Ranking update: Allen topped the official rankings, and O'Sullivan retreated to No. 5 Ding Junhui No. 8
Mark Allen is the new official world No. 1, and after a two-year rolling points ranking and a World Championship update, Allen squeezed out the current world No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan to the top spot.
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that the Rockets didn't want to win in the way he hated in the 16-8 game, because the beautiful referee made it difficult for him in the black ball position, so he deliberately gave up the offense and gave up the victory, Bingham would not have been able to defeat the Rockets in normal form. In other words, he won the Rockets with the help of the referees. Once the Rockets reach the 8 or semifinals, it will be impossible for the four rookie qualifiers to stop him from winning the championship.
Allen reached the top for the first time in his career, becoming the 12th world No. 1 player in snooker history, behind Lillton, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Hendry, Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Judd Trump and Ding Junhui. Since April 2022, O'Sullivan has been at the top of the list for more than two years, but has now fallen to fifth.
After his first conquest of Crucible, Kyren Wilson earned £500,000 and with this huge fortune, he jumped from 12th to 3rd in the world, behind Allen and Judd Trump. This is the highest ranking of the Caitlin star's career.
The runner-up took home a massive £200,000 bonus, the highest earnings of his career so far, and he rose from 44th to 14th place to make his debut in the elite category (top 16 in the world). Stuart Bingham reached the semi-finals, moving up from 29th to 25th, while David Gilbert also reached the semi-finals, jumping from 31st to 22nd.
In terms of Chinese players, Zhang Anda ranked 12th with the income from winning the Tianjin Championship, and Ding Junhui, the first brother of China, ranked 8th in the world with the income of two British Championship runners-up.
Trump earned £791,000 from ranking matches alone, topping the 2023/24 single-season standings, with Wilson close behind with £582,500. Wilson also qualified for the Crown of Champions.
The official top 16 standings at the end of the 2023/24 season are as follows:
1 Mark Allen
2 Judd Trump
3 Kyren Wilson
4 Luca Brecel
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan
6 Mark Selby
7 Shaun Murphy
8 Ding Junhui
9 Mark Williams
10 Ali Carter
11 Gary Wilson
12 Ada
13 Tom For
14 Jack Jones
15 Barry Hawkins
16 John Higgins