Ronnie O’Sullivan Odds for the 2024 Snooker World Championships

Who is the favourite to win the snooker world championship in 2024?

O’Sullivan’s status as the early Snooker World Championship favourite reflects his impressive recent form and immense pedigree at the Crucible. Despite the favourable odds on O’Sullivan, he’ll face significant competition at the Crucible in the form of several previous and aspiring winners. These include:

• Judd Trump (4/1*): For years, Judd Trump has been seen as the heir apparent to O’Sullivan. While he only has a sole World Championship title to his name, Trump has claimed 28 ranking titles in his career, placing him joint-fourth in the all-time list (alongside the legendary Steve Davis). Trump has won five of these titles in the 2023/24 campaign, including the English Open and World Open. He’s one of the few players who exceeded O’Sullivan’s achievements this season.
• Mark Selby (11/2*): Four-time world champion Mark Selby has immense pedigree in the World Championship, so the snooker odds always price him favourably ahead of this competition. However, he has endured a significant slump in form and mental health issues in recent times, with just one of his 22 career-ranking titles coming in the previous three seasons. He hasn’t reached a single ranking final 2023/24 either, so he’ll need a significant upturn in form to derail O’Sullivan’s tilt at history.
• Mark Allen (12/1*): World number three Mark Allen has enjoyed exceptional success since undergoing a significant body transformation in the summer of 2022. In fact, he has won five ranking titles and the non-ranking Champion of Champions crown in the last two seasons while lifting the coveted Players Championship in 2023/24. His game now showcases considerable consistency, while his mental toughness will also stand him in good stead at the Crucible this year.

What is Ronnie O’Sullivan’s current ranking?

Another reason to bet on O’Sullivan ahead of the 2024 Snooker World Championships is his world ranking. According to the most recent data released on March 24th, 2024, the 48-year-old icon is currently ranked as the world number one.

This is the latest of several stints as the world’s best player, including two years between May 2004 and May 2006. He last ascended to the top of the rankings in April 2022 and has remained head and shoulders above the competition ever since.

As you’d expect from a player who has scaled such heights, these career achievements have helped O’Sullivan bank more than £10 million in prize money. Incredibly, the 2023/24 campaign has been Rocket’s best ever in terms of earnings, boosting his considerable net worth of around £14 million.

How many World Snooker Champs Has Ronnie O’Sullivan won?

As we’ve already mentioned, O’Sullivan will go in search of history at the 2024 Snooker World Championships. More specifically, he’s currently tied with fellow superstar Stephen Hendry on seven world titles and could become the first player ever to claim eight titles at the Crucible.

Of course, other players throughout history have won more World titles, including brothers Joe and Fred Davis. They’ve won 15 and eight titles, respectively, all while improving the sport’s image and helping to popularise it on a significant scale. However, they played well before snooker entered the modern, highly competitive era.

John Pulman also won eight titles between 1957 and 1968, but seven of these were achieved following playoff matches. These matches saw Pulman take on a single player on an invitational basis, so the level of competition was considerably lower. It cannot be compared to the challenge of winning at the Crucible in 2024.

O’Sullivan and Hendry remain the most successful players in the modern Crucible era. Steve Davis and Ray Reardon have won six world titles apiece, with the former’s triumphs coming in just nine years between 1981 and 1989. John Higgins and Mark Selby have prevailed on four occasions and will compete for a fifth crown in 2024.

Will Ronnie O’Sullivan win the SPOTY Award?

If O’Sullivan did make history by winning an eighth Snooker World Championship in 2024, he would also be a popular pick to be crowned this year’s Sports Personality of the Year. Steve Davis was the last snooker player to win the iconic SPOTY award, triumphing in 1988 after securing his fifth world championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan odds to win SPOTY in 2024

The early SPOTY odds at Parimatch make O’Sullivan the fifth favourite to win in 2024, at odds of 12/1*. 17-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler is the 7/2* favourite at the time of writing, as he continues to excel during a stellar debut season on the PDC circuit.

Harry Kane (8/1*) and Jude Bellingham (8/1*) are also priced shorter than O’Sullivan in anticipation of the England football team ending a 58-year wait for a major trophy at Euro 24. Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is intriguingly priced at 16/1, too, as he’s set to take on Oleksandr Usyk in an unprecedented undisputed bout on May 18th.

Where will Ronnie O’Sullivan play next?

O’Sullivan most recently competed in the 2024 Tour Championship, which took place at Manchester Central between April 1st and April 7th. He also progressed to the final of this tournament, narrowly losing to Welsh veteran and rival Mark Williams by a margin of 10 frames to 5.

This was the last ranking event before the 2024 Snooker World Championships, with qualifying for the tournament having already gotten underway. The competition proper will commence on April 20th before concluding with the showpiece finale on May 6th. But will this be the year that O’Sullivan confirms his status as snooker’s greatest-ever player?

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*Odds are correct at the time of writing