World Snooker Tour rankings update after Mark Selby's 2025 Welsh Open victory

Victory for Englishman Selby at the Venue Cymru represented the 24th ranking event title of his incredible career, and the £100,000 he pocketed sees him go up one place to third in the World Snooker Tour standings as he swaps places with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

The top two positions in the world rankings remain the same with Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson staying in first and second, respectively.

The top 16

Elsewhere in the top 16 bracket, Luca Brecel (6th) and Mark Allen (7th) both go up a place, while Shaun Murphy drops two to 8th.

It is an important few months for Masters champion Murphy who has a huge amount of points to defend following his Players and Tour Championship triumphs from two years ago. Provisionally, Murphy needs to qualify for the Crucible, but he can change that scenario in upcoming weeks.

Ali Carter (14th) and Gary Wilson (15th) trade places, and Xiao Guodong gets back into snooker's elite bracket in 16th as he swaps with 17th-placed Jak Jones who is nudged out.

The top 32

Stephen Maguire's first ranking event final appearance since 2020 pushes him up three places to 26th. The fantastic run in North Wales also qualified Maguire for the big-money World Grand Prix in Hong next month.

Jack Lisowski (up two to 24th), Ryan Day (up two to 29th) and Zhou Yuelong (up one to 31st) also went up.

The biggest faller throughout the whole rankings list for this latest revision is Robert Milkins who drops eight places to 32nd as nearly £75,000 is removed from his rankings total due to winning the 2023 Welsh Open.

The top 64

Youngster Jackson Page enjoyed a fruitful week on home soil as he reached the fourth ranking event quarter-final of his career, and the prize money he won helps him move up two places to 34th.

Other notable movers between the 33 to 64 section include experienced campaigners Mark Davis (50th) and Matthew Stevens (52nd) who have both risen four spots.

Jamie Jones (up three to 58th), Sanderson Lam (up three to 59th) and Jamie Clarke (up two to 63rd) all bagged crucial points in their battle for tour survival.

On the flip side, former World Seniors Snooker Champion David Lilley goes down four places to 62nd.

Currently hanging on to top 64 status is Anthony Hamilton in 64th, but the former German Masters champion needs a huge World Championship campaign in order to avoid relegation.

Outside the top 64

As always, this bracket of the world rankings can be a bit difficult to interrupt with some players on the first year of a tour card, some on a second, and others looking to keep their professional stripes via the one-year list instead.

It was a positive tournament for several players including Ishpreet Singh Chadha (67th) and Ma Hailong (73rd) who both eliminated top 16 opposition on the main TV table in the last 64 of the final Home Nations Series event of the season. They both go up two places.

Teenager Stan Moody (69th) - who nearly defeated Mark Allen in front of the TV cameras, too - moves up three rungs of the ladder.

Tian Pengfei did not qualify for the main venue stages of this year's Welsh Open, and as a semi-finalist in the competition two years ago, he loses £17,500 from his cumulative rankings total and falls five places to 72nd. Tian needs a big finish to the season if he is to earn a tour card for next season without having to go to Q School.

For the full, unofficial world rankings which have been updated after the 2025 Welsh Open - including positional changes for every player - please visit snooker.org here.