On May 4, 2022, the World Snooker Tour officially entered the off-season of nearly two months, with the birth of the last ranking champion of the 2021/22 season, the latest snooker "ranking championship list" was updated, the world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan was in the only bracket on this list with a total of 39 ranking championships, Hendry and Higgins were in the second tier with 36 and 31 respectively, Steve Davis had 28 and Mark Williams 24, Neil Robertson and Trump have 23, Selby has 20, five people are in the third echelon of the total of 20+, Ding Junhui and Jimmy White are in the fourth echelon of the total of 10+ with 14 and 10 respectively, and the above 10 people are in the top ten in history.
After winning the seventh World Championship title, O'Sullivan's total number of ranking championships has increased to 39 and nearly 40, considering that his competitive status remains quite good, this number will most likely be further improved, and hendry in second place may be difficult to compete for the championship, there is a gap between Higgins and O'Sullivan in third place, so it should not be too much of a problem to say that O'Sullivan is unique. Although Chinese player Ding Junhui has been in a worrying state in recent years, with the 14 ranking championships he won at his peak, he has also ranked among the top ten in history, and it is also a big achievement to rank in the top ten with the two big ball kings, the "75 three masters", the big three and the uncrowned king.
The other players, Murphy, Alberton and Paloth tied for 11th place with nine ranking titles, Dahdi, Maguire, Allen and Bingham tied for 14th place with 6 ranking titles, Stephen Lee and Ray Lilton tied for 18th with 5 ranking titles, Carter and Karen Wilson tied for 20th in 4 rankings, Fu Jiajun, Hawkins, Wattana, Wattner, Walton, Paul Hunt and Ryan Day in 3 ranking tournaments, 6 tied for 22nd place, in addition to Dort, Brechel, Zhao Xintong, McGill and other 12 people have won 2 ranking championships, and they are tied for 28th place.
In addition, 33 people, including Yan Bingtao, Fan Zhengyi, Liang Wenbo, Alex Higgins, Stevens and Gilbert, have won 1 ranking championship. A total of 72 people in history have won the ranking championship. It should be noted in particular that the statistics of the total number of ranking champions do not include invitational tournaments, the Masters, as the invitational tournament with the highest gold content, and the World Championship and the British Championship are called "three major competitions", which is also an important event that reflects the level of snooker players, at present, O'Sullivan and Hendry are ranked in the top two with 7 and 6 respectively, and Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao have also won the Masters championship.