WDBS Rankings | World Disability Snooker Championship 2025 Update

The official WDBS rankings have been updated for the first  time this year following the historic 2025 World Disability Snooker Championship in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

• View the updated rankings at the WDBS website
• View the updated rankings via WPBSA SnookerScores
• View further information about the ranking system

The WDBS ranking system includes individual ranking lists for each of the main classification groups, with players earning points from based upon their finishing position at designated ranking tournaments.

The rankings operate on a rolling two-year basis, with points earned during 2022/23 to be removed during the course of this season. At this revision points earned at the 2025 World Disability Snooker Championship were added with points from the 2023 British Open removed.

Please note that the flagship World Championship offers a 25% points increase on standard rankings events. A full breakdown can be found in the links above.

BEAUMONT MOVES TO THE SUMMIT

There is a number world number one in the Group 1+2 ranking list as a run to the World Championship final proved to be enough for England’s Dave Beaumont to overtake fellow countryman Tony Southern in top spot.

Beaumont and Southern met in the semi-finals in Thailand, with victory for either player securing their place as the world number one, and it was the 57-year-old Beaumont who ran out a 3-1 winner.

This marks the dawn of a new era on the WDBS tour as Southern becomes the final player to see his unbroken streak as leader come to an end since the rankings were formed in April 2020.

A relative newcomer to the tour, Beaumont has made an impressive impact since making his debut at the 2023 UK Disability Championship – winning four ranking event titles, including the European Disability Championship crown in Portugal last October.

Despite neither competing in Thailand, there has also been a change in Group 6A with Alan Reynolds regaining top spot from Mohammed Faisal Butt as a result of the points removed from the 2023 British Open.

The world number ones across the other six classification groups have each managed to hold on to their position despite none of them securing the title in Thailand – Ireland’s Colvin O’Brien being the only pre-tournament number one to reach the title match before succumbing to fellow countryman Dylan Rees.

WORLD CHAMPIONS MAKE AN IMPACT

Seven world champions from four nations were crowned on an historic day in Thailand last Sunday and they have each made a big impact on the updated world ranking lists.

Thailand’s three champions – Surasit Loisaratrakul (Group 2), Thanapol Seekao (Group 3) and Songkiat Raebankoo (Group 5) all appeared in their maiden WDBS ranking events and have each jumped immediately into the top ten of their respective groups as a result of their successes.

In Group 8, Kristof De Bruyn’s victory in the combined Group 6+8 sees him climb from fourth to third position – closing the gap on leader Luke Drennan, who did not appear in Thailand, to less than 2,000 points.

Meanwhile, victories for Gary Swift (Group 1), Carl Gibson (Group 4) and Dylan Rees (Group 7) sees them each close the gap on top spot.

Swift notably maintains his position as the top ranked Group 1 player in a combined Group 1+2 world ranking list, while Gibson’s title match victory over long-time rival David Church sees the deficit in Group 4 reduced to just 1,100 points with two ranking events still to play this campaign.

GLOBAL GROWTH CONTINUES

The WDBS world ranking lists now feature players from an incredible 17 nations across four continents as the tour continues its rapid globalisation.

The first ever World Disability Snooker Championship saw cueists entering from 15 nations with players from Chinese Taipei, Iceland, Italy, Pakistan, Thailand and the United States all becoming the first to represent their country in a WDBS ranking event.

A total of 190 players have played in at least one event during the latest two-year cycle including an outstanding 32 players from 12 countries in the wheelchair Group 1+2 classification.