"Rockets" Ronnie O'Sullivan is the best professional player in Snooker history, and his performance of 28 consecutive seasons of championships is the only snooker in the world. Before O'Sullivan appeared, no one knew about the first person in Snooker's history. After O'Sullivan appeared, the first person in snooker's history will be the audience of the sport. The first victory of his career was to defeat the strongest king of that era, Hendry, and O'Sullivan seemed to be there to put an end to the doubts about the first man in snooker history. 38 ranking titles and six grand slams are O'Sullivan's best response to this question.
Six sets of Grand Slams end the first question in history
If Hendry's performance was enough to make him reach the top, O'Sullivan's achievements have allowed him to successfully stand on the top of the highest peak. When Hendry won 18 three-time titles and five Grand Slams, some fans seemed to think that Hendry had successfully won the title of the first person in history. But more fans believe that sooner or later his all-time title of number one will be won by O'Sullivan. In fact, O'Sullivan did not disappoint his fans, he managed to win 37 titles in the ranking tournament at the 2020 World Championships, and won the status of the first person in history with an unprecedented six Sets of Grand Slams. From this day on, the controversy of the first in snooker history ended. At the end of the year, O'Sullivan won the 38th title of the ranking tournament by beating Robertson's performance. It also means that the miracle of snooker continues.
Repeated record-setting has made O'Sullivan completely canonized
What does O'Sullivan mean to Snooker? Perhaps it can only be described as an eternal legend. Winning the championship trophy for 28 consecutive years is a miracle of snooker, not to mention the performance of 20 crowns in three major competitions, 3 crowns in the crown, four consecutive crowns in the Shanghai Masters, five crowns in a single season, 38 championships in the ranking competition, and 10 crowns in the Super League. After O'Sullivan entered snooker as a professional player, he quickly broke Hendry's longest winning streak, and to this day, no second person has broken his performance. In the most snooker-rich 147 full score performance, O'Sullivan scored a 15-point 147 points. This is still in the case of three consecutive abandonments, and what is even more amazing is that his fastest single shot of 147 points took only 5 minutes and 8 seconds. And in the fastest-ending match, O'Sullivan alone had almost a monopoly of 80% of the format. If none of this is telling the question, then the first man in history will never have an answer.
O'Sullivan's historical place cannot be replaced
Since O'Sullivan joined Snooker, he has won 73 championship trophies. According to the latest algorithm, he is only two seats away from Davis' championship trophy, which also means that he has every chance to climb to the top of the number of snooker titles. Judging by the performance of the current active players, no player has much chance of surpassing him in achievement. Not to mention the number of championships, that is, in the performance of six sets of Grand Slams, it is a goal that others will find difficult to catch up in their lifetime. Trump, known as snooker's future superstar, currently has only one set of Grand Slams, and even Selby, the most accomplished post-80s, has only 9 three-time championship trophies. In the face of O'Sullivan, their achievements are still too far behind. If this year's performance continues, Selby and Trump may not be able to catch up with O'Sullivan's 2/3 achievement. Coupled with the fact that the performance of young players is still unsatisfactory, I am afraid that no one will catch up with O'Sullivan for many years to come. What is even more worrying is that perhaps no one can surpass O'Sullivan in the future, and his position may become irreplaceable.