World Women’s Snooker Rankings | World Championship 2026

The official world women’s rankings have been updated for the final time this season following the conclusion of this year’s World Women’s Snooker Championship which saw Thailand’s Panchaya Channoi lift her maiden world title in China.

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The WWS world rankings operate on a rolling two-year basis, with points earned during the 2025/26 season to replace those earned through the 2023/24 campaign. At this revision the points from the 2024 British Open and 2024 World Championship tournaments have been removed and those earned at the 2026 World Championship have been added.

The total ranking points of each player are calculated from their best 14 results during the current counting period.

OnYee Reclaims Top Spot

OnYee Ng has returned to the summit of the world rankings for the first time since April 2019, after she reached the semi-finals of the World Championship last week in Dongguan.

The 35-year-old has enjoyed a strong finish to the season, which has included back-to-back world ranking event wins at the Belgian Open and British Open competitions, allied to a further three ranking finals. She has lifted four titles overall during the current two-year cycle to take her career total to 24, and has shown impressive consistency to reach the semi-finals or better at 20 of her past 22 ranking competitions played since May 2023.

“I am so happy to be back at number one,” said Ng. “Especially with such a strong field in the women’s game right now. It probably means more to me than the first time I became world number one back in 2018.

“The standard of the women’s game is much higher now than ever. Anyone is capable of winning a tournament and also I had been just one match away from the number one ranking so many times. It’s not easy to get back here and it’s even more difficult to stay at the top.

“I have had a lot of ups and downs over the past two years, different pressure, staying on the WST. There have been lots of different things in my mind but I think I am more clear now so hopefully can focus to improve my game.

“I just have to work harder and smarter, just to raise my game like all the other players and the young girls rising up!”

Having progressed one round further than two-time world champion Bai Yulu in China, Ng’s last four run, combined with the effect of the points removed from the corresponding period in 2024, is enough to see her return to top spot.

With the leading trio including third placed Mink Nutcharut separated by just 4,125 points at the end of the campaign, the number one race is set to continue into next season with Bai set to defend 26,875 points over the next 12 months, fewer than Ng (32,375) and Mink (40,625), who each won two events during the 2024/25 season.

Channoi Into Top 10

New world champion Panchaya Channoi has leapt to a new career-high ranking of seventh position following her breakthrough success at the Snooker Sports Arena.

The 18-year-old gains eight places from her previous best position of number 15 and with no points to defend for the next 12 months having only completed five of the 16 currently counting events, is well placed to continue to gain positions over the coming months.

There is also a new high for 20-year-old Narucha Phoemphul, who rises one spot to number five after she reached the World Championship quarter-finals for the first time in her career.

Hong Kong China’s So Man Yan returns to the top 10 after more than 10 years, as she reached the last 16 stage in China to cap a consistent two-year spell which has seen her reach five ranking quarter-finals and the last 16 a further four times.

Outside of the top 10, among those to gain positions are Anna Prisjažņuka (+2) and Phakwalan Kongkaew (+4), who earn new career-best positions of 15th and 16th, while Australia’s Jessica Woods (+5) returns to the top 20 in 19th place.

China’s 17-year-old prospect Liu Ziling climbs 37 places to a new best of 23rd position after she reached her first World Championship quarter-final, with Yang Meng (+7), Chan Wai Lam (+4) and Carlie Tait (+6) also making gains inside of the top 30.

The highest ranked new entries are Qingning Huang and Yaqi Yao, after the Chinese duo each reached the last 16 stage on their Tour debuts to enter the top 50 in 46th and 47th positions.

Junior, Senior Rankings

Narucha Phoemphul has finished the season as world number one for the first time following a two-year run which has seen the 20-year-old claim six junior titles, a record bettered only by England’s Hannah Jones in Tour history.

Set to turn 21 in December, the Thai player is set to be succeeded by newly-crowned double World Women’s Under-21 champion Panchaya Channoi, who has risen to a new career benchmark of second position following her week to remember in China.

There are also gains for Phakwalan Kongkaew and Liu Ziling, who each gain two places to 5th and 6th respectively, while runner-up Wang Ruotong climbs 17 places to ninth, having appeared in just two currently counting events.

Despite a first Seniors defeat for almost three years in China, England’s Tessa Davidson has finished as a dominant Seniors number one for a fifth successive season.

Behind her, China’s Han Fang climbs one place to number three after she narrowly missed out on the title by finishing as runner-up for a third straight year, while newly-crowned World Women’s Seniors champion Deng Xinshun is a new entry at number five following her success on home soil.

Others to gain include Ruilan Wu, who jumps 13 places into the top ten in eighth position, while Carlie Tait rises one position to number 10.

Dates for the 2026/27 World Women’s Snooker Tour season will be announced in due course.