Official Men's Squash World Ranking


The Official Men's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for men's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance level of male professional squash player. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in men's squash tournaments. The rankings are produced monthly. The current world number one is Mohamed El Shorbagy of Egypt who replaced Ali Farag in February 2020.

PSA ranking policy

Players competing in PSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The points available depend on the prize money and the draw size. The monthly rankings are used in selecting entries to tournaments and in determining the seeds.
The total number of points a player earns in the previous twelve months is divided by the number of tournaments played to give a ranking average. Where a player has played more than 10 tournaments the best scores may be selected according to the Averaging Formula.
For example, a player who has competed in 14 events will have his best 11 scores used. These will be accumulated and divided by 11.
Players competing in PSA World Tour Events earn ranking points according to the prize money, classification of the event, and the final position in the draw the player reaches.

Divisor

A divisor is selected based on the number of tournaments played during the year as shown in the table below. The average is calculated from the highest points scored for this number of events over the past twelve months:

Current world ranking

Note: The monthly ranking for the men's squash is taken directly from the Professional Squash Association official website.

World No. 1 since 1975

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the world number one position since February 1975 :
#PlayerDate reachedTotal months
1 Qamar ZamanJanuary 197525
2 Geoff HuntFebruary 197659
3 Jahangir KhanJanuary 198294
4 Jansher KhanJanuary 198897
5 Chris DittmarJuly 19932
6/ Peter NicolFebruary 199860
7 Jonathon PowerMay 199914
8 David PalmerSeptember 20015
9 Thierry LincouJanuary 200414
10 John WhiteMarch 20042
11 Lee BeachillOctober 20043
12 Amr ShabanaApril 200633
13 Karim DarwishJanuary 200911
14 Grégory GaultierNovember 200920
15 Ramy AshourJanuary 201021
16 Nick MatthewJune 201019
17 James WillstropJanuary 201211
18 Mohamed El ShorbagyNovember 201447
19 Karim Abdel GawadMay 20171
20 Ali FaragMarch 201911

Last update: August 2020

Monthly World No 1 since 1975

2018-2021

2014–2017

2010–2013

2006–2009

2002–2005

1998–2001

1994–1997

1990–1993

1986–1989

1982–1985

1978–1981

1975–1977

Note:

1) Peter Nicol represents England since 21 March 2001.

Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies since 1996

2017-2019

2014-2016

2011- 2013

2008–2010

2005–2007

2002–2004

1999–2001

1996–1998

Year-end number 1