| World Rankings 2008 / 2009 |
| 14 |
| 1 |
| John Higgins is eight |
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| 8 |
| 4 |
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan is number 1 |
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| Shaun Murphy |
| He is number 3 |
| 3 |
| Stephen Maguire is number 2 |
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| 9 |
| 2 |
| 16 |
| Mark Selby goes down to nine |
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| Peter Ebdon goes down to sixteen |
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| Ding Junhui |
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| Stephen Hendry goes down to 11 |
| Ryan Day is number 5 |
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| 5 |
| Allister Carter moves up to four |
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| 6 |
| Joe Perry is seven |
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| 7 |
| Marco Fu is in the top ten at number six |
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| 12 |
| Mark Williams |
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| 10 |
| Mark Allen |
| 18 |
| Stuart Bingham |
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| 20 |
| Mark King |
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| 17 |
| 18 |
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| Joe Swail is up two places |
| 15 |
| Barry Hawkins moves into the top twenty |
| 19 |
| Jamie Cope is nineteenty |
| Neil Robertson is into 13 |
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| Dave Harold moves up to the top twenty at seventeen |
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