Chinese snooker prodigy Ding Junhui has moved up to the fifth place on the players' rich list.

Nineteen-year-old Ding earned a total of 128,830 British Pounds in world snooker tour prize money during the 2005-2006 season.

The increase in earnings is due to his outstanding performance on the world scene.

Ding won the UK Championship last December, becoming the first non-British or Irish winner of the prestigious event.

He also reached the semi-finals of the 2005-06 Premier League.

Former World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan tops the money rankings, followed by newly-crowned world snooker champion Graeme Dott.

(CRI English May 19, 2006)