74.1%

Wildey wrote:

Holden Chinaski wrote:Indeed. Without Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan this sport would have been in dire straits.

Lets be honest without Alex Snooker wouldn't have taken off but what caught the imagination was the contrast and rivalries he had with Reardon Spencer, Thorburn and eventually Steve Davis.

So to be a success you need contrasts of style and personalities.a tour full of Ronnie Clones would be just as Boring as a tour full of Rory McLeod's.

Holden Chinaski wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Andy Spark wrote:

PoolBoy wrote:Utterly meaningless!
The only stats that count are actual competition wins...

If you insist on that then Steve Davis is the best with 81 pro wins. Your rules, not mine!

And if you break down the events then it becomes subjective. You need to consider a variety of statistics. There is no right answer, but to ignore some statistics is wrong.

for stats to be meaningful using what Steve Davis has done in the last 15 to 20 years to work out % is pretty stupid when his break building and game has declined.

for stats to be accurate you got to pick out their peak years of 5 or 10 years and work it out on that.

You're right about that. But we can't do that on cuetracker.

What we can do, is look at the stats of someone like Selby for example who is 32 years old and probably in his prime now or just past it. Selby's match percentage is 67.4% That is a very high percentage. Neil Robertson for example has 63.5% Now, if you compare these percentages to Ronnie's 74.1% you have to say that's an impressive stat for a 40 year old who's been playing since 1992. John Higgins and Mark Williams, two of the greatest players ever, started in the same year as Ronnie. Higgins has 68% and Williams 64%

Holden Chinaski wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Holden Chinaski wrote:Indeed. Without Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan this sport would have been in dire straits.

Lets be honest without Alex Snooker wouldn't have taken off but what caught the imagination was the contrast and rivalries he had with Reardon Spencer, Thorburn and eventually Steve Davis.

So to be a success you need contrasts of style and personalities.a tour full of Ronnie Clones would be just as Boring as a tour full of Rory McLeod's.

I think a tour full of Ronnie clones would be a bit more exciting than a tour full of McLeod clones...