End of 2001/02 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Title, 1 Non-Ranking, 1 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 11 Ranking Titles, 12 Non-Ranking, Total: 23
Total Triple Crown Wins: 5 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK)
Ranking: 1

Higgins:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Title, 3 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 8 Non-Ranking, Total: 23
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 4 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK)
Ranking: 4

Williams:
Season Titles: 2 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 12 Ranking Titles, 3 Non-Ranking, Total: 15
Total Triple Crown Wins: 3 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds)
Ranking: 2

End of 2000/01 Season:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Higgins (15)
Most Titles: Ronnie and Higgins (23)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (5)

First Time Higgins has been World Number 1 (after 1997/98)

First Time Williams has been World Number 1 (after 1999/00)

First Time Ronnie has been World Number 1 (after 2001/02)

End of 2002/03 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 2 Ranking Titles, 1 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 13 Ranking Titles, 13 Non-Ranking, Total: 26
Total Triple Crown Wins: 5 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK)
Ranking: 3

Higgins:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 8 Non-Ranking, Total: 23
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 4 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK)
Ranking: 4

Williams:
Season Titles: 2 Ranking Titles, 1 Non-Ranking, 3 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 14 Ranking Titles, 4 Non-Ranking, Total: 18
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 1

*Correction:
End of 2001/02 Season:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Higgins (15)
Most Titles: Ronnie and Higgins (23)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (5)

First Time Higgins has been World Number 1 (after 1997/98)

First Time Williams has been World Number 1 (after 1999/00)

First Time Ronnie has been World Number 1 (after 2001/02)

Hendry lost the world final in 2002 to Ebdon that is definitely one that got away from him.

End of 2002/03 Season:
Best Ranking: Williams (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Higgins (15)
Most Titles: Ronnie (26)
Most Triple Crowns: Williams (6)

Williams for the 1st time tops the Triple Crown list

Williams also the first (of the 3 players) to win all 3 Triple Crowns in the same season (obviously Davis 1987/88 and Hendry 1995/96 have done it before, maybe even more times).

Higgins held all 3 Triple Crown Titles when he won 1998 Worlds, 1998 UK and 1999 Masters but not in the same season.

Ronnie has never held all 3 at the same time.

comment by Snooker_49 (U10665)

posted 3 minutes ago

Hendry lost the world final in 2002 to Ebdon that is definitely one that got away from him.
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As you've mentioned once before, Hendry lost in all 3 TC events to Williams in 2002/03 season.

After the LG Cup win for Williams in 2003, he now was equal on the most ranking wins for the 1st time

Williams and Higgins (15)
Ronnie (13)

Williams also winning the most Triple Crown events at this point in time, he now has the best career of the 3 players.

End of 2003/04 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 2 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 1 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 13 Non-Ranking, Total: 28
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK, 2004 Worlds)
Ranking: 1

Higgins:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 8 Non-Ranking, Total: 23
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 4 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK)
Ranking: 5

Williams:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Title, 1 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 4 Non-Ranking, Total: 19
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 2

End of 2002/03 Season:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Williams, Higgins and Ronnie (15)
Most Titles: Ronnie (28)
Most Triple Crowns: Williams and Ronnie (6)

All 3 players now have exactly the same number of ranking titles

*Correction
2003/04 Season
Williams:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Title, 0 Non-Ranking*, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 4 Non-Ranking, Total: 19
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 2

After the Grand Prix win for Ronnie in 2004, Ronnie finally got the lead in ranking events for the first time since the 1994/95 season

After Grand Prix:
Ronnie 16
Higgins 15
Williams 15

But the following event, Higgins won the British Open and went back level:

After British Open 2004:
Ronnie 16
Higgins 16
Williams 15

End of 2004/05 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 3 Ranking Titles, 2 Non-Ranking, 1 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 18 Ranking Titles, 15 Non-Ranking, Total: 33
Total Triple Crown Wins: 7 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK, 2004 Worlds, 2005 Masters)
Ranking: 1

Higgins:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 16 Ranking Titles, 8 Non-Ranking, Total: 24
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 4 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK)
Ranking: 5

Williams:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 15 Ranking Titles, 4 Non-Ranking, Total: 19
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 9

*Correction:
End of 2003/04 Season:*
Best Ranking: Ronnie (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Williams, Higgins and Ronnie (15)
Most Titles: Ronnie (28)
Most Triple Crowns: Williams and Ronnie (6)

All 3 players now have exactly the same number of ranking titles

End of 2004/05 Season:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Ronnie (18)
Most Titles: Ronnie (33)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (7)

For the 1st time since 1993/94 season, Ronnie is above Higgins in ranking event wins

Williams was on form season 2002/2003, he pretty much went very quite for many years after that. He dropped out of the top 16 a few times.

Oh yes, he looked down and out a few times, but made plenty of comebacks.

End of 2005/06 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 1 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 18 Ranking Titles, 16 Non-Ranking, Total: 34
Total Triple Crown Wins: 7 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK, 2004 Worlds, 2005 Masters)
Ranking: 3

Higgins:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Titles, 1 Non-Ranking, 1 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 17 Ranking Titles, 9 Non-Ranking, Total: 26
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 5 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK, 2006 Masters)
Ranking: 4

Williams:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Title, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 16 Ranking Titles, 4 Non-Ranking, Total: 20
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 8

End of 2004/05 Season:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (3)
Most Ranking Titles: Ronnie (18)
Most Titles: Ronnie (34)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (7)

I think this must be the 1st time since the end of the 1994/95 season that neither of the 3 players was in the top 2. Although, had Ronnie played in the Malta Cup 2006, he would've ended the season as World Number 1.

*Correction:
End of 2005/06 Season*:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (3)
Most Ranking Titles: Ronnie (18)
Most Titles: Ronnie (34)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (7)

I think this must be the 1st time since the end of the 1994/95 season that neither of the 3 players was in the top 2. Although, had Ronnie played in the Malta Cup 2006, he would've ended the season as World Number 1.

End of 2006/07 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 2 Non-Ranking, 1 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 18 Ranking Titles, 18 Non-Ranking, Total: 36
Total Triple Crown Wins: 8 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK, 2004 Worlds, 2005 Masters, 2007 Masters)
Ranking: 5

Higgins:
Season Titles: 1 Ranking Title, 0 Non-Ranking, 1 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 18 Ranking Titles, 9 Non-Ranking, Total: 27
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK, 2006 Masters, 2007 Worlds)
Ranking: 1

Williams:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 1 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 16 Ranking Titles, 5 Non-Ranking, Total: 21
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 12

End of 2006/07 Season:
Best Ranking: Higgins (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Ronnie and Higgins (18)
Most Titles: Ronnie (36)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (8)

Higgins now back level with Williams on 6 Triple Crowns

All 3 now have 2 World Titles

Before 1998, all 3 had 0 World Titles
From 2001-2003, all 3 had 1 World Title
Higgins had the lead from 1998-2000
Williams had the lead from 2003 to 2004.

End of 2007/08 Season:

Ronnie:
Season Titles: 2 Ranking Titles, 1 Non-Ranking, 2 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 20 Ranking Titles, 19 Non-Ranking, Total: 39
Total Triple Crown Wins: 10 (1993 UK, 1995 Masters, 1997 UK, 2001 Worlds, 2001 UK, 2004 Worlds, 2005 Masters, 2007 Masters, 2007 UK, 2008 Worlds)
Ranking: 1

Higgins:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crown
Total Titles: 18 Ranking Titles, 9 Non-Ranking, Total: 27
Total: Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Worlds, 1998 UK, 1999 Masters, 2000 UK, 2006 Masters, 2007 Worlds)
Ranking: 5

Williams:
Season Titles: 0 Ranking Titles, 0 Non-Ranking, 0 Triple Crowns
Total Titles: 16 Ranking Titles, 5 Non-Ranking, Total: 21
Total Triple Crown Wins: 6 (1998 Masters, 1999 UK, 2000 Worlds, 2002 UK, 2003 Masters, 2003 Worlds)
Ranking: 22

End of 2007/08 Season:
Best Ranking: Ronnie (1)
Most Ranking Titles: Ronnie (20)
Most Titles: Ronnie (39)
Most Triple Crowns: Ronnie (10)

Ronnie won 2 Triple Crowns this season, I think this may be the only season he has done so

Williams out of the top 16 for the 1st time since 1995

So 2008 was when Williams first dropped outside the top 16. Ronnie won both the UK championship and world championship in the same season.