World Snooker Provisional 2009/10
Provisional World Snooker ranking list after the 2009 Shanghai Masters:
| RANK | NAME | 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | PROV. 2009/2010 |
| RANK PTS | RANK PTS | TOT RANK PTS | ||
| 1 | John Higgins MBE | 31000 | 4480 | 35480 |
| 2 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 23875 | 7000 | 30875 |
| 3 | Shaun Murphy | 23475 | 4480 | 27955 |
| 4 | Allister Carter | 24100 | 2660 | 26760 |
| 5 | Ryan Day | 21250 | 3500 | 24750 |
| 6 | Neil Robertson | 22825 | 980 | 23805 |
| 7 | Stephen Maguire | 22075 | 0 | 22075 |
| 8 | Marco Fu | 19275 | 2660 | 21935 |
| 9 | Ricky Walden | 15825 | 3500 | 19325 |
| 10 | Mark Selby | 17925 | 980 | 18905 |
| 11 | Stephen Hendry MBE | 16225 | 2660 | 18885 |
| 12 | Mark Allen | 17800 | 980 | 18780 |
| 13 | Liang Wenbo | 12325 | 5600 | 17925 |
| 14 | Ding Junhui | 13775 | 3500 | 17275 |
| 15 | Mark J Williams MBE | 14219 | 2660 | 16879 |
| 16 | Barry Hawkins | 14200 | 2660 | 16860 |
| 17 | Mark King | 14625 | 1960 | 16585 |
| 18 | Jamie Cope | 13763 | 2660 | 16423 |
| 19 | Michael Holt | 14275 | 1960 | 16235 |
| 20 | Graeme Dott | 14025 | 1960 | 15985 |
| 21 | Steve Davis OBE | 14975 | 805 | 15780 |
| 22 | Joe Perry | 14625 | 980 | 15605 |
| 23 | Stephen Lee | 13619 | 1960 | 15579 |
| 24 | Peter Ebdon | 14425 | 980 | 15405 |
| 25 | Matthew Stevens | 12669 | 2660 | 15329 |
| 26 | Dave Harold | 14363 | 805 | 15168 |
| 27 | Judd Trump | 14200 | 805 | 15005 |
| 28 | Joe Swail | 11919 | 1960 | 13879 |
| 29 | Stuart Bingham | 10644 | 2660 | 13304 |
| 30 | Stuart Pettman | 11607 | 1610 | 13217 |
| 31 | Jamie Burnett | 11250 | 1610 | 12860 |
| 32 | Anthony Hamilton | 10913 | 1610 | 12523 |
| 33 | Andrew Higginson | 10550 | 1960 | 12510 |
| 34 | Gerard Greene | 10513 | 1960 | 12473 |
| 35 | Martin Gould | 10232 | 1610 | 11842 |
| 36 | Mark Davis | 9875 | 1610 | 11485 |
| 37 | Ken Doherty | 7794 | 3500 | 11294 |
| 38 | Nigel Bond | 9082 | 1960 | 11042 |
| 39 | Mike Dunn | 10288 | 630 | 10918 |
| 40 | Dominic Dale | 9307 | 1610 | 10917 |
| 41 | Rory McLeod | 10238 | 630 | 10868 |
| 42 | Marcus Campbell | 8663 | 1960 | 10623 |
| 43 | Alan McManus | 9863 | 630 | 10493 |
| 44 | Andy Hicks | 9932 | 455 | 10387 |
| 45 | David Brown Gilbert | 7975 | 1610 | 9585 |
| 46 | Adrian Gunnell | 7950 | 1610 | 9560 |
| 47 | Jimmy White MBE | 8250 | 1260 | 9510 |
| 48 | Ian McCulloch | 8769 | 630 | 9399 |
| 49 | Rod Lawler | 7870 | 1260 | 9130 |
| 50 | Robert Milkins | 7857 | 1260 | 9117 |
| 51 | Fergal O’Brien | 8082 | 805 | 8887 |
| 52 | Michael Judge | 8257 | 630 | 8887 |
| 53 | Matthew Selt | 6825 | 1960 | 8785 |
| 54 | Tom Ford | 8313 | 455 | 8768 |
| 55 | Jimmy Michie | 8025 | 630 | 8655 |
| 56 | Joe Delaney | 7282 | 1260 | 8542 |
| 57 | Peter Lines | 7150 | 1260 | 8410 |
| 58 | Jin Long | 7888 | 455 | 8343 |
| 59 | Lee Spick | 6625 | 1610 | 8235 |
| 60 | Matthew Couch | 6750 | 1260 | 8010 |
| 61 | Paul Davies | 7438 | 455 | 7893 |
| 62 | David Morris | 7407 | 455 | 7862 |
| 63 | John Parrott MBE | 7400 | 455 | 7855 |
| 64 | Simon Bedford | 6200 | 1610 | 7810 |
| 65 | Daniel Wells | 6600 | 910 | 7510 |
| 66 | Patrick Wallace | 5875 | 1610 | 7485 |
| 67 | Jimmy Robertson | 5850 | 1610 | 7460 |
| 68 | Tony Drago | 5850 | 1260 | 7110 |
| 69 | Joe Jogia | 5850 | 1260 | 7110 |
| 70 | Noppadol Sangnil | 5850 | 1260 | 7110 |
| 71 | Michael White | 5850 | 1260 | 7110 |
| 72 | Mark Joyce | 6438 | 455 | 6893 |
| 73 | Barry Pinches | 6395 | 455 | 6850 |
| 74 | Xiao Guodong | 5850 | 910 | 6760 |
| 75 | Bjorn Haneveer | 5850 | 910 | 6760 |
| 76 | Brendan O’Donoghue | 5850 | 910 | 6760 |
| 77 | Craig Steadman | 5850 | 910 | 6760 |
| 78 | Ben Woollaston | 5850 | 910 | 6760 |
| 79 | Li Hang | 6250 | 0 | 6250 |
| 80 | Atthasit Mahitthi | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 81 | Zhang Anda | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 82 | Sam Baird | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 83 | Mark Boyle | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 84 | Jordan Brown | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 85 | David Hogan | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 86 | Christopher Norbury | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 87 | Lee Page | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 88 | Stephen Rowlings | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 89 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 90 | James Wattana | 5850 | 280 | 6130 |
| 91 | Ian Preece | 5645 | 280 | 5925 |
| 92 | Andrew Norman | 5613 | 280 | 5893 |
| 93 | Mei Xiwen | 5850 | 0 | 5850 |
| 94 | David Gray | 5320 | 280 | 5600 |
| 95 | Liu Song | 4895 | 455 | 5350 |
| 96 | David Roe | 4320 | 455 | 4775 |
