Stephen Hendry has named his high 16 snooker gamers of the final 50 years and it’s certain to trigger loads of debate.
The seven-time world champion has named a high 16 for the Crucible period, which dates again to the 1976/77 season.
Some very large names miss out, together with a string of former world champions, whereas three gamers who’ve by no means conquered the Crucible do make the reduce.
Hendry has leant in the direction of the trendy participant extra, with the likes of Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn and John Spencer lacking out.
Additionally getting the chop after being initially thought of had been the likes of Ken Doherty and John Parrott, regardless of profitable the best prize in snooker.
Hendry, in fact, needed to put himself on the listing, and clearly that got here on the enterprise finish after his immense profession.
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Listed below are the 16 gamers Hendry considers one of the best of the final 50 years, as revealed on World Snooker Tour’s Snooker Membership podcast.
15 = Kyren Wilson
World Championships: 1
Triple Crowns: 2
Rating Titles: 10
15 = Mark Allen
World Championships: 0
Triple Crowns: 2
Rating Titles: 12
14. Alex Higgins
World Championships: 2 (1 in Crucible period)
Triple Crowns: 5
Rating Titles: 1 (world rankings started after a few of Higgins’ titles)
13. Paul Hunter
World Championships: 0
Triple Crowns: 3
Rating Titles: 3
12. Neil Robertson
World Championships: 1
Triple Crowns: 6
Rating Titles: 26
11. Ding Junhui
World Championships: 0
Triple Crowns: 4
Rating Titles: 15
10. Shaun Murphy
World Championships: 1
Triple Crowns: 4
Rating Titles: 13
9. Zhao Xintong
World Championships: 1
Triple Crowns: 2
Rating Titles: 6
8. Jimmy White
World Championships: 0
Triple Crowns: 2
Rating Titles: 10
7. Steve Davis
World Championships: 6
Triple Crowns: 15
Rating Titles: 28
6. Judd Trump
World Championships: 1
Triple Crowns: 5
Rating Titles: 31
5. Mark Selby
World Championships: 4
Triple Crowns: 10
Rating Titles: 25
3 = Mark Williams
World Championships: 3
Triple Crowns: 7
Rating Titles: 27
3 = John Higgins
World Championships: 4
Triple Crowns: 9
Rating Titles: 33
2. Stephen Hendry
World Championships: 7
Triple Crowns: 18
Rating Titles: 36
1. Ronnie O’Sullivan
World Championships: 7
Triple Crowns: 23
Rating Titles: 41
On his high two, Hendry mentioned: ‘I’m tempted purely for argumentative functions to place myself above Ronnie as a result of the backlash could be large.
‘He’s obtained to be above me for the truth that he’s gained eight Masters and eight UK Championships. 17 maximums, 1,400 century breaks.’
Explaining how he got here to his selections over the entire listing, Hendry mentioned: ‘Clearly what they’ve gained has obtained to come back into it, how profitable [they’ve been]. I feel gamers I get pleasure from watching should come into it.
‘John Spencer and Ray Reardon I didn’t play in opposition to and didn’t actually watch quite a lot of them truly taking part in, so I most likely gained’t embrace them for the straightforward cause I didn’t watch them play lots.’
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