Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The official world ranking points for the 96 professional snooker players in the 2007–08 season are listed below. The total points from the seasons 2006–07 and 2007–08 were used to determine the rankings for the season 2008/2009. Ranking points {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope=col class=unsortable | No. ! scope=col class=unsortable | Ch ! scope=col width="200pt" | Player ! scope=col | Points 2006/07 ! scope=col | SM ! scope=col | GP ! scope=col | NI ! scope=col | UK ! scope=col | WO ! scope=col | CO ! scope=col | WSC ! scope=col | Points 2007/08 ! scope=col | Total |- | 1 || 4 || style="text-align:left;"| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 20750 || 700 || 5000 || 2500 || 7500 || 4000 || 0 || 10000 || 29700 || 50450 |- | 2 || 8 || style="text-align:left;"| Stephen Maguire | 19550 || 1900 || 2375 || 5000 || 6000 || 700 || 5000 || |5000 || 25975 || 45525 |- | 3 || || style="text-align:left;"| Shaun Murphy | 21350 || 700 || 4000 || 3200 || 4800 || 3200 || 4000 || 3800 || 23700 || 45050 |- | 4 || 7 || style="text-align:left;"| Mark Selby | 18275 || 3200 || 1750 || 700 || 4800 || 5000 || 3200 || 1400 || 20050 || 38325 |- | 5 || 4 || style="text-align:left;"| John Higgins | 23100 || 1900 || 2375 || 700 || 1050 || 2500 || 2500 || 3800 || 14825 || 37925 |- | 6 || 2 || style="text-align:left;"| Stephen Hendry | 17375 || 1900 || 1750 || 1900 || 1050 || 3200 || 700 || 6400 || 16900 || 34275 |- | 7 || 7 || style="text-align:left;"| Ali Carter | 15750 || 700 || 2375 || 1900 || 1050 || 2500 || 1900 || 8000 || 18425 || 34175 |- | 8 || 8 || style="text-align:left;"| Ryan Day | 14450 || 4000 || 2375 || 1900 || 1050 || 1900 || 3200 || 5000 || 19425 || 33875 |- | 9 || 3 || style="text-align:left;"| Peter Ebdon | 18000 || 700 || 3125 || 2500 || 1050 || 700 || 1900 || 5000 || 14975 || 32975 |- | 10 || 3 || style="text-align:left;"| Neil Robertson | 20550 || 700 || 1750 || 2500 || 1050 || 1900 || 700 || 3800 || 12400 || 32950 |- | 11 || 2