1983–84 snooker world rankings

[5] Steve Davis was the top-ranked player for the first time, displacing Ray Reardon who moved to second place.

[6] Cliff Thorburn retained third place from the previous year, and Tony Knowles rose from fifteenth up to fourth.

[4] Perrie Mans and Willie Thorne both dropped out of the top sixteen, which meant they would need to enter the qualifying rounds of the 1984 World Snooker Championship rather than be seeded into the main event.

[4] In her book Cruel Game: The Inside Story of Snooker, published in April 1983, Jean Rafferty wrote that "The world rankings are calculated with such little regard for the synchronisation of achievement and reward that they must be seen as creative rather than informative.

[4][5][6]: 147–149  In the original list there were 32 players; Mike Hallett was 29th, followed by Eugene Hughes, Les Dodd and John Campbell.