1989–90 snooker world rankings

No. 3: Stephen Hendry
Born	January 13, 1969 (age 55)
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1985–2012
Highest ranking	1

No. 2: John Parrott
Born	May 11, 1964 (age 60)
Sport country	England
Professional	1983–2010
Highest ranking	2

No. 1: Steve Davis
Born	August 22, 1957 (age 66)
Sport country	England
Professional	1978–2014
Highest ranking	1

Preceded by 1988/1989	1989/1990	Succeeded by 1990/1991

Snooker world rankings 1989/1990: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1989–90 season are listed below.

Points tariff and basis of ranking

Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1989–90^[1]^[2]
Placing	1988 and 1989 world championships	Other ranking tournaments 1987–88 and 1988–89
Champion	10	6
Runner-up	8	5
Losing semi-finalist	6	4
Losing Quarter-finalist	4	3
Last 16 Loser	2	2
Last 32 Loser	1 ranking point or 2 merit points^[a]	1
Final qualifying round loser	2 merit points	1 merit point
Penultimate qualifying round loser	1 merit point	1 A point
Antepenultimate qualifying round loser	1 A point	Frames won counted
Preliminary round loser	Frames won counted	–

Ranking was determined as follows:^[3]

By number of ranking points.
If players had an equal number of ranking points, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the later season.
If players were still equal, merit points were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the later season.
If players were still equal, A points were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given to the player with the better in the later season.
If players were still equal, frames won were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given the player with the better in the later season.

Rankings

"(NT)" denotes a "non-tournament" player, i.e. a player who was permitted to enter the world championship but no other tournaments.

Snooker world rankings 1989–90^[4]^[5]
Ranking	Name	1987–88 season						1988–89 season								Ranking points	Merit	A points	Frames
Ranking	Name	IO	GP	UK	Cl	BO	WC	IO	GP	CM	UK	Cl	EO	BO	WC	Ranking points	Merit	A points	Frames
1	Steve Davis (ENG)	6	2	6	6	0	10	6	6	5	4	0	–	3	10	64	2	0	0
2	John Parrott (ENG)	2	4	3	5	4	2	0	1	3	3	3	6	4	8	48	1	0	0
3	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	4	6	0	3	6	2	2	1	4	5	3	2	2	6	46	1	0	0
4	Jimmy White (ENG)	2	1	5	2	3	6	5	3	6	1	0	4	1	4	43	1	0	0
5	Terry Griffiths (WAL)	1	2	3	3	1	8	0	3	3	4	2	5	0	4	39	2	0	0
6	Mike Hallett (ENG)	4	0	3	0	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	4	4	4	33	4	0	0
7	Cliff Thorburn (CAN)	5	1	3	1	4	6	–	–	3	3	4	3	2	0	33^[b]	2	0	0
8	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	1	5	1	3	1	2	3	4	3	2	1	1	0	2	29	1	0	0
9	Willie Thorne (ENG)	1	3	4	1	2	2	2	0	1	2	4	2	2	2	28	1	0	0
10	Doug Mountjoy (WAL)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	6	6	2	2	1	25	4	0	0
11	Joe Johnson (ENG)	0	1	4	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	24	3	0	0
12	Tony Knowles (ENG)	2	3	2	4	1	4	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	24	4	0	0
13	John Virgo (ENG)	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	1	2	22	1	0	0
14	Tony Meo (ENG)	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	6	6	20	7	0	0
15	Dean Reynolds (ENG)	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	1	–	5	4	19	6	0	0
16	Steve James (ENG)	2	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	17	4	1	0
17	Martin Clark (ENG)	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	16	4	0	8
18	Cliff Wilson (WAL)	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	16	3	0	0
19	Steve Newbury (WAL)	1	3	0	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	15	7	0	0
20	Neal Foulds (ENG)	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	15	6	0	0
21	Barry West (ENG)	0	0	1	2	1	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	14	7	0	0
22	Eddie Charlton (AUS)	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	14	7	0	0
23	Silvino Francisco (RSA)	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	14	6	0	0
24	Alex Higgins (NIR)	–	–	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	13	7	0	0
25	Peter Francisco (RSA)	0	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	13	8	0	0
26	David Roe (ENG)	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	12	4	2	0
27	Eugene Hughes (IRL)	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	11	7	0	0
28	Dene O'Kane (NZL)	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	11	3	3	0
29	Bob Chaperon (CAN)	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	6	0	0
30	Tony Drago (MLT)	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	8	0	0
31	Wayne Jones (WAL)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	10	7	2	0
32	Rex Williams (ENG)	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	11	0	0
33	David Taylor (ENG)	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	10	0	0
34	Steve Longworth (ENG)	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	9	7	0	0
35	Alain Robidoux (CAN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	8	5	1	0
36	Danny Fowler (ENG)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	8	8	0	0
37	Jim Wych (CAN)	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	6	3	0
38	Gary Wilkinson (ENG)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	8	5	2	9
39	John Spencer (ENG)	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	-	0	0	8	9	0	0
40	Joe O'Boye (IRL)	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	6	4	0
41	Tony Chappel (WAL)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	9	1	0
42	John Campbell (AUS)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	3	0
43	Steve Duggan (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	6	5	5	0
44	Paddy Browne (IRL)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	6	3	7	0
45	Murdo MacLeod (SCO)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	9	1	0
46	Nigel Gilbert (ENG)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	8	2	5
47	Mark Bennett (WAL)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	6	5	0
48	Colin Roscoe (WAL)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	4	13
49	Ray Edmonds (ENG)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	0
50	Kirk Stevens (CAN)	0	1	1	0	–	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	1	0
51	Graham Cripsey (ENG)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	4	8	4	0
52	Mark Johnston-Allen (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	4	0
53	Darren Morgan (WAL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	4	3
54	Ray Reardon (WAL)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	9	2	0
55	Warren King (AUS)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	0
56	Dave Martin (ENG)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	2	0
57	Tommy Murphy (NIR)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	3	0
58	Jack McLaughlin (NIR)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	6	0
59	Ian Graham (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	10
60	Jim Chambers (ENG)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	6	7
61	Roger Bales (ENG)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
62	Tony Jones (ENG)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	4	0
63	Dave Gilbert (ENG)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	7	0
64	Mick Fisher (ENG)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	5
65	Les Dodd (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	2	0
66	John Rea (SCO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	12
67	Jon Wright (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	7	0
68	Marcel Gauvreau (CAN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	0
69	Craig Edwards (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	5
70	Robert Marshall (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	18
71	Tony Wilson (IOM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	12
72	Nick Terry (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	4
73	George Scott (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	14
74	Anthony Harris (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	18
75	Ken Owers (ENG)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	0
76	Martin Smith (ENG)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	7
77	Robby Foldvari (AUS)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	6	8
78	Graham Miles (ENG)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	10
79	Brian Rowswell (ENG)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	6
80	Paul Medati (ENG)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	15
81	Pat Houlihan (ENG)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	0
82	Paul Gibson (ENG)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4
83	Vic Harris (ENG)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	14
84	Jim Donnelly (SCO)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	30
85	Bill Oliver (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	11
86	Mario Morra (CAN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	16
87	Malcolm Bradley (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	11
88	Jim Bear (CAN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	27
89	Fred Davis (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	13
90	Mick Price (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4
91	Glen Wilkinson (AUS)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	14
92	Ian Williamson (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	15
77	Bob Harris (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	11
94	Eddie Sinclair (SCO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	34
95	John Dunning (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	28
96	Eric Lawlor (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	16
97	Mark Wildman (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	13
98	Steve Campbell (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	16
99	Mark Rowing (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5
100	Terry Whitthread (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	14
101	Anthony Kearney (IRL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	18
102	Mike Darrington (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	27
103	Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	25
104	Jason Smith (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	19
105	François Ellis (RSA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	13
106	Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	14
107	Steve Meakin (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	21
108	Dennis Hughes (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	17
109	Dessie Sheehan (IRL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	39
110	Mike Watterson (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25
111	Paul Thornley (CAN) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
112	Matt Gibson (SCO)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	14
113	Robbie Grace (RSA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	19
114	Paul Watchorn (IRL)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	21
115	Jim Meadowcroft (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	16
116	Gino Rigitano (CAN)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	25
117	Jackie Rea (NIR)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	23
118	Geoff Foulds (ENG)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	17
119	Billy Kelly (IRL) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	14
120	Greg Jenkins (AUS) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23
121	Ian Black (SCO) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15
122	Bernie Mikkelsen (CAN) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	18
123	Patsy Fagan (IRL) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21
124	Pascal Burke (IRL) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22
125	Dave Chalmers (ENG) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	29
126	Ian Anderson (AUS) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
127	Frank Jonik (CAN) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
128	Derek Mienie (RSA) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19
129	Jim Rempe (USA) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16
130	Joe Grech (MLT) (NT)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
131	Derek Heaton (ENG) (NT)	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15
132	Clive Everton (WAL) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
133	David Greaves (ENG) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
134	Bernard Bennett (ENG) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
135	Maurice Parkin (ENG) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
136	John Hargreaves (ENG) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
137	Bert Demarco (SCO) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
138	Eddie McLaughlin (SCO) (NT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Notes

^ Players who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points.^[2]
^ Fined two points for failing a drugs test^[4]^[6]

References

^ Hale, Janice (September 1985). "How the rankings work". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. p. 14.
^ ^a ^b Smith 1987, pp. 22–23.
^ Everton 1986, p. 9.
^ ^a ^b "WPBSA world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1986. pp. 24–25.
^ "New world ranking list". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1989. pp. 20–21.
^ Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.

Books Books

Everton, Clive, ed. (1986). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Third ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-86369-166-9.
Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker (Revised ed.). Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
Smith, Terry, ed. (1987). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fourth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-7207-1797-6.

[3] Players who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points.^[2]

[8] Fined two points for failing a drugs test^[4]^[6]

[SNSRANK2-1] Hale, Janice (September 1985). "How the rankings work". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. p. 14.

[FOOTNOTESmith198722–23-2] Smith 1987, pp. 22–23.

[FOOTNOTEEverton19869-4] Everton 1986, p. 9.

[SCENE88-5] "WPBSA world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1986. pp. 24–25.

[SCENE8-6] "New world ranking list". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1989. pp. 20–21.

[7] Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.

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