who has won the most world snooker championships
World Snooker Championship The 'modern' era is considered to start in 1969, when the championship reverted to a knock-out tournament format from a challenge format. In the modern game, the best record is that of Stephen Hendry, who won seven times in the 1990s. Steve Davis won six times in the 1980s, as did Ray Reardon in the 1970s.
Ronnie O'Sullivan As of 1 April 2018, O'Sullivan has won five World Championships, a record seven Masters titles, and a joint record six UK Championships,[3] equalling Stephen Hendry's record of 18 titles in Triple Crown tournaments.[11] His career total of 33 ranking titles is second only to Hendry's 36, while his estimated career earnings of Â£9.7 million put him in first place on snooker's all-time prize-money list.[source] A prolific break-builder, he holds the records for the most competitive century breaks (948)[source], the most ratified maximum breaks in professional competition (14),[5] and the fastest competitive maximum break, compiled at the 1997 World Championship.[12] Based at the Legends Snooker Academy in Leytonstone,[13] he also plays pool,[14][15] and competed on the elite International Pool Tour in 2005.[16][17]
Calcutta Cup The cup was first competed for in 1879, Scotland were the most recent winners, while England have won the cup the most times overall.
Masters Tournament Nick Price and Greg Norman share the course record of 63, with their rounds coming in 1986 and 1996 respectively.