Major honours
Thailand played a central role in snooker's first spread into Asia in the 1990s. James Wattana turned professional in 1989 and rose to world number three in the early 1990s, the first Asian player to reach the sport's top tier. He reached multiple ranking-event finals, igniting interest in snooker across Thailand, and several snooker clubs in Bangkok still carry his name. Noppon Saengkham later carried that lineage through the 2000s and 2010s, winning ranking events including the English Open and returning Thailand to the tour's upper reaches. Thailand has yet to produce a world champion, but it has the oldest and most stable snooker fan base in Southeast Asia, complete with domestic television coverage, and is regarded as Asia's second snooker market after China.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
Before China's rapid rise, Thailand was Asian snooker's leading representative, and it now competes with China and Hong Kong over hosting rights for Asian Tour events.