Modern Day Professional World Snooker Champions
The road to joining the ‘Professional World snooker Champions’ has taken various routes over the years to fulfill that great accolade. From 1969, the modern day snooker tournament was born and has run ever since. Prior to this date there had been various formats including a challenge match format where there could be more than one challenge each year. For most, the modern day world snooker championship as we know it started here.
So, who is the greatest player of the modern era? Well I’ll leave that one for you to decide but leading the pack with the most World Snooker Titles in the modern era is Stephen Hendry (Scotland) becoming World Professional Snooker Champion no less than 7 times!
Here is a list of ‘Modern Day Professional World Snooker Champions’ since this date:
Modern Day Professional World Snooker Champions
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
| 1969 | John Spencer | England |
| 1970 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1971 | John Spencer | England |
| 1972 | Alex Higgins | Northern Ireland |
| 1973 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1974 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1975 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1976 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1977 | John Spencer | England |
| 1978 | Ray Reardon | Wales |
| 1979 | Terry Griffiths | Wales |
| 1980 | Cliff Thorburn | Canada |
| 1981 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1982 | Alex Higgins | Northern Ireland |
| 1983 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1984 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1985 | Dennis Taylor | Northern Ireland |
| 1986 | Joe Johnson | England |
| 1987 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1988 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1989 | Steve Davis | England |
| 1990 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1991 | John Parrott | England |
| 1992 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1993 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1994 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1995 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1996 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 1997 | Ken Doherty | Republic of Ireland |
| 1998 | John Higgins | Scotland |
| 1999 | Stephen Hendry | Scotland |
| 2000 | Mark Williams | Wales |
| 2001 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2002 | Peter Ebdon | England |
| 2003 | Mark Williams | Wales |
| 2004 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2005 | Shaun Murphy | England |
| 2006 | Graeme Dott | Scotland |
| 2007 | John Higgins | Scotland |
| 2008 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2009 | John Higgins | Scotland |
| 2010 | Neil Robertson | Australia |
| 2011 | John Higgins | Scotland |
| 2012 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2013 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |
| 2014 | Mark Selby | England |
| 2015 | Stuart Bingham | England |
| 2016 | Mark Selby | England |
| 2017 | Mark Selby | England |
| 2018 | Mark Williams | Wales |
| 2019 | Judd Trump | England |
| 2020 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | England |