The top ten greatest snooker players ever…
The sport of snooker originated in India around 1875. After the professional snooker scene exploded in the 1920s, a small group of players have controlled the sport ever since.
We’ll examine the greatest snooker players in history here, ranging from Joe Davis to Ronnie O’Sullivan.
The best ten snooker players in the sport’s history
Joe Davis
Hendry Stephen
Ronnie Sullivan
Steve Davis
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Ray Reardon
Dennis Taylor
Higgins, John
Mark Selby
Jimmy White
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Together, the players on the above list have won multiple world championships and countless more titles. The top 10 snooker players of all time will now be examined in more detail, along with their pinnacle accomplishments in the game:
1. Joe Davis, 1919-1964
Joe Davis, a 1901 native, won 15 world snooker championships. The Englishman broke the record for the first century break in the history of the World Snooker Championship in 1930 and is still the only player to have gone undefeated in the competition.
Prior to becoming the first player to achieve a maximum break in 1955, Davis was also a world champion in pool. Had Davis not decided to concentrate on other 1946 tournaments, he probably would have won additional Snooker World Championships.
The iconic player who helped to shape modern snooker was Davis, who received an OBE in 1963. Davis, who was 77 years old, passed away in 1978.
2. Hendry, Stephen, 1985–2012
Throughout his career as a professional snooker player, Stephen Hendry won 36 competitions, including seven at the Crucible. The Scot has been dubbed The Golden Boy and The Ice Man due to his more than 700 century breaks and 11 maximums.
When Hendry defeated Jimmy White in the championship match in 1990, he won the title for the first time. From 1992 till 1999, he was the winner five times in a row. When Hendry made his professional comeback in August 2020, a lot of supporters were happy.
Hendry has said that he still intends to compete at the Crucible again, even though it hasn’t been the fairytale comeback he had hoped for. Hendry is a six-time WPBSA Player of the Year and received an MBE in 1993.
3. From 1992 to the present, Ronnie O’Sullivan
O’Sullivan, sometimes known as “The Rocket,” is the biggest snooker talent in the world right now. The player from Romford, known for his amazing shot-making, fiery temper, and two-handed play, has won seven World Snooker Championships thus far.
At the age of 19, O’Sullivan became the youngest player to win The Masters, and he has broken records all through his career. O’Sullivan, who is 47 years old, has almost 1,200 century breaks and 15 maximums to his name. The game frequently seems too simple for the man who was awarded an OBE in 2016 despite his 39 tournament victories.
Additionally, he has received multiple nominations for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Ronnie has made almost £13 million in his career thus far, but it’s unclear how long he’ll be entertaining snooker fans.
4. Steve Davis (born 1978)
After winning the World Championship six times and becoming as one of snooker’s early stars, Davis ended his outstanding career in 2016. In addition to his triumphs at The Crucible, Davis also took home three Masters titles and six UK Championships. The first player to earn more over £1 million in prize money was Davis.
Throughout his career, Davis—fondly referred to as “The Nugget” and the “Romford Slim”—made just one maximum break. In 1988, he was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. To this day, he is the only snooker player who has accomplished this.
Apart from snooker, Davis also experimented with pool, regularly representing Europe in the Mosconi Cup. Davis was granted an OBE in 2000, and she even made an appearance on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here in 2003.
5. From 1971 to 1997, Alex Higgins
Alex “Hurricane” Higgins was very much a force to be reckoned with both on and off the table. The two times world champion is one of a select number of players to have won Snooker’s Triple Crown, having also achieved success at the UK Championship and Masters. Higgins passed away in 2010 at the age of 61.
Alex Higgins was an inspiration to many of the top players who followed him, including O’Sullivan and Jimmy White. Higgins’ rivalry with Steve Davis was a talking point in snooker for many years during the ’80s and ’90s. The Northern Irishman was known for his speed around the table and unusual technique.
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