Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Saboda rashin shiga cikin manyan 'yan wasa 16, Higginson ta kasance ta atomatik a cikin matakai na farko na manyan manyan wasanni biyu na kakar 2012/13, Wuxi Classic da Australian Open, kawai don a doke su a lokuta biyu da Robert Milkins da Ryan Day. Daga nan Steve Davis ya goge shi a wasannin neman shiga gasar Shanghai Masters, wanda hakan ya sa ya sha kashi uku a jere a zagaye na farko. Higginson ya karya layin ta hanyar doke David Gilbert don isa babban zane na Gasar Duniya, amma Shaun Murphy ya doke shi 0<unk>6 a zagaye na farko a wurin da ke Chengdu, China. Ya sha wahala har yanzu wani farar fata a cikin cancantar Gasar Burtaniya, ya rasa 0<unk>6 ga Liang Wenbo, kuma sakamakon haka ya sauka zuwa lamba 29 a cikin jerin duniya. Higginson ya ji daɗin samun nasara a cikin ƙananan matakan 'yan wasa na' yan wasa, ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a cikin taron daya da kuma
Taron Zagaye na Turai na Biyar; a gasar ta baya ya yi rashin nasara 3<unk>4 ga Anthony McGill a kan baƙar fata, duk da cewa ya kasance 3<unk>1 a gaba a wani lokaci kuma abokin hamayyarsa ya buƙaci snookers biyu a cikin yanke shawara. Higginson ya ci gaba da kammala na 13 a kan PTC Order of Merit don cancanta don Babban Karshe a shekara ta uku a jere.