State of the rankings

[tfcc]

I've seen this in one thread and it's a little weird, but Ebdon looks to be in good shape and if he gets a good run to the final (or so) to the Malta cup, then we could be for something we never saw.
Could this be the year Ebdon fulfils his dream?

[RaNeN]

Has Ebdon ever been # 1?

[chasmmi]

From my calculations the rankings after Malta will look like this:

1 Ken Doherty 30,000
2 Graeme Dott 29,475
3 John Higgins 29,050
4 Peter Ebdon 28,350 / 29,150 / 30,150
5 Stephen Hendry 26,075
6 Ding Junhui 25,325
7 Shaun Murphy 24,500 / 25,300 / 26,300
8 Mark Williams 24,325
9 Ronnie O'Sullivan 23,800
10 Stephen Lee 23,350
11 Neil Robertson 22,425
12 Ryan Day 19,750 / 20,550 / 21,550
13 Steve Davis 19,650
14 Mark King 19,300
15 Joe Perry 19,150
16 Stephen Maguire 19,050
17 Barry Hawkins 18,450
18 Stuart Bingham 17,700
19 Joe Swail 17,250
20 Jamie Cope 15,950
21 Matthew Stevens 15,950
22 Mark Selby 15,600
23 Allister Carter 15,900 / 16,700 / 17,700
24 David Gray 14,863
25 Michael Holt 16,013
26 Nigel Bond 15,413
27 Dominic Dale 14,875
28 James Wattana 14,563
29 Marco Fu 14,550
30 Gerard Greene 14,450
31 Dave Harold 14,225
32 Alan McManus 13,400
33 Ricky Walden 13,025
34 Michael Judge 12,900
35 Mark Allen 12,800
36 Ian McCulloch 12,526
37 Anthony Hamilton 12,251
38 David Roe 11,813
39 Robin Hull 11,238
40 Stuart Pettman 10,838
41 Robert Milkins 11,901
42 Fergal O'Brien 11,550
43 Rod Lawler11,150
44 Andrew Norman 11,288
45 Adrian Gunnell 10,900
46 John Parrott 10,888
47 Mark Davis 10,875
48 Barry Pinches 10,838
49 Tom Ford 10,725
50 Rory McLeod 10,500
51 Andy Hicks 10,201
52 David Gilbert 10,025
53 Scott MacKenzie 9,450
54 Marcus Campbell 9,425
55 Mike Dunn 9,263
56 Jamie Burnett 9,150
57 Jimmy White 8,800
58 Judd Trump 8,850
59 Jimmy Michie 8,713
60 Paul Davies 8,688
61 Drew Henry 8,600
62 Tony Drago 8,575
63 Joe Delaney 8,125
64 Lee Spick 7,950
75 Andrew Higginson 8,275
66 Matthew Couch 7,825
67 Tian Pengfei 7,825
68 Liang Wenbo 7,800
69 Christopher Norbury 7,413
70 Jamie Jones 7,275
71 Ben Woollaston 7,275
72 Sean Storey 7,250
73 Shailesh Jogia 7,213
74 Peter Lines 7,200
75 Ian Preece 7,200
76 David Morris 7,200
77 Issara Kachaiwong 7,075
78 Liu Song 6,875
79 Christopher Melling 6,850
80 Alfred Burden 6,600
81 Paul Davison 6,400
82 Dermot McGlinchey 6,350
83 James Leadbetter 6,325
84 Mark Joyce 6,150
85 Shokat Ali 6,126
86 Mohammed Shehab 5,900
87 Jeff Cundy 5,875
88 Passakorn Suwannawat 5,875
89 Robert Stephen 5,650
90 Paul Wykes 5,650
91 Patrick Einsle 5,650
92 Dene O'Kane 5,475
93 Lee Page 5,450
94 Roy Stolk 5200
95 Mark Boyle 5,200
96 Alex Borg 5100

So Ebdon can get to number one if he wins it. Murphy can climb as high as 5, Day is 12 regardless and Carter cannot regain top 16 status.

At the lower end Wenbo and Penfei are doing a good job of moving up the rankings whereas Liu Song could become what I believe is the first Chinese player to ever drop off the main tour.

Jimmy is down to 57 but China rankings should see him Okay, Drago is holding on at 62 and parrott is still a top 48 player at 46.

These points dont include anything gained in unfinished tournaments (with the obvious exception of the Malta Cup of course.)

[chasmmi]

as a side note Jimmy will finish the season on at least 10,550 points I think which on last years totals is enough to stay in the top 16.

[The Statman]

Have you deliberately ranked Jimmy White above Judd Trump, despite the latter having pore points?

[chasmmi]

Yes, you are forgetting the obligatory 100 bonus points Jimmy recieves just for being Jimmy.

I have of course not added them to the total ala high break bonus in your own predictions event but it does effect overall seasons rankings.

[Skypigeon]

thanks Chas!!

[deef]

as a side note Jimmy will finish the season on at least 10,550 points I think which on last years totals is enough to stay in the top 16.

Are you sure? I thought Jimmy would end the season with at least 11675 ranking points (6450 from last season and 5225 for this season).

[chasmmi]

8800 + 450 (wales) + min 1400 (china) + min 900 (world) = 11,550

I think I may have been a bit wrong there you're right, and I still might be now. Main thing is based on last year he looks safe.