What are the updated world snooker rankings after Shaun Murphy's 2025 British Open title win?

Murphy defeated Anthony McGill 10-7 in the final in Cheltenham to pocket £100,000 and lift The Clive Everton Trophy for the first time in his career.

It was Murphy’s 13th career ranking event title - putting him tenth on the all-time list of the most decorated ranking winners - but his first in over two years.

Last month following the Wuhan Open, Murphy fell outside the world’s top 16 for the first time in over 19 years. He reclaimed his place back inside the elite bracket after last week’s English Open, but now he is sitting a lot more comfortable and shouldn’t have any immediate concerns about his top 16 status.

On the one-year/seasonal list, the 43-year-old Englishman goes up to fourth place behind Neil Robertson, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Xiao Guodong, meaning he is very well positioned to qualify for all three Players Series tournaments later in the campaign.

Who is in the top 16 after the 2025 British Open?

There are no positional changes inside the world’s top 11 following the 2025 British Open.

Runaway world number one Judd Trump maintains top spot, although the gap between himself and world number two Kyren Wilson has been reduced by £74,000 because Trump’s 2023 English Open title winning prize money has come off his tally.

There is still a gap of over £550,000 separating Trump and Wilson, though.

Behind these two in order are Robertson, O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, John Higgins, Mark Allen, Ding Junhui, Xiao, Mark Selby and Zhao Xintong.

A player whose top 16 place is in serious doubt in the coming months is Zhang Anda, who has dropped one place to 14th.

Zhang has had £29,000 removed from his total due to his runner-up finish to Trump in Brentwood in 2023. In a few weeks time, though, he will be defending the £175,000 he collected for winning the 2023 International Championship.

Elsewhere in the top 16, Barry Hawkins (13th), Chris Wakelin (15th) and Si Jiahui (16th) all go down one place.

The biggest ranking changes outside the world’s top 16

There is barely any movement in the 17 to 32 bracket with Jak Jones (19th) and Wu Yize (20th), Stuart Bingham (21st) and Tom Ford (22nd) swapping places being the only changes.

The most significant shift of any player inside the top 64 in this latest rankings revision is British Open runner-up Anthony McGill who climbs up 12 spots to 45th.

In 2022, McGill was stationed at a career-high 12th in the world rankings. But after a disappointing few seasons on the World Snooker Tour, the two-time ranking event winner plummeting down the ratings, and travelled to Cheltenham last week as the world number 57.

Due to his proximity to the 64 cut-off, there was talk of McGill potentially being relegated from the professional circuit at the end of this term. But with his final run at The Centaur, those concerns have been alleviated.

Teenager Stan Moody breaks into the world's top 50 for the first time; the 19-year-old made the quarter-finals in Cheltenham and has risen six spots to 49th.

That was the second time that the youngster had featured in the last eight of a ranking event - his maiden quarter-final appearance came only last month in Wuhan.

Liu Hongyu falls seven places from 53rd to 60th as he was a semi-finalist at the English Open two years ago.

Oliver Lines has gone up three steps and occupies 64th place. It seems very likely that Lines - who is on the second year of a tour card - will preserve his professional status at the end of the season by staying in the 64.

Both quarter-finalists last week, Louis Heathcote and Mitchell Mann enjoy big boosts to their respective rankings.

Heathcote is only on the first year of a tour card but is already up to 81st.

Mann is battling to maintain his professional stripes beyond this season, but the £12,000 he scooped will massively help his cause. He is up seven to 83rd in the world rankings.

On the one-year list for those outside the world’s top 64, Mann is ninth. With the top four from this list set to earn a new two-year tour card, this is Mann’s most favourable avenue to stay on.

Visit snooker.org here for the full, unofficial world rankings after the 2025 British Open, including all the changes.