Snooker world rankings 1985/1986

No. 3: Tony Knowles
Born	June 13, 1955
Sport country	England
Professional	1980–1997
Highest ranking	2

No. 2: Cliff Thorburn
Born	January 16, 1948
Sport country	Canada
Professional	1972–1996
Highest ranking	1

No. 1: Steve Davis
Born	August 22, 1957
Sport country	England
Professional	1978–2014
Highest ranking	1

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 Championship	Other Ranking Tournaments
Champion	10	5
Runner-up	8	4
Losing semi-finalist	6	3
Losing Quarter-finalist	4	2
Last 16 Loser	2	1
Last 32 Loser	1 merit point	0.5 merit point

Rankings

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

References

Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0851124488.
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.
"Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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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[GUINNESS-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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