Profiles of the greatest three-cushion carom billiards players in history and the active stars defining the sport today.
Players
- Sang Lee (1954-2004) — Korean-American legend; bridge between Korean and American carom; reverse english master.
- Frédéric Caudron (1968-) — Belgian world #1; multiple UMB World Cup wins; umbrella position master.
- Semih Saygıner (1964-) — "Turkish Prince"; first Turk to win UMB World Cup (1996); world #1 in 2003.
- Torbjörn Blomdahl (1962-) — Swedish pioneer; tempo-first philosophy; multiple-time world champion.
- Cho Jae-Ho (1990-) — 4× World Three-Cushion Champion; Korean PBA Pro Tour superstar.
- Raymond Ceulemans (1937-) — Belgian "Mr 100"; 21 world titles — the all-time three-cushion record.
- Dick Jaspers (1965-) — Dutch master; 5x world champion, 32 World Cups; precision and longevity.
- Eddy Merckx (1968-) — Belgian two-time world champion; 50-in-6 world record; attacking high-run star.
- Dani Sánchez (1974-) — Spanish 4× world champion (1998–2016); calm positional master of the Spanish school.
- Marco Zanetti (1962-) — Italian two-time world champion from Bolzano; creative, spectacular shot-maker.
- Kim Haeng-jik (1992-) — Korean prodigy; 2016 world finalist and 2017 World Cup overall winner.
- Tayfun Taşdemir (1975-) — Turkish 2022 world champion; multiple World Cup winner with a complete all-round game.
- Therese Klompenhouwer (1983-) — 6× women's world champion, 13× European — the Dutch queen of three-cushion who beats the top men.
- Martin Horn (1971-) — German #1; European champion and multiple World Cup stage winner from the classic disciplines.
- Choi Sung-won (1977-) — Korea's 2014 UMB world champion; World Cup and AGIPI Masters winner.
- Bao Phuong Vinh (1995-) — Vietnam's first world champion (2023); fearless, fast-rising attacker.
- Tran Quyet Chien (1984-) — Vietnam's first world No. 1; multiple World Cup winner who beat Caudron at Veghel 2024.
- Jérémy Bury — France's long-time No. 1; 2016 World Cup winner (Guri) and 9× French champion.
- Rubén Legazpi — Spain's 2022 world-championship finalist and 2003 European champion.
Active tournaments
- UMB World Cup — annual series worldwide
- World Three-Cushion Championship — UMB annually
- Korean PBA Pro Tour — world's richest carom league (since 2019)
- Saygıner Cup — TBBF tribute tournament