Official Men's Squash World Ranking

The Official Men's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for men's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance lvee of male professional squash players. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in men's squash tournaments. The rankings have been produced monthly then weekly since 29 August 2022. The current world number one is Ali Farag of Egypt.

PSA ranking policy
Players competing in PSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The points available depend on the prize money and the draw size. The weekly rankings (issued on each Monday) are used in selecting entries to tournaments and in determining the seeds.

The total number of points a player has earned in the previous 52 weeks is divided by the number of tournaments played (a minimum divisor of ten is used) to give a ranking average. Where a player has played more than 11 tournaments the best scores are selected (i.e. the lowest are not included) according to the averaging formula (see table below).

For example, a player who has competed in 16 events will have his best 12 scores used. These will be accumulated and divided by 12.

Players competing in PSA World Tour Events earn ranking points according to the prize money, classification of the event, and the final position in the draw the player reaches.

Divisor
A divisor is selected based on the number of tournaments played during the year as shown in the table below (the minimum divisor is eleven). The average is calculated from the highest points scored for this number of events over the past 52 weeks:

Current world ranking
Note: The weekly ranking for the men's squash (world ranking) is taken directly from the Professional Squash Association (PSA) official website.

Number one ranked players
The following is a list of players who have achieved the world number one position since February 1975 (active players in green) :

Last update: 21st July 2024

1975–1977
Note:

1) Peter Nicol has represented England since 21 March 2001.

Year-end number 1

 * 1975: 🇵🇰 Qamar Zaman
 * 1976: 🇦🇺 Geoff Hunt
 * 1977: 🇦🇺 Geoff Hunt (2)
 * 1978: 🇦🇺 Geoff Hunt (3)
 * 1979: 🇦🇺 Geoff Hunt (4)
 * 1980: 🇦🇺 Geoff Hunt (5)
 * 1981: 🇵🇰 Qamar Zaman
 * 1982: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan
 * 1983: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan (2)
 * 1984: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan (3)
 * 1985: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan (4)
 * 1986: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan (5)
 * 1987: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan (6)
 * 1988: 🇵🇰 Jahangir Khan (7)
 * 1989: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan
 * 1990: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan(2)
 * 1991: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (3)
 * 1992: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (4)
 * 1993: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (5)
 * 1994: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (6)
 * 1995: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (7)
 * 1996: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (8)
 * 1997: 🇵🇰 Jansher Khan (9)
 * 1998: Peter Nicol
 * 1999: 🇨🇦 Jonathon Power
 * 2000: Peter Nicol
 * 2001: 🇦🇺 David Palmer
 * 2002: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Nicol
 * 2003: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Nicol (2)
 * 2004: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Beachill
 * 2005: 🇫🇷 Thierry Lincou
 * 2006: 🇪🇬 Amr Shabana
 * 2007: 🇪🇬 Amr Shabana (2)
 * 2008: 🇪🇬 Amr Shabana (3)
 * 2009: 🇪🇬 Karim Darwish
 * 2010: 🇪🇬 Ramy Ashour
 * 2011: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Matthew
 * 2012: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Willstrop
 * 2013: 🇪🇬 Ramy Ashour
 * 2014: 🇪🇬 Mohamed El Shorbagy
 * 2015: 🇫🇷 Grégory Gaultier
 * 2016: 🇪🇬 Mohamed El Shorbagy
 * 2017: 🇫🇷 Grégory Gaultier
 * 2018: 🇪🇬 Mohamed El Shorbagy
 * 2019: 🇪🇬 Ali Farag
 * 2020: 🇪🇬 Ali Farag (2)
 * 2021: 🇪🇬 Ali Farag (3)
 * 2022: 🇪🇬 Ali Farag (4)
 * 2023: 🇪🇬 Ali Farag (5)