Points to be dropped, 2010/11 Revision One:
From the start of the 2010/11 season there will now be a two-year rolling ranking system and so the rankings will now be adjusted mid-season, beginning with revision one following the second European Players Tour Championship event of the season which will be completed on the 3rd October 2010.
At that initial update, points earned from the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy, Shanghai Masters and Grand Prix tournaments will be replaced by points from tournaments early in the 2010/11 season and to illustrate which players have the most to lose (eg who started 2008/9 strongly), here is a table showing who has what to defend:
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| # | Player | Points from NIT, SM & GP 2008 |
| 1 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 12125 |
| 2 | John Higgins MBE | 11350 |
| 3 | Ryan Day | 9400 |
| 4= | Allister Carter | 7900 |
| 4= | Ricky Walden | 7900 |
| 6 | Dave Harold | 7650 |
| 7 | Mark Selby | 7475 |
| 8 | Stephen Maguire | 6575 |
| 9 | Judd Trump | 6550 |
| 10 | Jamie Cope | 6425 |
| 11 | Steve Davis OBE | 6200 |
| 12 | Joe Perry | 6175 |
| 13 | Barry Hawkins | 5650 |
| 14 | Marco Fu | 5575 |
| 15 | Adrian Gunnell | 5125 |
| 16 | Mark J Williams MBE | 5119 |
| 17 | Liang Wenbo | 5050 |
| 18 | Michael Holt | 4925 |
| 19 | Ding Junhui | 4525 |
| 20 | Alan McManus | 4488 |
| 21 | Mark Allen | 3950 |
| 22 | Mark Davis | 3925 |
| 23 | Ian McCulloch | 3794 |
| 24= | Stephen Hendry MBE | 3775 |
| 24= | Peter Ebdon | 3775 |
| 26 | Anthony Hamilton | 3725 |
| 27 | Jimmy White MBE | 3675 |
| 28= | David Gilbert | 3600 |
| 28= | Andrew Higginson | 3600 |
| 30 | Jimmy Michie | 3550 |
| 31= | Neil Robertson | 3475 |
| 31= | Mark King | 3475 |
| 33 | Jamie Burnett | 3350 |
| 34= | Rory McLeod | 3288 |
| 34= | Tom Ford | 3288 |
| 36 | Andy Hicks | 3207 |
| 37 | Stuart Pettman | 3207 |
| 38= | Stuart Bingham | 3194 |
| 38= | Stephen Lee | 3194 |
| 40 | Mark Joyce | 3175 |
| 41 | Simon Bedford | 3050 |
| 42 | Marcus Campbell | 3038 |
| 43= | Mike Dunn | 2863 |
| 43= | Gerard Greene | 2863 |
| 45 | Dominic Dale | 2819 |
| 46= | Matthew Stevens | 2694 |
| 46= | Ken Doherty | 2694 |
| 46= | Fergal O’Brien | 2694 |
| 49 | Matthew Selt | 2675 |
| 50 | Rod Lawler | 2457 |
| 51 | Peter Lines | 2425 |
| 52= | Graeme Dott | 2275 |
| 52= | Shaun Murphy | 2275 |
| 54= | Tony Drago | 2193 |
| 54= | Alfie Burden | 2193 |
| 54= | Bjorn Haneveer | 2193 |
| 54= | Joe Jogia | 2193 |
| 54= | Anthony McGill | 2193 |
| 54= | Igor Figueiredo | 2193 |
| 54= | Liam Highfield | 2193 |
| 54= | Jimmy Robertson | 2193 |
| 54= | Jamie Jones | 2193 |
| 54= | James Wattana | 2193 |
| 54= | James McBain | 2193 |
| 54= | Jack Lisowski | 2193 |
| 54= | Xiao Guodong | 2193 |
| 54= | T.Thirapongpaiboon | 2193 |
| 54= | Michael White | 2193 |
| 54= | Paul Davison | 2193 |
| 54= | Kyren Wilson | 2193 |
| 54= | Zhang Anda | 2193 |
| 54= | Ben Woollaston | 2193 |
| 54= | Andrew Pagett | 2193 |
| 54= | Justin Astley | 2193 |
| 54= | Dermot McGlinchey | 2193 |
| 54= | Kuldesh Johal | 2193 |
| 54= | Liu Chuang | 2193 |
| 54= | Patrick Einsle | 2193 |
| 54= | Kurt Maflin | 2193 |
| 54= | Adam Wicheard | 2193 |
| 54= | Noppon Saengkham | 2193 |
| 54= | Jamie O’Neill | 2193 |
| 54= | Jak Jones | 2193 |
| 54= | Issara Kachaiwong | 2193 |
| 54= | Reanne Evans | 2193 |
| 86 | David Morris | 1882 |
| 87= | Joe Swail | 1869 |
| 87= | Nigel Bond | 1869 |
| 87= | Michael Judge | 1869 |
| 90 | Matthew Couch | 1800 |
| 91 | Paul Davies | 1775 |
| 92= | Barry Pinches | 1632 |
| 92= | Joe Delaney | 1632 |
| 92= | Martin Gould | 1632 |
| 95 | Patrick Wallace | 1100 |
| 96 | Robert Milkins | 1057 |