List of players to appear in the World Snooker Championship

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This article lists every player to have competed in the World Snooker Championship (not including qualifiers) since 1969, when the championship reverted to a knockout format, following the title being decided in a series of challenge matches from 1964 to 1968.

Players[edit]

Best refers to each player's best finish.

Player Country Debut Last
appearance 		Total
appearances 		Best
John Pulman  England 1969 1980 11 Runner-up (×1 – 1970)
John Spencer  England 1969 1986 18 Winner (×3 – 1969, 1971, 1977)
Rex Williams  England 1969 1988 15 Semi-final (×3 – 1969, 1972, 1974)
Bernard Bennett  England 1969 1974 4 Quarter-final (×1 – 1969)
Gary Owen  Wales 1969 1976 7 Runner-up (×1 – 1969)
Jackie Rea  Northern Ireland 1969 1973 4 Quarter-final (×2 – 1969, 1970)
Fred Davis  England 1969 1984 14 Semi-final (×3 – 1969, 1974, 1978)
Ray Reardon  Wales 1969 1987 19 Winner (×6 – 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978)
David Taylor  England 1970 1987 17 Semi-final (×1 – 1980)
Eddie Charlton  Australia 1971 1992 21 Runner-up (×2 – 1973, 1975)
Warren Simpson  Australia 1971 1975 4 Runner-up (×1 – 1971)
Paddy Morgan  Australia 1971 1975 3 Round Robin (×1 – 1971)
Perrie Mans  South Africa 1971 1986 13 Runner-up (×1 – 1978)
Norman Squire  Australia 1971 1971 1 Round Robin (×1 – 1971)
Alex Higgins  Northern Ireland 1972 1994 19 Winner (×2 – 1972, 1982)
John Dunning  England 1972 1982 7 Quarter-final (×1 – 1974)
Pat Houlihan  England 1973 1978 2 Last 16 (×2 – 1973, 1978)
David Greaves  England 1973 1975 2 Last 16 (×1 – 1973)
Graham Miles  England 1973 1984 12 Runner-up (×1 – 1974)
Geoff Thompson  England 1973 1974 2 1st round (×2 – 1973, 1974)
Ron Gross  England 1973 1973 1 1st round (×1 – 1973)
Maurice Parkin  England 1973 1974 2 1st round (×2 – 1973, 1974)
Jim Meadowcroft  England 1973 1983 7 Quarter-final (×1 – 1976)
Cliff Thorburn  Canada 1973 1994 19 Winner (×1 – 1980)
Dennis Taylor  Northern Ireland 1973 1994 21 Winner (×1 – 1985)
Kingsley Kennerley  England 1974 1974 1[a] 1st round (×1 – 1974)
Marcus Owen  Wales 1974 1974 1 Quarter-final (×1 – 1974)
Bill Werbeniuk  Canada 1974 1988 13 Quarter-final (×4 – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983)
Ian Anderson  Australia 1974 1975 2 2nd round (×1 – 1975)
Sydney Lee  England 1974 1974 1 1st round (×1 – 1974)
Ron Mares  Australia 1975 1975 1 1st round (×1 – 1975)
Phil Tarrant  Australia 1975 1975 1 1st round (×1 – 1975)
Rex King  Australia 1975 1975 1 1st round (×1 – 1975)
Lou Condo  Australia 1975 1975 1 1st round (×1 – 1975)
Patsy Fagan  Ireland 1977 1985 5 Quarter-final (×1 – 1978)
John Virgo  England 1977 1991 14 Semi-final (×1 – 1979)
Willie Thorne  England 1977 1996 19 Quarter-final (×2 – 1982, 1986)
Doug Mountjoy  Wales 1977 1993 17 Runner-up (×1 – 1981)
Steve Davis  England 1979 2010 30 Winner (×6 – 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)
Kirk Stevens  Canada 1979 1988 10 Semi-final (×2 – 1980, 1984)
Terry Griffiths  Wales 1979 1997 19 Winner (×1 – 1979)
Tony Meo  England 1980 1991 11 Semi-final (×1 – 1989)
Cliff Wilson  Wales 1980 1990 8 1st round (×8 – 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Jim Wych  Canada 1980 1992 4 Quarter-final (×2 – 1980, 1992)
Ray Edmonds  England 1980 1986 4 1st round (×4 – 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986)
Jimmy White  England 1981 2006 25 Runner-up (×6 – 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
Tony Knowles  England 1981 1992 12 Semi-final (×3 – 1983, 1985, 1986)
Dave Martin  England 1981 1986 4 1st round (×4 – 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986)
John Bear  Canada 1982 1982 1 1st round (×1 – 1982)
Silvino Francisco  South Africa 1982 1989 8 Quarter-final (×1 – 1982)
Dean Reynolds  England 1982 1993 11 Quarter-final (×1 – 1989)
Mike Hallett  England 1982 1992 11 Quarter-final (×2 – 1987, 1989)
Jim Donnelly  Scotland 1982 1982 1 1st round (×1 – 1982)
Jack Fitzmaurice  England 1982 1982 1 1st round (×1 – 1982)
Les Dodd  England 1983 1994 3 1st round (×3 – 1983, 1993, 1994)
Mark Wildman  England 1983 1983 1 1st round (×1 – 1983)
John Campbell  Australia 1983 1988 5 2nd round (×1 – 1986)
Ian Black  Scotland 1983 1983 1 1st round (×1 – 1983)
Mick Fisher  England 1983 1983 1 1st round (×1 – 1983)
Eugene Hughes  Ireland 1983 1989 5 2nd round (×1 – 1986)
Warren King  Australia 1984 1991 4 1st round (×4 – 1984, 1987, 1988, 1991)
Paul Mifsud  Malta 1984 1984 1 1st round (×1 – 1984)
Eddie Sinclair  Scotland 1984 1984 1 1st round (×1 – 1984)
Marcel Gauvreau  Canada 1984 1984 1 1st round (×1 – 1984)
Roy Andrewartha  Wales 1984 1984 1 1st round (×1 – 1984)
Neal Foulds  England 1984 1996 12 Semi-final (×1 – 1987)
Joe Johnson  England 1984 1991 8 Winner (×1 – 1986)
John Parrott  England 1984 2007 23 Winner (×1 – 1991)
Mario Morra  Canada 1984 1984 1 1st round (×1 – 1984)
Tony Jones  England 1985 1993 4 2nd round (×1 – 1991)
Murdo MacLeod  Scotland 1985 1987 2 2nd round (×1 – 1987)
Dene O'Kane  New Zealand 1985 1996 6 Quarter-final (×2 – 1987, 1992)
Wayne Jones  Wales 1985 1990 4 2nd round (×1 – 1989)
Danny Fowler  England 1986 1993 4 1st round (×4 – 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993)
Stephen Hendry  Scotland 1986 2012 27 Winner (×7 – 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999)
Barry West  England 1987 1988 2 1st round (×2 – 1987, 1988)
Steve Longworth  England 1987 1988 2 2nd round (×1 – 1987)
Jon Wright  England 1987 1987 1 1st round (×1 – 1987)
Mark Bennett  Wales 1987 1991 3 1st round (×3 – 1988, 1990, 1991)
Bob Chaperon  Canada 1988 1992 3 1st round (×3 – 1988, 1989, 1992)
Tony Drago  Malta 1988 2005 13 Quarter-final (×1 – 1988)
Peter Francisco  South Africa 1988 1995 5 1st round (×5 – 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995)
Steve James  England 1988 1999 9 Semi-final (×1 – 1991)
Steve Newbury  Wales 1989 1991 3 1st round (×3 – 1989, 1990, 1991)
Darren Morgan  Wales 1989 2000 10 Semi-final (×1 – 1994)
Steve Duggan  England 1989 1989 1 2nd round (×1 – 1989)
David Roe  England 1989 2001 6 2nd round (×2 – 1989, 1995)
Joe O'Boye  Northern Ireland 1989 1989 1 1st round (×1 – 1989)
Paddy Browne  Ireland 1989 1989 1 1st round (×1 – 1989)
Gary Wilkinson  England 1989 2003 10 Quarter-final (×2 – 1991, 1995)
Brady Gollan  Canada 1990 1990 1 1st round (×1 – 1990)
Nigel Gilbert  England 1990 1995 3 1st round (×3 – 1990, 1991, 1995)
Tony Chappel  Wales 1990 1990 1 1st round (×1 – 1990)
Alain Robidoux  Canada 1990 1999 9 Semi-final (×1 – 1997)
Craig Edwards  England 1991 1991 1 1st round (×1 – 1991)
Ken Doherty  Ireland 1991 2014 19 Winner (×1 – 1997)
Ian Graham  England 1991 1991 1 1st round (×1 – 1991)
Barry Pinches  England 1991 2005 3 2nd round (×1 – 2004)
Martin Clark  England 1991 1996 5 2nd round (×3 – 1991, 1992, 1993)
Alan McManus  Scotland 1991 2020 21 Semi-final (×3 – 1992, 1993, 2016)
Nick Dyson  England 1991 2001 2 1st round (×2 – 1991, 2001)
Robert Marshall  England 1991 1991 1 1st round (×1 – 1991)
Stephen Murphy  Ireland 1992 1992 1 1st round (×1 – 1992)
Mark Johnston-Allen  England 1992 1992 1 1st round (×1 – 1992)
Peter Ebdon  England 1992 2017 24 Winner (×1 – 2002)
James Wattana  Thailand 1992 2006 13 Semi-final (×2 – 1993, 1997)
Jason Ferguson  England 1992 1998 3 1st round (×3 – 1992, 1996, 1998)
Mick Price  England 1992 1997 3 2nd round (×1 – 1992)
Chris Small  Scotland 1992 2005 8 2nd round (×3 – 1992, 1999, 2001)
Nigel Bond  England 1992 2009 15 Runner-up (×1 – 1995)
Shaun Mellish  England 1993 1993 1 1st round (×1 – 1993)
Joe Swail  Northern Ireland 1993 2009 12 Semi-final (×2 – 2000, 2001)
Stephen O'Connor  Ireland 1993 1993 1 1st round (×1 – 1993)
Spencer Dunn  England 1993 1993 1 1st round (×1 – 1993)
Ronnie O'Sullivan  England 1993 2024 32 Winner (×7 – 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2022)
John Giles  England 1993 1993 1 1st round (×1 – 1993)
Brian Morgan  England 1993 1997 4 2nd round (×1 – 1994)
Karl Payne  England 1993 1993 1 1st round (×1 – 1993)
Surinder Gill  England 1994 1994 1 1st round (×1 – 1994)
Dave Harold  England 1994 2011 11 Quarter-final (×1 – 1996)
Billy Snaddon  Scotland 1994 2001 5 1st round (×5 – 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001)
Drew Henry  Scotland 1994 2005 6 2nd round (×2 – 2000, 2003)
Mark Davis  England 1994 2021 12 2nd round (×3 – 1995, 2010, 2013)
Mark King  England 1994 2020 15 2nd round (×7 – 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013)
Gary Ponting  England 1994 1994 1 1st round (×1 – 1994)
Fergal O'Brien  Ireland 1994 2017 10 Quarter-final (×1 – 2000)
Anthony Davies  Wales 1994 2002 3 2nd round (×1 – 2002)
Paul Cavney  England 1995 1995 1 1st round (×1 – 1995)
Stefan Mazrocis  England 1995 1997 2 2nd round (×1 – 1997)
Rod Lawler  England 1995 1996 2 2nd round (×1 – 1996)
John Higgins  Scotland 1995 2024 30 Winner (×4 – 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Tai Pichit  Thailand 1995 1995 1 1st round (×1 – 1995)
Andy Hicks  England 1995 2007 8 Semi-final (×1 – 1995)
Stephen Lee  England 1995 2012 17 Semi-final (×1 – 2003)
Anthony Hamilton  England 1996 2008 12[b] Quarter-final (×4 – 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
Nick Terry  England 1996 1996 1 1st round (×1 – 1996)
Jamie Burnett  Scotland 1996 2014 4 1st round (×4 – 1996, 2009, 2011, 2014)
Euan Henderson  Scotland 1996 1996 1 1st round (×1 – 1996)
Jimmy Michie  England 1996 1996 1 1st round (×1 – 1996)
Mark Williams  Wales 1997 2024 26 Winner (×3 – 2000, 2003, 2018)
Lee Walker  Wales 1997 2004 3 Quarter-final (×1 – 1997)
David McLellan  Scotland 1997 1997 1 1st round (×1 – 1997)
Bradley Jones  England 1997 1997 1 1st round (×1 – 1997)
Graham Horne  Scotland 1997 1997 1 1st round (×1 – 1997)
Dominic Dale  Wales 1997 2024 10 Quarter-final (×2 – 2000, 2014)
Graeme Dott  Scotland 1997 2019 20 Winner (×1 – 2006)
Alfie Burden  England 1998 1998 1 1st round (×1 – 1998)
Simon Bedford  England 1998 1998 1 1st round (×1 – 1998)
Quinten Hann  Australia 1998 2005 6 2nd round (×2 – 2002, 2003)
David Gray  England 1998 2006 6 Quarter-final (×1 – 2004)
Peter Lines  England 1998 1998 1 1st round (×1 – 1998)
Terry Murphy  Northern Ireland 1998 1999 2 1st round (×2 – 1998, 1999)
Jason Prince  Northern Ireland 1998 1998 1 1st round (×1 – 1998)
Matthew Stevens  Wales 1998 2022 18 Runner-up (×2 – 2000, 2005)
Gerard Greene  Northern Ireland 1999 2010 5 1st round (×5 – 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010)
Nick Walker  England 1999 1999 1 2nd round (×1 – 1999)
Marco Fu  Hong Kong 1999 2018 18 Semi-final (×2 – 2006, 2016)
Ian McCulloch  England 1999 2007 5 Semi-final (×1 – 2005)
Paul Hunter  England 1999 2006 8 Semi-final (×1 – 2003)
Joe Perry  England 1999 2023 17 Semi-final (×1 – 2008)
John Lardner  Scotland 1999 1999 1 1st round (×1 – 1999)
Leo Fernandez  Ireland 1999 1999 1 1st round (×1 – 1999)
Stuart Bingham  England 2000 2024 18 Winner (×1 – 2015)
John Read  England 2000 2000 1 1st round (×1 – 2000)
Kristján Helgason  Iceland 2000 2000 1 1st round (×1 – 2000)
Marcus Campbell  Scotland 2001 2013 4 1st round (×4 – 2001, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Patrick Wallace  Northern Ireland 2001 2001 1 Quarter-final (×1 – 2001)
Michael Judge  Ireland 2001 2008 3 2nd round (×1 – 2001)
Sean Storey  England 2001 2003 2 2nd round (×1 – 2003)
Robin Hull  Finland 2002 2015 3 1st round (×3 – 2002, 2014, 2015)
Mike Dunn  England 2002 2002 1 1st round (×1 – 2002)
Shaun Murphy  England 2002 2024 22 Winner (×1 – 2005)
Robert Milkins  England 2002 2024 10 2nd round (×5 – 2002, 2013, 2018, 2023, 2024)
Ali Carter  England 2003 2024 20 Runner-up (×2 – 2008, 2012)
Stuart Pettman  England 2003 2010 3 1st round (×3 – 2003, 2004, 2010)
Ryan Day  Wales 2004 2024 15 Quarter-final (×3 – 2008, 2009, 2012)
Stephen Maguire  Scotland 2004 2024 20 Semi-final (×2 – 2007, 2012)
Michael Holt  England 2005 2016 8 2nd round (×2 – 2005, 2016)
Mark Selby  England 2005 2024 20 Winner (×4 – 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021)
Neil Robertson  Australia 2005 2023 19 Winner (×1 – 2010)
Barry Hawkins  England 2006 2024 18 Runner-up (×1 – 2013)
Joe Delaney  Ireland 2007 2007 1 1st round (×1 – 2007)
Ding Junhui  China 2007 2024 18 Runner-up (×1 – 2016)
Judd Trump  England 2007 2024 15 Winner (×1 – 2019)
Mark Allen  Northern Ireland 2007 2024 18 Semi-final (×2 – 2009, 2023)
David Gilbert  England 2007 2024 10 Semi-final (×1 – 2019)
Jamie Cope  England 2008 2014 5 2nd round (×2 – 2009, 2011)
Liang Wenbo  China 2008 2021 8 Quarter-final (×1 – 2008)
Liu Chuang  China 2008 2012 2 1st round (×2 – 2008, 2012)
Rory McLeod  England 2009 2017 3 2nd round (×2 – 2011, 2017)
Martin Gould  England 2009 2021 11 2nd round (×3 – 2010, 2011, 2020)
Ricky Walden  England 2009 2024 10 Semi-final (×1 – 2013)
Andrew Higginson  England 2009 2012 2 2nd round (×1 – 2012)
Tom Ford  England 2010 2024 5 2nd round (×1 – 2024)
Zhang Anda  China 2010 2024 4 1st round (×4 – 2010, 2015, 2016, 2024)
Andrew Pagett  Wales 2011 2011 1 1st round (×1 – 2011)
Jimmy Robertson  England 2011 2023 5 1st round (×5 – 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023)
Cao Yupeng  China 2012 2012 1 2nd round (×1 – 2012)
Luca Brecel  Belgium 2012 2024 7 Winner (×1 – 2023)
Jamie Jones  Wales 2012 2024 6 Quarter-final (×1 – 2012)
Jack Lisowski  England 2013 2024 8 Quarter-final (×1 – 2022)
Michael White  Wales 2013 2022 4 Quarter-final (×1 – 2013)
Dechawat Poomjaeng  Thailand 2013 2013 1 2nd round (×1 – 2013)
Ben Woollaston  England 2013 2013 1 1st round (×1 – 2013)
Matthew Selt  England 2013 2023 4 1st round (×4 – 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023)
Sam Baird  England 2013 2016 2 2nd round (×1 – 2016)
Xiao Guodong  China 2014 2018 3 2nd round (×1 – 2017)
Michael Wasley  England 2014 2014 1 2nd round (×1 – 2014)
Kyren Wilson  England 2014 2024 10 Runner-up (×1 – 2020)
Robbie Williams  England 2014 2024 4 1st round (×4 – 2014, 2015, 2016, 2024)
Kurt Maflin  Norway 2015 2021 3 Quarter-final (×1 – 2020)
Anthony McGill  Scotland 2015 2023 9 Semi-final (×1 – 2020)
Craig Steadman  England 2015 2015 1 1st round (×1 – 2015)
Stuart Carrington  England 2015 2018 3 1st round (×3 – 2015, 2017, 2018)
Mitchell Mann  England 2016 2016 1 1st round (×1 – 2016)
Gary Wilson  England 2017 2024 5 Semi-final (×1 – 2019)
David Grace  England 2017 2023 2 1st round (×2 – 2017, 2023)
Yan Bingtao  China 2017 2022 4 Quarter-final (×1 – 2022)
Zhou Yuelong  China 2017 2019 2 2nd round (×1 – 2019)
Noppon Saengkham  Thailand 2017 2023 4 2nd round (×2 – 2020, 2022)
Lyu Haotian  China 2018 2024 4 2nd round (×1 – 2018)
Liam Highfield  England 2018 2022 3 1st round (×3 – 2018, 2021, 2022)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  Thailand 2018 2022 4 1st round (×4 – 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Chris Wakelin  England 2018 2022 3 1st round (×3 – 2018, 2021, 2022)
Michael Georgiou  Cyprus 2019 2019 1 1st round (×1 – 2019)
Tian Pengfei  China 2019 2021 2 1st round (×2 – 2019, 2021)
Luo Honghao  China 2019 2019 1 1st round (×1 – 2019)
Zhao Xintong  China 2019 2022 2 2nd round (×1 – 2022)
James Cahill  England 2019 2019 1 2nd round (×1 – 2019)
Li Hang  China 2019 2019 1 1st round (×1 – 2019)
Scott Donaldson  Scotland 2019 2022 2 1st round (×2 – 2019, 2022)
Ashley Carty  England 2020 2020 1 1st round (×1 – 2020)
Elliot Slessor  England 2020 2023 2 1st round (×2 – 2020, 2023)
Jordan Brown  Northern Ireland 2020 2020 1 1st round (×1 – 2020)
Jamie Clarke  Wales 2020 2022 2 2nd round (×1 – 2020)
Alexander Ursenbacher   Switzerland 2020 2020 1 1st round (×1 – 2020)
Mark Joyce  England 2021 2021 1 1st round (×1 – 2021)
Sam Craigie  England 2021 2021 1 1st round (×1 – 2021)
Jackson Page  Wales 2022 2024 2 2nd round (×1 – 2022)
Ashley Hugill  England 2022 2022 1 1st round (×1 – 2022)
Hossein Vafaei  Iran 2022 2024 3 2nd round (×1 – 2023)
Pang Junxu  China 2023 2024 2 1st round (×2 – 2023, 2024)
Wu Yize  China 2023 2023 1 1st round (×1 – 2023)
Jak Jones  Wales 2023 2024 2 Quarter-final (×1 – 2023)
Fan Zhengyi  China 2023 2023 1 1st round (×1 – 2023)
Si Jiahui  China 2023 2024 2 Semi-final (×1 – 2023)
Joe O'Connor  England 2024 2024 1
Player Country Debut Last
appearance 		Total
appearances 		Best

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Kennerley also qualified in 1973 but withdrew.
  2. ^ Hamilton also qualified in 2020 but withdrew.

References[edit]

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