Snooker - who is/was the greatest?

[Tooting Gull]

I would also say the Golden Nugget has achieved more than O'Sullivan.

He did. But you will never hear Davis saying he was a better player than O'Sullivan, and it's not false modesty. He knows he wasn't.

 

[Beach Hut]

He did. But you will never hear Davis saying he was a better player than O'Sullivan, and it's not false modesty. He knows he wasn't.

Point is what is achieved cannot be taken away - O'Sullivan could be the greatest player ever but only time will tell.

 

[csider]

Ronnie O for me.

 

[Legend]

Can't believe there is not an oprion for the late, great Bill`Werbeniuk !!

On a serious note i agree with some of the other posts. Ronnie is the most gifted player but Hendry in his prime was ruthless. I loved watching games involving Jimmy White. He just lacked something and ultimately did not win the titles his talent undoubtedly deserved.

 

[JJ McClure]

Ronnie is the best player when he can be bothered to be. Too often he doesn't live up to that so for me (and the proof is in the 7 world titles) Hendry is the greatest.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Yes Hendry was a great player, absolutely ruthless, and won loads of titles but IMHO he didn't dominate the game in quite the way that Steve Davis did.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

John Spencer

 

[csider]

I always found Hendry to be a smug looking ****, looks like he is related to Schumacker!!

 

[Fergus96]

Ray Reardon, John Pulman surely should be considered and let us not for Doug Mountjoy or Tony Knowles

 

[Mackenzie]

The three best are Davis, Hendry and O'Sullivan...but at their peak Hendry would more often than not have won due to his break building and temprement. O'Sullivan and Jimmy White are my favourite players btw.