Here are the latest provisional world rankings, compiled after the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy Champion Ding Junhui is up to fifth place, with Ken Doherty remaining on top. New players to the Tour for 2006/07 have received 4100 starter points. Paul Hunter will have the option to rejoin the Tour at No 34 in the official rankings at the start of the 2007/08 season. Rank Start Player Provisional 2005/2006 2006/2007 1 6 Ken Doherty 22,750 20,250 2,500 2 17 Graeme Dott 21,600 19,100 2,500 3 7 John Higgins 21,050 19,150 1,900 4 22 Mark Williams 20,200 18,300 1,900 5 56 Ding Junhui 19,475 14,475 5,000 6 4 Shaun Murphy 18,850 16,350 2,500 7 2 Stephen Hendry 17,000 15,100 1,900 8 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 16,850 12,850 4,000 9 10 Stephen Lee 16,700 13,500 3,200 10 9 Peter Ebdon 16,250 15,550 700 11 18 Barry Hawkins 15,300 14,600 700 12 13 Neil Robertson 14,475 12,575 1,900 13 8 Steve Davis 13,800 13,100 700 14 50 Joe Swail 13,175 12,600 575 15 3 Stephen Maguire 12,900 11,000 1,900 16 40 Stuart Bingham 12,875 12,300 575 17 20 Ryan Day 12,550 10,050 2,500 17 32 James Wattana 12,550 11,150 1,400 19 29 Joe Perry 12,325 11,750 575 20 33 Marco Fu 12,075 11,500 575 21 47 Dominic Dale 11,900 8,700 3,200 22 31 Michael Holt 11,850 11,275 575 23 28 Nigel Bond 11,750 10,350 1,400 24 30 Mark King 11,500 10,100 1,400 25 25 Mark Selby 11,025 9,125 1,900 26 82 Jamie Cope 10,825 10,375 450 27 39 Gerard Greene 10,500 8,600 1,900 27 11 Matthew Stevens 10,500 8,600 1,900 29 26 David Gray 10,288 9,713 575 30 15 Allister Carter 10,250 9,550 700 31 14 Anthony Hamilton 10,113 9,413 700 32 41 Dave Harold 10,075 9,625 450 33 82 Mark Allen 9,400 8,250 1,150 34 71 Stuart Pettman 9,375 7,975 1,400 35 37 Mark Davis 8,850 8,400 450 36 70 David Roe 8,775 7,375 1,400 37 35 Ricky Walden 8,675 8,225 450 38 48 Michael Judge 8,625 7,475 1,150 39 12 Ian McCulloch 8,588 7,188 1,400 40 21 Andy Hicks 8,188 7,613 575 41 24 Barry Pinches 8,013 7,563 450 42 67 Andrew Norman 8,000 6,600 1,400 43 16 Robert Milkins 7,738 6,338 1,400 44 54 Fergal O'Brien 7,575 7,125 450 45 36 Drew Henry 7,275 6,825 450 46 34 Adrian Gunnell 7,125 6,675 450 47 38 John Parrott 7,113 6,663 450 48 46 Rod Lawler 7,000 5,850 1,150 49 48 Rory McLeod 6,975 5,825 1,150 50 23 Jimmy White 6,900 6,450 450 51 82 David Gilbert 6,875 5,975 900 52 19 Paul Hunter 6,800 6,800 0 53 5 Alan McManus 6,775 6,200 575 54 42 Tom Ford 6,750 6,300 450 55 82 Matthew Couch 6,675 5,525 1,150 56 54 Robin Hull 6,663 6,338 325 57 58 Paul Davies 6,650 5,500 1,150 58 51 Mike Dunn 6,638 5,238 1,400 59 52 Jamie Burnett 6,525 5,125 1,400 60 63 Scott MacKenzie 6,375 6,050 325 61 82 Lee Spick 6,100 5,450 650 62 66 Joe Delaney 5,875 4,975 900 63 82 Judd Trump 5,700 4,800 900 64 43 Tony Drago 5,675 4,525 1,150 65 44 Marcus Campbell 5,650 5,200 450 66 53 Jimmy Michie 5,563 4,413 1,150 67 - Tian Pengfei 5,500 0 5,500 68 62 Shailesh Jogia 5,375 5,050 325 69 82 Christopher Norbury 5,313 4,663 650 70 - Dermot McGlinchey 5,000 0 5,000 71 - Liang Wenbo 4,775 4,125 650 72 - Liu Song 4,750 0 4,750 72 - Ben Woollaston 4,750 0 4,750 72 - Lee Page 4,750 0 4,750 72 - Jamie Jones 4,750 0 4,750 72 - Mark Joyce 4,750 0 4,750 72 - Christopher Melling 4,750 0 4,750 72 64 Alfred Burden 4,750 4,100 650 72 - Andrew Higginson 4,750 0 4,750 80 45 Shokat Ali 4,413 4,088 325 81 59 Sean Storey 4,350 3,700 650 82 - Paul Davison 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Peter Lines 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Roy Stolk 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Ian Preece 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Jeff Cundy 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Mark Boyle 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Patrick Einsle 4,300 0 4,300 82 - James Leadbetter 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Robert Stephen 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Passakorn Suwannawat 4,300 0 4,300 82 - David Morris 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Issara Kachaiwong 4,300 0 4,300 82 - Mohammed Shehab 4,300 0 4,300 95 72 Paul Wykes 4,250 4,250 0 96 82 Alex Borg 4,200 4,000 200 97 - Dene O'Kane 0 0 0