Rankings - 1997-1998
| Joining the tour as of this season |
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| Leaving the tour after this season |
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 Mark Flowerdew |
| Player | Start Position |
Start Points |
Difference | Finish Position |
Finish Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Flowerdew - Not active |
63 | 8,185 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| John Higgins |
2 | 30,867 | 1 | 1 | 47,422 |
| Stephen Hendry |
1 | 43,127 | -1 | 2 | 47,247 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
7 | 24,217 | 4 | 3 | 39,407 |
| Ken Doherty |
3 | 28,601 | -1 | 4 | 36,167 |
| Mark Williams |
4 | 27,485 | -1 | 5 | 32,755 |
| John Parrott |
6 | 25,082 | 0 | 6 | 31,757 |
| Peter Ebdon |
5 | 25,282 | -2 | 7 | 25,426 |
| Alan McManus |
10 | 20,995 | 2 | 8 | 24,394 |
| Stephen Lee |
16 | 16,079 | 7 | 9 | 24,264 |
| Tony Drago |
11 | 19,959 | 1 | 10 | 23,809 |
| Anthony Hamilton |
14 | 17,004 | 3 | 11 | 22,524 |
| Alain Robidoux |
9 | 21,994 | -3 | 12 | 22,387 |
| Nigel Bond |
8 | 22,182 | -5 | 13 | 22,256 |
| Steve Davis |
13 | 18,654 | -1 | 14 | 22,252 |
| James Wattana |
12 | 18,822 | -3 | 15 | 21,542 |
| Mark King |
20 | 14,240 | 4 | 16 | 21,470 |
| Gary Wilkinson |
17 | 15,913 | 0 | 17 | 19,084 |
| Jimmy White |
21 | 13,664 | 3 | 18 | 18,995 |
| Dave Harold |
18 | 15,812 | -1 | 19 | 18,410 |
| Fergal O'Brien |
23 | 13,343 | 3 | 20 | 18,152 |
| Andy Hicks |
19 | 14,823 | -2 | 21 | 17,808 |
| Darren Morgan |
15 | 16,423 | -7 | 22 | 17,804 |
| Dominic Dale |
54 | 9,830 | 31 | 23 | 17,622 |
| Paul Hunter |
43 | 10,883 | 19 | 24 | 17,155 |
| Chris Small |
25 | 13,036 | 0 | 25 | 17,026 |
| Matthew Stevens |
53 | 9,870 | 27 | 26 | 16,935 |
| Brian Morgan |
28 | 12,693 | 1 | 27 | 16,227 |
| Martin Clark |
27 | 12,744 | -1 | 28 | 16,134 |
| Terry Murphy |
29 | 12,644 | 0 | 29 | 16,047 |
| Graeme Dott |
33 | 12,086 | 3 | 30 | 15,589 |
| Jamie Burnett |
38 | 11,635 | 7 | 31 | 15,542 |
| Billy Snaddon |
32 | 12,266 | 0 | 32 | 15,042 |
| Mick Price |
31 | 12,372 | -2 | 33 | 14,976 |
| Neal Foulds |
30 | 12,570 | -4 | 34 | 14,915 |
| Jason Ferguson |
37 | 11,691 | 2 | 35 | 14,802 |
| Joe Swail |
22 | 13,481 | -14 | 36 | 14,595 |
| Steve James |
24 | 13,204 | -13 | 37 | 14,209 |
| Euan Henderson |
44 | 10,810 | 6 | 38 | 14,084 |
| Jason Prince |
42 | 10,893 | 3 | 39 | 13,992 |
| Rod Lawler |
26 | 12,896 | -14 | 40 | 13,122 |
| Paul Davies |
48 | 10,347 | 7 | 41 | 12,814 |
| Jonathan Birch |
45 | 10,675 | 3 | 42 | 12,742 |
| Drew Henry |
40 | 10,945 | -3 | 43 | 12,647 |
| Bradley Jones |
80 | 7,192 | 36 | 44 | 12,345 |
| Quinten Hann |
104 | 6,275 | 59 | 45 | 12,182 |
| Karl Broughton |
41 | 10,943 | -5 | 46 | 12,027 |
| Tony Chappel |
46 | 10,674 | -1 | 47 | 11,952 |
| David Roe |
49 | 10,083 | 1 | 48 | 11,875 |
| Shokat Ali |
59 | 8,633 | 10 | 49 | 11,817 |
| Lee Walker |
79 | 7,261 | 29 | 50 | 11,761 |
| Willie Thorne |
36 | 11,739 | -15 | 51 | 11,715 |
| Dennis Taylor |
34 | 12,042 | -18 | 52 | 11,648 |
| Peter Lines |
90 | 6,710 | 37 | 53 | 11,642 |
| Dean Reynolds |
51 | 9,942 | -3 | 54 | 11,534 |
| Joe Johnson |
52 | 9,871 | -3 | 55 | 11,515 |
| Mark Davis |
47 | 10,390 | -9 | 56 | 11,511 |
| Dene O'Kane |
35 | 11,873 | -22 | 57 | 11,500 |
| Michael Judge |
56 | 9,230 | -2 | 58 | 11,477 |
| Gerard Greene |
62 | 8,405 | 3 | 59 | 11,332 |
| Ian McCulloch |
76 | 7,302 | 16 | 60 | 11,115 |
| David Gray |
152 | 4,427 | 91 | 61 | 11,089 |
| Paul Wykes |
69 | 7,825 | 7 | 62 | 11,077 |
| Tony Jones |
60 | 8,565 | -3 | 63 | 11,035 |
| Nick Pearce |
57 | 8,804 | -7 | 64 | 10,930 |
| Stefan Mazrocis |
65 | 8,040 | 0 | 65 | 10,910 |
| Mark Bennett |
50 | 9,975 | -16 | 66 | 10,834 |
| Chris Scanlon |
64 | 8,050 | -3 | 67 | 10,752 |
| David Finbow |
39 | 11,498 | -29 | 68 | 10,692 |
| Jimmy Michie |
55 | 9,262 | -26 | 81 | 9,464 |
| Wayne Jones |
58 | 8,730 | -24 | 82 | 9,374 |
| Anthony Davies |
61 | 8,428 | -24 | 85 | 8,787 |
| Karl Burrows |
78 | 7,267 | 9 | 69 | 10,640 |
| John Read |
86 | 6,793 | 16 | 70 | 10,567 |
| Nick Walker |
67 | 7,900 | -4 | 71 | 10,540 |
| Sean Storey |
82 | 7,085 | 10 | 72 | 10,487 |
| Marcus Campbell |
97 | 6,468 | 24 | 73 | 10,195 |
| Joe Perry |
123 | 5,289 | 49 | 74 | 10,184 |
| Gary Ponting |
85 | 6,870 | 10 | 75 | 10,180 |
| Stuart Pettman |
87 | 6,720 | 11 | 76 | 9,890 |
| Alfie Burden |
122 | 5,309 | 45 | 77 | 9,841 |
| Matthew Couch |
94 | 6,663 | 16 | 78 | 9,775 |
| Steve Judd |
92 | 6,683 | 13 | 79 | 9,650 |
| Wayne Brown |
99 | 6,454 | 19 | 80 | 9,595 |
| Martin Dziewialtowski |
116 | 5,640 | 33 | 83 | 9,022 |
| Jamie Woodman |
71 | 7,655 | -13 | 84 | 8,957 |
| Stephen O'Connor |
106 | 6,203 | 20 | 86 | 8,612 |
| Darren Clarke |
84 | 6,978 | -3 | 87 | 8,492 |
| Troy Shaw |
131 | 5,140 | 43 | 88 | 8,252 |
| Lee Richardson |
105 | 6,250 | 16 | 89 | 8,047 |
| Ian Brumby |
101 | 6,328 | 11 | 90 | 7,957 |
| Karl Payne |
77 | 7,290 | -14 | 91 | 7,719 |
| Mark Gray |
150 | 4,469 | 58 | 92 | 7,710 |
| Leigh Griffin |
143 | 4,702 | 50 | 93 | 7,508 |
| John Lardner |
130 | 5,193 | 36 | 94 | 7,389 |
| Peter McCullagh |
162 | 4,188 | 67 | 95 | 6,936 |
| Craig MacGillivray |
159 | 4,222 | 63 | 96 | 6,434 |
| Graham Horne |
73 | 7,522 | -24 | 97 | 5,837 |
| Stephen Murphy |
66 | 7,988 | -32 | 98 | 5,607 |
| Robert Milkins |
91 | 6,697 | -8 | 99 | 5,600 |
| David McLellan |
75 | 7,453 | -25 | 100 | 5,492 |
| Simon Bedford |
215 | 3,005 | 215 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Delaney |
137 | 4,887 | 137 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Higginson |
334 | 1,574 | 334 | 0 | 0 |