Ronnie O’Sullivan at 50: The Rocket’s memorable moments

It is unlikely that there will be another snooker player quite like Ronnie O’Sullivan.

The Englishman, who turns 50 on Friday, is widely regarded as the sport’s best-ever player and has broken almost every record since turning professional in 1992.

‘The Rocket’ has an all-time record of 23 Triple Crown titles – seven world titles, eight Masters wins and eight victories in the UK Championship.

He also compiled more end-of-the-century books and more, 147, than anyone else.

Moreover, he has a record 41 ranking titles to his name, five more than Stephen Hendry’s previous tally of 36.

As O’Sullivan makes an early exit from this year’s UK Championship, BBC Sport looks back at the 10 memorable moments – and there could have been many more – that cemented his status as snooker’s biggest star as he reached his personal half-century.