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Provisional World Championship Seedings

Provisional World Championship seedings, including guaranteed points for current and upcoming events. The top 16 are secured a spot at the Crucible (Last 32, World Championship). NB! The defending champion (Wu Yize) will be the #1 seed. Red numbers means the player is still in the event.

R = World Ranking ; C = Current Seeding
# Chng-Sort ± C-Sort C R-Sort R O-Sort O Name Nationality Sum-Sort Total Chng-Sort ± ... CL CO WUO BO EO XGP ...
2. 0 3 3 3 3 999 n/a Zhao Xintong China 1166550 1 166 550 1166550 +1 166 550 ... 0 0 0 ...
1. 0 4 4 4 4 999 n/a Wu Yize China 880300 880 300 880300 +880 300 ... 0 0 ...
3. 0 2 2 2 2 999 n/a Neil Robertson Australia 738500 738 500 738500 +738 500 ... 0 0 ...
4. 0 6 6 6 6 999 n/a Shaun Murphy England 658900 658 900 658900 +658 900 ... 0 0 ...
5. 0 7 7 7 7 999 n/a Mark J Williams Wales 597800 597 800 597800 +597 800 ... 0 0 ...
6. 0 1 1 1 1 999 n/a Judd Trump England 562350 562 350 562350 +562 350 ... 0 0 ...
7. 0 9 9 9 9 999 n/a Mark Selby England 484350 484 350 484350 +484 350 ... 0 0 ...
8. 0 14 14 14 14 999 n/a Ronnie O'Sullivan England 456750 456 750 456750 +456 750 ... 0 0 ...
9. 0 5 5 5 5 999 n/a John Higgins Scotland 449600 449 600 449600 +449 600 ... 0 0 ...
10. 0 12 12 12 12 999 n/a Mark Allen Northern Ireland 409350 409 350 409350 +409 350 ... 0 0 ...
11. 0 13 13 13 13 999 n/a Chris Wakelin England 378800 378 800 378800 +378 800 ... 4000 0 0 ...
12. 0 10 10 10 10 999 n/a Barry Hawkins England 368800 368 800 368800 +368 800 ... 0 0 ...
13. 0 11 11 11 11 999 n/a Xiao Guodong China 302400 302 400 302400 +302 400 ... 0 0 ...
14. 0 18 18 18 18 999 n/a Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand 294100 294 100 294100 +294 100 ... 2000 0 0 ...
15. 0 23 23 23 23 999 n/a Zhou Yuelong China 262200 262 200 262200 +262 200 ... 0 10000 0 ...
16. 0 17 17 17 17 999 n/a Jack Lisowski England 256900 256 900 256900 +256 900 ... 0 7500 0 ...
17. 0 24 24 24 24 999 n/a Gary Wilson England 238800 238 800 238800 +238 800 ... 4000 7500 8000 ...
18. 0 20 20 20 20 999 n/a Zhang Anda China 237400 237 400 237400 +237 400 ... 4000 10000 0 ...
19. 0 19 19 19 19 999 n/a Elliot Slessor England 236800 236 800 236800 +236 800 ... 4000 7500 0 ...
20. 0 22 22 22 22 999 n/a Ali Carter England 195750 195 750 195750 +195 750 ... 4000 7500 8000 ...
21. 0 16 16 16 16 999 n/a Si Jiahui China 185200 185 200 185200 +185 200 ... 0 0 0 ...
22. 0 8 8 8 8 999 n/a Kyren Wilson England 175300 175 300 175300 +175 300 ... 0 0 0 ...
23. 0 15 15 15 15 999 n/a Ding Junhui China 174850 174 850 174850 +174 850 ... 0 0 ...
24. 0 28 28 28 28 999 n/a Hossein Vafaei Iran 170800 170 800 170800 +170 800 ... 4000 10000 8000 ...
25. 0 25 25 25 25 999 n/a Pang Junxu China 169500 169 500 169500 +169 500 ... 4000 10000 8000 ...
26. 0 21 21 21 21 999 n/a Stuart Bingham England 168300 168 300 168300 +168 300 ... 0 10000 0 ...
27. 0 48 48 48 48 999 n/a Chang Bingyu China 165100 165 100 165100 +165 100 ... 4000 10000 8000 ...
28. 0 29 29 29 29 999 n/a Stephen Maguire Scotland 155200 155 200 155200 +155 200 ... 4000 0 8000 ...
29. 0 30 30 30 30 999 n/a Yuan Sijun China 142200 142 200 142200 +142 200 ... 2000 7500 8000 ...
30. 0 32 32 32 32 999 n/a Jak Jones Wales 140000 140 000 140000 +140 000 ... 4000 0 8000 ...
31. 0 41 41 41 41 999 n/a Aaron Hill Ireland 133800 133 800 133800 +133 800 ... 0 10000 4500 ...
32. 0 38 38 38 38 999 n/a Anthony McGill Scotland 133400 133 400 133400 +133 400 ... 10000 0 ...
33. 0 31 31 31 31 999 n/a David Gilbert England 128550 128 550 128550 +128 550 ... 4000 10000 8000 ...
34. 0 27 27 27 27 999 n/a Joe O'Connor England 127950 127 950 127950 +127 950 ... 2000 7500 0 ...
35. 0 40 40 40 40 999 n/a Stan Moody England 116500 116 500 116500 +116 500 ... 4000 0 4500 ...
36. 0 47 47 47 47 999 n/a He Guoqiang China 112000 112 000 112000 +112 000 ... 4000 7500 8000 ...
37. 0 37 37 37 37 999 n/a Ryan Day Wales 111850 111 850 111850 +111 850 ... 1000 0 8000 ...
38. 0 35 35 35 35 999 n/a Jackson Page Wales 110950 110 950 110950 +110 950 ... 4000 10000 8000 ...
39. 0 26 26 26 26 999 n/a Lei Peifan China 109800 109 800 109800 +109 800 ... 4000 0 0 ...
40. 0 45 45 45 45 999 n/a Daniel Wells Wales 108300 108 300 108300 +108 300 ... 0 7500 8000 ...
41. 0 44 44 44 44 999 n/a Luca Brecel Belgium 106500 106 500 106500 +106 500 ... 0 7500 0 ...
42. 0 46 46 46 46 999 n/a Noppon Saengkham Thailand 102500 102 500 102500 +102 500 ... 4000 10000 4500 ...
43. 0 42 42 42 42 999 n/a Zak Surety England 102300 102 300 102300 +102 300 ... 0 0 0 ...
44. 0 43 43 43 43 999 n/a Matthew Selt England 98250 98 250 98250 +98 250 ... 0 10000 4500 ...
45. 0 49 49 49 49 999 n/a Matthew Stevens Wales 97900 97 900 97900 +97 900 ... 0 5000 0 ...
46. 0 39 39 39 39 999 n/a Ben Woollaston England 92600 92 600 92600 +92 600 ... 1000 0 4500 ...
47. 0 53 53 53 53 999 n/a Oliver Lines England 89800 89 800 89800 +89 800 ... 2000 0 0 ...
48. 0 52 52 52 52 999 n/a Martin O'Donnell England 88400 88 400 88400 +88 400 ... 2000 5000 0 ...
49. 0 51 51 51 51 999 n/a Michael Holt England 87650 87 650 87650 +87 650 ... 1000 5000 4500 ...
50. 0 57 57 57 57 999 n/a Fan Zhengyi China 87150 87 150 87150 +87 150 ... 2000 7500 4500 ...
51. 0 65 65 65 65 999 n/a Jiang Jun China 85850 85 850 85850 +85 850 ... 2000 10000 1500 ...
52. 0 56 56 56 56 999 n/a Robbie Williams England 84650 84 650 84650 +84 650 ... 2000 0 4500 ...
53. 0 34 34 34 34 999 n/a Xu Si China 83950 83 950 83950 +83 950 ... 4000 7500 0 ...
54. 0 33 33 33 33 999 n/a Jimmy Robertson England 80600 80 600 80600 +80 600 ... 4000 7500 0 ...
55. 0 62 62 62 62 999 n/a Ben Mertens Belgium 78000 78 000 78000 +78 000 ... 0 5000 1500 ...
56. 0 36 36 36 36 999 n/a Tom Ford England 77600 77 600 77600 +77 600 ... 0 10000 4500 ...
57. 0 50 50 50 50 999 n/a Long Zehuang China 74950 74 950 74950 +74 950 ... 2000 5000 0 ...
58. 0 54 54 54 54 999 n/a Ricky Walden England 74050 74 050 74050 +74 050 ... 1000 5000 0 ...
59. 0 58 58 58 58 999 n/a Liu Hongyu China 73900 73 900 73900 +73 900 ... 4000 10000 4500 ...
60. 0 66 66 66 66 999 n/a Liam Pullen England 72950 72 950 72950 +72 950 ... 1000 5000 0 ...
61. 0 67 67 67 67 999 n/a Louis Heathcote England 72700 72 700 72700 +72 700 ... 1000 5000 4500 ...
62. 0 63 63 63 63 999 n/a Jamie Jones Wales 72050 72 050 72050 +72 050 ... 2000 5000 0 ...
63. 0 60 60 60 60 999 n/a David Lilley England 67100 67 100 67100 +67 100 ... 1000 7500 0 ...
64. 0 68 68 68 68 999 n/a Liam Highfield England 65800 65 800 65800 +65 800 ... 0 7500 0 ...
65. 0 64 64 64 64 999 n/a Jordan Brown [5] Northern Ireland 65450 65 450 65450 +65 450 ... 0 5000 4500 ...
66. 0 59 59 59 59 999 n/a Ishpreet Singh Chadha [10] India 63550 63 550 63550 +63 550 ... 2000 5000 0 ...
67. 0 72 72 72 72 999 n/a Dylan Emery [2] Wales 62950 62 950 62950 +62 950 ... 4000 5000 8000 ...
68. 0 55 55 55 55 999 n/a Scott Donaldson [21] Scotland 62950 62 950 62950 +62 950 ... 4000 0 0 ...
69. 0 69 69 69 69 999 n/a Marco Fu [17] Hong Kong 62150 62 150 62150 +62 150 ... 0 5000 0 ...
70. 0 70 70 70 70 999 n/a Sam Craigie [12] England 60100 60 100 60100 +60 100 ... 5000 1500 ...
71. 0 71 71 71 71 999 n/a Iulian Boiko [4] Ukraine 59500 59 500 59500 +59 500 ... 4000 7500 0 ...
72. 0 73 73 73 73 999 n/a Steven Hallworth [3] England 56200 56 200 56200 +56 200 ... 1000 5000 8000 ...
73. 0 61 61 61 61 999 n/a Lyu Haotian [14] China 53850 53 850 53850 +53 850 ... 1000 5000 0 ...
74. 0 79 79 79 79 999 n/a Yao Pengcheng [1] China 48850 48 850 48850 +48 850 ... 1000 10000 8000 ...
75. 0 76 76 76 76 999 n/a Ian Burns [6] England 47700 47 700 47700 +47 700 ... 4000 5000 0 ...
76. 0 75 75 75 75 999 n/a Gao Yang [12] China 46600 46 600 46600 +46 600 ... 0 5000 1500 ...
77. 0 74 74 74 74 999 n/a David Grace England 41850 41 850 41850 +41 850 ... 0 0 0 ...
78. 0 77 77 77 77 999 n/a Michal Szubarczyk [41] Poland 38450 38 450 38450 +38 450 ... 1000 0 0 ...
79. 0 78 78 78 78 999 n/a Lan Yuhao [10] China 37100 37 100 37100 +37 100 ... 2000 5000 0 ...
80. 0 80 80 80 80 999 n/a Xu Yichen [17] China 30350 30 350 30350 +30 350 ... 0 5000 0 ...
81. 0 81 81 81 81 999 n/a Zhao Hanyang [20] China 27100 27 100 27100 +27 100 ... 0 2500 1500 ...
82. 0 84 84 84 84 999 n/a Ross Muir [16] Scotland 24100 24 100 24100 +24 100 ... 0 5000 0 ...
83. 0 82 82 82 82 999 n/a Reanne Evans (f) [26] England 24000 24 000 24000 +24 000 ... 0 2500 0 ...
84. 0 83 83 83 83 999 n/a Liu Wenwei [23] China 23600 23 600 23600 +23 600 ... 2000 0 1500 ...
85. 0 86 86 86 86 999 n/a Leone Crowley [40] Ireland 19500 19 500 19500 +19 500 ... 0 0 1500 ...
86. 0 85 85 85 85 999 n/a Mateusz Baranowski Poland 18900 18 900 18900 +18 900 ... 0 0 0 ...
87. 0 92 92 92 92 999 n/a Oliver Brown [7] England 15000 15 000 15000 +15 000 ... 1000 2500 4500 ...
88. 0 93 93 93 93 999 n/a Florian Nüßle [7] Austria 14500 14 500 14500 +14 500 ... 1000 2500 4500 ...
89. 0 87 87 87 87 999 n/a Liam Graham Scotland 14500 14 500 14500 +14 500 ... 0 0 0 ...
90. 0 89 89 89 89 999 n/a Alexander Ursenbacher [36] Switzerland 12600 12 600 12600 +12 600 ... 2000 0 0 ...
91. 0 88 88 88 88 999 n/a Connor Benzey England 12000 12 000 12000 +12 000 ... 0 0 ...
92. 0 96 96 96 96 999 n/a Sahil Nayyar [15] Canada 10500 10 500 10500 +10 500 ... 1000 2500 1500 ...
93. 0 91 91 91 91 999 n/a Chatchapong Nasa [26] Thailand 10500 10 500 10500 +10 500 ... 0 2500 0 ...
94. 0 90 90 90 90 999 n/a Fergal Quinn Northern Ireland 10000 10 000 10000 +10 000 ... 0 0 0 ...
95. 0 94 94 94 94 999 n/a Jimmy White [28] England 9000 9 000 9000 +9 000 ... 2500 0 ...
96. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Alfie Burden England 7000 7 000 7000 +7 000 ... 0 2500 4500 ...
96. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Oliver Sykes England 7000 7 000 7000 +7 000 ... 0 2500 4500 ...
98. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Ashley Carty England 7000 7 000 7000 +7 000 ... 0 2500 4500 ...
99. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Jamie Clarke Wales 7000 7 000 7000 +7 000 ... 2000 5000 0 ...
100. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Liam Davies Wales 6500 6 500 6500 +6 500 ... 2000 0 4500 ...
101. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Hammad Miah England 6500 6 500 6500 +6 500 ... 0 5000 1500 ...
102. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Mitchell Mann England 6500 6 500 6500 +6 500 ... 0 5000 1500 ...
103. 0 95 95 95 95 999 n/a Ng On Yee (f) Hong Kong 6000 6 000 6000 +6 000 ... 0 0 0 ...
104. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Artemijs Zizins Latvia 5500 5 500 5500 +5 500 ... 1000 0 4500 ...
104. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Wang Xinbo China 5500 5 500 5500 +5 500 ... 1000 0 4500 ...
106. 0 97 97 97 97 999 n/a Mahmoud El Hareedy [23] Egypt 4500 4 500 4500 +4 500 ... 2000 0 1500 ...
107. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Julien Leclercq Belgium 4500 4 500 4500 +4 500 ... 2000 2500 0 ...
107. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a T Tirapongpaiboon Thailand 4500 4 500 4500 +4 500 ... 2000 2500 0 ...
109. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Huang Jiahao China 4000 4 000 4000 +4 000 ... 0 2500 1500 ...
110. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Andrew Higginson England 4000 4 000 4000 +4 000 ... 0 2500 1500 ...
110. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Gong Chenzhi China 4000 4 000 4000 +4 000 ... 0 2500 1500 ...
112. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Luo Zetao China 3500 3 500 3500 +3 500 ... 2000 0 1500 ...
113. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Antoni Kowalski Poland 3500 3 500 3500 +3 500 ... 1000 2500 0 ...
114. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Anton Kazakov Ukraine 2500 2 500 2500 +2 500 ... 1000 0 1500 ...
114. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Sean O'Sullivan England 2500 2 500 2500 +2 500 ... 1000 0 1500 ...
116. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Craig Steadman England 2500 2 500 2500 +2 500 ... 0 2500 0 ...
117. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Deng Haohui China 2500 2 500 2500 +2 500 ... 0 2500 0 ...
118. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Liu Yang China 2000 2 000 2000 +2 000 ... 2000 0 0 ...
119. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Phil O'Kane England 1500 1 500 1500 +1 500 ... 0 0 1500 ...
120. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Michael Larkov Ukraine 1000 1 000 1000 +1 000 ... 1000 0 0 ...
120. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Stuart Carrington England 1000 1 000 1000 +1 000 ... 1000 0 0 ...
122. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Ashley Hugill England 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ...
122. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Panchaya Channoi (f) Thailand 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ...
122. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Paul Norris England 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ...
122. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Bai Yulu (f) China 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ...
126. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Cheung Ka Wai Hong Kong 0 0 0 ... 0 0 ...
127. 0 98 98 98 98 999 n/a Igor Figueiredo Brazil 0 0 0 ... ...