Snooker world ranking points 2009/2010: The official world ranking points for the 96 professional snooker players in the 2009–10 season are listed below. The total points from the seasons 2008–09 and 2009–10 were used to determine the seedings at the start of the 2010/2011 season. 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 08/09 ! scope=col | SM ! scope=col | GP ! scope=col | UK ! scope=col | WO ! scope=col | CO ! scope=col | WSC ! scope=col | Points 09/10 ! scope=col | Total |- | 1 || 3 || style="text-align:left;"| John Higgins | 31000 || 4480 || 4480 || 6400 || 5000 || 2660 || 3800 || 26820 || 57820 |- | 2 || 7 || style="text-align:left;"| Neil Robertson | 22825 || 980 || 7000 || 3040 || 1900 || 2660 || 10000 || 25580 || 48405 |- | 3 || 2 || style="text-align:left;"| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 23875 || 7000 || 2660 || 5120 || 3200 || 980 || 5000 || 23960 || 47835 |- | 4 || 1 || style="text-align:left;"| Ali Carter | 24100 || 2660 || 980 || 4000 || 4000 || 4480 || 6400 || 22520 || 46620 |- | 5 || 8 || style="text-align:left;"| Ding Junhui | 13775 || 3500 || 5600 || 8000 || 700 || 5600 || 3800 || 27200 || 40975 |- | 6 || 4 || style="text-align:left;"| Stephen Maguire | 22075 || 980 || 2660 || 5120 || 3200 || 2660 || 3800 || 18420 || 40495 |- | 7 || 4 || style="text-align:left;"| Shaun Murphy | 23475 || 4480 || 980 || 3040 || 700 || 980 || 5000 || 15180 || 38655 |- | 8 || 7 || style="text-align:left;"| Mark Williams || 14219 || 2660 || 4480 || 3040 || 2500 || 7000 || 3800 || 23480 || 37699 |- | 9 || 2 || style="text-align:left;"| Mark Selby | 17925 || 980 || 980 || 4000 || 2500 || 2660 || 6400 || 17520 || 35445 |- | 10 || 1 || style="text-align:left;"| Mark Allen|| 17800 || 980 || 3500 || 1120 || 2500 || 4480 || 5000 || 17580 || 35380 |- | 11 || 1 || style="text-align:left;"| Stephen Hendry | 16225 || 2660 || 2660 || 3040 || 1900 || 3500 || 3800 || 17560