1976-77 to 1984-85

[The Statman]

The following chart details those players who left, entered and re-entered the top 16 each season.

The relevant rankings are shown alongside the player's name ('u/r' denotes unranked).

<table border=1><tr><td>Leaving top 16</td><td>Entering top 16</td><td>Re-entering top 16</td><tr><tr><td>1976-77</td></tr><tr><td>n/a















</td><td>Eddie Charlton (3)
Fred Davis (4)
John Dunning (11)
Alex Higgins (2)
Perrie Mans (7)
Jim Meadowcroft (12)
Graham Miles (5)
Gary Owen (10)
John Pulman (15)
Ray Reardon (1)
John Spencer (8)
David Taylor (16)
Dennis Taylor (9)
Cliff Thorburn (13)
Bill Werbeniuk (14)
Rex Williams (6)</td><td>n/a















</td><tr><tr><td>1977-78</td></tr><tr><td>Bill Werbeniuk (14-17)</td><td>Doug Mountjoy (u/r-14)</td><td>n/a</td><tr><tr><td>1978-79</td></tr><tr><td>John Dunning (16-20)
Gary Owen (13-21)
Rex Williams (11-17)</td><td>Patsy Fagan (19-11)
Willie Thorne (20-15)

</td><td>Bill Werbeniuk (17-12)


</td><tr><tr><td>1979-80</td></tr><tr><td>Jim Meadowcroft (16-22)
Willie Thorne (15-17)</td><td>Terry Griffiths (u/r-8)
John Virgo (19-10)</td><td>—
</td><tr><tr><td>1980-81</td></tr><tr><td>Patsy Fagan (16-18)
John Pulman (14-20)</td><td>Steve Davis (18-13)
Kirk Stevens (19-11)</td><td>—
</td><tr><tr><td>1981-82</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><tr><tr><td>1982-83</td></tr><tr><td>Fred Davis (12-20)
Graham Miles (16-18)
John Virgo (13-19)</td><td>Tony Knowles (20-15)
Jimmy White (21-10)

</td><td>Willie Thorne (22-16)


</td><tr><tr><td>1983-84</td></tr><tr><td>Perrie Mans (11-17)
Willie Thorne (16-18)</td><td>Tony Meo (24-15)

</td><td>John Virgo (19-14)

</td><tr><tr><td>1984-85</td></tr><tr><td>John Virgo (14-18)</td><td>–</td><td>Willie Thorne (18-12)
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