John Higgins - Photo from WorldSnooker.com
World Snooker recently carried out a pool on Worldsnooker.com and from 600 respondents John Higgins was named fans player of the year for the 2008/09 season.
The ‘Wizard of Wishaw’ no doubt achieved the accolade through winning his third world title but he was the only player to lift two world ranking events in the season.
World number 1, Ronnie O’Sullivan, came in second after wins in the Northern Ireland Trophy and the Masters, but probably receives a lot of votes not for his achievements but for his popularity.
In third place was World Championships semi-finalist and Bahrain Championship winner, Neil Robertson.
The full results:
John Higgins 178
Ronnie O’Sullivan 109
Neil Robertson 90
Mark Selby 65
Mark Allen 41
Ali Carter 32
Stephen Hendry 22
Shaun Murphy 21
Judd Trump 8
Ricky Walden 7
Steve Davis 6
Graeme Dott 2
Michael Holt 2
Stephen Maguire 2
Marco Fu 1
Dominic Dale 1
Martin Gould 1
Liang Wenbo 1
Jimmy White 1
Ryan Day 1
Joe Perry 1
Matthew Stevens 1
Joe Swail 1
Mark Williams 1
Vincent Muldoon
Source: World Snooker
