Snooker world rankings 1983/1984
Snooker world rankings 1983/1984: The professional world rankings for the top 32 snooker players in the 1983–84 season are listed below.[1][2]
| Preceded by 1982/1983 |
1983/1984 | Succeeded by 1984/1985 |
Players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1981, 1982 and 1983) contributed to their points total. For 1981 and 1982, the World Champion gained five points, the runner-up received four, losing semi-finalists got three, losing quarter-finalists got two, and losers in the last-16 round received a single point, whilst for 1983 the points were double this. For the first time, tournaments other than world championship were taken into account, with the 1982 International Open and 1982 Professional Players Tournament both at the same points tariff as the 1981 and 1982 World Championships.[1][3]
Steve Davis was the top-ranked player for the first time, displacing Ray Reardon.[4]
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| Born | August 22, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  England |
| Professional | 1978–2014 |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
| Born | October 8, 1932 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Professional | 1967–1992 |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
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| Born | January 16, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Sport country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Professional | 1972–1996 |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
| Ranking | Name | 1981 | 1982 | 1982–83 season | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC | WC | IO | PPT | WC | |||
| 1 | Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | 0 | 2 | – | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Ray Reardon (WAL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Tony Knowles (ENG) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alex Higgins (NIR) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11[lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Kirk Stevens (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | David Taylor (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | John Virgo (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Tony Meo (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | John Spencer (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Perrie Mans (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Dean Reynolds (ENG) | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Cliff Wilson (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Silvino Francisco (RSA) | – | 2 | – | – | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Graham Miles (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Joe Johnson (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Mark Wildman (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Patsy Fagan (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 |  Eddie Sinclair (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Murdo MacLeod (SCO) | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Fred Davis (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Mike Hallett (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Eugene Hughes (IRE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Les Dodd (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | John Campbell (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
- Two points were deducted for misconduct.[1]
References
- "New W.P.B.S.A. rankings". Snooker Scene. June 1983. p. 28.
- 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.
- "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.