Major honours
England is the country where snooker took root and remains this sport's heart. Devised in India in 1875, the game arrived in England through John Roberts junior in 1885, and the Billiards Association and Control Council, formed in 1919 and based in England, standardised ball values and foul penalties. Joe Davis created the first World Championship himself in 1927 and won it fifteen times running; Steve Davis drove the television boom of the 1980s with six titles; and Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the modern record of seven world titles and more than 40 ranking titles. The World Championship, staged at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre since 1977, is this country's most iconic contribution to the sport, and it established itself as a national television event before even the FA Cup carried the same weight in some seasons. Close to half of the 128 players on the professional tour are still English, giving the country a deeper playing base than any other.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
The rivalry with Scotland is this sport's oldest national contest, running from Davis's Crucible clashes with Scottish players in the 1980s through to O'Sullivan and Williams forming an England-Wales axis against Hendry's dominance in the 1990s.