On December 6, 2023, Beijing time, the World Snooker Tour released the latest provisional world rankings. O'Sullivan continued to rank first after deducting the £20,000 bonus, and Trump was second.
New world champion Brecel is fourth after deducting the £70,000 prize money from the 2021 Scottish Open, with Mark Allen back in third. Selby continued to be fifth, Robertson was sixth, Murphy was seventh, Mark Williams was eighth and Kyren Wilson was ninth.
Carter overtook Higgins in 10th place, Ding Junhui ranked 11th, and Higgins ranked 12th. Anda Chang was thirteenth, Milkins was fourteenth, Hawkins was fifteenth, and Lisowski remained sixteenth.
O'Sullivan and Trump Allen are in the top three
In the latest provisional rankings, world number one O'Sullivan remains in first place with £1,117,500 in prize money after deducting the £20,000 prize money from the 2021 Scottish Open semifinals.
This also means that the points gap between O'Sullivan and Trump has been narrowed, after all, the latter's performance in the 2021 Scottish Open is not very ideal, so Trump only needs to deduct 7,500 pounds of points.
As a result, Trump is in second place with 908,500 pounds of ranking points, and the gap between him and O'Sullivan is 209,000 pounds.
Since Brecel has to deduct the 2021 Scottish Open championship prize money, and Allen does not need to deduct any points, Allen has managed to rank third in the world with 791,000 pounds in prize points.
Brecel slipped down the rankings, and Carter managed to move up the rankings
With £70,000 to be deducted from the 2021 Scottish Open winner's prize, this also means that Brecel is currently in fourth place with £741,500 in points.
Selby remains in fifth place with £626,500 after deducting £7,500 in points, while Robertson is sixth with £483,500.
Shaun Murphy is provisionally seventh with £478,500 after deducting £3,000 points from the 2021 Scottish Open, with Mark Williams unchanged and he is provisionally eighth with £447,500 in ranking points.
Kyren Wilson, the second man born in the 90s, needs to deduct his own £3,000 in 2021, and he is currently in ninth place with £392,000 in ranking points.
Higgins was deducted from his runners-up prize at the 2021 Scottish Open, which dropped him down the rankings, leaving Carter in tenth place with £384,000.
Ding Junhui surpassed Higgins and is approaching the top ten in the world
As Ding Junhui does not need to deduct points, this puts him in 11th place with £375,000 in ranking points, while Higgins is in 12th place with £361,000 in bonus points after deducting the runner-up prize money at the 2021 Scottish Open, down two places from before.
China's Zhang Anda finished 13th with £325,000 after deducting £4,000 points from Scotland in 2021, widening the gap between him and Ding Junhui to £50,000.
Milkins remains in 14th place with £315,000 in ranking points, while Hawkins is in 15th place with £315,000 in ranking points. Lisowski is 16th with £307,000 in points.
Zhou Yuelong is in 21st place with 206,000 pounds, Si Jiahui is in 30th and Fan Zhengyi is in 31st. Pang Junxu ranked 33rd, and Lu Haotian ranked 34th. Xiao Guodong ranked 37th, Yuan Sijun ranked 39th, and Wu Yize ranked 43rd.