Davis won a total of 28 ranking events, placing him fourth on the all-time list. In addition to his six world titles, he won the Masters three times and the UK Championship six times, for a total of 15 Triple Crown titles, placing him behind only Ronnie O\'Sullivan (19) and Stephen Hendry (18) on the all-time list. During the 1987–88 season, he became the first player to win all three Triple Crown events in a single season, and remains one of only three players (along with Hendry and Mark Williams) to achieve this. He earned over £5.5 million in career prize money, and compiled 355 competitive century breaks, including the first officially recognised maximum break in professional competition, at the Classic in 1982. Named the BBC\'s Sports Personality of the Year in 1988, he remains the only snooker player ever to win the award.\n', '

Although Hendry\'s ascendancy ended his period of dominance, Davis continued to compete at a high level during the 1990s and 2000s, and was still a top-16 player when he turned 50 during the 2007/2008 season. In 2010, aged 52, he made a record 30th appearance at the Crucible, also becoming the only player to compete in the tournament over five different decades, since his 1979 debut. That appearance was also Davis\'s last. He slipped down the world rankings thereafter, and on 17 April 2016, aged 58, he announced his retirement after 38 professional seasons. He remains active as a television analyst and commentator for the BBC\'s snooker coverage. He was made an MBE in the 1988 Birthday Honours and an OBE in the 2000 New Year Honours.\n', '

Davis was introduced to snooker by his father Bill, a keen player, who took him to play at his local working men\'s club at the age of 12, and gave him Joe Davis\' instructional book How I Play Snooker.\n', '

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