Snooker world rankings 1982/1983
Snooker world rankings 1982/1983: The professional world rankings for the top 32 snooker players in the 1982–83 season are listed below.[1][2][3] Players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1980, 1981 and 1982) contributed to their points total. For each of the three years, 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.[4][5] For players with no points, plaings were determined on the basis of their results at the 1983 World Championship.[6]
| Preceded by 1981/1982 |
1982/1983 | Succeeded by 1983/1984 |
Alex Higgins had two ranking points deducted for misconduct in February 1981, which meant that he was ranked second rather than first.[7][4][8]
| Born | 8 October 1932 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Professional | 1967–1992 |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
 Alex Higgins (1968) | |
| Born | 18 March 1949 |
|---|---|
| Died | 24 July 2010 (aged 61) |
| Sport country | Northern Ireland |
| Professional | 1971–1997 |
| Highest ranking | 2 |
 Cliff Thorburn (2007) | |
| Born | 16 January 1948 |
|---|---|
| Sport country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Professional | 1972–1996 |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
| Ranking | Name | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Reardon (WAL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alex Higgins (NIR) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8[lower-alpha 1] |
| 3 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |  Steve Davis (ENG) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Kirk Stevens (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | David Taylor (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Jimmy White (ENG) | – | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Perrie Mans (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | John Spencer (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Tony Knowles (ENG) | – | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Silvino Francisco (RSA) | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Graham Miles (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | John Virgo (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Fred Davis (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Jim Wych (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Dean Reynolds (ENG) | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 23 |  Patsy Fagan (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Tony Meo (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | John Bear (CAN) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Cliff Wilson (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Dave Martin (ENG) | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Jim Donnelly (SCO) | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | John Dunning (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Mike Hallett (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG) | – | – | 0 | 0 |
Notes
- Two points were deducted for "ungentlemanly conduct".[4]
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.
- "New world rankings". Snooker Scene. June 1982. p. 29.
- "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- "World professional ratings list 1982". Cue World. July 1982. p. 25.
- Everton, Clive (18 May 1982). "Higgins fined £1,000". The Guardian. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bigger field for 1982 championship". Snooker Scene. June 1981. p. 19.
