Best player(s) to never be in the top 16

[Cyril]

New Zealander Dene O'Kane sat on the brink of he top-16 for quite a few years. A ranking tournament finalist and twice a Crucible quarter finalist. Its always hard for overseas players, of course.

[Alex0paul]

The obvious candidate though is Joe Davis

[wildJONESEYE]

how observant you are Alex hahaha

yes Dene O'Kane is a good shout.....reached a Ranking final lost to Mike Hallett

Warren King Reached a Ranking Final ok these players arent in Dales league but very few good players thats never reached the top 16..

and how about Mark Johnston-Allen reached 2 european open finals back to back....lost both one to Tony Jones and other to Jimmy White..........

[Alex0paul]

Bob Chaperon along with Dale are the only players to win ranking events and never appear in the top 16.

[missneworleans]

Mark King(has he ever been at top 16?)

[wildJONESEYE]

yes Mark King has been in the top 16 for about 4 seasons ..........

omg yes Bob Chaperone 1990 British Open beat Alex Higgins 10-8 in the final.....Alex last ever final..

[kellie-text]

Yes King has been in the top-16 previously, for 2 or 3 years i think.

[Mr Snooker]

I also think the best players are Dominic Dale and Andy Hicks not to break into the 16 Andy Hicks semi finals of the world, UK and Masters all in the space of 1 year as well, and dominic Dale excellent achievent winning two ranking events in a space of 10 years without getting in the 16 and he's never played t the Masters either. He still as a chance this season just needs some good results for the rest of the season and he could do it

[Mr Snooker]

Brian Morgan reached the Thailand masters final and another overseas event semi fianl losing out to ronnie in the deciding frame of the match both times, and also won the masters qualifying tournament and never made the 16 as well.

[wildJONESEYE]

i remember a time in the late 80s........Brian Morgan was tiped to be the New Steve Davis..before he turned profesional...but it never happened for him......

so having people tip the likes of judd trump or michael white doesent meen it will happen for them either.......

[Semih_Sayginer]

is there a list (collated already) of all the players who have been ranked in the top 16 over the years?

[Sarmu]

is there a list (collated already) of all the players who have been ranked in the top 16 over the years?

this list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-16_snooker_players mostly contributed by samasnookerfan

[The Statman]

Here are the players who have been provisional top-16 at any point since the start of the 2002-03 season, without actually getting to the official top-16 (although they may have been previous top-16ers). Their highest provisional position is shown.

Tony Drago (16 after the 2004 European Open)
Gerard Greene (14 after 2003 UK)
Barry Pinches (14 start of 04-05)
Mark King (8 after 2005 Welsh)
Robert Milkins (16 start of 05-06)
Stuart Bingham (15 start of 06-07)
Jamie Cope (15 after 2006 Grand Prix)
Dominic Dale (15 after 2007 Northern Ireland)

[missneworleans]

Tony Drago (16 after the 2004 European Open)

LOL!!!

[samasnookerfan]

this list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-16_snooker_players mostly contributed by samasnookerfan

Thank you for observing that.