Knowles  England
4 Dennis Taylor  Northern Ireland
5 Kirk Stevens  Canada
6 Ray Reardon  Wales
7 Jimmy White  England
8 Terry Griffiths  Wales
9 Alex Higgins  Northern Ireland
10 Tony Meo  England
11 Willie Thorne  England
12 Eddie Charlton  Australia
13 Silvino Francisco  South Africa
14 David Taylor  England
15 Doug Mountjoy  Wales
16 Joe Johnson  England
17 Bill Werbeniuk  Canada
18 John Parrott  England
19 John Virgo  England
20 John Spencer  England
21 Eugene Hughes  Ireland
22 Cliff Wilson  Wales
23 Neal Foulds  England
24 Dean Reynolds  England
25 Mark Wildman  England
26 Murdo MacLeod  Scotland
27 Rex Williams  England
28 Mike Hallett  England
29 Dave Martin  England
30 Perrie Mans  South Africa
31 John Campbell  Australia
32 Dene O'Kane  New Zealand
33 Patsy Fagan  Ireland
34 Steve Newbury  Wales
35 Warren King  Australia
36 Graham Miles  England
37 Steve Longworth  England
38 Eddie Sinclair  Scotland
39 Marcel Gauvreau  Canada
40 Malcolm Bradley  England
41 George Scott  England
42 Mike Watterson  England
43 Mario Morra  Canada
44 Bob Chaperon  Canada
45 Colin Roscoe  Wales
46 Jim Donnelly  Scotland
47 Ian Williamson  England
48 Jim Meadowcroft  England
49 Wayne Jones  Wales
50 Tony Jones  England
51 Ray Edmonds  England
52 Jim Wych  Canada
53 Les Dodd  England
54 Mick Fisher  England
55 Danny Fowler  England
56 Fred Davis  England
57 Ian Black  Scotland
58 Tommy Murphy  Northern Ireland
59 Peter Francisco  South Africa
60 Paul Medati  England
61 Paddy Browne  Republic of Ireland
62 Robby Foldvari  Australia
63 Eddie McLaughlin  England
64 John Dunning  England
65 Vic Harris  England
66 Bob Harris  England
67 John Rea  Scotland
68 Tony Chappel  Wales
69 Jack McLaughlin  Northern Ireland
70 Steve Duggan  England
71 Billy Kelly  England
72 Frank Jonik  Canada
73 Clive Everton  Wales
74 Jack Fitzmaurice  England
75 Paddy Morgan  Australia
76 Jackie Rea  Northern Ireland
77 Gino Rigitano  Canada
78 Geoff Foulds  England
79 Dave Chalmers  England
80 Jimmy van Rensberg  South Africa
81 Matt Gibson  Scotland
82 Bernie Mikkelsen  Canada
83 Mike Hines  South Africa
84 Ian Anderson  Australia
85 Bill Oliver  England
86 Pascal Burke  Ireland
87 Joe Cagianello  Canada
88 Dennis Hughes  England
89 Graham Cripsey  England
90 Anthony Kearney  Ireland
91 Maurice Parkin  England
92 Bert Demarco  Scotland
93 Paul Watchorn  Ireland
94 Bernard Bennett  England
95 Derek Mienie  South Africa
96 David Greaves  England
97 Mike Darrington  England
98 Leon Heywood  Australia
99 Dessie Sheehan  Ireland
100 Roger Bales  England
101 James Giannaros  Australia
102 John Hargreaves  England
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References
  1. Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0851124488.
  2. Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  4. Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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