World snooker rankings update after the 2025 UK Championship, Mark Selby rises five places

Selby resisted a rally from defending champion Judd Trump in the final to record a 10-8 victory at the Barbican Centre and complete a hat-trick of UK crowns following previous wins in 2012 and 2016.

It is the Leicester cueist’s tenth Triple Crown accolade; only three players in the modern era have reached double figures before him in that category: Steve Davis (15 titles), Stephen Hendry (18), and Ronnie O’Sullivan (23).

The £250,000 top prize Selby collects sees him move up five spots in the updated world rankings. This means he will be a seed player at next month’s Masters at the Alexandra Palace in London. The draw for snooker’s most prestigious invitational event can be viewed in an article here.

Whilst there are several shifts within snooker's elite bracket, no-one has come into or fallen out of the world's top 16 after the 2025 UK Championship.

Despite the disappointment of narrowly missing out on his third UK crown, Trump strengthens his position at the top of the standings. The world number one is now over £400,000 clear of second-placed Kyren Wilson.

John Higgins goes up one place to 5th and Shaun Murphy climbs two to 7th.

Ronnie O'Sullivan - who lost in round one to Zhou Yuelong - loses £250,000 from his rolling ranking total, the amount he gained when he won his record-extending eighth UK title two years ago. As a consequence, O'Sullivan drops three places from 5th to 8th.

Mark Allen is down two to 9th, while Ding Junhui - who was defending £100,000 having been runner-up to O’Sullivan in 2023 - falls four to 12th.

Xiao Guodong goes up one to 11th, Si Jiahui (15th) and Gary Wilson (16th) swap places.

After not qualifying for the main draw at the Barbican, Chris Wakelin stays in 17th place. Should someone withdraw from the Masters, he would be first in line to receive a call-up.

Elsewhere in the top 32, Pang Junxu advances three positions to 27th. The 25-year-old from China won four matches in the tournament - including victories over Xiao and Mark Williams in front of the television cameras - to reach his maiden Triple Crown event quarter-final, and pocket £25,000 for his efforts.

A UK semi-finalist two years ago, Hossein Vafaei drops five places to 32nd.

There are no big moves in the 33 to 64 bracket, with no-one going up or down by more than three places.

Having qualified for the televised stages for a second consecutive year, Michael Holt is up three spots into 61st. The former Shoot Out champion is looking good to finish the season inside the world's top 64 and therefore retain his professional tour card and position for next term.

In terms of the tour survival picture, Jordan Brown currently occupies 64th, with Ishpreet Singh Chadha £4,350 behind on the other side of the cut-off in 65th. However, there are still several events to go, and the one-year list is also an avenue players can utilise to keep their place on the World Snooker Tour going into the 2026/27 campaign.

There are only two more counting events towards qualification for the opening Players Series tournament of the season, the 2026 World Grand Prix to be held in Hong Kong in February. These are the Shoot Out and the Scottish Open over the coming weeks.

The top 32 players from the seasonal/one-year list after the Scottish Open will earn an invite for Hong Kong.

To view the full, updated unofficial world rankings after the 2025 UK Championship, visit snooker.org here.