At 29th August 2008 the top Irish players on the World Rankings are as follows.
World ranking requires players to have played a minimum of 10 games in the past 12 months.

Num	World	Name	Country	Grade	Games	Wins	Index	%wins	Tps	Tpos	Otps	Sxps	Last
1	44	Simon Williams	Ireland	2391	63	44	2447	70	23	2	0	1	Aug2008
2	58	Andrew Johnston	Ireland	2340	60	33	2338	55	16	0	0	0	Aug2008
3	68	Patsy Fitzgerald	Ireland	2301	44	26	2288	59	15	1	2	0	Aug2008
4	114	Ed Cunningham	Ireland	2171	92	50	2112	54	26	2	2	3	Aug2008
5	147	Gerard Healy	Ireland	2097	43	21	2089	49	6	0	0	0	Aug2008
6	180	Evan Newell	Ireland	2039	48	22	2093	46	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
7	244	Nathaniel Healy	Ireland	1941	53	22	2024	42	4	0	0	0	Aug2008
8	257	Russell Harris	Ireland	1912	12	6	1863	50	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
9	266	Jane Shorten	Ireland	1907	49	27	1924	55	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
10	390	Kieran Murphy	Ireland	1758	17	4	1755	24	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
11	395	Conor Broderick	Ireland	1751	28	8	1780	29	2	0	0	0	Aug2008
12	408	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Ireland	1741	20	2	1691	10	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
13	439	Danny Johnston	Ireland	1698	22	4	1634	18	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
14	470	Benjamin Reeves-Smyth	Ireland	1664	14	3	1681	21	0	0	0	0	Aug2008

At 29th August 2008 the following Irish players are included in the Rankings Database.
This list extract Irish players from the database list who have played at least one game in the past 12 months. * against a World Ranking indicates the player has not played sufficient games to be officially ranked and this number indicated the ranking that would correspond to the players grade.

Num	World	Name	Country	Grade	Games	Wins	Index	%wins	Tps	Tpos	Otps	Sxps	Last
1	44	Simon Williams	Ireland	2391	63	44	2447	70	23	2	0	1	Aug2008
2	58	Andrew Johnston	Ireland	2340	60	33	2338	55	16	0	0	0	Aug2008
3	68	Patsy Fitzgerald	Ireland	2301	44	26	2288	59	15	1	2	0	Aug2008
4	114	Ed Cunningham	Ireland	2171	92	50	2112	54	26	2	2	3	Aug2008
5	147	Gerard Healy	Ireland	2097	43	21	2089	49	6	0	0	0	Aug2008
6	180	Evan Newell	Ireland	2039	48	22	2093	46	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
7	191*	Tom Browne	Ireland	2023	1	0	1992	0	0	0	0	0	Sep2007
8	192*	Robert Barklie	Ireland	2017	7	5	2023	71	0	0	0	0	Jul2008
9	244	Nathaniel Healy	Ireland	1941	53	22	2024	42	4	0	0	0	Aug2008
10	257	Russell Harris	Ireland	1912	12	6	1863	50	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
11	266	Jane Shorten	Ireland	1907	49	27	1924	55	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
12	270*	Carl von Schmieder	Ireland	1904	6	1	1807	17	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
13	324*	Stephen Strong	Ireland	1847	2	0	1809	0	0	0	0	0	May2008
14	390	Kieran Murphy	Ireland	1758	17	4	1755	24	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
15	395	Conor Broderick	Ireland	1751	28	8	1780	29	2	0	0	0	Aug2008
16	408	Michael O'Shaughnessy	Ireland	1741	20	2	1691	10	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
17	439	Danny Johnston	Ireland	1698	22	4	1634	18	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
18	470	Benjamin Reeves-Smyth	Ireland	1664	14	3	1681	21	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
19	554*	Ben Harris	Ireland	1580	5	0	1524	0	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
20	733*	Padraig Thornton	Ireland	1364	5	0	1255	0	0	0	0	0	Aug2008
21	756*	Leo Dungan	Ireland	1306	2	1	1272	50	0	0	0	0	Aug2008

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