1984–85 snooker season

The 1984–85 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1984 and May 1985. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

New professional players
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) accepted the following players as professionals. Lou Condo was readmitted after having allowed his WPBSA membership to lapse. Tony Drago was also accepted, but he informed the Association that he had not wanted his application to be progressed and so was not included. Thirteen players had their applications rejected, including Terry Whitthread, Joe O'Boye, Steve Meakin, Barry West, and Dave Gilbert.


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Roger Bales (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Malcolm Bradley (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chalmers (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tony Chappel (WAL)
 * 🇦🇺 Lou Condo (AUS)
 * 🇦🇺 Robby Foldvari (AUS)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Fowler (ENG)
 * Peter Francisco
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Jones (WAL)
 * 🇮🇪 Tony Kearney (IRL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Longworth (ENG)
 * Jack McLaughlin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steve Newbury (WAL)
 * 🇳🇿 Dene O'Kane (NZL)
 * John Rea

Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.