The official snooker rating for the 1979/1980 season is the sum of the rating points scored by the snooker players for the previous several seasons and is decisive in the distribution of seats for all rating tournaments of a given season.
Top 28
| Rating | Name | Citizenship |
|---|---|---|
| one | Ray Reardon | |
| 2 | Dennis Taylor | |
| 3 | Eddie charlton | |
| four | John Spencer | |
| 5 | Cliff Thorburn | |
| 6 | Fred davis | |
| 7 | Perry Mens | |
| 8 | Terry Griffiths | |
| 9 | Graham Miles | |
| 10 | John Virgo | |
| eleven | Alex Higgins | |
| 12 | Bill Verbenyuk | |
| 13 | Doug Mountjoy | |
| fourteen | John Palman | |
| fifteen | David taylor | |
| 16 | Patsy Fagan | |
| 17 | Willie Thorne | |
| eighteen | Steve davis | |
| 19 | Kirk Stevens | |
| twenty | Pat Hulihan | |
| 21 | Rex Williams | |
| 22 | Jim Meadowcroft | |
| 23 | John dunning | |
| 24 | Warren simpson | |
| 25 | Ian Anderson | |
| 26 | Marcus Owen | |
| 27 | Bernard Bennett | |
| 28 | Paddy morgan |