Snooker world rankings 1978/1979
| Preceded by 1977/1978 |
1978/1979 | Succeeded by 1979/1980 |
Snooker world rankings 1978/1979: The professional world rankings for the top 26 snooker players in the 1978–79 season are listed below.[1][2][3]
Players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1976, 1977 and 1978) contributed to their points total. For each of the three years, the World Champion gained five points, the runner-up received four, losing semi-finalists got three, losing quarter-finalists got two, and losers in the last-16 round received a single point.[4][5]
| Born | October 8, 1932 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Professional | 1967–1992 |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
| Born | October 14, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  South Africa |
| Professional | 1961–1991? |
| Highest ranking | 2 |
| Born | October 31, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Died | November 7, 2004 (aged 75) |
| Sport country |  Australia |
| Professional | 1963–1995 |
| Highest ranking | 3 |
| Ranking | Name | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Perrie Mans (RSA) |
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Eddie Charlton (AUS) |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  John Spencer (ENG) |
2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 |  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Alex Higgins (NIR) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Graham Miles (ENG) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | John Pulman (ENG) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |  Patsy Fagan (IRL) |
– | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) |
1 | – | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | David Taylor (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) |
– | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Willie Thorne (ENG) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Rex Williams (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Pat Houlihan (ENG) |
– | – | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | John Virgo (ENG) |
– | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | John Dunning (ENG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Gary Owen (WAL) |
1 | – | – | 1 |
| 22 | Warren Simpson (AUS) |
0 | – | – | 0 |
| 23 | Ian Anderson (AUS) |
0 | – | – | 0 |
| 24 | Marcus Owen (WAL) |
0 | – | – | 0 |
| 25 | Bernard Bennett (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Paddy Morgan (AUS) |
0 | – | 0 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Official world rankings". Snooker Scene. June 1978. p. 28.
- ^ "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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