WDBS Rankings | 2026 World Championship Update
The official WDBS rankings have been updated for the final time this season following the 2026 World Disability Snooker Championship in Korat, Thailand.
- View the updated rankings at the WDBS website
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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 2023/24 to be removed during the course of this season. At this revision points earned at the 2026 World Championship were added with no points removed.
WORLD CHAMPIONS CLIMB
Seven players have moved up their respective world ranking lists by winning the biggest title in disability snooker last weekend.
Songkiat Raebankoo is the biggest climber among the newly-crowned world champions as the Thai cueist moves up six places to third in Group 5 after defending his title on home soil.
The Group 5 champion is one of six gold medalists to record a new career-high WDBS Tour ranking as a result of their title-winning success in Korat.
In the combined Group 1+2 wheelchair classification, first-time Group 1 winner Numpol Thongpusawan climbs three places to sixth while the successful defence by Surasit Loisaratrakul in Group 2 has moved him up from sixth to fifth. The quartet of Thai champions is completed by Group 3’s Thanapol Seekao – who is also up one place to sixth.
Nicklas Olsen (Group 6A), who became the first player from Denmark to play in a World Disability Snooker Championship, is up two places to fifth while James Hart has reached a new best position of third in Group 6B after lifting the biggest title of his career. Ireland’s Dylan Rees is also up one place to third after retaining the title in Group 7.
END-OF-SEASON NUMBER ONES
There is no change at the top of the eight world ranking lists following the conclusion of the 2026 World Disability Snooker Championship.
Carl Gibson was the only pre-tournament world number one to be successful at the 2026 World Championship as he overcame Belgium’s Yannick Piscador in a dramatic Group 4 final to retain the gold medal.
Ireland’s Colvin O’Brien, the top ranked player in Group 7, maintains top spot after finishing as runner-up for a second successive year while Peter Hull stays in first in Group 3 despite a group stage exit on his debut at the flagship event.
Dave Beaumont (Group 1+2), Dave Bolton (Group 5), Mohammed Faisal Butt (Group 6A), Matthew Haslam (Group 6B) and Lewis Knowles (Group 8) end the season as the world number one despite not competing in Thailand.
OTHER KEY MOVERS
A number of other cueists have climbed the rankings following memorable runs in Thailand last week.
Neville Helou reached his maiden WDBS event final on the biggest stage and is rewarded with a massive rise of 10 places up to ninth in Group 1+2.
Fellow finalists Andy Lam (Group 3), Yannick Piscador (Group 4), Lee Hague (Group 6B) and Kristof De Bruyn (Group 8) have each moved up one place to fourth, sixth, fifth and third respectively following runs to the final.
Other notable climbs see Jerry McFarlane enter the top 10 in Group 1+2 after reaching the semi-finals, while Shea Fell has done the same in Group 6A.
