The snooker world rankings system is based on prize money won over a two-year period across numerous ranking events, including the World Snooker Championship, Masters and UK Championship.

Originally, world rankings were solely determined by players' performances in the World Championship, however, this changed during the 1976/77 campaign when other competitions were awarded ranking status.

World ranking points are based on performances at competitions over a two-year period, with eight revisions taking place each year.

Ronnie O'Sullivan remains the world number one heading into the forthcoming 2023/24 season despite his quarter-final elimination at the recent World Snooker Championship.

The Rocket has been at the summit of the two-year list for over 12 months, but Luca Brecel, the new world champion, has closed the gap - now trailing the seven-time Crucible champion by just 9,500 points.

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Snooker World Rankings (Two-year list)

1 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (886,000)
2-  Luca Brecel (876,500)
3 - Mark Allen (860,500)
4 - Judd Trump (556,000) 
5 - Mark Selby (549,500)
6 - Neil Robertson (542,000)
7 - Shaun Murphy (445,500)
8 - Kyren Wilson (427,000)
9 - John Higgins (398,500)
10 - Mark Williams (391,000)
11 - Zhao Xintong (387,500)
12 - Ali Carter (310,000)
13 - Robert Milkins (285,500)
14 - Jack Lisowski (279,000)
15 - Gary Wilson (260,000)
16 - Ryan Day (245,500)
17 - Ding Junhui (243,500) 
18 - Hossein Vafaei (239,000)
19 - Anthony McGill (212,000)
20 - Barry Hawkins (206,500)
21 - David Gilbert (201,500)
22 - Ricky Walden (198,000) 
23 - Yan Bingtao (197,000)
24 - Tom Ford (195,000)
25 - Stuart Bingham (191,000)
26 - Jimmy Robertson (176,000)
27 - Zhou Yuelong (167,500)
28 - Joe Perry (165,500)
29 - Noppon Saengkham (164,000)
30 - Matthew Selt (152,500) 
31 - Chris Wakelin (149,500)
32 - Stephen Maguire (145,500)
33 - Joe O'Connor (141,000) 
34 - Fan Zhengyi (138,000)
35 - Pang Junxu (133,500)
36 - Si Jiahui (133,000)
37 - Jak Jones (127,000) 
38 - Jordan Brown (111,000)
39 - Anthony Hamilton (109,500)
40 - Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (109,500)
41 - Graeme Dott (108,500)
42 - Cao Yupeng (105,500)
43 - Xiao Guodong (104,000)
44 - Matthew Stevens (99,500)
45 - Jamie Jones (98,000)
46 - Ben Woollaston (95,500)
47 - Lyu Haotian (95,500)
48 - Jackson Page (92,000)
49 - Elliot Slessor (91,500)
50 - Robbie Williams (90,000) 
51 - Wu Yize (89,500)
52 - Yuan SiJun (88,500)
53 - Sam Craigie (88,500)
54 - Scott Donaldson (87,500)
55 - Tian Pengfei (84,500)
56 - David Grace (82,500)
57 - Liam Highfield (81,000)
58 - Jamie Clarke (78,500)
59 - Andy Hicks (77,000)
60 - Zhang Anda (76,500)
61 - Oliver Lines (74,500)
62 - Martin Gould (74,000)
63 - Dominic Dale (73,500)
64 - Mark King (67,000)

Last updated following the 2023 World Snooker Championship.

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