The World Snooker Rankings have just been published as a new world order takes place in snooker. The old guard are pushed out and new a fresh broom revises the players rankings at regular intervals throught the season. Neil Robertson takes the number one position having won the World Championship in May and now the World Open in September.

There will be more focus on every ranking event as they progress as players attempt to stay in the top 16 or 32 to avoid the dreaded qualifiers. As Barry Hearn stated that no-one has a right to be there, it has to be earned.

17. Matthew Stevens
18. Mark Davis
19. Stephen Lee
20. Ryan Day
21. Barry Hawkins
22. Ricky Walden
23. Liang Wenbo
24. Joe Perry
25. Stuart Bingham
26. Martin Gould
27. Judd Trump
28. Gerard Greene
29. Andrew Higginson
30. Ken Doherty
31. Steve Davis
32. Mike Dunn
33. Jamie Burnett
34. Robert Milkins
35. Marcus Campbell
36. Nigel Bond
37. Michael Holt
38. Tom Ford
39. Rory McLeod
40. Joe Swail
41. Barry Pinches
42. Anthony Hamilton
43. Dominic Dale
44. Fergal O'Brien
45. Stuart Pettman
46. Dave Harold
47. Alan McManus
48. Peter Lines
49. Adrian Gunnell
50. Tony Drago