| Current Rank | Picture | Player | Last Season's Rank | Ranking Points |
| 1 |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | 46,775 |
| 2 |
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Mark J Williams | 1 | 44,462 |
| 3 |
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Stephen Hendry MBE | 2 | 40,950 |
| 4 |
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Paul Hunter | 8 | 40,375 |
| 5 |
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John Higgins | 4 | 36,487 |
| 6 |
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Matthew Stevens | 9 | 33,325 |
| 7 |
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Ken Doherty | 6 | 32,212 |
| 8 |
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Peter Ebdon | 7 | 31,550 |
| 9 |
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Stephen Lee | 5 | 30,700 |
| 10 |
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Alan McManus | 10 | 29,250 |
| 11 |
 |
Jimmy White MBE | 15 | 28,137 |
| 12 |
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Chris Small | 18 | 27,550 |
| 13 |
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Steve Davis OBE | 11 | 27,087 |
| 14 | David Gray | 12 | 26,912 | |
| 15 |
 |
Graeme Dott | 13 | 26,312 |
| 16 |
 |
Marco Fu | 19 | 26,212 |
| 17 | Ian McCulloch | 26 | 25,350 | |
| 18 |
 |
Quinten Hann | 14 | 25,312 |
| 19 | Allister Carter | 37 | 24,850 | |
| 20 |
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Joe Perry | 16 | 24,837 |
| 21 | Barry Pinches | 36 | 23,750 | |
| 22 |
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Tony Drago | 24 | 23,675 |
| 23 |
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Mark King | 22 | 23,562 |
| 24 | Stephen Maguire | 41 | 23,050 | |
| 25 |
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Anthony Hamilton | 20 | 22,974 |
| 26 | Gerard Greene | 38 | 22,325 | |
| 27 |
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Drew Henry | 25 | 22,150 |
| 28 | Robert Milkins | 21 | 21,762 | |
| 29 | Michael Holt | 39 | 21,600 | |
| 30 |
 |
Joe Swail | 27 | 20,999 |
| 31 |
 |
John Parrott MBE | 30 | 20,887 |
| 32 |
 |
Dominic Dale | 28 | 20,725 |
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| 33 |
 |
James Wattana | 34 | 20,187 |
| 34 |
 |
Dave Harold | 23 | 19,275 |
| 35 |
 |
Nigel Bond | 40 | 19,162 |
| 41 |
 |
Fergal O'Brien | 33 | 17,037 |
| 42 |
 |
Michael Judge | 37 | 16,987 |
| ?? |
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Billy Snaddon | ?? | ???? |