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1985–86 snooker world rankings

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A man playing snooker — Steve Davis ''(pictured in 2008)'' retained his place at the top of the rankings.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body for professional snooker, first introduced a ranking system for professional players in 1976, with the aim of seeding players for the World Snooker Championship. The reigning champion would be automatically seeded first, the losing finalist from the previous year seeded second, and the other seedings based on the ranking list. Initially, the rankings were based on performances in the preceding three world championships.

After the 1982 World Snooker Championship, two other tournaments which were open to all members of the WPBSA – the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament – carried ranking points. Points for world championship finishes from 1983 became worth double the previous tariff, with ten points for the winner, eight for the runner up, and so on. In the 1983/1984 snooker season, the Lada Classic was added as a ranking tournament. The UK Championship and Dulux British Open were added to the ranking list from the 1984/1985 season, which meant that performances in those events were taken into account for the 1985/1986 rankings. In the same season, due to changes in sponsors, the Professional Players Tournament became the Rothmans Grand Prix, and the Lada Classic became the Mercantile Credit Classic. The tournaments that counted towards the 1985/1986 rankings were those which were open to all professional players over the preceding three seasons.

Merit points were awarded to players who were required to compete in qualifying rounds of ranking tournaments and reached the last 32, with a full merit point awarded if this was achieved in the world championship, and half a merit point otherwise. No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament (for example, a top 16 player seeded into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match).

The journalist Janice Hale commented in March 1985 that as the ranking list was updated only annually, players such as John Spencer who had won only one match in the year since the 1984 World Championship, and Bill Werbeniuk, who had not won any, were at an advantage over other players who had performed better in that time, as the top 16 received direct entry to the last-32 round of the 1985 World Snooker Championship, meaning that their minimum guaranteed prize money was higher.

Steve Davis retained the number one position that he had held in the previous two ranking lists, while Cliff Thorburn moved up from second to third, exchanging places with Tony Knowles. The 1985 World champion Dennis Taylor moved up from 11th to fourth. Of the top 16 players from the previous year, the largest drops were by Eddie Charlton, from sixth to 12th, and by Spencer, who went from 13th to 20th.

Points tariff

In addition to standard ranking points, a "merit" point was awarded for losers in the last 32 of the World Championship, and a half merit point awarded to losers in the last 32 of other ranking tournaments. No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament (for example, a top 16 player seeded into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match). Merit points were only used to determine placings between players that had an equal opportunity to earn them; players in the top 16 could not earn merit points from tournaments where they were exempted into the last-32 round. Players ranked from 77 to 102 had no ranking or merit points, with their positions determined by their performances in the 1985 World Snooker Championship, with frames won being taken into consideration if the round reached was equal.

Placing	World Championships	Other Ranking Tournaments	Champion	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalist	Losing Quarter-finalist	Last 16 Loser	Last 32 Loser
10	5
8	4
6	3
4	2
2	1
1 merit point	0.5 merit point

Rankings

The rankings for the 1985/1986 season are shown in the tables below.

Ranking	Name	1982–83 season	1983–84 season	1984–85 season	Total	Merit points	IO	PPT	WC	IO	PPT	Cl	WC	IO	GP	UK
Steve Davis	2	–	10	5	(0.5)	5	10	5	3+(0.5)	5	3	3+(0.5)	8	59	(1.5)
Cliff Thorburn	1	1+(0.5)	8	4	2+(0.5)	0	4	0	4+(0.5)	3	4	1+(0.5)	4	36	(2)
Tony Knowles	5	(0.5)	6	1	5+(0.5)	2	0	4	2+(0.5)	2	0	1+(0.5)	6	34	(2)
Dennis Taylor	2	1+(0.5)	2	1	0	0	6	2	5+(0.5)	1	0	2+(0.5)	10	32	(1.5)
Kirk Stevens	3	(0.5)	4	–	2+(0.5)	2	6	0	2+(0.5)	3	1	4+(0.5)	2	29	(2)
Ray Reardon	1	5+(0.5)	2	1	1+(0.5)	0	4	1	1+(0.5)	2	2	(0.5)	6	26	(2)
Jimmy White	1	4+(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	1	8	2	(0.5)	2	1	(0.5)	4	23	(2)
Terry Griffiths	2	2+(0.5)	2	3	1+(0.5)	2	4	1	0	0	2	(0.5)	4	23	(1.5)
Alex Higgins	1	(0.5)	6	0	0	1	0	2	(0.5)	4	1	3+(0.5)	2	20	(1.5)
Tony Meo	0	1+(0.5)	4+(1)	0	3+(0.5)	4	0	1	1+(0.5)	1	0	2+(0.5)	2	19	(3)
Willie Thorne	0	(0.5)	2	2+(0.5)	3+(0.5)	0	2+(1)	2	1+(0.5)	2	5	(0.5)	0	19	(3.5)
Eddie Charlton	0	3+(0.5)	4	3	1+(0.5)	2	2	0	1+(0.5)	1	0	0	2	19	(1.5)
Silvino Francisco	–	–	(1)	2+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	2+(1)	3+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	(0.5)	5+(0.5)	(1)	15	(7)
David Taylor	4	(0.5)	2	0	(0.5)	0	2	1	1+(0.5)	1	0	0	2	13	(1.5)
Doug Mountjoy	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	2+(0.5)	1	0	0	2	13	(0.5)
Joe Johnson	0	2+(0.5)	0	(0.5)	4+(0.5)	(0.5)	(1)	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	3+(0.5)	0	(1)	11	(6)
Bill Werbeniuk	1	2+(0.5)	4	0	(0.5)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	(1)
John Parrott	–	–	–	–	(0.5)	3+(0.5)	2+(1)	0	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	(0.5)	4+(1)	9	(4.5)
John Virgo	3+(0.5)	3+(0.5)	(1)	0	(0.5)	0	0	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	2+(0.5)	(0.5)	(1)	9	(5.5)
John Spencer	1	1+(0.5)	2	2	(0.5)	1	2	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	9	(1.5)
Eugene Hughes	(0.5)	0	(1)	(0.5)	2+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	3+(0.5)	0	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	2+(0.5)	(1)	8	(6)
Cliff Wilson	2+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	(1)	0	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	0	0	6	(4.5)
Neal Foulds	–	–	–	–	0	0	2+(1)	(0.5)	3+(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	(1)	5	(3.5)
Dean Reynolds	1+(0.5)	2+(0.5)	(1)	(0.5)	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	(0.5)	2+(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	(1)	5	(6)
Mark Wildman	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	(1)	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	3+(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	0	5	(4.5)
Murdo MacLeod	0	1+(0.5)	0	(0.5)	0	1+(0.5)	0	(0.5)	(0.5)	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	(1)	4	(5)
Rex Williams	(0.5)	(0.5)	(1)	0	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	(1)	(0.5)	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	0	(1)	3	(7)
Mike Hallett	0	(0.5)	(1)	0	1+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	(1)	0	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	(0.5)	(0.5)	(1)	3	(6.5)
Dave Martin	0	(0.5)	(1)	1+(0.5)	1+(0.5)	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	3	(3.5)
Perrie Mans	1	(0.5)	2	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	3	(0.5)
John Campbell	–	–	(1)	0	2+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	(0.5)	(0.5)		(0.5)	0	0	(1)	2	(4.5)
Dene O'Kane	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	(0.5)	0	0	0	2+(0.5)	(1)	2	(2)
Patsy Fagan	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	–	0	(0.5)	0	2+(1)	2	(2)
Steve Newbury	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1+(0.5)	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	2	(1)
Warren King	–	–	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	(0.5)	2+(0.5)	0	0	2	(2)
Graham Miles	0	0	(1)	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	(1)	0	(0.5)	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	1	(4)
Steve Longworth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	1	(1)
Eddie Sinclair	(0.5)	1+(0.5)	0	(0.5)	0	(0.5)	(1)	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	(3.5)
Marcel Gauvreau	–	–	–	–	0	0	(1)	1+(0.5)	0	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	0	1	(2.5)
Malcolm Bradley	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	1	(0.5)
George Scott	(0.5)	–	–	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	1	(2)
Mike Watterson	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	1+(0.5)	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	(2)
Mario Morra	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	(1.5)
Bob Chaperon	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	1	(0.5)
Colin Roscoe	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	(1)
Jim Donnelly	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	(0.5)
Ian Williamson	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+(0.5)	0	0	0	0	1	(0.5)
Jim Meadowcroft	(0.5)	(0.5)	(1)	–	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(3)
Wayne Jones	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	(0.5)	0	0	0	(0.5)	(1)	0	(2)
Tony Jones	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	(0.5)	0	0	(1)	0	(2)
Ray Edmonds	(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	(2)
Jim Wych	(0.5)	(0.5)		–	–	–	–	(1)	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	(2)
Les Dodd	(0.5)	–	(1)	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)
Mick Fisher	(0.5)	–	(1)	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)
Danny Fowler	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	(0.5)	0	(0.5)	0	(0.5)	0	0	(1.5)
Fred Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)
Ian Black	0	0	(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1)
Tommy Murphy	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	(1)
Peter Francisco	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Paul Medati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	(0.5)
Paddy Browne	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	(0.5)
Robby Foldvari	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	(0.5)
Eddie McLaughlin	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
John Dunning	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	–	–	0	0	(0.5)
Vic Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)
Bob Harris	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	–	(0.5)	0	0	(0.5)
John Rea	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Tony Chappel	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Jack McLaughlin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	–	0	(0.5)
Steve Duggan	–	–	–	–	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Billy Kelly	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Frank Jonik	0	(0.5)	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Clive Everton	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Jack Fitzmaurice	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(0.5)
Paddy Morgan	–	0	0	(0.5)	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	(0.5)
Jackie Rea	–	(0.5)	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	0	(0.5)

Ranking	Name	1985 WC result	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102
Gino Rigitano	Lost 8–10 at last 48 stage
Geoff Foulds	Lost 6–10 at last 48 stage
Dave Chalmers	Lost 1–10 at last 48 stage
Jimmy van Rensberg	Lost 9–10 at last 48 stage
Matt Gibson	Lost 8–10 at last 48 stage
Bernie Mikkelsen	Lost 9–10 at last-80 stage
Mike Hines	Lost 7–10 at last-80 stage
Ian Anderson	Lost 5–10 at last-80 stage
Bill Oliver	Lost 3–10 at last-80 stage
Pascal Burke	Lost 3–10 at last-80 stage
Joe Cagianello	Withdrew at last-80 stage
Dennis Hughes	Lost 9–10 at last-96 stage
Graham Cripsey	Lost 8–10 at last-96 stage
Anthony Kearney	Lost 8–10 at last-96 stage
Maurice Parkin	Lost 6–10 at last-96 stage
Bert Demarco	Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage
Paul Watchorn	Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage
Bernard Bennett	Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage
Derek Mienie	Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage
David Greaves	Lost 3–10 at last-96 stage
Mike Darrington	Lost 2–10 at last-96 stage
Leon Heywood	Lost 1–10 at last-96 stage
Dessie Sheehan	Lost 9–10 in round 1
Roger Bales	Lost 7–10 in round 1
James Giannaros	Lost 1–10 in round 1
John Hargreaves	Lost 0–10 in round 1

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Notes

References

Books

References

(June 1984). "How they stand: official world rankings 1985". Everton's News Agency.
(July 1985). "World rankings and how they earned them". Everton's News Agency.
Hale, Janice. (3 March 1985). "Seeds that are not always hardy annuals". The Observer.
"Ranking History".
Hale, Janice. (July 1985). "Who judges the judges?".
(24 December 1985). "Snooker fine overturned". The Vancouver Sun.

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