Griffiths. Ranked world number one during the 1981–82 season, Thorburn was the first non-British player to top the snookerworldrankings. He won the invitational
sport of snooker has utilised a worldrankings system since 1975, used to seed players on the WorldSnooker Tour for tournaments. Originally rankings were
The professional worldrankings for snooker players in the 1994–1995 season are listed below. Stephen Hendry retained the top ranking for the fifth consecutive