List of players to appear in the World Snooker Championship
This article lists every player to have competed in the World Snooker Championship (not including qualifiers) since 1969, when the championship reverted to a knockout format, following the title being decided in a series of challenge matches from 1964 to 1968.
Players
Player | Country | Debut | Last appearance |
Total appearances |
Best |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Pulman | ![]() |
1969 | 1980 | 11 | Runner-up (x1 – 1970) |
John Spencer | ![]() |
1969 | 1986 | 18 | Winner (x3 – 1969, 1971, 1977) |
Rex Williams | ![]() |
1969 | 1988 | 15 | Semi-final (x3 – 1969, 1982, 1974) |
Bernard Bennett | ![]() |
1969 | 1974 | 4 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1969) |
Gary Owen | ![]() |
1969 | 1976 | 7 | Runner-up (x1 – 1969) |
Jackie Rea | ![]() |
1969 | |||
Fred Davis | ![]() |
1969 | 1984 | 14 | Semi-final (x3 – 1969, 1974, 1978) |
Ray Reardon | ![]() |
1969 | 1987 | 19 | Winner (x6 – 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978) |
David Taylor | ![]() |
1970 | 1987 | 17 | Semi-final (x1 – 1980) |
Eddie Charlton | ![]() |
1971 | 1992 | 21 | Runner-up (x2 – 1973, 1975) |
Warren Simpson | ![]() |
1971 | |||
Paddy Morgan | ![]() |
1971 | |||
Perrie Mans | ![]() |
1971 | 1986 | 13 | Runner-up (x1 – 1978) |
Norman Squire | ![]() |
1971 | 1971 | 1 | |
Alex Higgins | ![]() |
1972 | 1994 | 19 | Winner (x2 – 1972, 1982) |
John Dunning | ![]() |
1972 | |||
Pat Houlihan | ![]() |
1973 | |||
David Greaves | ![]() |
1973 | |||
Graham Miles | ![]() |
1973 | |||
Geoff Thompson | ![]() |
1973 | |||
Ron Gross | ![]() |
1973 | |||
Maurice Parkin | ![]() |
1973 | |||
Jim Meadowcroft | ![]() |
1973 | |||
Cliff Thorburn | ![]() |
1973 | 1994 | 19 | Winner (x1 – 1980) |
Dennis Taylor | ![]() |
1973 | 1994 | 21 | Winner (x1 – 1985) |
Kingsley Kennerley | ![]() |
1974 | 1974 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1974) |
Marcus Owen | ![]() |
1974 | 1974 | 1 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1974) |
Bill Werbeniuk | ![]() |
1974 | 1988 | 13 | Quarter-final (x4 – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983) |
Ian Anderson | ![]() |
1974 | 1975 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 1975) |
Sydney Lee | ![]() |
1974 | 1974 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1974) |
Ron Mares | ![]() |
1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1975) |
Phil Tarrant | ![]() |
1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1975) |
Rex King | ![]() |
1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1975) |
Lou Condo | ![]() |
1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1975) |
Patsy Fagan | ![]() |
1977 | 1985 | 5 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1978) |
John Virgo | ![]() |
1977 | 1991 | 14 | Semi-final (x1 – 1979) |
Willie Thorne | ![]() |
1977 | 1996 | 19 | Quarter-final (x2 – 1982, 1986) |
Doug Mountjoy | ![]() |
1977 | 1993 | 17 | Runner-up (x1 – 1981) |
Steve Davis | ![]() |
1979 | 2010 | 30 | Winner (x6 – 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989) |
Kirk Stevens | ![]() |
1979 | 1988 | 10 | Semi-final (x1 – 1980) |
Terry Griffiths | ![]() |
1979 | 1997 | 19 | Winner (x1 – 1979) |
Tony Meo | ![]() |
1980 | 1991 | 11 | Semi-final (x1 – 1989) |
Cliff Wilson | ![]() |
1980 | 1990 | 8 | 1st round (x8 – 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990) |
Jim Wych | ![]() |
1980 | |||
Ray Edmonds | ![]() |
1980 | |||
Jimmy White | ![]() |
1981 | 2006 | 25 | Runner-up (x6 – 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) |
Tony Knowles | ![]() |
1981 | 1992 | 12 | Semi-final (x3 – 1983, 1985, 1986) |
Dave Martin | ![]() |
1981 | |||
John Bear | ![]() |
1982 | |||
Silvino Francisco | ![]() |
1982 | 1989 | 8 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1982) |
Dean Reynolds | ![]() |
1982 | 1993 | 11 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1989) |
Mike Hallett | ![]() |
1982 | 1992 | 13 | Quarter-final (x2 – 1987, 1989) |
Jim Donnelly | ![]() |
1982 | |||
Jack Fitzmaurice | ![]() |
1982 | |||
Les Dodd | ![]() |
1983 | |||
Mark Wildman | ![]() |
1983 | |||
John Campbell | ![]() |
1983 | |||
Ian Black | ![]() |
1983 | |||
Mick Fisher | ![]() |
1983 | |||
Eugene Hughes | ![]() |
1983 | |||
Warren King | ![]() |
1984 | |||
Paul Mifsud | ![]() |
1984 | |||
Eddie Sinclair | ![]() |
1984 | |||
Marcel Gauvreau | ![]() |
1984 | |||
Roy Andrewartha | ![]() |
1984 | |||
Neal Foulds | ![]() |
1984 | 1996 | 11 | Semi-final (x1 – 1987) |
Joe Johnson | ![]() |
1984 | 1991 | 8 | Winner (x1 – 1986) |
John Parrott | ![]() |
1984 | 2007 | 23 | Winner (x1 – 1991) |
Mario Morra | ![]() |
1984 | |||
Tony Jones | ![]() |
1985 | |||
Murdo MacLeod | ![]() |
1985 | |||
Dene O'Kane | ![]() |
1985 | |||
Wayne Jones | ![]() |
1985 | |||
Danny Fowler | ![]() |
1986 | |||
Stephen Hendry | ![]() |
1986 | 2012 | 27 | Winner (x7 – 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999) |
Barry West | ![]() |
1987 | |||
Steve Longworth | ![]() |
1987 | |||
Jon Wright | ![]() |
1987 | |||
Mark Bennett | ![]() |
1987 | |||
Bob Chaperon | ![]() |
1988 | |||
Tony Drago | ![]() |
1988 | 2005 | 13 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1988) |
Peter Francisco | ![]() |
1988 | 1995 | 5 | 1st round (x5 – 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995) |
Steve James | ![]() |
1988 | 1999 | 9 | Semi-final (x1 – 1991) |
Steve Newbury | ![]() |
1989 | |||
Darren Morgan | ![]() |
1989 | 2000 | 10 | Semi-final (x1 – 1994) |
Steve Duggan | ![]() |
1989 | |||
David Roe | ![]() |
1989 | 2001 | 6 | 2nd round (x2 – 1989, 1995) |
Joe O'Boye | ![]() |
1989 | |||
Paddy Browne | ![]() |
1989 | |||
Gary Wilkinson | ![]() |
1989 | 2003 | 10 | Quarter-final (x2 – 1991, 1995) |
Brady Gollan | ![]() |
1990 | |||
Nigel Gilbert | ![]() |
1990 | |||
Tony Chappel | ![]() |
1990 | |||
Alain Robidoux | ![]() |
1990 | 1999 | 9 | Semi-final (x1 – 1997) |
Craig Edwards | ![]() |
1991 | |||
Ken Doherty | ![]() |
1991 | 2014 | 19 | Winner (x1 – 1997) |
Ian Graham | ![]() |
1991 | |||
Barry Pinches | ![]() |
1991 | 2005 | 3 | 2nd round (x1 – 2004) |
Martin Clark | ![]() |
1991 | 1996 | 5 | 2nd round (x3 – 1991, 1992, 1993) |
Alan McManus | ![]() |
1991 | 2020 | 21 | Semi-final (x3 – 1992, 1993, 2016) |
Nick Dyson | ![]() |
1991 | |||
Robert Marshall | ![]() |
1991 | |||
Stephen Murphy | ![]() |
1992 | |||
Mark Johnston-Allen | ![]() |
1992 | |||
Peter Ebdon | ![]() |
1992 | 2017 | 23 | Winner (x1 – 2002) |
James Wattana | ![]() |
1992 | 2006 | 13 | Semi-final (x2 – 1993, 1997) |
Jason Ferguson | ![]() |
1992 | 1998 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 1992, 1996, 1998) |
Mick Price | ![]() |
1992 | 1997 | 3 | 2nd round (x1 – 1992) |
Chris Small | ![]() |
1992 | 2005 | 8 | 2nd round (x3 – 1992, 1999, 2001) |
Nigel Bond | ![]() |
1992 | 2009 | 15 | Runner-up (x1 – 1995) |
Shaun Mellish | ![]() |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1993) |
Joe Swail | ![]() |
1993 | 2009 | 12 | Semi-final (x2 – 2000, 2001) |
Stephen O'Connor | ![]() |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1993) |
Spencer Dunn | ![]() |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1993) |
Ronnie O'Sullivan | ![]() |
1993 | 2020 | 28 | Winner (x6 – 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020) |
John Giles | ![]() |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1993) |
Brian Morgan | ![]() |
1993 | 1997 | 4 | 2nd round (x1 – 1994) |
Karl Payne | ![]() |
1993 | 1993 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1993) |
Surinder Gill | ![]() |
1994 | 1994 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1994) |
Dave Harold | ![]() |
1994 | 2011 | 11 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1996) |
Billy Snaddon | ![]() |
1994 | 2001 | 5 | 1st round (x5 – 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001) |
Drew Henry | ![]() |
1994 | 2005 | 6 | 2nd round (x2 – 2000, 2003) |
Mark Davis | ![]() |
1994 | 2019 | 11 | 2nd round (x3 – 1995, 2010, 2013) |
Mark King | ![]() |
1994 | 2020 | 12 | 2nd round (x7 – 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013) |
Gary Ponting | ![]() |
1994 | 1994 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1994) |
Fergal O'Brien | ![]() |
1994 | 2017 | 10 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2000) |
Anthony Davies | ![]() |
1994 | 2002 | 3 | 2nd round (x1 – 2002) |
Stefan Mazrocis | ![]() |
1995 | 1997 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 1997) |
Rod Lawler | ![]() |
1995 | 1996 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 1996) |
John Higgins | ![]() |
1995 | 2020 | 26 | Winner (x4 – 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011) |
Tai Pichit | ![]() |
1995 | 1995 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1995) |
Andy Hicks | ![]() |
1995 | 2007 | 8 | Semi-final (x1 – 1995) |
Stephen Lee | ![]() |
1995 | 2012 | 17 | Semi-final (x1 – 2003) |
Anthony Hamilton | ![]() |
1996 | 2008 | 12 | Quarter-final (x4 – 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007) |
Nick Terry | ![]() |
1996 | 1996 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1996) |
Jamie Burnett | ![]() |
1996 | 2014 | 4 | 1st round (x4 – 1996, 2009, 2011, 2014) |
Euan Henderson | ![]() |
1996 | 1996 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1996) |
Jimmy Michie | ![]() |
1996 | 1996 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1996) |
Mark Williams | ![]() |
1997 | 2020 | 22 | Winner (x3 – 2000, 2003, 2018) |
Lee Walker | ![]() |
1997 | 2004 | 3 | Quarter-final (x1 – 1997) |
David McLellan | ![]() |
1997 | 1997 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1997) |
Bradley Jones | ![]() |
1997 | 1997 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1997) |
Graham Horne | ![]() |
1997 | 1997 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1997) |
Dominic Dale | ![]() |
1997 | 2014 | 9 | Quarter-final (x2 – 2000, 2014) |
Graeme Dott | ![]() |
1997 | 2019 | 20 | Winner (x1 – 2006) |
Alfie Burden | ![]() |
1998 | 1998 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1998) |
Simon Bedford | ![]() |
1998 | 1998 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1998) |
Quinten Hann | ![]() |
1998 | 2005 | 6 | 2nd round (x2 – 2002, 2003) |
David Gray | ![]() |
1998 | 2006 | 6 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2004) |
Peter Lines | ![]() |
1998 | 1998 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1998) |
Terry Murphy | ![]() |
1998 | 1999 | 2 | 1st round (x2 – 1998, 1999) |
Jason Prince | ![]() |
1998 | 1998 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1998) |
Matthew Stevens | ![]() |
1998 | 2020 | 17 | Runner-up (x2 – 2000, 2005) |
Gerard Greene | ![]() |
1999 | 2010 | 5 | 1st round (x5 – 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010) |
Nick Walker | ![]() |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 1999) |
Marco Fu | ![]() |
1999 | 2018 | 18 | Semi-final (x2 – 2006, 2016) |
Ian McCulloch | ![]() |
1999 | 2007 | 5 | Semi-final (x1 – 2005) |
Paul Hunter | ![]() |
1999 | 2006 | 8 | Semi-final (x1 – 2003) |
Joe Perry | ![]() |
1999 | 2019 | 16 | Semi-final (x1 – 2008) |
John Lardner | ![]() |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1999) |
Leo Fernandez | ![]() |
1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 1999) |
Stuart Bingham | ![]() |
2000 | 2020 | 14 | Winner (x1 – 2015) |
John Read | ![]() |
2000 | 2000 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2000) |
Kristján Helgason | ![]() |
2000 | 2000 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2000) |
Marcus Campbell | ![]() |
2001 | 2013 | 4 | 1st round (x4 – 2001, 2010, 2011, 2013) |
Patrick Wallace | ![]() |
2001 | 2001 | 1 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2001) |
Michael Judge | ![]() |
2001 | 2008 | 3 | 2nd round (x1 – 2001) |
Sean Storey | ![]() |
2001 | 2003 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 2003) |
Robin Hull | ![]() |
2002 | 2015 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 2002, 2014, 2015) |
Mike Dunn | ![]() |
2002 | 2002 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2002) |
Shaun Murphy | ![]() |
2002 | 2020 | 18 | Winner (x1 – 2005) |
Robert Milkins | ![]() |
2002 | 2018 | 8 | 2nd round (x3 – 2002, 2013, 2018) |
Ali Carter | ![]() |
2003 | 2019 | 17 | Runner-up (x2 – 2008, 2012) |
Stuart Pettman | ![]() |
2003 | 2010 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 2003, 2004, 2010) |
Ryan Day | ![]() |
2004 | 2018 | 13 | Quarter-final (x3 – 2008, 2009, 2012) |
Stephen Maguire | ![]() |
2004 | 2020 | 17 | Semi-final (x2 – 2007, 2012) |
Michael Holt | ![]() |
2005 | 2016 | 8 | 2nd round (x2 – 2005, 2016) |
Mark Selby | ![]() |
2005 | 2020 | 16 | Winner (x3 – 2014, 2016, 2017) |
Neil Robertson | ![]() |
2005 | 2020 | 16 | Winner (x1 – 2010) |
Barry Hawkins | ![]() |
2006 | 2020 | 15 | Runner-up (x1 – 2013) |
Joe Delaney | ![]() |
2007 | 2007 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2007) |
Ding Junhui | ![]() |
2007 | 2020 | 14 | Runner-up (x1 – 2016) |
Judd Trump | ![]() |
2007 | 2020 | 11 | Winner (x1 – 2019) |
Mark Allen | ![]() |
2007 | 2020 | 14 | Semi-final (x1 – 2009) |
David Gilbert | ![]() |
2007 | 2020 | 6 | Semi-final (x1 – 2019) |
Jamie Cope | ![]() |
2008 | 2014 | 5 | 2nd round (x2 – 2009, 2011) |
Liang Wenbo | ![]() |
2008 | 2020 | 7 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2008) |
Liu Chuang | ![]() |
2008 | 2012 | 2 | 1st round (x2 – 2008, 2012) |
Rory McLeod | ![]() |
2009 | 2017 | 3 | 2nd round (x2 – 2011, 2017) |
Martin Gould | ![]() |
2009 | 2020 | 10 | 2nd round (x3 – 2010, 2011, 2020) |
Ricky Walden | ![]() |
2009 | 2018 | 7 | Semi-final (x1 – 2013) |
Andrew Higginson | ![]() |
2009 | 2012 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 2012) |
Tom Ford | ![]() |
2010 | 2020 | 4 | 1st round (x4 – 2010, 2014, 2017, 2020) |
Zhang Anda | ![]() |
2010 | 2016 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 2010, 2015, 2016) |
Andrew Pagett | ![]() |
2011 | 2011 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2011) |
Jimmy Robertson | ![]() |
2011 | 2018 | 4 | 1st round (x4 – 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018) |
Cao Yupeng | ![]() |
2012 | 2012 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 2012) |
Luca Brecel | ![]() |
2012 | 2019 | 4 | 1st round (x4 – 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
Jamie Jones | ![]() |
2012 | 2018 | 3 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2012) |
Jack Lisowski | ![]() |
2013 | 2020 | 4 | 2nd round (x1 – 2018) |
Michael White | ![]() |
2013 | 2016 | 3 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2013) |
Dechawat Poomjaeng | ![]() |
2013 | 2013 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 2013) |
Ben Woollaston | ![]() |
2013 | 2013 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2013) |
Matthew Selt | ![]() |
2013 | 2015 | 2 | 1st round (x2 – 2013, 2015) |
Sam Baird | ![]() |
2013 | 2016 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 2016) |
Xiao Guodong | ![]() |
2014 | 2018 | 3 | 2nd round (x1 – 2017) |
Michael Wasley | ![]() |
2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 2014) |
Kyren Wilson | ![]() |
2014 | 2020 | 6 | Runner-up (x1 – 2020) |
Robbie Williams | ![]() |
2014 | 2016 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 2014, 2015, 2016) |
Kurt Maflin | ![]() |
2015 | 2020 | 2 | Quarter-final (x1 – 2020) |
Anthony McGill | ![]() |
2015 | 2020 | 6 | Semi-final (x1 – 2020) |
Craig Steadman | ![]() |
2015 | 2015 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2015) |
Stuart Carrington | ![]() |
2015 | 2018 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 2015, 2017, 2018) |
Mitchell Mann | ![]() |
2016 | 2016 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2016) |
Gary Wilson | ![]() |
2017 | 2019 | 2 | Semi-final (x1 – 2019) |
David Grace | ![]() |
2017 | 2017 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2017) |
Yan Bingtao | ![]() |
2017 | 2020 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 2020) |
Zhou Yuelong | ![]() |
2017 | 2019 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 2019) |
Noppon Saengkham | ![]() |
2017 | 2020 | 2 | 2nd round (x1 – 2020) |
Lyu Haotian | ![]() |
2018 | 2018 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 2018) |
Liam Highfield | ![]() |
2018 | 2018 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2018) |
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | ![]() |
2018 | 2020 | 3 | 1st round (x3 – 2018, 2019, 2020) |
Chris Wakelin | ![]() |
2018 | 2018 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2018) |
Michael Georgiou | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2019) |
Tian Pengfei | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2019) |
Luo Honghao | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2019) |
Zhao Xintong | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2019) |
James Cahill | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 2019) |
Li Hang | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2019) |
Scott Donaldson | ![]() |
2019 | 2019 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2019) |
Ashley Carty | ![]() |
2020 | 2020 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2020) |
Elliot Slessor | ![]() |
2020 | 2020 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2020) |
Jordan Brown | ![]() |
2020 | 2020 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2020) |
Jamie Clarke | ![]() |
2020 | 2020 | 1 | 2nd round (x1 – 2020) |
Alexander Ursenbacher | ![]() |
2020 | 2020 | 1 | 1st round (x1 – 2020) |
Player | Country | Debut | Last appearance |
Total appearances |
Best |
Notes
References
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