List of World Snooker Champions

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Snooker world championships winners, from 1927 to the present.

1 BCC/WPBSA world championships
2 World Matchplay championships
3 By player
4 By nationality
5 Notes
6 References

[edit] BCC/WPBSA world championships

Winners of and runners-up in the world championships sanctioned by the Billiard Control Council/World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Season
1927	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	20–11	n/a
1928	Joe Davis	Fred Lawrence	16–13	n/a
1929	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	19–14	n/a
1930	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	25–12	n/a
1931	Joe Davis	Tom Dennis	25–21	n/a
1932	Joe Davis	Clark McConachy	30–19	n/a
1933	Joe Davis	Willie Smith	25–18	n/a
1934	Joe Davis	Tom Newman	25–23	n/a
1935	Joe Davis	Willie Smith	25–20	n/a
1936	Joe Davis	Horace Lindrum	34–27	n/a
1937	Joe Davis	Horace Lindrum	32–29	n/a
1938	Joe Davis	Sidney Smith	37–24	n/a
1939	Joe Davis	Sidney Smith	43–30	n/a
1940	Joe Davis	Fred Davis	37–36	n/a
1941–1945 no tournament held
1946	Joe Davis	Horace Lindrum	78–67	n/a
1947	Walter Donaldson	Fred Davis	82–63	n/a
1948	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	84–61	n/a
1949	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	80–65	n/a
1950	Walter Donaldson	Fred Davis	51–46	n/a
1951	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	58–39	n/a
1952	Horace Lindrum	Clark McConachy	94–49	n/a
Challenge Matches
1964	John Pulman	Fred Davis	19–16	n/a
1964	John Pulman	Rex Williams	40–33	n/a
1965	John Pulman	Fred Davis	37–36	n/a
1965	John Pulman	Rex Williams	25–22	n/a
1965	John Pulman	Fred Van Rensburg	39–12	n/a
1966	John Pulman	Fred Davis	5–2 (matches)	n/a
1968	John Pulman	Eddie Charlton	39–34	n/a
Knockout tournaments
1969	John Spencer	Gary Owen	37–24	n/a
1970	Ray Reardon	John Pulman	37–33	n/a
1971	John Spencer	Warren Simpson	37–29	n/a
1972	Alex Higgins	John Spencer	37–32	n/a
1973	Ray Reardon	Eddie Charlton	38–32	n/a
1974	Ray Reardon	Graham Miles	22–12	1973/74
1975	Ray Reardon	Eddie Charlton	31–30	1974/75
1976	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	27–16	1975/76
The Crucible
1977	John Spencer	Cliff Thorburn	25–12	1976/77
1978	Ray Reardon	Perrie Mans	25–18	1977/78
1979	Terry Griffiths	Dennis Taylor	24–16	1978/79
1980	Cliff Thorburn	Alex Higgins	18–16	1979/80
1981	Steve Davis	Doug Mountjoy	18–12	1980/81
1982	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	18–15	1981/82
1983	Steve Davis	Cliff Thorburn	18–6	1982/83
1984	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	18–16	1983/84
1985	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	18–17	1984/85
1986	Joe Johnson	Steve Davis	18–12	1985/86
1987	Steve Davis	Joe Johnson	18–14	1986/87
1988	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	18–11	1987/88
1989	Steve Davis	John Parrott	18–3	1988/89
1990	Stephen Hendry^[1]	Jimmy White	18–12	1989/90
1991	John Parrott	Jimmy White	18–11	1990/91
1992	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18–14	1991/92
1993	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18–5	1992/93
1994	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18–17	1993/94
1995	Stephen Hendry	Nigel Bond	18–9	1994/95
1996	Stephen Hendry	Peter Ebdon	18–12	1995/96
1997	Ken Doherty	Stephen Hendry	18–12	1996/97
1998	John Higgins	Ken Doherty	18–12	1997/98
1999	Stephen Hendry	Mark Williams	18–11	1998/99
2000	Mark Williams	Matthew Stevens	18–16	1999/00
2001	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	18–14	2000/01
2002	Peter Ebdon	Stephen Hendry	18–17	2001/02
2003	Mark Williams	Ken Doherty	18–16	2002/03
2004	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Graeme Dott	18–8	2003/04
2005	Shaun Murphy	Matthew Stevens	18–16	2004/05
2006	Graeme Dott	Peter Ebdon	18–14^[2]	2005/06
2007				2006/07

[edit] World Matchplay championships

Winners of and runners-up in the World Matchplay tournament established in the 1950s as an alternative to the BCC professional snooker world championship by some of the professional players following a dispute with the Billiards Control Council.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Season
1952	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	38–35	n/a
1953	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	37–34	n/a
1954	Fred Davis	Walter Donaldson	39–21	n/a
1955	Fred Davis	John Pulman	37–34	n/a
1956	Fred Davis	John Pulman	38–35	n/a
1957	John Pulman	Jackie Rea	39–34	n/a

An additional version of the World Professional Matchplay Championship was staged in Melbourne in 1976. Officially sanctioned by the WPBSA, Eddie Charlton beat Ray Reardon in the final 31-24 which had uninformed media and public believing he had won the World Professional Championship.

[edit] By player

Player	Total	Years
Joe Davis	15	1927-1940, 1946
Fred Davis	8	1948, 1949, 1951, 1952-1956 (World Matchplay^[3])
John Pulman	8	1957 (World Matchplay^[3]), 1964 (twice), 1965 (three times), 1966, 1968
Stephen Hendry	7^[4]	1990, 1992-1996, 1999
Ray Reardon	6	1970, 1973-1976, 1978
Steve Davis	6	1981, 1983, 1984, 1987-1989
John Spencer	3	1969, 1971, 1977
Walter Donaldson	2	1947, 1950
Alex Higgins		1972, 1982
Mark Williams		2000, 2003
Ronnie O'Sullivan		2001, 2004
Horace Lindrum	1	1952
Terry Griffiths		1979
Cliff Thorburn		1980
Dennis Taylor		1985
Joe Johnson		1986
John Parrott		1991
Ken Doherty		1997
John Higgins		1998
Peter Ebdon		2002
Shaun Murphy		2005
Graeme Dott		2006

[edit] By nationality

Country	Players	Total championships
England	10	46
Scotland	4	11
Wales	3	9
Northern Ireland	2	3
Australia	1	1
Canada	1	1
Ireland	1	1

[edit] Notes

^ Hendry became the youngest World Champion at the final on 29 April 1990, aged 21 years, 106 days.
^ 2006's final between Dott and Ebdon, which Dott eventually won 18–14, holds the record as longest best-of-35-frames match.
^ ^a ^b The Guinness Book of World Records does not acknowledge the world matchplay results in its records so accordingly only lists Fred Davis as having won the world championship three times, and John Pulman seven times.
^ Hendry's seven championships are regarded as the "modern day" record. The 'modern' era of snooker is regarded as having started in 1969 when it reverted back to being an annual knock-out tournament.

[edit] References

World Snooker Championship
Full results by year
1927 \| 1969 \| 1970 \| 1971 \| 1972 \| 1973 \| 1974 \| 1975 \| 1976 \| 1977 \| 1978 \| 1979 \| 1980 \| 1981 \| 1982 \| 1983 \| 1984 \| 1985 \| 1986 \| 1987 \| 1988 \| 1989 \| 1990 \| 1991 \| 1992 \| 1993 \| 1994 \| 1995 \| 1996 \| 1997 \| 1998 \| 1999 \| 2000 \| 2001 \| 2002 \| 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007
Winners and statistics
List of winners from 1927 to present