Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and the current world number one. He is in fourth place on the list of all-time ranking event winners, having won 31 ranking titles. He has won five Triple Crown events.
Trump turned professional in 2005, having reached the World Under-21 Championship semi-finals at age 14 the previous year. In 2011, after winning his maiden ranking title at the China Open, he was runner-up to John Higgins at the World Championship and captured his first Triple Crown title at the UK Championship. He finished runner-up at the 2014 UK Championship and completed his career Triple Crown in the 201819 season by winning both the Masters and the World Championship. In doing so, he became the first player to win over ã1 million in prize money in a single season. He won six ranking events in the 201920 season, setting a new record for the most ranking titles earned in one season.
At the 2024 British Open, Trump made his 1,000th century break in professional competition, becoming the third player to reach this milestone, after O'Sullivan and Higgins. During the 202425 season, he won a total of ã1,680,600 in prize money,àsetting a new record for the highest prize income in a single season. He holds the record for the most century breaks achieved in one season, having made 107 in 202425, and has made nine maximum breaks in his career. He was inducted into the World Snooker Tour Hall of Fame in 2021 and has been awarded World Snooker's Player of the Year on four occasions. He was awarded an MBE in 2022 for services to snooker.
Judd Trump was born on 20 August 1989 in Whitchurch, Bristol. He was introduced to snooker by his father, a long-distance truck driver, who bought him a mini snooker table as a young child. Trump played his first competitive match aged six when he needed to stand on a box to reach the table. As a child, Trump practiced at Keynsham snooker club. He idolised Ronnie O'Sullivan, with Trump saying in 2012: "I have wanted to be the next Ronnie O'Sullivan since I was eight." He attended Whitchurch school, and was the English Under-13 and Under-15 snooker champion (Trump was aged 10 when he won the latter), and became the youngest ever winner of the Pontins Open in 2003 when he defeated Mike Hallett in the final. In 2004, he broke O'Sullivan's record as the youngest ever player to score a competitive maximum break of 147, achieving the feat aged 14 years 208 days, and reached the World Under-21 Championship semi-finals.
Trump turned professional in 2005, and during the 200506 season, he became the youngest player to ever qualify for the final stages of a ranking event at the Welsh Open. He defeated James Wattana 10âÂÂ5 in the final round of qualifying at the 2007 World Championship, to become the third 17-year-old to have ever reached the main stage of the tournament, after Stephen Hendry and O'Sullivan. He played Shaun Murphy in the first round but lost 6âÂÂ10 having led 6âÂÂ5.
In the 2007âÂÂ08 season, Trump reached the second round of the Welsh Open where he lost to O'Sullivan. He failed to qualify for the 2008 World Championship after a 9âÂÂ10 loss to Joe Swail in the final round of qualifying, having led 9âÂÂ7. At the Grand Prix, Trump reached his first ranking event quarter-final by defeating Joe Perry in the last-16. He then defeated O'Sullivan 5âÂÂ4 to reach the semi-finals, where he was defeated 4âÂÂ6 by John Higgins. Trump won a Masters Qualifying Event in 2008 to gain entry into the 2009 Masters as the only qualifier, but was defeated by Mark Allen in the first round. He then won the 2009 Championship League to earn a place at the forthcoming Premier League Snooker.
Trump failed to reach the main stage of the 2009 World Championship, losing 8âÂÂ10 to Stephen Lee in the final qualifying round, but ended the season in the top 32 of the rankings for the first time. In the 2009 Premier League Snooker, Trump won four of his six matches to finish second in the league table before losing 1âÂÂ5 to O'Sullivan in the semi-finals. In the 200910 season, Trump did not progress beyond the last-32 in any ranking tournaments. While in Bahrain, Trump met Django Fung, a snooker manager and snooker academy owner based in Romford. Trump moved to Romford and joined the academy, and in January 2010, he joined Fung's snooker agency Grove Leisure. In August that year, he triumphed at the Paul Hunter Classic in Germany after defeating Anthony Hamilton 43 in the final.
Trump defeated Marco Fu, Peter Ebdon and Murphy at the 2011 China Open to reach his first ranking event final, in which he triumphed over Mark Selby 10âÂÂ8 to win his first televised title. During the tournament, Trump made his 100th competitive century break. At the 2011 World Championship, Trump was drawn against reigning champion Neil Robertson in the first round, with Trump winning 10âÂÂ8. In subsequent rounds, he knocked out Martin Gould 13âÂÂ6, Graeme Dott 13âÂÂ5 and Ding Junhui 17âÂÂ15 to qualify for his first World Championship final, which he lost 15âÂÂ18 to Higgins. Trump had led 107 at the conclusion of the first day but lost six of the first eight the following day to fall behind. Afterwards, Higgins said he thought that Trump had been the better player in the match and had deserved to win.
Trump suffered a loss to Mark Davis in the first round of the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open, before winning a PTC event by beating Ding 4âÂÂ0 in the final. He finished runner-up to Robertson in the eighth PTC event of the season, before capturing the ninth, overcoming O'Sullivan 4âÂÂ3 in the final. He later topped the PTC Order of Merit, qualifying him for the 2012 Finals, where he exited in the second round after a defeat to Xiao Guodong.
Trump was then victorious at the 2011 UK Championship at the Barbican Centre in York. He defeated Dominic Dale 6âÂÂ4 in the last-32, before winning the final two frames of his second-round match to edge out O'Sullivan 6âÂÂ5. Afterwards, Trump said that he had been "outplayed" and was "lucky" to have got through. He then overcame Stephen Maguire 6âÂÂ3, and faced Robertson in the semi-finals. Trump stated afterwards that he believed Robertson had tried to stifle his natural game by slowing him down and "making things awkward", but the Bristolian triumphed 9âÂÂ7 to reach his first UK final. There, he played Allen, and trailed 1âÂÂ3, before producing a match-defining run of seven straight frames to take an 8âÂÂ3 lead. Allen fought back, winning five of the next six frames to trail just 8âÂÂ9, before Trump clinched the 18th frame with a break of 91, and won the match 10âÂÂ8. His victory took him to number five in the world rankings. Six-time winner of the event, Steve Davis, said that Trump's performances during the championship had shown that he was "spearheading his generation" of snooker players.
Trump reached the semi-finals of the 2012 Masters after defeating O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals. He then met Robertson in the semi-finals for the second successive major event, and it was the Australian who triumphed 6âÂÂ3. Trump reached the final of the Championship League but lost 13 to Ding. At the 2012 World Championship, Trump defeated Dale in their first-round match 10âÂÂ7, stating that that he had been suffering from the effects of food poisoning. He was knocked out in the second round by Ali Carter 12âÂÂ13.
Trump's first tournament of the 2012âÂÂ13 season was the Wuxi Classic in China, where he lost to Robert Milkins in the second round. In the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, he defeated Williams to reach the final against Higgins. Trump took a 5âÂÂ0 lead, Higgins responded with a 147 maximum break, before Trump claimed a 7âÂÂ2 advantage after the first . Upon the resumption of play, Higgins won six frames in a row, with the match eventually going into a deciding frame, which Higgins secured to claim a 10âÂÂ9 victory. Trump then won his third ranking event at the International Championship. In the quarter-finals he eliminated Allen, before defeating Ebdon 9âÂÂ1 in the semi-finals to become snooker's tenth world number one. He then recovered from 6âÂÂ8 down in the final against Robertson to triumph 10âÂÂ8.
Trump met Higgins in back-to-back Players Tour Championship finals, losing the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy 2âÂÂ4, but triumphing in the second, the Bulgarian Open by whitewashing Higgins 4âÂÂ0. He also reached the final of the 2012 Premier League after beating Robertson in the semi-finals, but lost 2âÂÂ7 to Stuart Bingham. In the defence of his UK Championship title, Trump played Mark Joyce in the first round. After leading 5âÂÂ2, Trump lost the last four frames of the match to exit the tournament. His defeat was compounded by the loss of his position at the top of the world rankings. He exited early at both the Masters and the German Masters, but regained the world number one ranking at the Welsh Open, coming back from 1âÂÂ3 down to beat Dale 4âÂÂ3 in the first round, after which Trump stated that "players are changing their game to play slower against me." He progressed to the semi-finals, in which Maguire defeated him 6âÂÂ4.
At the 2013 World Open, Trump played Matthew Stevens in the quarter-finals and lost 3âÂÂ5. He qualified for the PTC Finals by finishing second on the Order of Merit, but lost to Alfie Burden in the first round. He also lost in the first round of the China Open to Jack Lisowski, relinquishing the world number one ranking to Mark Selby. At the 2013 World Championship, he beat Dale in the first round 10âÂÂ5. At 8âÂÂ7 ahead in the last 16 against Fu, Trump won five consecutive frames to triumph 13âÂÂ7 and set up a quarter-final clash with Murphy. Trump came from 3âÂÂ8 down to level at 8âÂÂ8 at the conclusion of the second session. The deciding frame of the match lasted 53 minutes with Trump winning it to seal a 13âÂÂ12 victory. He met O'Sullivan in the semi-finals and only made five breaks above 50 in an 11âÂÂ17 defeat.
Trump began the 2013âÂÂ14 season with first-round defeats at the Wuxi Classic, the Shanghai Masters and the International Championship, as well as failing to qualify for the Indian Open. In November, he reached the final of the minor-ranking Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup but lost 1âÂÂ4 to Allen. Later that month, he made the first official maximum break of his career in the Antwerp Open during a last-32 defeat against Selby. He reached the fourth round of the 2013 UK Championship, losing to Allen, and he lost to Fu in the opening round of the 2014 Masters.
In the German Masters, Trump dropped just four frames in winning five matches to reach his first ranking final of the season, where he played Ding. The first session ended level at 4âÂÂ4, before Trump then lost five of the next six frames to be defeated 5âÂÂ9. Higgins then eliminated him in the last-16 at both the Welsh Open, and the World Open, where Higgins won 5âÂÂ4 after Trump had taken a 4âÂÂ0 lead. Trump then won the Championship League title by beating Gould 3âÂÂ1.
Trump defeated Tom Ford and Ryan Day to reach the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Championship, where he played Robertson. Trump led 6âÂÂ2, 9âÂÂ6 and 11âÂÂ8, before Robertson fought back to win five consecutive frames and win the match 13âÂÂ11. During their match, Trump chose not to acknowledge Robertson's 100th century break of the season and walked out of the arena instead. He later said that Robertson's achievement meant nothing to him and that making a maximum break of 147 was more special.
In the 2014âÂÂ15 season, Trump claimed his fourth ranking title, and his first since 2012, at the Australian Goldfields Open, defeating Robertson 9âÂÂ5 in the final. He also reached the final of the Paul Hunter Classic but lost 2âÂÂ4 to Allen. He then suffered first and second-round exits in his next two ranking events. Trump advanced to the final of the Champion of Champions where he trailed 3âÂÂ8 to O'Sullivan, before reducing his deficit to a single frame by taking four successive frames. O'Sullivan then won the two frames he needed to triumph 10âÂÂ7. The pair also met in the final of the 2014 UK Championship in which Trump was 4âÂÂ9 behind. He won five consecutive frames, including back-to-back centuries to level at 9âÂÂ9. In the , O'Sullivan made a title-winning break after Trump had failed to escape from a . Afterwards, O'Sullivan described the match as the hardest of his career.
At the 2015 Masters, Trump lost 4âÂÂ6 against Maguire in the first round, but then made the second 147 break of his career during his quarter-finals defeat to Selby at the German Masters. At the inaugural World Grand Prix, Trump eliminated Williams 4âÂÂ3 on the final , but then fell 1âÂÂ5 behind against Gould in the semi-finals. He then took five successive frames, outscoring Gould by 395 points to 37, to win the match 6âÂÂ5. He played O'Sullivan in the final and fell 4âÂÂ7 behind, but then won six frames in a row, which included a 142 break (the highest of the tournament), to finish 10âÂÂ7 and claim his second title of the season. He also reached the semi-finals of the PTC Grand Final, where he lost 2âÂÂ4 to Williams. At the 2015 World Championship, Trump won his quarter-finals match against Ding 13âÂÂ4, and stated afterwards, he believed that his level of play was good enough to secure a first world title. In the semi-finals, Trump trailed Bingham 14âÂÂ16, before making successive centuries to force a deciding frame, which Bingham secured to triumph 17âÂÂ16.
Trump's defence of his Australian Goldfields Open title ended with a quarter-finals defeat by Maguire. He then reached the final of the Shanghai Masters and trailed Kyren Wilson 9âÂÂ7 before Trump sent the match into a deciding frame which Wilson won. Trump scored 278 points to nil in taking the first three frames of his third round 2015 UK Championship match with Liang Wenbo, but eventually lost 4âÂÂ6. Trump branded his performance an embarrassment and said it was probably the worst he had felt as a professional. At the 2016 Masters, Trump and Robertson set a record of six centuries in a best-of-eleven-frame match (four from Trump and two from Robertson). Trump closed it out with a 129 break to win 6âÂÂ5, with Robertson describing it as "the greatest Masters match ever". Trump was then defeated 4âÂÂ6 in the semi-finals by Hawkins.
His first title of the 2015âÂÂ16 season came at the Championship League where he defeated O'Sullivan 3âÂÂ2 in the final. He then won his fifth ranking title, and first for almost two years by beating Ricky Walden 10âÂÂ4 in the China Open final. After trailing Liang Wenbo 3âÂÂ7 in the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Trump tweeted that the drinks would be on him if he could turn it around. He duly did by winning 10âÂÂ8 and put a few hundred pounds behind the local bar. Trump could not escape from a similar position against Ding in the second round and was beaten 10âÂÂ13.
At the 2016 European Masters, Trump progressed past Higgins and Selby to reach the final. Facing O'Sullivan, Trump was down 6âÂÂ8, but took the three remaining frames to triumph 9âÂÂ8 and win his sixth ranking title. In the English Open, he beat Higgins in the quarter-finals and Barry Hawkins in the semi-finals to extend his winning run to 14 matches. He then lost 6âÂÂ9 to Liang Wenbo in the final. Trump edged past Murphy 6âÂÂ5 to reach the semi-finals of the International Championship where he was knocked out 4âÂÂ9 by Ding. He then suffered a 2âÂÂ6 defeat to Oliver Lines in the second round of the 2016 UK Championship. Trump was 5âÂÂ1 up on Higgins in the semi-finals of the Scottish Open, but Higgins recovered to win 6âÂÂ5.
In his first-round match at the 2017 Masters, Trump made two centuries and Fu three, followed by eight further breaks above 50 as Fu edged through 6âÂÂ5. At the Welsh Open, Trump reached the final where he met Bingham. Trump went 0âÂÂ4 down, before recovering to lead 8âÂÂ7, but then lost the last two frames and the match. Another final followed at the Gibraltar Open where he lost 2âÂÂ4 to Murphy.
Trump reached his third ranking event final inside a month at the 2017 Players Championship where he won six consecutive frames in a row from 2âÂÂ5 down to Fu, and went on to win his seventh ranking title 10âÂÂ8. In the third round of the China Open, Trump made his third career 147 as he defeated Tian Pengfei 5âÂÂ3, but he suffered a loss to Hossein Vafaei in the quarter-finals. Trump went into the 2017 World Championship declaring: "I honestly believe I can play to a standard which is very rare nowadays," and that he was "the best" in the world. He won the first four frames in his opening match, before Rory McLeod responded to lead 5âÂÂ4. Trump appeared to be struggling with a shoulder injury and eventually lost the match 8âÂÂ10 to a player ranked 52 places below him in the rankings.
In the 2017âÂÂ18 snooker season, Trump successfully defended his European Masters title by defeating Bingham 9âÂÂ7 in the final. The following month, he reached the final of the Shanghai Masters where he was defeated 3âÂÂ10 by O'Sullivan. Trump then made semi-final appearances at the Scottish Open, the German Masters, and the Players Championship. In January, he reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Masters where he was eliminated 5âÂÂ6 by Kyren Wilson having led 52. At the 2018 World Championship, Trump secured wins against Chris Wakelin, and Walden, to progress to the quarter-finals where he was defeated by Higgins in a final-frame decider.
For the 2018âÂÂ19 season, Trump employed his younger brother Jack (himself a former English U15 snooker champion) to travel with him and to work with in practice. His defence of his European Masters title ended with a defeat against Tian in the second round, but he won his first ranking title of the season at the Northern Ireland Open, beating O'Sullivan 9âÂÂ7 in the final. At the 2018 UK Championship, he suffered a fourth-round loss to Perry, before reaching the semi-finals of the Scottish Open where he was defeated by Murphy. In January, Trump won his first Masters title, beating Kyren Wilson, Selby and Robertson en route to the final, where his opponent was O'Sullivan. In the opening session, Trump took a 7âÂÂ1 lead, before securing the title with a 10âÂÂ4 victory. A month later, he won his second ranking event of the season, the World Grand Prix, beating Carter 10âÂÂ6 in the final.
Two semi-final appearances at the Players Championship and the Tour Championship, were followed by victory at the 2019 World Championship. He defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10âÂÂ9 in the first round, having trailed 3âÂÂ6 after the first session. In his second-round match against Ding, he led 5âÂÂ1 and trailed 7âÂÂ9, before winning six consecutive frames to clinch a 13âÂÂ9 victory. A 13âÂÂ6 quarter-final win over Maguire took him to the semi-finals, where he beat Gary Wilson 17âÂÂ11 to secure his second appearance in a world final. His opponent was Higgins, in a repeat match-up of the 2011 final. Trailing 4âÂÂ5 in the early stages, Trump dominated the second session, winning eight consecutive frames to lead 12âÂÂ5 overnight, a display which six-time world champion Davis described as the "controlled annihilation of a great player". Trump led 16âÂÂ9 going into the final session, and won the opening two frames of the evening to seal an 18âÂÂ9 win, and with it his first world title. The two players scored eleven centuries between them, a record for a professional match. Trump's seven centuries in the final equalled Ding's record for the most by one player in a World Championship match. Winning the world title also made Trump the 11th player to complete snooker's Triple Crown. Trump became the first player to win over ã1 million in prize money during a single season and was named as the World Snooker Tour (WST) Player of the Year.
Trump won the 2019 International Championship by defeating Murphy 10âÂÂ3 in the final, and subsequently regained the number one position in the world rankings. He also won the World Open, triumphing over Un-Nooh 10âÂÂ5 in the final, before reaching the final of the Champion of Champions. There, Trump led Robertson 9âÂÂ8 in a best-of-19 frames match, with Robertson requiring a to tie the 18th frame: Robertson got the snooker he needed and then won the frame on a , before winning the deciding frame to defeat Trump. At the Northern Ireland Open, Trump beat O'Sullivan 9âÂÂ7 to win the title, but he suffered a third-round loss to Nigel Bond at the 2019 UK Championship.
At the 2020 Masters, Trump suffered a first-round defeat to Murphy, but was then victorious at the German Masters where he defeated Robertson 96 in the final. He then claimed a record-equalling fifth ranking title of the season when he defeated Yan Bingtao 10âÂÂ4 in the final of the Players Championship. With this victory, he became the fifth player to win five ranking events in a single season, after Hendry, Ding, Selby and O'Sullivan. Two weeks later, he became the first player to win six ranking titles in a single season, defeating Kyren Wilson 4âÂÂ3 in the final of the Gibraltar Open.
At the 2020 Tour championship, he progressed to the semi-finals where he played Maguire, but exited the event after a 6âÂÂ9 defeat. Defending his world title at the 2020 World Snooker Championship, he supposedly fell prey to the "Crucible curse", where no first-time winner at the Crucible has ever successfully defended their world title, losing 9âÂÂ13 to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals. In his first-round match against Ford, he made his 100th century break of the season, becoming only the second player, after Robertson, to achieve the feat. Trump was then named as WST Player of the Year.
In the 2020âÂÂ21 season, Trump reached the semi-finals of the European Masters where he lost to Gould. At the English Open, he defeated Gary Wilson, Kyren Wilson and Higgins to set up a final with Robertson. The match went to a deciding frame, which Trump won with a century break, becoming the first player to win three Home Nations Series titles. Later that month, he reached the Championship League final after topping his group. He faced Kyren Wilson, who won the match 3âÂÂ1, ending Trump's run of ten consecutive ranking final victories.
In November, Trump won his third consecutive Northern Ireland Open, beating O'Sullivan 9âÂÂ7 in the final. His victory marked the first time that a player had won the same ranking event three years in succession since Hendry in 1996. In December, he reached the UK Championship final for the third time, defeating Liang Wenbo, Walden, Kyren Wilson and Lu Ning en route, before losing 9âÂÂ10 to Robertson after missing the final in an hour-long deciding frame. At the 2020 World Grand Prix, he defeated O'Sullivan to reach the final, where he met Lisowski. Trump led 7âÂÂ2, before Lisowski recovered to win four frames in a row. Trump then hit back to win the title 10âÂÂ7.
In January, Trump was forced to withdraw from the 2021 Masters after testing positive for COVID-19. He returned to competition at the German Masters, where he trailed Hawkins 1âÂÂ5 in the semi-finals, but recovered to win five consecutive frames, making three consecutive centuries while doing so. He went on to win the event with a 92 victory over Lisowski. He then successfully defended his Gibraltar Open title, defeating Lisowski once more in the final 4âÂÂ0, and winning 28 of the 31 frames he played in the tournament overall to claim his fifth ranking title of the season. He also secured the ã150,000 European Series bonus, awarded to the player who wins the most prize money across the series, for the second consecutive season. Trump ended the snooker year with two more quarter-final appearances, at the Tour Championship, and the 2021 World Championship. At the end of the season, he was named WST Player of the Year for a third time, and inducted into the WST Hall of Fame.
At the British Open, Trump was defeated in the third round by Elliot Slessor and consequently lost his position as world number one to Selby. He then entered a nine-ball pool tournament at the 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship, which was staged in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Trump won his opening three matches before losing 1âÂÂ11 to Jayson Shaw to move to the losers' side of the draw, where he exited the tournament following a 10âÂÂ11 loss to Jason Theron. Trump stated his intention to continue competing in nine-ball pool, saying: "I had a lot more support from fans than I was expecting, and there were enough positives to make me do it again."
Trump defeated David Lilley, Day and Kyren Wilson to set up a final with Higgins in the Champion of Champions. Trump then triumphed 104 to win the tournament for the first time. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Masters where he lost in a deciding frame to Hawkins. He reached the quarter-finals of the German Masters, before reaching the final of the Welsh Open where he lost 5âÂÂ9 to Perry. The following week, he won the 23rd ranking title of his career at the Turkish Masters in Antalya, defeating Matthew Selt 10âÂÂ4 in the final while making his sixth career maximum break in the process. Trump moved from 17th to fourth place on the one-year rankings list, guaranteeing his place in the Tour Championship, where he exited in the quarter-finals after Brecel defeated him 10âÂÂ6. Trump reached his third World Championship final after beating Williams in a final-frame decider in their semi-final contest. He then lost 13âÂÂ18 to O'Sullivan having trailed 512 at the end of the first two sessions but closed the gap to 1013 the following day before O'Sullivan increased his lead again. He finished the season at number two in the world rankings.
In the 202223 season, Trump reached the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Masters and the European Masters. He then reached the final of the Champion of Champions where he recorded his seventh maximum break, before losing 6âÂÂ10 to O'Sullivan. Trump then completed his eighth maximum break in the second round of the Scottish Open against Mitchell Mann, before exiting in the quarter-finals, after losing to Un-Nooh on a respotted black in the decider. He then lost in the quarter-finals of the English Open to Luca Brecel.
Trump won his second Masters title in 2023, defeating Day, Hawkins and Bingham before triumphing over Williams 10âÂÂ8 in the final. After the match, Trump stated: "This is by far my best ever win. The way I played this week is not my best, but this is my best ever performance to grind out and win this." At the World Grand Prix, he lost 9âÂÂ10 to Allen in the final, fighting back to force a decider after being 2âÂÂ7 down. He was also a finalist of the Championship League, losing 1âÂÂ3 to Higgins, and a quarter-finalist at the 2023 Six-red World Championship. His season ended as he exited the 2023 World Championship in the first round following a 10âÂÂ6 defeat by Anthony McGill.
After winning the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association's (CBSA) Huangguoshu Open 5âÂÂ1 against Higgins, Trump was a finalist at the European Masters, losing 6âÂÂ9 to Hawkins, and a quarter-finalist of the Shanghai Masters, suffering a defeat by Selby. He defeated Zhang Anda 9âÂÂ7 to win the English Open for a second time, and the following week, he won the inaugural Wuhan Open, winning back-to-back ranking events for the fourth time in his career, and being only the third player, after Hendry and Williams, to win consecutive events held in consecutive weeks in different countries. He played Carter in the final and defeated him 10âÂÂ7. Trump's winning streak continued at the Northern Ireland Open, claiming his fourth title there and sixth Home Nations title overall by defeating Wakelin 9âÂÂ3, becoming the fifth playerâÂÂafter Ray Reardon, Davis, Hendry and DingâÂÂto win three ranking tournaments in a row. His 26th ranking title also moved him above Williams into fifth place outright on the all-time list of ranking-event winners. The final was his 20th consecutive match won, but his run ended with 22 match wins, as he faced Maguire again in the last 32 at the 2023 International Championship and lost 3âÂÂ6. At the Champion of Champions, he finished as runner-up after a 3âÂÂ10 defeat by Allen, and in the 2023 UK Championship, he made it to the semi-finals, but lost 4âÂÂ6 to Ding.
Trump arrived at the 2024 Masters as the defending champion but was edged out 5âÂÂ6 by Carter in the quarter-finals. He was then runner-up at the next tournament, the World Grand Prix, as he lost 7âÂÂ10 to O'Sullivan, after leading 4âÂÂ0 and 6âÂÂ3. At the German Masters, Trump claimed both the title and the BetVictor European Series bonus for the third time, defeating Si Jiahui 10âÂÂ5. In the 2024 World Masters of Snooker, he was a semi-finalist, but lost to O'Sullivan for the fifth time in a row. Trump was the defending champion at the World Open, and he retained the title, defeating Ding in the final 10âÂÂ4. This marked the third time in his career that Trump had won at least five ranking titles and earned over ã1 million in a single season. He reached the quarter-finals of both the Tour Championship (losing 4âÂÂ10 to Williams), and the World Championship (beaten 9âÂÂ13 by world number 44 Jak Jones).
Trump began the 202425 season by defeating Murphy 115 in the final of the Shanghai Masters. He was also a finalist at the Xi'an Grand Prix where he lost 8âÂÂ10 to Kyren Wilson; Trump subsequently regained the number one position in the world rankings. He then became the champion of the inaugural Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and won ã500,000 by beating Williams 10âÂÂ9 in the final. Trump made the 1,000th century break of his career in his British Open quarter-final defeat against Allen, becoming the third player to achieve the feat following O'Sullivan and Higgins. He was runner-up to Kyren Wilson at the Northern Ireland Open, after suffering a 39 defeat in the final. Trump beat Robertson, Higgins, Zhang and Kyren Wilson to reach the final of the 2024 UK Championship, where he beat Hawkins 10âÂÂ8 to secure his second career title at the event. At the 2025 Masters, Trump was defeated in the semi-finals by Kyren Wilson 36, and he lost to Wilson again in the final of the Players Championship. Trump exited at the semi-finals stage of the 2025 World Championship, losing 1417 to Williams. During his last-16 match against Murphy at the World Snooker Championship, Trump claimed a ã100,000 bonus for completing 100 century breaks during the 2024âÂÂ25 season. He finished the season with a record 107 centuries and a record ã1,680,600 in prize money and was subsequently named WST Player of the Year for a fourth time.
In October, Trump reached the final of the Northern Ireland Open where he suffered an 89 defeat against Lisowski, before finishing runner-up again at the Champion of Champions where he was beaten 510 by Selby. He entered the 2025 UK Championship as defending champion, and he progressed to the final before finishing runner-up against Selby. His 810 defeat meant he finished the calendar year without a trophy for the first time since 2013. At the 2026 Masters, Trump lost his semi-final match against Higgins 56 having led 53. In February, Trump won his first ranking event since November 2024 after he defeated Murphy 104 in the final of the German Masters to win the event for a fourth time. He then exited at the semi-finals stage of both the Players Championship and the World Open.
Trump has completed nine maximum breaks, recording his first at the 2013 Antwerp Open against Selby. He has compiled more than 1,000 century breaks in professional competition, making his 1,000th in September 2024 at the British Open against Allen. He was the third player to achieve the feat, after O'Sullivan and Higgins, and reached the landmark at the age of 35. He then reached a career milestone of 1,100 centuries during his first-round match against Holt at the 2025 English Open.
Trump is known for playing an attacking style of snooker. In 2018, the BBC described him as flamboyant and "effortlessly entertaining" while also recognizing that he is sometimes called reckless when missing shots. Following Trump's appearance in the final of the 2011 World Championship, O'Sullivan said of Trump: "Judd's greatest asset is his game terrifies people. Never seen anyone pot so well. Scary." Higgins, who defeated Trump in the 2011 World Championship final, said: "He was playing a brand of snooker I've never seen in my life. We've got a new sensation, which is great for the game." In the build-up to the 2011 UK Championship, Trump tweeted that he would play "naughty snooker" and this was picked up by the press who began using the phrase. In 2020, Eurosport named him as the greatest in the history of the sport while also noting that his all-round play had improved.
Trump was once romantically linked to United Arab Emirates equestrian Khadijah Misr, who appeared with him after he won the 2017 Players Championship. He moved to Dubai in January 2024. That year, he was reported to be in a relationship with Maisy Ma, a figure skater and TV personality from Hong Kong. In late 2024, Trump gained residency of Hong Kong under the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, with a view to splitting his time between Dubai and Hong Kong. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to snooker and charity.
Below is a list of competition results for professional seasons starting from 2005.