Snooker Legends
World Champions and snooker's most decorated players.
The All-Time Greatest Snooker Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Snooker Athletes
Browse 58 of the greatest snooker players of all time.
Northern Irish
Alex Higgins
Professional Snooker Player
Northern Irish snooker player known as 'The Hurricane' for his fast, attacking style. Two-time…
English
Ali Carter
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player known for reaching two World Championship finals and winning…
English
Allison Fisher
Professional Pool / Snooker Player
English professional snooker and pool player who dominated women's snooker in the 1980s-90s before…
English
Barry Hawkins
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player who reached the 2013 World Championship final and won multiple…
Canadian
Cliff Thorburn
Snooker Player
Canadian snooker player who became the first non-British World Champion in 1980 and compiled the…
English
David Gilbert
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player known for his consistent performances and reaching multiple…
Northern Irish
Dennis Taylor
Professional Snooker Player
Northern Irish professional snooker player famous for his 1985 World Championship victory over…
Chinese
Ding Junhui
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player who became the first Asian to win a ranking event and reached…
Scottish
Graeme Dott
Professional Snooker Player
Scottish professional snooker player and 2006 World Champion, known for his tactical approach and…
English
Jack Lisowski
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player known for his attacking style and multiple ranking final…
Thai
James Wattana
Professional Snooker Player
Thai professional snooker player who became the first Asian player to reach a World Championship…
British
Jimmy White
Professional Snooker Player
British snooker player known as 'The Whirlwind' for his fast, attacking style. Six-time World…
British
Joe Johnson
Professional Snooker Player
British snooker player famous for winning the 1986 World Championship as a 150-1 outsider,…
Scottish
John Higgins
Snooker Player
Scottish professional snooker player and four-time World Champion, widely regarded as one of the…
British
Judd Trump
Professional Snooker Player
The 2019 World Champion and one of the most naturally gifted players in snooker history — his flair…
Irish
Ken Doherty
Professional Snooker Player
Irish professional snooker player who won the 1997 World Championship and Masters, reaching world…
English
Kyren Wilson
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player known for his attacking style and multiple ranking event…
Belgian
Luca Brecel
Professional Snooker Player
Belgian professional snooker player who became the first mainland European to win the World Snooker…
Hong Kong
Marco Fu
Professional Snooker Player
Hong Kong professional snooker player who became the first Asian player to reach a World…
English
Mark Selby
Snooker Player
English professional snooker player, four-time World Champion and former world number one, known…
Welsh
Mark Williams
Snooker Player
Welsh professional snooker player known as 'The Welsh Potting Machine', three-time World Champion…
Welsh
Matthew Stevens
Professional Snooker Player
Welsh professional snooker player who reached world number 4 and won multiple ranking tournaments…
Australian
Neil Robertson
Professional Snooker Player
Australian professional snooker player and former world number one, known for being the first…
Thai
Nutcharut Wongharuthai
Professional Snooker Player
Thai professional snooker player who became the first Thai woman to compile a competitive century…
British
Peter Ebdon
Professional Snooker Player
British snooker player who turned professional in 1991, won six major ranking titles including the…
British
Reanne Evans
Professional Snooker Player
British professional snooker player, 12-time Women's World Champion and trailblazer who became the…
British
Rebecca Kenna
Professional Snooker Player
British professional snooker player who became one of the few women to earn a World Snooker Tour…
English
Ricky Walden
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional whose patient and safety-first playing style and multiple ranking…
British
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Professional Snooker Player
British snooker player widely regarded as the greatest of all time, known for his natural talent,…
British
Shaun Murphy
Professional Snooker Player
British professional snooker player known for winning the 2005 World Championship as a qualifier…
Scottish
Stephen Hendry
Professional Snooker Player
Scottish professional snooker player widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, holding…
British
Steve Davis
Professional Snooker Player
British snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1980s, winning six World Championships and…
English
Stuart Bingham
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player who became world champion in 2015 at age 38, known for his…
Welsh
Terry Griffiths
Professional Snooker Player
Welsh former professional snooker player who became World Champion on his debut appearance at the…
Chinese
Yan Bingtao
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player who became the youngest Masters champion in 26 years and first…
Chinese
Zhao Xintong
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player who became the first Chinese player to win the UK Championship…
English
John Spencer
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker player who won the World Championship three times in the 1970s, including the first…
Welsh
Ray Reardon
Professional Snooker Player
Welsh snooker player who won six World Championships in the 1970s and became the sport's first…
English
Tony Knowles
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker player who reached three World Championship semi-finals in the 1980s and famously…
English
Tony Meo
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker player who reached world number one in doubles-era rankings and was a dominant…
English
Willie Thorne
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker player and popular BBC commentator known as 'Mr Maximum' for his prolific…
English
Paul Hunter
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker player and three-time Masters champion known as the 'Beckham of the Baize', whose…
Chinese
Liang Wenbo
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player and two-time World Cup winner for China who reached world…
Chinese
Xiao Guodong
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player who won back-to-back Wuhan Open titles in 2024 and 2025 after…
Welsh
Ryan Day
Professional Snooker Player
Welsh professional snooker player, four-time ranking event winner and three-time World Championship…
English
Michael Holt
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player known as 'The Hitman', who won the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out after…
English
Martin Gould
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player known as 'The Pinner Potter', who won the 2016 German Masters…
English
John Parrott
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player who won the 1991 World Championship and UK Championship in the…
English
Mike Hallett
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player and long-time broadcaster, twice a Masters finalist and winner…
English
Dave Harold
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player nicknamed 'The Stoke Potter', who became the lowest-ranked…
New Zealander
Dene O'Kane
Professional Snooker Player
New Zealand professional snooker player who reached two World Championship quarter-finals and…
Maltese
Tony Drago
Professional Snooker Player
Maltese professional snooker and pool player nicknamed 'The Tornado' for his exceptionally fast…
Scottish
Alan McManus
Professional Snooker Player
Scottish professional snooker player who won the 1994 Masters, ending Stephen Hendry's five-year…
English
Stephen Lee
Professional Snooker Player
English professional snooker player who reached world number five in the 2000s before receiving…
Chinese
Si Jiahui
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player who became the first Crucible debutant to reach a World…
Chinese
Pang Junxu
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese professional snooker player and 2021 Rookie of the Year, best known for a runner-up finish…
Thai
Noppon Saengkham
Professional Snooker Player
Thai professional snooker player who reached the 2023 Scottish Open final and became only the third…
Thai
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Professional Snooker Player
Thai professional snooker player and two-time ranking event champion known as one of the fastest…
Snooker Nations
British
40
athletes
Chinese
7
athletes
Thai
4
athletes
Canadian
1
athletes
Irish
1
athletes
Belgian
1
athletes
Hong Kong
1
athletes
Australian
1
athletes