Points to Defend, 2011/12 Revision Three:
As was the case in 2010/11, during the 2011/12 season there will be a two-year rolling ranking system in place which means that tournament seedings will now be adjusted mid-season. The third revision takes place following the Welsh Open event on the 19th February 2012.
To illustrate which players have the most to lose at the third revision (eg who performed well at the 2010 Welsh Open), here is a table showing who has what to defend:
To view their player profiles, please click here.
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| # | Player | Points from 2010 Welsh Open |
| 1 | John Higgins |
5000 |
| 2 | Ali Carter |
4000 |
| 3= | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
3200 |
| 3= | Stephen Maguire |
3200 |
| 5= | Mark Allen |
2500 |
| 5= | Ryan Day |
2500 |
| 5= | Mark Selby |
2500 |
| 5= | Mark Williams |
2500 |
| 9= | Neil Robertson |
1900 |
| 9= | Stephen Hendry |
1900 |
| 9= | Graeme Dott |
1900 |
| 9= | Jamie Cope |
1900 |
| 9= |
Mark King | 1900 |
| 9= | Matthew Stevens |
1900 |
| 9= | Barry Hawkins |
1900 |
| 9= | Andrew Higginson |
1900 |
| 17= | Tom Ford |
1400 |
| 17= | Mark Davis |
1400 |
| 17= | Liu Song |
1400 |
| 17= | Judd Trump |
1400 |
| 17= | Stuart Bingham |
1400 |
| 17= | Dominic Dale |
1400 |
| 17= | Dave Harold |
1400 |
| 17= | Tony Drago | 1400 |
| 17= | Fergal O’Brien |
1400 |
| 17= | Marcus Campbell |
1400 |
| 27= | Ken Doherty |
1150 |
| 27= | Anthony Hamilton |
1150 |
| 27= | Rory McLeod |
1150 |
| 27= | Barry Pinches |
1150 |
| 27= | Alan McManus |
1150 |
| 27= | Ian McCulloch |
1150 |
| 33= | David Morris |
900 |
| 33= | David Gilbert |
900 |
| 33= | Bjorn Haneveer |
900 |
| 33= | Jimmy White |
900 |
| 33= | Robert Milkins |
900 |
| 33= | Matt Selt |
900 |
| 33= | Andy Hicks |
900 |
| 33= | Xiao Guodong |
900 |
| 41= | Alfie Burden | 840 |
| 41= | Anthony McGill | 840 |
| 41= | Igor Figueiredo | 840 |
| 41= | Liam Highfield | 840 |
| 41= | Jamie Jones | 840 |
| 41= | Jack Lisowski | 840 |
| 41= | Paul Davison | 840 |
| 41= | Andrew Pagett | 840 |
| 41= | Adam Wicheard | 840 |
| 41= | Liu Chuang | 840 |
| 41= | Dechawat Poomjaeng | 840 |
| 41= | Sam Craigie | 840 |
| 41= | Kacper Filipiak | 840 |
| 41= | Passakorn Suwannawat | 840 |
| 41= | Aditya Mehta | 840 |
| 41= | Cao Yupeng | 840 |
| 41= | Scott MacKenzie | 840 |
| 41= | David Grace | 840 |
| 41= | Robin Hull | 840 |
| 41= | Yu Delu | 840 |
| 41= | Lucky Vatnani | 840 |
| 41= | Luca Brecel | 840 |
| 41= | Adam Duffy |
840 |
| 41= | Stuart Carrington |
840 |
| 41= | David Hogan |
840 |
| 41= | Tian Pengfei |
840 |
| 41= | Kurt Maflin |
840 |
| 41= | Li Yan |
840 |
| 41= | Joe Meara |
840 |
| 41= | Sam Baird |
840 |
| 41= | Daniel Wells | 840 |
| 41= | Andrew Norman | 840 |
| 73= | Ding Junhui |
700 |
| 73= | Shaun Murphy |
700 |
| 73= | Peter Ebdon |
700 |
| 73= | Joe Perry |
700 |
| 73= | Marco Fu |
700 |
| 78= | James Wattana |
650 |
| 78= | Joe Jogia |
650 |
| 78= | Jimmy Robertson |
650 |
| 81= | Liang Wenbo |
575 |
| 81= | Stephen Lee |
575 |
| 81= | Ricky Walden |
575 |
| 81= | Steve Davis |
575 |
| 81= | Michael Holt |
575 |
| 81= | Gerard Greene |
575 |
| 81= | Nigel Bond |
575 |
| 81= | Joe Swail |
575 |
| 89= | Mike Dunn |
450 |
| 89= | Adrian Gunnell |
450 |
| 89= | Jamie Burnett |
450 |
| 89= | Martin Gould |
450 |
| 93= | Peter Lines |
325 |
| 93= | Mark Joyce |
325 |
| 93= | Rod Lawler |
325 |
| 96= | Michael White |
200 |
| 96= | Simon Bedford |
200 |
| 96= | Ben Woollaston |
200 |
| 96= | Matt Couch |
200 |