The latest news on May 11, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Tour presented awards to the outstanding players in the 2023/24 season.
O'Sullivan, ranked fifth in the world, was named the best player of the year on the Kazoo World Snooker Tour for his five-stop winning performance in the Shanghai Masters, British Championships, Masters, World Grand Prix and World Masters.
This is also the third time in O'Sullivan's career that he has been crowned the best player of the year, and at the same time, O'Sullivan also won the best player voted by fans and the best player voted by journalists, and O'Sullivan became the oldest winner of the best player of the year.
China's He Guoqiang became the best rookie, Zhang Anda won the biggest breakthrough award, and Brecel and Daniel Bren were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
O'Sullivan was crowned Player of the Season for the third time
In the 2023/24 season, O'Sullivan and Trump both won five championship honors. The difference is that Trump only won the ordinary ranking championship, and none of the three major competitions with real gold content were not.
And O'Sullivan won the British Championship and the Masters two major tournaments, and this performance gave O'Sullivan an absolute advantage in the competition between the two.
After winning the Shanghai Masters, British Championships, Masters, World Grand Prix and World Masters, O'Sullivan not only became the undisputed best of a single season, but also won the most prize money in a single season and made history in one fell swoop.
In addition, this is the third time in O'Sullivan's career that he has been crowned Player of the Year, and he also won the best fan vote and the best journalist vote, and O'Sullivan became the oldest winner of the Player of the Year award.
Two players from the Chinese Legion successfully won the award
At the 2024 World Championships, Kyren Wilson made it all the way and managed to create extraordinary moments to win the title, which earned him the Casto Performance of the Year award.
Nongfu Spring's Rookie of the Year went to China's He Guoqiang, who not only moved up to 66th in his debut season, but also completed a near-total tiebreaker. He is the most anticipated of the rookie players and a rising star in the Chinese snooker army.
The Dream Moment of the Year was awarded to Shaun Murphy for scoring 147 points in a single-game limited-time tournament, while China's Zhang Anda was awarded the Breakthrough Player of the Year award for his performance in the finals of the English Open, National Championship and The Players Championship. While Brecel and Dennis Buren were successfully inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame.
O'Sullivan and Trump are tied for the best in history
Since the Player of the Year selection, O'Sullivan has been crowned a total of three times. O'Sullivan will be crowned in 2012, 2014 and 2024. Such performances have him tied with Judd Trump for the best in history, who was crowned Player of the Year three years in a row from 2019 to 2021.
John Higgins and Selby were drafted twice, while Mark Williams, Robertson, Allen and Bingham were drafted once. After winning the 2023/24 Player of the Year, O'Sullivan became the oldest Player of the Year in snooker history.
This also made O'Sullivan the greatest figure in the World Snooker Tour, he not only won the most championship trophies, but also broke many records on the World Snooker Tour.
For the World Snooker Tour, O'Sullivan's achievements are completely unique. Regardless of whether he can win the championship in the future, his historical status is already unshakable, and this is O'Sullivan's legendary performance.