Snooker world rankings 1981/1982

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Preceded by
1980/1981 		1981/1982 Succeeded by
1982/1983

Snooker world rankings 1981/1982: The professional world rankings for the top 32 snooker players in the 1981–82 season are listed below.[1][2][3]

Players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1979, 1980 and 1981) 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]

No. 1: Cliff Thorburn
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Born (1948-01-16) January 16, 1948 (age 74)
Sport country Canada
Professional1972–1996
Highest ranking1
No. 2: Steve Davis
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Born (1957-08-22) August 22, 1957 (age 64)
Sport country England
Professional1978–2014
Highest ranking1
No. 3: Terry Griffiths
Born (1947-10-16) October 16, 1947 (age 74)
Sport country Wales
Professional1978–1997
Highest ranking3
Ranking Name 1979 1980 1981 Total
1  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 1 5 3 9
2  Steve Davis (ENG) 1 2 5 8
3  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 5 1 2 8
4  Ray Reardon (WAL) 2 2 3 7
5  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 4 1 2 7
6  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 1 1 4 6
7  David Taylor (ENG) 1 3 2 6
8  Eddie Charlton (AUS) 3 2 1 6
9  Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) 2 1 2 5
10  Kirk Stevens (CAN) 1 3 1 5
11  Alex Higgins (NIR) 2 4 1 5[a]
12  Fred Davis (ENG) 2 1 1 4
13  John Virgo (ENG) 3 1 0 4
14  John Spencer (ENG) 1 1 1 3
15  Perrie Mans (RSA) 1 1 1 3
16  Graham Miles (ENG) 1 0 1 2
17  Jim Wych (CAN) – 2 0 2
18  Tony Meo (ENG) – 0 1 1
19  Ray Edmonds (ENG) 0 0 0 0
20  Tony Knowles (ENG) – – 0 0
21  Jimmy White (ENG) – – 0 0
22  Willie Thorne (ENG) 0 0 0 0
23  Cliff Wilson (WAL) – 0 0 0
24  Dave Martin (ENG) – – 0 0
25  John Dunning (ENG) 0 0 0 0
26  Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) 0 0 0 0
27  Patsy Fagan (IRL) 0 0 0 0
28  Rex Williams (ENG) 0 0 0 0
29  Mike Hallett (ENG) – 0 0 0
30  Eddie Sinclair (SCO) – 0 0 0
31  David Greaves (ENG) 0 0 0 0
32  John Pulman (ENG) 0 0 0 0

Notes[]

  1. ^ Two points were deducted for "ungentlemanly conduct".

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. ^ "Bigger field for 1982 championship". Snooker Scene. June 1981. p. 19.
  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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