He joined Stephen Hendry (1990/1991), Ding Junhui (2013/2014), and Mark Selby (2016/2017) in winning five ranking titles in the same season.

[1] The China Championship became a ranking event and was brought forward to a mid-August date, ahead of the Paul Hunter Classic.

The Snooker Shoot Out was brought forward to the start of February, ahead of both the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open.

The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body (NGB) nominations.

[8] These players are seeded after main tour professionals, but above amateur top ups taken from the Q School ranking list.