Rankings – a Brief History

[The Statman]

1977 to 1991

A world ranking system was devised in order for seedings to be in place for the 1977 World Championship – the first to be played at the Crucible Theatre. These initially took account of each player's performance in the previous three world championships, viz. 1974,

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[The Statman]

1991 to the present

The ranking system described above remained in force until the 1991-92 season, when the game went 'open' and

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[The Statman]

Number of ranking tournaments each season

(Since 1982-83, the first season in which tournaments other than the World Championshi

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