Official Men's Squash World Ranking

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The Official Men's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for men's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance level of male professional squash player. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in men's squash tournaments. The rankings are produced monthly.^[1] The current world number one is Ali Farag of Egypt.

PSA ranking policy[]

Players competing in PSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The points available depend on the prize money and the draw size. The monthly rankings (issued on the 1st of the month) are used in selecting entries to tournaments and in determining the seeds.

The total number of points a player earns in the previous twelve months is divided by the number of tournaments played (a minimum divisor of ten is used) to give a ranking average. Where a player has played more than 10 tournaments the best scores may be selected (i.e. the lowest are not included) according to the Averaging Formula. (See table below.)

For example, a player who has competed in 14 events will have his best 11 scores used. These will be accumulated and divided by 11.

Players competing in PSA World Tour Events earn ranking points according to the prize money, classification of the event, and the final position in the draw the player reaches.

PSA World Tour			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/48
Platinum	$164,500–$180,500	19188 points	2750	1810	1100	675	410	250	153
Gold	$100,000–$120,500	10660 points	1750	1150	700	430	260	160
Silver	$70,000–$88,000	7470 points	1225	805	490	300	182.5	112.5
Bronze	$51,000–$53,000	5330 points	875	575	350	215	130	80
PSA World Tour Finals			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	Round-Robin Match Win	Undefeated bonus
World Tour Finals	$165,000		1000	550	200	150	150
PSA Challenger Tour			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/48
Challenger Tour 30	$28,000	3194 points	525	345	210	130	78	147.5
Challenger Tour 20	$18,000	2112 points	350	230	140	85	51	31.5
Challenger Tour 10	$11,000	1218 points	200	130	80	50	30	18
Challenger Tour 5	$5,500	609 points	100	65	40	25	15	9
PSA World Championships			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
PSA World Championships	$300,000	25045 points	3175	2090	1270	780	475	290	177.5

Divisor[]

A divisor is selected based on the number of tournaments played during the year as shown in the table below (the minimum divisor is ten). The average is calculated from the highest points scored for this number of events over the past twelve months:

Events Played	Divisor
1-13	10
14-15	11
16-17	12
18-19	13
20-21	14
22-23	15

^[1]

Current world ranking[]

PSA Men's World Rankings, of February 2022[2]
Rank	Player	Average Points	Move†
1	Ali Farag (EGY)	1,811
2	Paul Coll (NZL)	1,539
3	Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY)	1,090
4	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	1,014
5	Tarek Momen (EGY)	988
6	Diego Elías (PER)	889
7	Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)	794
8	Joel Makin (WAL)	698
9	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	675
10	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	503

Note: The monthly ranking for the men's squash (world ranking) is taken directly from the Professional Squash Association (PSA) official website.^[3]

World No. 1 since 1975[]

Number one ranked players[]

The following is a list of players who have achieved the world number one position since February 1975 (active players in green) :

#	Player	Date reached	Total months
1	Qamar Zaman	January 1975	25
2	Geoff Hunt	February 1976	59
3	Jahangir Khan	January 1982	94
4	Jansher Khan	January 1988	97
5	Chris Dittmar	July 1993	2
6	/ Peter Nicol	February 1998	60
7	Jonathon Power	May 1999	14
8	David Palmer	September 2001	5
9	Thierry Lincou	January 2004	14
10	John White	March 2004	2
11	Lee Beachill	October 2004	3
12	Amr Shabana	April 2006	33
13	Karim Darwish	January 2009	11
14	Grégory Gaultier	November 2009	20
15	Ramy Ashour	January 2010	21
16	Nick Matthew	June 2010	19
17	James Willstrop	January 2012	11
18	Mohamed El Shorbagy	November 2014	50
19	Karim Abdel Gawad	May 2017	1
20	Ali Farag	March 2019	26

Last update: February 2022

Monthly World No 1 since 1975[]

2022-2025[]

Month	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	Ali Farag
February	Ali Farag
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2018-2021[]

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Ali Farag
February	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
March	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
April	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
May	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
June	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
July	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
August	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy
September	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
October	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag
November	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Ali Farag	Ali Farag
December	Mohd El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	Ali Farag	Ali Farag

2014–2017[]

Month	2014	2015	2016	2017
January	Nick Matthew	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy
February	G Gaultier / N Matthew	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy
March	Nick Matthew	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy
April	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
May	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Karim Abdel Gawad
June	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
July	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
August	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
September	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
October	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
November	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier
December	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier	Mohd El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier

2010–2013[]

Month	2010	2011	2012	2013
January	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
February	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	Nick Matthew	Ramy Ashour
March	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
April	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
May	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
June	Nick Matthew	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
July	Nick Matthew	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
August	Nick Matthew	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
September	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
October	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
November	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour
December	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	Ramy Ashour

2006–2009[]

Month	2006	2007	2008	2009
January	Jonathon Power	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
February	David Palmer	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
March	Jonathon Power	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
April	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
May	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
June	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
July	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
August	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
September	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
October	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish
November	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Grégory Gaultier
December	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Amr Shabana	Karim Darwish

2002–2005[]

Month	2002	2003	2004	2005
January	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou	Thierry Lincou
February	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou	Thierry Lincou
March	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	John White	Thierry Lincou
April	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	John White	Thierry Lincou
May	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou
June	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou
July	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou
August	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou
September	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Thierry Lincou
October	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Lee Beachill	Thierry Lincou
November	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Lee Beachill	Thierry Lincou
December	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Lee Beachill	Thierry Lincou

1998–2001[]

Month	1998	1999	2000	2001
January	Jansher Khan	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol
February	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol
March	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol
April	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power
May	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power
June	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power
July	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power
August	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol
September	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	David Palmer
October	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	Peter Nicol	David Palmer
November	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	David Palmer
December	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	David Palmer

1994–1997[]

Month	1994	1995	1996	1997
January	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan
March			Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan
May			Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan
July	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan
September			Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan
November			Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan

1990–1993[]

Month	1990	1991	1992	1993
January	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan
March	Jahangir Khan
May	Jansher Khan		Jansher Khan
July	Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar
September				Jansher Khan
November	Jansher Khan

1986–1989[]

Month	1986	1987	1988	1989
January	Jahangir Khan	Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan	Jahangir Khan
March
May
July
September
November			Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan

1982–1985[]

Month	1982	1983	1984	1985
January	Jahangir Khan	Jahangir Khan	Jahangir Khan	Jahangir Khan

1978–1981[]

Month	1978	1979	1980	1981
January	Geoff Hunt	Geoff Hunt	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman

1975–1977[]

Month	1975	1976	1977
January	Qamar Zaman	Geoff Hunt	Geoff Hunt

Note:
1) Peter Nicol represents England since 21 March 2001.^[4]

Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies since 1996[]

2020-2022[]

Rank	2020		2021		2022
1	Ali Farag	2121	Ali Farag	1911
2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1849	Paul Coll	1558
3	Tarek Momen	1487	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1430
4	Paul Coll	1172	Tarek Momen	1131
5	Karim Abdel Gawad	1107	Diego Elias	1030
6	Marwan El Shorbagy	892	Mostafa Asal	914
7	Diego Elias	765	Marwan El Shorbagy	800
8	Simon Rösner	653	Joel Makin	696
9	Joel Makin	552	Fares Dessouky	662
10	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	549	Karim Abdel Gawad	522

2017-2019[]

Rank	2017		2018		2019
1	Grégory Gaultier	1651	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1852	Ali Farag	2049
2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1429	Ali Farag	1477	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1662
3	Ali Farag	1209	Simon Rösner	1120	Karim Abdel Gawad	1551
4	Karim Abdel Gawad	1040	Tarek Momen	1011	Tarek Momen	1484
5	Marwan El Shorbagy	761	Marwan El Shorbagy	905	Paul Coll	1133
6	Nick Matthew	756	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	813	Simon Rösner	735
7	Tarek Momen	724	Paul Coll	704	Diego Elias	713
8	Paul Coll	608	Grégory Gaultier	681	Karim Abdel Gawad	678
9	Simon Rösner	571	Karim Abdel Gawad	595	Marwan El Shorbagy	660
10	James Willstrop	554	Mohamed Abouelghar	545	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	575

2014-2016[]

Rank	2014		2015		2016
1	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1385.000	Grégory Gaultier	1554.500	Mohamed El Shorbagy	2213
2	Grégory Gaultier	1322.000	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1456.000	Karim Abdel Gawad	1380
3	Nick Matthew	970.500	Nick Matthew	1278.000	Grégory Gaultier	997
4	Amr Shabana	878.500	Omar Mosaad	783.500	Nick Matthew	941
5	Ramy Ashour	872.500	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	709.500	Ramy Ashour	687
6	Peter Barker	573.500	Ramy Ashour	575.000	Marwan El Shorbagy	677
7	Borja Golán	570.909	Simon Rösner	525.500	Ali Farag	673
8	James Willstrop	532.500	Karim Abdel Gawad	489.500	Omar Mosaad	668
9	Tarek Momen	504.545	Mathieu Castagnet	471.500	Mathieu Castagnet	562
10	Simon Rösner	484.091	Tarek Momen	460.500	Simon Rösner	554

2011- 2013[]

Rank	2011		2012		2013
1	Nick Matthew	1716.750	James Willstrop	1082.500	Ramy Ashour	1675.000
2	James Willstrop	1392.250	Nick Matthew	996.000	Grégory Gaultier	1262.500
3	Grégory Gaultier	1050.750	Grégory Gaultier	995.500	Nick Matthew	1252.000
4	Ramy Ashour	1028.250	Ramy Ashour	894.500	Mohamed El Shorbagy	1030.500
5	Karim Darwish	980.750	Peter Barker	539.000	James Willstrop	991.000
6	Amr Shabana	789.500	Mohamed El Shorbagy	531.000	Karim Darwish	763.000
7	Peter Barker	644.000	Karim Darwish	511.500	Borja Golán	572.500
8	Mohamed El Shorbagy	642.875	Omar Mosaad	440.000	Peter Barker	560.000
9	David Palmer	485.000	Amr Shabana	415.500	Amr Shabana	532.500
10	Mohd Azlan Iskandar	465.000	Daryl Selby	415.500	Daryl Selby	484.500

2008–2010[]

Rank	2008		2009		2010
1	Amr Shabana	1183.125	Karim Darwish	940.000	Ramy Ashour	1555.000
2	Karim Darwish	926.250	Grégory Gaultier	919.375	Nick Matthew	1224.375
3	Ramy Ashour	900.625	Amr Shabana	916.875	Karim Darwish	983.000
4	Grégory Gaultier	840.000	Nick Matthew	891.250	Grégory Gaultier	718.750
5	James Willstrop	834.375	Ramy Ashour	800.000	James Willstrop	715.000
6	David Palmer	653.500	James Willstrop	573.125	Amr Shabana	685.625
7	Thierry Lincou	611.875	Peter Barker	526.000	Thierry Lincou	570.455
8	Wael El Hindi	513.125	David Palmer	491.875	Peter Barker	513.000
9	Peter Barker	459.375	Thierry Lincou	443.750	Laurens Jan Anjema	406.375
10	Nick Matthew	453.750	Wael El Hindi	332.500	Mohamed El Shorbagy	406.250

2005–2007[]

Rank	2005		2006		2007
1	Thierry Lincou	872.656	Amr Shabana	1346.528	Amr Shabana	1418.125
2	James Willstrop	726.944	David Palmer	1124.306	Ramy Ashour	1039.375
3	Anthony Ricketts	702.778	Thierry Lincou	881.250	Grégory Gaultier	833.125
4	David Palmer	685.417	Grégory Gaultier	756.818	David Palmer	786.875
5	Lee Beachill	672.813	Nick Matthew	530.625	Nick Matthew	666.750
6	Jonathon Power	611.806	Anthony Ricketts	519.375	James Willstrop	661.250
7	Amr Shabana	587.222	Ramy Ashour	510.833	Thierry Lincou	542.500
8	Peter Nicol	535.417	James Willstrop	496.250	Karim Darwish	503.182
9	John White	376.875	Karim Darwish	437.500	Wael El Hindi	428.409
10	Nick Matthew	357.083	Lee Beachill	425.625	John White	415.000

2002–2004[]

Rank	2002		2003		2004
1	Peter Nicol	1253.125	Peter Nicol	791.875	Lee Beachill	858.333
2	Jonathon Power	1149.219	John White	760.938	Thierry Lincou	816.667
3	David Palmer	729.688	David Palmer	685.469	Peter Nicol	673.472
4	Stewart Boswell	592.969	Jonathon Power	589.375	David Palmer	642.969
5	John White	498.125	Thierry Lincou	562.813	Amr Shabana	579.167
6	Thierry Lincou	417.969	Anthony Ricketts	430.938	John White	505.625
7	Anthony Ricketts	357.031	Karim Darwish	323.438	Nick Matthew	497.750
8	Ong Beng Hee	323.750	Ong Beng Hee	287.500	Karim Darwish	462.222
9	Lee Beachill	319.531	Lee Beachill	277.344	Jonathon Power	380.750
10	Mark Chaloner	268.750	Grégory Gaultier	253.594	Grégory Gaultier	363.056

1999–2001[]

Rank	1999		2000		2001
1	Jonathon Power	888.750	Peter Nicol	927.500	David Palmer	1009.375
2	Peter Nicol	821.250	Jonathon Power	825.278	Peter Nicol	995.833
3	Ahmed Barada	465.156	Simon Parke	488.194	Jonathon Power	630.500
4	Paul Johnson	294.688	David Evans	374.861	John White	547.656
5	Anthony Hill	284.313	Ahmed Barada	368.889	Thierry Lincou	481.250
6	Martin Heath	258.406	Martin Heath	337.778	Stewart Boswell	440.972
7	Stefan Casteleyn	244.328	Paul Johnson	322.500	Ong Beng Hee	396.528
8	Simon Parke	241.094	David Palmer	315.139	Mark Chaloner	335.417
9	Alex Gough	236.344	Alex Gough	235.278	Paul Price	327.083
10	John White	195.688	Paul Price	232.188	David Evans	322.222

1996–1998[]

Rank	1996	1997	1998
1	Jansher Khan	Jansher Khan	Peter Nicol
2	Rodney Eyles	Peter Nicol	Ahmed Barada
3	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	Jonathon Power
4	Chris Walker	Rodney Eyles	Paul Johnson
5	Brett Martin	Simon Parke	Martin Heath
6	Del Harris	Del Harris	Dan Jenson
7	Craig Rowland	Ahmed Barada	Rodney Eyles
8	Mark Chaloner	Anthony Hill	Jansher Khan
9	Anthony Hill	Brett Martin	Simon Parke
10	Simon Parke	Chris Walker	Derek Ryan

Year-end number 1[]

	Years ended No. 1
1.	Jansher Khan	9
2.	Jahangir Khan	7
3.	Geoff Hunt	5
4.	Peter Nicol	4
5.	Amr Shabana	3
	Mohamed El Shorbagy	3
	Ali Farag	3
7.	Ramy Ashour	2
	Qamar Zaman	2
	Grégory Gaultier	2
10.	Lee Beachill	1
	Karim Darwish	1
	Thierry Lincou	1
	Nick Matthew	1
	David Palmer	1
	Jonathon Power	1
	James Willstrop	1

• 1975: Qamar Zaman
• 1976: Geoff Hunt
• 1977: Geoff Hunt
• 1978: Geoff Hunt
• 1979: Geoff Hunt
• 1980: Geoff Hunt
• 1981: Qamar Zaman
• 1982: Jahangir Khan
• 1983: Jahangir Khan
• 1984: Jahangir Khan
• 1985: Jahangir Khan
• 1986: Jahangir Khan
• 1987: Jahangir Khan
• 1988: Jahangir Khan
• 1989: Jansher Khan
• 1990: Jansher Khan
• 1991: Jansher Khan
• 1992: Jansher Khan
• 1993: Jansher Khan
• 1994: Jansher Khan
• 1995: Jansher Khan
• 1996: Jansher Khan
• 1997: Jansher Khan
• 1998: Peter Nicol
• 1999: Jonathon Power
• 2000: Peter Nicol
• 2001: David Palmer
• 2002: Peter Nicol
• 2003: Peter Nicol
• 2004: Lee Beachill
• 2005: Thierry Lincou
• 2006: Amr Shabana
• 2007: Amr Shabana
• 2008: Amr Shabana
• 2009: Karim Darwish
• 2010: Ramy Ashour
• 2011: Nick Matthew
• 2012: James Willstrop
• 2013: Ramy Ashour
• 2014: Mohamed El Shorbagy
• 2015: Grégory Gaultier
• 2016: Mohamed El Shorbagy
• 2017: Grégory Gaultier
• 2018: Mohamed El Shorbagy
• 2019: Ali Farag
• 2020: Ali Farag
• 2021: Ali Farag

See also[]

• List of PSA men's number 1 ranked players
• PSA World Tour
• Official Women's Squash World Ranking
• List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players

References[]

External links[]

• PSA official world rankings website