- Is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win 3 ranking titles, including being the first player from outside the British Isles to win the prestigious UK Championship.
- Good friends with fellow countryman Wenbo Liang. They are training partners in the Sheffield World Snooker Academy.
- As a prolific break-builder, has compiled 528 century breaks during his career, as of December 2019.
- Achieved the 147 highest break 6 times in his career, as of December 2019.
- Enrolled at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Business Administration and Management in December 2006.
- In the 2013-2014 season he equaled Stephen Hendry's record of winning five ranking titles in the same season.
- A 26-episode cartoon series Dragon Ball No.1 by Beijing-based D5 Studio, based on Ding's growth from a shy boy to a snooker star, was broadcast on TV in 2010.
- When he was 8 years old, Ding tagged along with his father as he visited a pool hall to hone his skills with a local expert. The child, affectionately nicknamed "Little Ding" by the Chinese press, reportedly discovered his own hidden talent. When his father left the room for a break, Ding decided to take over the cue and, before his father returned, he had won the game.
- By age 15, he was winning national and regional snooker youth championships, quickly becoming China's top player.
- Won the Yushan World Open on 24 September 2017 by beating Kyren Wilson 10-3 in the final. Thus he claimed his 13th career title.
- Parents are Chen Xijuan and Ding Wenjun.
- As of 16 December 2019, his ranking is 9.
- Is a patron of Sheffield United.
- Has a daughter with his wife, Apple Zhang, born in August 2018.
- Runner-up at the 2022 UK Championship when he lost to Mark Allen 10-7 in the final. He led 6-2 in the first session but Mark Allen managed to overturn him.
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