Canada's Jonathon Power, the hottest player on tour over the past five months, has continued his resurgent world ranking position, reclaims second place in the list for the first time since March 2003. 

The 31-year-old from Montreal his enjoyed one of his best years on the PSA Tour in 2005 – winning the Apawamis Open in the USA in January, the PSA Masters in Bermuda in April, and the Super Series Finals in London for the second time in May.

After reaching the semi-finals of the St Louis Open in the USA last month, Power will be back in action in the Dunlop British Open later this month in Manchester, where the 1999 champion is the fourth seed in his ninth appearance in the event. Power is showing a new level of fitness and appears as sharp as ever with his attacking game.

Title wins by Amr Shabana in the Heliopolis Open and St Louis Open in September take the Egyptian up to a career-equalling-high fifth place – ahead of England's Peter Nicol who drops to six. (Shabana's win this week in Hungary will only contribute to his ranking position in the November 1st ranking.)

Meanwhile, Australia's Stewart Boswell continues his rapid recovery in the rankings, moving up another 10 positions this month to 29th overall.

Australia's David Palmer stays at three in the October list, while England's Lee Beachill slips to four. 

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar records a career-best world No13 ranking in the new list after following his Steel Industries PNG International title in Papua New Guinea in August with success in last month's Kolkata International in India.

Finland's Olli Tuominen also celebrates a best-ever ranking in the October list – rising two places to 15.  The 26-year-old from Helsinki has consistently achieved or exceeded his seeding in PSA Tour events for the past year – and reached the quarter-finals of the Mamut English Open in August after upsetting David Palmer in the opening round, and was a semi-finalist in last month's Heliopolis Open.

England's Peter Barker, a surprise quarter-finalist in both the English and Heliopolis Opens, moves up to career-best world No21.

Among the Americans, Christopher Gordon moves up to 79 while Julian Illingworth leapfrogs to 118th from 150 after his strong performance at the Berkshire Open this month.

     1      [1]        Thierry Lincou             FRA
     2     [4]        Jonathon Power           CAN
     3     [3]        David Palmer                AUS
     4     [2]        Lee Beachill                 ENG
     5     [7]        Amr Shabana               EGY
     6     [5]        Peter Nicol                  ENG
     7     [6]        Anthony Ricketts          AUS
     8     [8]        James Willstrop           ENG
     9     [12]      Karim Darwish              EGY
     10    [11]       Gregory Gaultier          FRA
     11    [10]      John White                  SCO
     12    [9]        Nick Matthew              ENG
     13    [15]      Mohd Azlan Iskandar   MAS
     14    [13]      Graham Ryding             CAN
     15    [17]      Olli Tuominen               FIN
     16    [18]      Shahid Zaman              PAK
     17    [19]      Ong Beng Hee              MAS
     18    [16]      Joseph Kneipp              AUS
     19    [14]      Adrian Grant                ENG
     20   [20]      Mohammed Abbas         EGY