Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Higgins ya fara kakar 2012-13 da kyau, ya lashe lambar yabo ta 25 a Shanghai Masters bayan ya dawo daga 2<unk>7 zuwa kasa don kayar da Judd Trump 10<unk>9 a wasan karshe. Ya yi hutu mafi girma a lokacin wasan karshe, kuma ya tattara wasu 147 a wasan zagaye na biyu da Mark Davis a Gasar Burtaniya ta 2012. Ya kuma lashe gasar Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy, inda ya doke Trump 4<unk>2 a wasan karshe, kuma ya kai wasan karshe na Bulgarian Open, inda ya rasa 0<unk>4 ga Trump. Koyaya, kakar wasa daga baya ta kasance wani abin takaici ga Higgins, wanda ya rasa 3<unk>4 ga mai son Jordan Brown a ƙaramin matsayi
Scottish Open kuma ya kai kawai wani wasan kusa da na karshe na babban taron da ya faru, Open Open, wanda ya rasa 2<unk> 6 ga Mark Allen. Ya fita daga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a zagaye na farko, ya yi rashin nasara 6<unk>10 ga Mark Davis. Bayan haka, ya yarda cewa shakku game da ko zai iya kasancewa a saman wasan bayan shekaru 20 a matsayin kwararren ya shafi yanayinsa. Ya gama kakar wasa a matsayi na 11, ya fita daga cikin manyan 10 a karon farko a cikin shekaru 17.