2005–06 snooker season

The 2005–06 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 17 May 2005 and 10 May 2006. There were six ranking tournaments, and the British Open and Irish Masters tournaments were removed from calendar. The Northern Ireland Trophy was held for the first time as non-ranking tournament, and the Pot Black was held again after a 12-year hiatus.

New professional players
Countries Note: new in this case means that these players were not on the 2004/2005 professional Main Tour.

1. IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: Mark Allen
 * International champions

2. IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilson

3. EBSA European Snooker Championships winner: 🇲🇹 Alex Borg

4. EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships winner: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Norbury

5. ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner: 🇨🇳 Jin Long

6. ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: 🇲🇾 Moh Keen Ho 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump
 * WPBSA Wildcard

2. 🇧🇭 Habib Subah

3. 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope
 * From Challenge Tour

2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Spick

3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Astley

4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Couch

5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Norbury

6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Tatton

7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Mann

8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert

9. James McBain

Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.

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.

World ranking points
The rankings for the 2006–07 season were based on the total points from the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. There were 6 ranking events during the 2005–06 season.

Points distribution
2005/2006 Points distribution for world ranking events: