Points to Defend, 2011/12 Revision Four:
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 fourth revision takes place at the end of the season following the World Championship event on the 7th May 2012.
To illustrate which players have the most to lose at the fourth revision (eg who performed well at the 2010 China Open and 2010 World Championship), 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 the 2010 China Open and 2010 World Championship |
| 1 | Neil Robertson |
12660 |
| 2 | Ali Carter |
10880 |
| 3 | Mark Williams |
10800 |
| 4 | Graeme Dott |
9960 |
| 5 | Mark Allen |
9480 |
| 6 | Ding Junhui |
9400 |
| 7 | Mark Selby |
9060 |
| 8 | Stephen Hendry |
7300 |
| 9= | John Higgins |
6460 |
| 9= | Stephen Maguire |
6460 |
| 9= | Joe Perry |
6460 |
| 12= | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
5980 |
| 12= | Shaun Murphy |
5980 |
| 14 | Steve Davis |
5805 |
| 15 | Mark Davis |
5760 |
| 16= |
Mark King | 4900 |
| 16= | Peter Ebdon |
4900 |
| 16= | Marco Fu |
4900 |
| 19= | Jamie Cope |
4760 |
| 19= | Gerard Greene |
4760 |
| 19= | Barry Hawkins |
4760 |
| 19= | Fergal O’Brien |
4760 |
| 23 | Martin Gould |
4430 |
| 24= | Ken Doherty |
4410 |
| 24= | Tom Ford |
4410 |
| 26= | Mike Dunn |
4260 |
| 26= | Rod Lawler |
4260 |
| 26= | Rory McLeod |
4260 |
| 29 | Ryan Day |
4060 |
| 30= | Adrian Gunnell |
3910 |
| 30= | Alan McManus |
3910 |
| 32 | Nigel Bond |
3810 |
| 33= | Tony Drago | 3760 |
| 33= | Bjorn Haneveer |
3760 |
| 33= | Robert Milkins |
3760 |
| 33= | James Wattana |
3760 |
| 37= | Liang Wenbo |
3605 |
| 37= | Michael Holt |
3605 |
| 37= | Stephen Lee |
3605 |
| 40 | Mark Joyce |
3560 |
| 41 | Marcus Campbell |
3430 |
| 42 | Judd Trump |
3110 |
| 43 | Barry Pinches |
3060 |
| 44 | Ian McCulloch |
2930 |
| 45 | Andrew Higginson |
2860 |
| 46 | David Morris |
2755 |
| 47= | Joe Jogia |
2560 |
| 47= | Jimmy Robertson |
2560 |
| 49 | Jamie Burnett |
2510 |
| 50 | Jimmy White |
2255 |
| 51= | Matt Selt |
2210 |
| 51= | Ben Woollaston |
2210 |
| 53= | Stuart Bingham |
1955 |
| 53= | Dave Harold |
1955 |
| 53= | Matthew Stevens |
1955 |
| 53= | Joe Swail |
1955 |
| 53= | Ricky Walden |
1955 |
| 58= | David Gilbert |
1910 |
| 58= | Andy Hicks |
1910 |
| 60= | Alfie Burden | 1680 |
| 60= | Anthony McGill | 1680 |
| 60= | Igor Figueiredo | 1680 |
| 60= | Liam Highfield | 1680 |
| 60= | Jamie Jones | 1680 |
| 60= | Jack Lisowski | 1680 |
| 60= | Paul Davison | 1680 |
| 60= | Andrew Pagett | 1680 |
| 60= | Adam Wicheard | 1680 |
| 60= | Liu Chuang | 1680 |
| 60= | Dechawat Poomjaeng | 1680 |
| 60= | Sam Craigie | 1680 |
| 60= | Kacper Filipiak | 1680 |
| 60= | Passakorn Suwannawat | 1680 |
| 60= | Aditya Mehta | 1680 |
| 60= | Cao Yupeng | 1680 |
| 60= | Scott MacKenzie | 1680 |
| 60= | David Grace | 1680 |
| 60= | Robin Hull | 1680 |
| 60= | Yu Delu | 1680 |
| 60= | Lucky Vatnani | 1680 |
| 60= | Luca Brecel | 1680 |
| 60= | Adam Duffy |
1680 |
| 60= | Stuart Carrington |
1680 |
| 60= | David Hogan |
1680 |
| 60= | Tian Pengfei |
1680 |
| 60= | Kurt Maflin |
1680 |
| 60= | Li Yan |
1680 |
| 60= | Joe Meara |
1680 |
| 60= | Sam Baird |
1680 |
| 60= | Daniel Wells | 1680 |
| 60= | Andrew Norman | 1680 |
| 92= | Matt Couch |
1660 |
| 92= | Xiao Guodong |
1660 |
| 94 | Simon Bedford |
1580 |
| 95= | Dominic Dale |
1530 |
| 95= | Anthony Hamilton |
1530 |
| 97 | Michael White |
1310 |
| 98= | Peter Lines |
1105 |
| 98= | Liu Song |
1105 |