Snooker world rankings 1980/1981

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Preceded by
1979/1980 		1980/1981 Succeeded by
1981/1982

The professional snooker world rankings for the top 27 snooker players in the 1980–81 season are listed below.[1][2][3]

Players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1978, 1979 and 1980) 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] Ray Reardon, who had not won a major title for two years, retained the number one ranking despite only reaching the quarter-finals of the 1979 and 1980 championships.[4]

No. 1: Ray Reardon
Born (1932-10-08) October 8, 1932 (age 89)
Sport country Wales
Professional1967–1992
Highest ranking1
No. 2: Cliff Thorburn
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Born (1948-01-16) January 16, 1948 (age 73)
Sport country Canada
Professional1972–1996
Highest ranking1
No. 3: Eddie Charlton
BornOctober 31, 1929
DiedNovember 7, 2004(2004-11-07) (aged 75)
Sport country Australia
Professional1963–1995
Highest ranking3
Ranking Name 1978 1979 1980 Total
1  Ray Reardon (WAL) 5 2 2 9
2  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 2 1 5 8
3  Eddie Charlton (AUS) 3 3 2 8
4  Alex Higgins (NIR) 1 2 4 7
5  Terry Griffiths (WAL) – 5 1 6
6  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 1 4 1 6
7  Perrie Mans (RSA) 4 1 1 6
8  Fred Davis (ENG) 3 2 1 6
9  David Taylor (ENG) 1 1 3 5
10  Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) 2 2 1 5
11  Kirk Stevens (CAN) – 1 3 4
12  John Virgo (ENG) 0 3 1 4
13  Steve Davis (ENG) – 1 2 3
14  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 1 1 1 3
15  John Spencer (ENG) 1 1 1 3
16  Graham Miles (ENG) 2 1 0 3
17  Jim Wych (CAN) – – 2 2
18  Patsy Fagan (IRL) 2 0 0 2
19  John Pulman (ENG) 1 0 0 1
20  Willie Thorne (ENG) 1 0 0 1
21  Pat Houlihan (ENG) 1 0 0 1
22  Rex Williams (ENG) 0 0 0 0
23  Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) 0 0 0 0
24  John Dunning (ENG) 0 0 0 0
25  Ian Anderson (AUS) – 0 0 0
26  Bernard Bennett (ENG) 0 0 0 0
27  Paddy Morgan (AUS) 0 – 0 0

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
  4. ^ a b "World rankings: the old order under attack". Snooker Scene. June 1980. p. 5.
  5. ^ "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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