Snooker world rankings 1979/1980
| Preceded by 1978/1979 |
1979/1980 | Succeeded by 1980/1981 |
Snooker world rankings 1979/1980: The professional world rankings for the top 28 snooker players in the 1979–80 season are listed below.[1][2][3]
Players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1977, 1978 and 1979) 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 | January 19, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Northern Ireland |
| Professional | 1972–2000 |
| Highest ranking | 2 |
| Born | October 31, 1929 |
|---|---|
| Died | November 7, 2004 (aged 75) |
| Sport country |  Australia |
| Professional | 1963–1995 |
| Highest ranking | 3 |
| Ranking | Name | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) |
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Eddie Charlton (AUS) |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  John Spencer (ENG) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  Perrie Mans (RSA) |
1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) |
– | – | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Graham Miles (ENG) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | John Virgo (ENG) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Alex Higgins (NIR) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) |
– | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | John Pulman (ENG) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | David Taylor (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 |  Patsy Fagan (IRL) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Willie Thorne (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
– | – | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Kirk Stevens (CAN) |
– | – | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Pat Houlihan (ENG) |
– | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Rex Williams (ENG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | John Dunning (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Warren Simpson (AUS) |
– | – | – | 0 |
| 25 | Ian Anderson (AUS) |
– | – | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Marcus Owen (WAL) |
– | – | – | 0 |
| 27 | Bernard Bennett (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Paddy Morgan (AUS) |
– | 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.
- ^ "New qualifying system". Snooker Scene. June 1979. p. 7.
- ^ "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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