Who are the top ten pool players in the world?

Answer 1

the modern game

1 darren appleton

2 dennis orcollo

3 ralph souqet

4 shane van boening

5 mika imonnen

6 chris melling

7 johnny archer

8 ronnie alcano

9 wu cha ching

10 dyarl peach

of all time

1 earl strickland

2 efren reyes

3 johhny archer

4 francisco bustamente

5 buddy hall

6 nick varner

7 ralph souqet

8 mike segal

9 steve mizerack

10 jim rempe

Answer 2

That's always a matter for debate.

Here is the International Table Tennis Federations lists...

Men:

http://www.ittfranking.com/gen/world/worldM_en.htm

Women:

http://www.ittfranking.com/gen/world/worldW_en.htm

Of course that list only awards points for ITTF events. Many major events like the China Open and professional league matches around the world don't fall under the ITTF banner so at least a third of the world's best players won't be ranked accurately on the above lists. For a more inclusive (but not always accurate) list you can see the rankings here...

Men:

http://ratingscentral.com/PlayerList.php?PlayerName=&PlayerID=&MinRating=&MaxRating=&MaxCurrentStDev=&MaxLastPlayedStDev=&MinLastPlayed=&MaxLastPlayed=&MinAge=&MaxAge=&PlayerGender=M&PlayerPrimaryClub=&OnlyMatchPrimary=Yes&AssociationOrganization=&State=&Province=&PlayerProvince=&PlayerPostalCode=&PlayerCountry=&PlayerSport=&SortOrder=Rating&AsOfDate=&CurrentRankingCutoff=100&LastPlayedRankingCutoff=

Women:

http://ratingscentral.com/PlayerList.php?PlayerName=&PlayerID=&MinRating=&MaxRating=&MaxCurrentStDev=&MaxLastPlayedStDev=&MinLastPlayed=&MaxLastPlayed=&MinAge=&MaxAge=&PlayerGender=F&PlayerPrimaryClub=&OnlyMatchPrimary=Yes&AssociationOrganization=&State=&Province=&PlayerProvince=&PlayerPostalCode=&PlayerCountry=&PlayerSport=&SortOrder=Rating&AsOfDate=&CurrentRankingCutoff=100&LastPlayedRankingCutoff=

Answer 3

As at August 2010, they are ...

1. MA Long (China)

2. BOLL Timo (Germany)

3. WANG Hao (China)

4. MA Lin (China)

5. ZHANG Jike (China)

6. WANG Liqin (China)

7. SAMSONOV Vladimir (Belarus)

8. MIZUTANI Jun (Japan)

9. XU Xin (China)

10. JOO Se Hyuk (Korea)

The ranking list is updated every month

Answer 4

As of today (July 13, 2009), these are the players in the top 10 of the ATP rankings and their point totals: 1 Roger Federer 11,220 2 Rafael Nadal 10,735 3 Andy Murray 9,450 4 Novak Djokovic 8,150 5 Andy Roddick 5,440 6 Juan Martin Del Potro 5,425 7 Gilles Simon 4,000 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3,600 9 Fernando Verdasco 3,500 10 Fernando Gonzalez 3,185

Answer 5

In December 2010...

Men

1 MA Long - China

2 BOLL Timo - Germany

3 WANG Hao - China

4 ZHANG Jike - China

5 MA Lin - China

6 SAMSONOV Vladimir - Belarus

7 WANG Liqin - China

8 JOO Se Hyuk - Korea

9 XU Xin - China

10 MIZUTANI Jun - Japan

Women

1 GUO Yan - China

2 GUO Yue - China

3 FENG Tianwei - Singapore

4 LIU Shiwen - China

5 KIM Kyung Ah - Korea

6 LI Xiaoxia - China

7 DING Ning - China

8 WANG Yuegu - Singapore

9 FUKUHARA Ai - Japan

10 JIANG Huajun - Hong Kong China

Answer 6

timo boll

wang liqin

ma long

wang hao

ma lin

Answer 7

The question is very subjective, so no definitive answer can be given.