Overall 1980s top 16 rankings
1- STEVE DAVIS 144 (Highest ranking 1st, 7 seasons -83/84 - 89/90)
2- CLIFF THORBURN 137 (Highest ranking 1st, 81/82)
3- TERRY GRIFFITHS 97 (Highest ranking 3rd, 81/82)
4- DENNIS TAYLOR 89 (Highest ranking 3rd- 86/87)
5- JIMMY WHITE 88 (Highest ranking 2nd, 2 seasons -87/88 - 88/89)
6- RAY REARDON 85 (Highest ranking 1st, 2 seasons -80/81 - 82/83)
7- ALEX HIGGINS 82 (Highest ranking 2nd, 82/83)
8- TONY KNOWLES 68 (Highest ranking 2nd, 84/85)
9- KIRK STEVENS 66 (Highest ranking 4th, 84/85)
10- EDDIE CHARLTON 62(Highest ranking 5th, 82/83)
11- WILLIE THORNE 53 (Highest ranking 4th, 83/84)
12- DOUG MOUNTJOY 46 (Highest ranking 5th, 81/82)
13- DAVID TAYLOR 38(Highest ranking 6th, 81/82)
14- BILL WERBERNUIK 35(Highest ranking 8th, 83/84)
15- JOE JOHNSON 34 (Highest ranking 5th, 87/88)
16- NEAL FOULDS 32 (Highest ranking 3rd, 2 seasons -87/88 - 88/89)
So as this shows Davis and Thorburn were clearly the 2 most consistent players of the decade.
What the list shows is that the 80s was a mix of the older senior players who had plyed their trade in the early days of the modern game, and the emergence of the younger generation of more professional players who would form the future of the way the game would go into the 1990s and beyond.
Is there any players your surprised to see so how or low on this list?
Or are there any your surprised to see havent made the 80s top 16 list?
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