2005–06 snooker season
The 2005–06 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 17 May 2005 and 10 May 2006. There were six ranking tournaments, and the British Open and Irish Masters tournaments were removed from calendar. The Northern Ireland Trophy was held for the first time as non-ranking tournament, and the Pot Black was held again after a 12-year hiatus.
New professional players
CountriesNote: new in this case means that these players were not on the 2004/2005 professional Main Tour.
;International champions
;WPBSA Wildcard
;From Challenge Tour
Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.World Snooker Tour
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| Non-ranking event |
Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.| No. | Ch. | Player | Points 2003/04 | Points 2004/05 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  riseWorld ranking pointsThe rankings for the 2006–07 season were based on the total points from the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. There were 6 ranking events during the 2005–06 season.Points distribution2005/2006 Points distribution for world ranking events:
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