# The players with the most World Snooker Championship titles

Joe Davis won 15 in a row, and Hendry and O'Sullivan have seven each in the modern era. Zhao Xintong became China's first world champion in 2025 and Wu Yize won again in 2026: the players who have won the World Snooker Championship more than once. Who is the greatest ever?

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- Aug 10, 2026 · 赵志强
- https://even.best/en/l/3587/the-players-with-the-most-world-snooker-championship-titles

## Top 13

1. **Joe Davis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 15 world titles (1927–1946). He never lost a world championship.
2. **Fred Davis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 8 world titles (1948–1956). Joe Davis's younger brother.
3. **John Pulman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 8 world titles (1957–1968). Mostly in challenge-match format.
4. **Stephen Hendry** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 7 world titles (1990–1999). Joint holder of the modern-era record.
5. **Ronnie O'Sullivan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 7 world titles (2001–2022). Joint holder of the modern-era record.
6. **Ray Reardon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 6 world titles (1970–1978).
7. **Steve Davis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 6 world titles (1981–1989). He dominated the 1980s.
8. **John Higgins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4 world titles (1998–2011).
9. **Mark Selby** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4 world titles (2014–2021).
10. **John Spencer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3 world titles (1969–1977). The first champion of the modern knockout era.
11. **Mark Williams** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3 world titles (2000–2018).
12. **Walter Donaldson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2 world titles (1947、1950).
13. **Alex Higgins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2 world titles (1972、1982).

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