Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon shekarar 2020, ya yi rashin nasara a zagaye na farko na Masters da Ali Carter a watan Janairu, kuma ya kasa cancanta a Masters na Jamus daga baya a wannan watan. A cikin
A gasar zakarun Turai, ya yi rashin nasara a zagaye na biyu ga Barry Hawkins; bayan ya rasa sifofin farko na farko, ya sake dawowa a matakin 4<unk>4 amma ya rasa tsarin yanke shawara. Ya cancanci shiga gasar Grand Prix ta Duniya, inda ya yi rashin nasara 3<unk>4 ga Xiao Guodong a zagaye na farko duk da cewa ya zira kwallaye biyu. A watan Fabrairu, Selby ya kai matakin wasan kusa da na karshe na taron Kasashen Gida na karshe, Welsh Open, inda Ronnie O'Sullivan ya doke shi 1 × 5. Ya kuma cancanci zuwa Gasar 'Yan wasa, bisa jerin jerin shekara guda; a zagaye na farko, ya farfasa Mark Williams 6<unk>0, amma daga baya Stephen Maguire ya buga shi a wasan kusa da na karshe a cikin yanke shawara 5<unk>6. A watan Maris, ya kuma halarci Gibraltar Open, amma Lyu Haotian 1<unk>4 ya fitar da shi a zagaye na uku.