In the 2023/24 season, O'Sullivan is definitely the only answer to who is the most efficient player in the game. In this season, O'Sullivan has only participated in 13 races.
In these 13 tournaments, O'Sullivan's efficiency can be described as very high, he has successfully reached the final six times and won the title five times, which makes him the most efficient player in the 2023/24 season.
You know, these five tournaments even include the Masters and the British Championships, two Grand Slam tournaments. In addition, O'Sullivan also has one semi-final, three quarter-finals, and two quarter-finals, and two semi-finals.
In the Champions League, O'Sullivan sparked heated discussions because he announced his retirement halfway. Overall, O'Sullivan's performance in the 2023/24 season is definitely unique.
O'Sullivan is once again the most efficient player in a single season
Throughout the 2023/24 season, O'Sullivan has competed in a total of 13 races. In addition to the Champions League, which played tickets, O'Sullivan actually participated in only 12 games. But under such circumstances, O'Sullivan has reached the finals of the Shanghai Masters, British Championships, Masters, World Grand Prix, World Masters and Tour Championships.
Except for the disastrous defeat to Mark Williams in the final of the Tour Championship, O'Sullivan won all five other tournaments. It is worth mentioning that O'Sullivan completed the miracle of four consecutive championships at the Shanghai Masters, and in the British Championship and the Masters, he refreshed his championship tally to eight crowns.
Moreover, O'Sullivan's worst results this season are all in the round of 16, and he has also reached the quarterfinals three times and the semifinals once. This kind of efficiency is the first person in the world today.
O'Sullivan was crowned the first person in the Taiwan arena with 81 crowns
Before winning five championships this season, O'Sullivan was once questioned whether he could win the ranking tournament. But after entering this season, O'Sullivan has conquered fans and doubters with his strength.
O'Sullivan, who added five new championships, increased his total number of tournament titles to 81, and this performance also allowed him to directly tie Steve Davis, the ruler of the era in the 80s of the last century.
In this way, O'Sullivan holds the record for the most victories on the tour with Davis. However, judging from O'Sullivan's current competitive state, it is not difficult for him to win the championship, so O'Sullivan is likely to complete the overtake of Davis next season.
Once he can do that, then O'Sullivan's overall tour championship record will belong to O'Sullivan alone. Therefore, O'Sullivan's tour will be very much worth looking forward to in the future.
O'Sullivan is expected to create more miracles and records
At the age of 49, the vast majority of snooker players are no longer able to maintain peak condition, but O'Sullivan is definitely an exception. When Mark Williams burst into tears when he defeated O'Sullivan to win the championship in the Tour Championship, we really realized the impact of the age of 49 on the former snooker talent.
Mark Williams even felt that he would never win the championship again, but O'Sullivan, who was the same year as him, won five championships this season. In fact, there is already a big gap between the two players in terms of consistency in form. O'Sullivan was able to win the championship when he was not in the best form, while Mark Williams still needed to play his own excellent performance to win the championship with difficulty.
Obviously, Mark Williams must be in more form to complete the championship, but this does not seem to be a problem for O'Sullivan. Objectively speaking, O'Sullivan is stronger in some ways than he was when he was younger, especially when he made his current game his hobby.