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.
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All Snooker Athletes
Browse 36 of the greatest snooker players of all time.
Northern Irish
Alex Higgins
Professional Snooker Player
Hurricane Higgins — the most charismatic and self-destructive genius snooker produced, a player whos…
English
Ali Carter
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional nicknamed 'The Captain' whose precise positional play and remarkable co…
English
Allison Fisher
Professional Pool / Snooker Player
English professional pool player and eight-time World Pool Champion known as 'The Duchess of Doom' w…
English
Barry Hawkins
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional nicknamed 'The Hawk' whose multiple World Championship final appearance…
Canadian
Cliff Thorburn
Snooker Player
The Grinder — the only Canadian World Champion and the first player to make a maximum 147 at the Wor…
English
David Gilbert
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional nicknamed 'The Rock' whose meticulous positional play and consistent lo…
Northern Irish
Dennis Taylor
Professional Snooker Player
The man behind the glasses — Dennis Taylor's 1985 World Snooker Championship final against Steve Dav…
Chinese
Ding Junhui
Professional Snooker Player
China's greatest snooker player and the man who transformed the sport's global reach — 14 ranking ti…
Scottish
Graeme Dott
Professional Snooker Player
The 2006 World Champion — Scotland's most successful modern snooker player. Snooker rewards precise …
English
Jack Lisowski
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional known for his flowing breaks, entertaining style and consistent appeara…
Thai
James Wattana
Professional Snooker Player
Thai snooker legend whose exceptional talent, multiple ranking event victories and long career as on…
British
Jimmy White
Professional Snooker Player
The Whirlwind — six-time World Championship finalist who never won the title, the most beloved nearl…
British
Joe Johnson
Professional Snooker Player
The 150-1 outsider who won the 1986 World Championship — one of sport's greatest upsets.…
Scottish
John Higgins
Snooker Player
The Wizard of Wishaw — four World Championships and 31 ranking titles.…
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 snooker champion and 1997 World Champion whose silky cue action, superb safety play and underd…
English
Kyren Wilson
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker world champion whose 2024 World Championship victory at The Crucible ended a long wa…
Belgian
Luca Brecel
Professional Snooker Player
The first continental European to win the World Snooker Championship — Brecel's 2023 Crucible victor…
Hong Kong
Marco Fu
Professional Snooker Player
The most successful Asian snooker player outside mainland China and a key figure in the globalisatio…
English
Mark Selby
Snooker Player
The Jester from Leicester — four World Championships through tactical mastery.…
Welsh
Mark Williams
Snooker Player
Three World Championships — the most naturally gifted left-handed potter in the game.…
Welsh
Matthew Stevens
Professional Snooker Player
Welsh snooker legend and two-time World Championship finalist whose flowing break-building style and…
Australian
Neil Robertson
Professional Snooker Player
The Thunder from Down Under — 2010 World Champion and the first Australian to win the world title.…
Thai
Nutcharut Wongharuthai
Professional Snooker Player
Thailand's greatest female snooker player and a trailblazer for Asian women in the sport — the first…
British
Peter Ebdon
Professional Snooker Player
The 2002 World Champion — his 17-hour final against Stephen Hendry remains the greatest final in Cru…
British
Reanne Evans
Professional Snooker Player
The most successful female snooker player in history — 10-time Women's World Snooker Champion who be…
British
Rebecca Kenna
Professional Snooker Player
One of Britain's leading female snooker players on the modern WST circuit — a Tour Card holder who c…
English
Ricky Walden
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional whose patient and safety-first playing style and multiple ranking event…
British
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Professional Snooker Player
Seven-time World Champion and the most naturally gifted snooker player ever produced.…
British
Shaun Murphy
Professional Snooker Player
The Magician — the first qualifier to win the World Championship in the modern professional era, in …
Scottish
Stephen Hendry
Professional Snooker Player
Seven-time World Champion who dominated snooker through the 1990s — won five consecutive World title…
British
Steve Davis
Professional Snooker Player
Six World Snooker Championship titles and the man who dominated the sport so completely through the …
English
Stuart Bingham
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker champion whose Masters and UK Championship victories have produced one of the more d…
Welsh
Terry Griffiths
Professional Snooker Player
The 1979 World Snooker Champion whose composed, methodical style made him one of the most reliable p…
Chinese
Yan Bingtao
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese snooker champion whose Masters title, consistent world rankings and exciting playing style h…
Chinese
Zhao Xintong
Professional Snooker Player
Chinese snooker champion who rose to world number one before his 21st birthday and won the UK Champi…
Snooker Nations
British
26
athletes
Chinese
3
athletes
Thai
2
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Canadian
1
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Irish
1
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Belgian
1
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Hong Kong
1
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Australian
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