World rankings update: Neil Robertson rises to world number three after Saudi Arabia Masters title triumph

Robertson had to win the last two frames - having earlier led 7-2 - to defeat Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-9 in the final in Jeddah to secure the 26th world ranking event title of his career.

The Australian collected the £500,000 top prize on offer at the Green Halls which is double his previous highest single payday in the sport. That half-a-million gets added to Robertson’s prize money points tally and he now rises five places in the revised rankings to third spot.

It represents a significant turnaround for Robertson, who at the start of the calendar year was positioned outside the world’s elite top 16 bracket.

Trump remains world number one; who are the top 16 movers?

Despite his shock opening match exit to Oli Lines whilst defending the Saudi title, Judd Trump remains the world number one, although he was always guaranteed to do so.

World number two Kyren Wilson reached the quarter-finals in the Middle East - therefore gaining some ground in his pursuit of top spot - but Trump is still over £600,000 clear of his closest rankings rival.

No points were removed following this latest rankings revision, but Trump does have significant chunks of prize money points to defend in the coming months.

So too does O’Sullivan, who helped alleviate any such ranking concerns he has with an injection of £200,000 to his tally following his runner-up finish.

Before the event began, ‘The Rocket’ began as the world number five, but because of a frustrating campaign last season during which he didn’t reach a final, in the provisional ‘Race to the Crucible’ rankings list he was outside of the world’s top 16. His Saudi silver medal puts him up one place to world number four.

O'Sullivan jumps both fellow 'Class of 92' members Mark Williams and John Higgins, who each go down two places to fifth and sixth in the standings, respectively.

Elsewhere in the top 16, Chris Wakelin has gone up three places from 16th to 13th after his run to the semi-finals. The £100,000 he pocketed was the biggest payday of his career, so far.

Nobody broke into, or fell out of, the top 16 following the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters. Shaun Murphy currently occupies 16th place, with Ali Carter in 17th.

A little bit further down the rankings and semi-finalist Elliot Slessor continues to be upwardly mobile in the sport. The 31-year-old jumps up six places to 23rd.

Other notable moves in the 17 to 64 bracket feature players including: Noppon Saengkham (up 3 to 33rd), Ben Woollaston (up 4 to 38th), Long Zehuang (up 5 to 54th).

Outside the top 64, there were five players who reached at least round five in Jeddah.

Lines - who made the last 16 - goes up two places to 66th in the latest rankings. That doesn't sound much, but as he is on the second year of his tour card, Lines has no points to defend this season and he will very likely finish the term inside the top 64.

The £20,000 that Farakh Ajaib won strongly helps his bid to keep his World Snooker Tour card; Ajaib moves up nine spots to 76th, although the one-year list is another avenue he can use to retain his professional status at the end of the season.

Due to still being early in the new 2025/26 season, the rankings further down aren't necessarily a true reflection of a player’s position within the sport, but for completion, the most noteworthy moves are: Chang Bingyu (up 21 to 80th), Iulian Boiko (up 26 to joint 87th), Steven Hallworth (up 26 to joint 87th).