The sport of professional snooker has had a world ranking system in place since 1976.
The events that made up the 1976–77 snooker season were the first to award players with ranking points.
[3] These revisions are used as official rankings, with points awarded in the current season overwriting those from two years prior.
[2] Ronnie O'Sullivan began the season as the highest ranked player, with a lead of 9,500 points over second-ranked 2023 World Champion Luca Brecel.
[4][5][6] This table contains the rankings after each revision points, which were used to determine the seedings for subsequent tournaments.