Mark Selby regains world number one spot from Judd Trump
Selby made the fourth maximum break of his career (Photo by PA Images)
Mark Selby has returned to the top of the snooker world rankings after leapfrogging Judd Trump during the British Open.
Selby, the reigning and four-time World Champion, has reclaimed the world number one spot for a seventh time, ending Trump’s two-year reign.
Trump had won eleven ranking tournaments since climbing to the top of the rankings in August 2019, but the £175,000 he earned for winning the 2019 International Championship is due to drop off his tally next week.
That means that Selby, who pocketed £500,000 for his Crucible triumph in May, will now return to the summit.
Selby suffered a Second Round exit at the hands of Ali Carter at the British Open on home soil in Leicester on Thursday.
Trump had an opportunity to protect the number one spot, but saw his hopes ended by a 3-2 defeat to Elliot Slessor in the Last 32 on Friday.
Selby became world number one for the first time a decade ago and also held down that position from 2015-2019.
The 38-year-old has had more individual stints as world number one than any other player since the ranking system was introduced in the 70s.
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List of snooker world number ones
| No. | Nationality | Player | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wales |
Ray Reardon | 3 May 1975 | 20 April 1981 | |
| 2 |  Canada |
Cliff Thorburn | 21 April 1981 | 16 May 1982 | |
| Wales |
Ray Reardon (2) | 17 May 1982 | 2 May 1983 | ||
| 3 |  England |
Steve Davis | 3 May 1983 | 29 April 1990 | |
| 4 |  Scotland |
Stephen Hendry | 30 April 1990 | 4 May 1998 | |
| 5 | Scotland |
John Higgins | 5 May 1998 | 1 May 2000 | |
| 6 | Wales |
Mark Williams | 2 May 2000 | 6 May 2002 | |
| 7 | England |
Ronnie O’Sullivan | 7 May 2002 | 5 May 2003 | |
| Wales |
Mark Williams (2) | 6 May 2003 | 3 May 2004 | ||
| England |
Ronnie O’Sullivan (2) | 4 May 2004 | 1 May 2006 | ||
| Scotland |
Stephen Hendry (2) | 2 May 2006 | 7 May 2007 | ||
| Scotland |
John Higgins (2) | 8 May 2007 | 5 May 2008 | ||
| England |
Ronnie O’Sullivan (3) | 6 May 2008 | 3 May 2010 | ||
| Scotland |
John Higgins (3) | 4 May 2010 | 2 May 2011 | ||
| 8 |  Australia |
Neil Robertson | 27 September 2010 | 12 December 2010 | |
| Scotland |
John Higgins (4) | 13 December 2010 | 2 May 2011 | ||
| Wales |
Mark Williams (3) | 3 May 2011 | 11 September 2011 | ||
| 9 | England |
Mark Selby | 12 September 2011 | 4 November 2012 | |
| 10 | England |
Judd Trump | 5 November 2012 | 9 December 2012 | |
| England |
Mark Selby (2) | 10 December 2012 | 17 February 2013 | ||
| England |
Judd Trump (2) | 18 February 2013 | 31 March 2013 | ||
| England |
Mark Selby (3) | 1 April 2013 | 9 June 2013 | ||
| Australia |
Neil Robertson (2) | 10 June 2013 | 5 May 2014 | ||
| England |
Mark Selby (4) | 6 May 2014 | 6 July 2014 | ||
| Australia |
Neil Robertson (3) | 7 July 2014 | 10 August 2014 | ||
| England |
Mark Selby (5) | 11 August 2014 | 7 December 2014 | ||
| 11 |  China |
Ding Junhui | 8 December 2014 | 14 December 2014 | |
| Australia |
Neil Robertson (4) | 15 December 2014 | 24 January 2015 | ||
| China |
Ding Junhui (2) | 25 January 2015 | 8 February 2015 | ||
| England |
Mark Selby (6) | 9 February 2015 | 24 March 2019 | ||
| England |
Ronnie O’Sullivan (4) | 25 March 2019 | 11 August 2019 | ||
| England |
Judd Trump (3) | 12 August 2019 | 20 August 2021 |
