Steve Davis names top three snooker players of all time by ‘actual standard’

Six-time world champion Steve Davis puts Mark Selby among the greatest ever (Picture: Getty Images)

Steve Davis has named his top three snooker players of all time ‘by actual standard’ and his BBC colleague Stephen Hendry misses out.

Davis himself was once seen as the best in the baize business as he dominated the 1980s, but has now been usurped in the GOAT debate.

Hendry overtook him as he rattled off seven World Championship titles in the ’90s and, while the Scot is still in the conversation, Ronnie O’Sullivan has now taken the mantle in most onlookers’ eyes.

The Rocket is level with Hendry on seven world titles but is still very much in the hunt to break that rec...