Spotlight PSA – Shabana moves up to No. 4 on all time No. 1’s list

While Egypt’s Ramy Ashour (L) has been rocketing up the PSA rankings to his current World No. 2, his countryman, Amr Shabana, has maintained a firm grip on the No. 1 spot since April 2006.
While Egypt’s Ramy Ashour (L) has been rocketing up the PSA rankings to his current World No. 2, his countryman, Amr Shabana, has maintained a firm grip on the No. 1 spot since April 2006.

Shabana moves up to No. 4 on all time No. 1’s list
Number one is now number four. No, there has not been a major shift in the PSA rankings, unless Ramy Ashour moving up one position to World No. 2 and David Palmer falling to No. 3 is considered earth shattering. Now with 16 months at the top of the rankings, Amr Shabana is the fourth longest-standing World No. 1 of all time. He surpassed Jonathon Power and Thierry Lincou, who are tied at 14 months each, in June.

Shabana will have to stay on top for quite a while longer to catch No. 3 on the list, Peter Nicol, who was the man to beat for 60 months. And then, of course, there are the Khans. Jahangir and Jansher both celebrated more that 90 months as No. 1, with Jansher taking the official “title” with 97.