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Snooker world rankings 1996/1997: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1996/1997 season are listed below. {{Infobox snooker player |name = No. 1: Stephen Hendry |image = Хендри.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|1|13}} | Sport country = {{SCO}} | Professional = 1985–2012 | High ranking = 1 }}{{Infobox snooker player |name = No. 2: John Higgins |image = John Higgins8x6.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|5|18}} | Sport country = {{SCO}} | Professional = 1992– | High ranking = 1 }}{{Infobox snooker player |name = No. 3: Peter Ebdon |image = Ebdon.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|27}} | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Professional = 1991– | High ranking = 3 }} No.[1][2] | Name | Nationality | Points[3] | 1 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland}} | 36911 | 2 | John Higgins | Scotland}} | 32341 | 3 | Peter Ebdon | England}} | 28115 | 4 | John Parrott | England}} | 24339 | 5 | Nigel Bond | England}} | 22669 | 6 | Alan McManus | Scotland}} | 21492 | 7 | Ken Doherty | Ireland}} | 21161 | 8 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England}} | 21007 | 9 | Darren Morgan | Wales}} | 19142 | 10 | Steve Davis | England}} | 18252 | 11 | Dave Harold | England}} | 18247 | 12 | James Wattana | Thailand}} | 17641 | 13 | Jimmy White | England}} | 16620 | 14 | Alain Robidoux | Canada}} | 16058 | 15 | Tony Drago | Malta}} | 16031 | 16 | Mark Williams | Wales}} | 15988 | 17 | Joe Swail | Northern Ireland}} | 15966 | 18 | Andy Hicks | England}} | 15371 | 19 | Gary Wilkinson | England}} | 15251 | 20 | Rod Lawler | England}} | 14565 | 21 | Neal Foulds | England}} | 14430 | 22 | Anthony Hamilton | England}} | 14415 | 23 | Terry Griffiths | Wales}} | 14226 | 24 | Steve James | England}} | 13699 | 25 | Willie Thorne | England}} | 13534 | 26 | Dennis Taylor | Northern Ireland}} | 13229 | 27 | Dene O'Kane | New Zealand}} | 13176 | 28 | Dave Finbow | England}} | 12946 | 29 | Jason Ferguson | England}} | 12839 | 30 | Chris Small | Scotland}} | 12788 | 31 | Stephen Lee | England}} | 12751 | 32 | Mick Price | England}} | 12101 | 33 | Martin Clark | England}} | 11840 | 34 | David Roe | England}} | 11804 | 35 | Billy Snaddon | Scotland}} | 11487 | 36 | Fergal O'Brien | Ireland}} | 11415 | 37 | Anthony Davies | Wales}} | 11288 | 38 | Dean Reynolds | England}} | 11019 | 39 | Mark King | England}} | 10943 | 40 | Drew Henry | Scotland}} | 10913 | 41 | Terry Murphy | Northern Ireland}} | 10855 | 42 | Tony Knowles | England}} | 10853 | 43 | Mark Bennett | Wales}} | 10786 | 44 | Mark Johnston-Allen | England}} | 10541 | 45 | Tony Chappel | Wales}} | 10358 | 46 | Mike Hallett | England}} | 10035 | 47 | Joe Johnson | England}} | 9785 | 48 | Wayne Jones | Wales}} | 9725 | 49 | Brian Morgan | England}} | 9719 | 50 | Mark Flowerdew | England}} | 9510 | 51 | Karl Payne | England}} | 9438 | 52 | Nick Terry | England}} | 9320 | 53 | Paul Davies | Wales}} | 9165 | 54 | Jamie Burnett | Scotland}} | 9115 | 55 | Mark Davis | England}} | 8950 | 56 | Jason Prince | Northern Ireland}} | 8864 | 57 | Karl Broughton | England}} | 8643 | 58 | Graeme Dott | Scotland}} | 8584 | 59 | Doug Mountjoy | Wales}} | 8445 | 60 | Jimmy Michie | England}} | 8410 | 61 | Stephen Murphy | Ireland}} | 8238 | 62 | Euan Henderson | Scotland}} | 8173 | 63 | Tony Jones | England}} | 8168 | 64 | Jonathan Birch | England}} | 8044 | {{clear|left}}References1. ^{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank2.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150539/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank2.html|archivedate=13 March 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=26 February 2011}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker|year=2004|publisher=Rose Villa Publications|location=Lowestoft|isbn=0-9548549-0-X|pages=119–123}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=World Rankings 1996/97|url=http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/9697/rk_9697.shtml|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=26 February 2011}}
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