Neil Robertson

Neil Robertson
OAM

Robertson at the 2015 German Masters
Born	(1982-02-11) 11 February 1982 (age 43) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sport country	Australia
Nickname	The Thunder from Down-Under[1]
Professional	1998/1999, 2000–2002, 2003–present
Highest ranking	1 (September–December 2010, June 2013–May 2014, July–August 2014, December 2014–January 2015)
Current ranking	8 (as of 5 May 2025)
Maximum breaks	5
Century breaks	982 (as of 18 May 2025)
Tournament wins
Ranking	25
Minor-ranking	4
World Champion	2010

Neil Alexander Robertson (born 11 February 1982)^[2] is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former world champion and former world number one. He is the most successful player from outside the United Kingdom and the only non-UK born player to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022 and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. He has claimed 25 career ranking titles and won at least one professional tournament each year between 2006 and 2022.

Robertson first turned professional in the 1998‍–‍99 season but was unsuccessful and dropped off the tour. He rejoined the tour for the 2003‍–‍04 season where his results improved, later becoming the first Australian to win a ranking event when he won the 2006 Grand Prix. He completed the triple crown in 2013 and was world number one on three separate occasions between 2010 and 2015. Despite dropping out of the top 16 during the 2023‍–‍24 season, Robertson has continued to enjoy success into his forties, with his most recent ranking event victory coming at the 2025 World Grand Prix, the victory also returned Robertson back into the top 16 of the world rankings.

A prolific break-builder, Robertson has compiled over 900 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks, becoming only the fourth player in professional snooker history to reach the 900-century mark. In the 2013–14 season, he became the first player to make 100 centuries in a single season, finishing with a then record 103 centuries. Robertson is a member of the World Snooker Tour Hall of Fame and plays left-handed.