Judd Trump is the official world number one following the conclusion of the Xi'an Grand Prix. The 35-year-old from Bristol takes top spot for the fifth time in his career, and first since 2021.
Trump lost the final in Xi'an 10-8 against Kyren Wilson, but the £76,000 runner up prize was enough to edge him ahead of Mark Allen. In fact the pair are tied on £974,000, but the usual rule of 'count back' applies which means Trump is ahead as he went further in the most recent event.
Wilson remains third, but having earned £177,000 he narrows the gap on Trump and Allen to just £25,500. Ronnie O'Sullivan lost to Wilson in the semi-finals and he moves up one place to fourth. Daniel Wells reached the semi-finals of a ranking event for the third time in his career and banked his biggest ever pay day of £34,500, which boosts him from 65th to 53rd.
The upcoming Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters, running from August 30th to September 7th, has huge total prize money of £2.3 million and a winner's cheque of £500,000, which means that the top seven players, down to Shaun Murphy, all have a chance of becoming world number one at the end of the event in Riyadh.
Wilson has jumped to the top of the one-year list with a total of £179,000 which sets him on track to qualify for all three events in the 2025 Players Series. As usual, the top 32 will qualify for the World Grand Prix, then the top 16 will head to the Players Championship in Telford and the top 12 will progress to the Tour Championship in Manchester. Trump is up to second, followed by Wells, O'Sullivan, David Gilbert and BetVictor Championship League winner Ali Carter.
Murphy made five centuries in Xi'an, despite losing in the last 32, and he now tops the 2024/25 centuries chart with 13 tons, followed by Trump with 12. The first player to make 100 centuries in the season will earn a £100,000 bonus.