| Preceded by 1985/1986 |
1986/1987 | Succeeded by 1987/1988 |
Snooker world rankings 1986/1987: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1986–87 season are listed below.[1][2][3]
| Ranking | Name | 1984–85 season | 1985–86 season | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IO | GP | UK | Cl | BO | WC | MT | GP | UK | Cl | BO | WC | |||
| 1 |  Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 59 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 41 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Tony Knowles (ENG) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Alex Higgins (NIR) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Joe Johnson (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 9 | Kirk Stevens (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 |  Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Tony Meo (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Silvino Francisco (RSA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | Neal Foulds (ENG) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Ray Reardon (WAL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Rex Williams (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | John Parrott (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 18 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} John Campbell (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 19 | John Virgo (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 20 |  Eugene Hughes (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 21 | David Taylor (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 |  Murdo MacLeod (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | Cliff Wilson (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 26 | Peter Francisco (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | Mike Hallett (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 28 | Dave Martin (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 29 | Dean Reynolds (ENG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 30 | Barry West (ENG) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Steve Longworth (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Jim Wych (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Danny Fowler (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 34 | John Spencer (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Steve Duggan (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Perrie Mans (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 |  Tony Drago (MLT) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Marcel Gauvreau (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 |  Dene O'Kane (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Steve Newbury (WAL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 | Warren King (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | Patsy Fagan (IRL) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 | Mark Wildman (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | George Scott (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | Bob Harris (ENG) | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | Ray Edmonds (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 47 | Fred Davis (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | Paddy Browne (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 | Tony Chappel (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Graham Cripsey (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 | Stephen Hendry (SCO) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 52 | Graham Miles (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Bob Chaperon (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 54 | Malcolm Bradley (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | Tony Jones (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | Wayne Jones (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | Tommy Murphy (NIR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 | Paul Medati (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 59 | Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA) | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Matt Gibson (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | Bernie Mikkelsen (CAN) | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | John Rea (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | Vic Harris (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 | Ian Black (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | Joe O'Boye (IRL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Roger Bales (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 | Ian Williamson (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
References
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
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