Updated December 22, 2008
Congratulations to Shuhei Nakamura, the 2008 Player of the Year!
The player with the most pro points over the course of a season is identified as the Pro Player of the Year. In addition to the title, the Pro Player of the Year receives invitations to certain tournaments throughout the next season. That player also receives travel and accommodations to each of the next season’s Pro Tour events and to the World Championships.
This page shows all players who have received at least 10 Pro Points in the 2008 season.
|
Place
|
First Name
|
Last Name
|
Country
|
Pro Points
|
| 177 |
Saul |
Aguado |
Spain |
12 |
| 177 |
Emir |
Alimoglu |
Turkey |
12 |
| 142 |
Joaquin |
Alvarez Rivera |
Argentina |
14 |
| 45 |
Carlos |
Amaya Troncoso |
Colombia |
26 |
| 111 |
Rune Martens |
Andersen |
Denmark |
16 |
| 177 |
Giancarlo |
Arbulú |
Peru |
12 |
| 245 |
Marcel |
Arndt |
Switzerland |
10 |
| 45 |
Akira |
Asahara |
Japan |
26 |
| 79 |
Wai Kin |
Au Yong |
Malaysia |
20 |
| 122 |
Iurii |
Babych |
Ukraine |
15 |
| 122 |
Alex |
Bakopoulos |
Greece |
15 |
| 155 |
Andras |
Balogh |
Hungary |
13 |
| 245 |
Giulio |
Barra |
Italy |
10 |
| 155 |
Evelio |
Barrios |
Colombia |
13 |
| 54 |
Jonathan |
Bergström |
Sweden |
24 |
| 72 |
Julio |
Bernabe |
Chile |
21 |
| 102 |
David |
Besso |
Italy |
17 |
| 211 |
Orr |
Bildner |
Israel |
11 |
| 245 |
Frantisek |
Bina |
Czech Republic |
10 |
| 245 |
Dinis |
Binnema |
Portugal |
10 |
| 245 |
Armin |
Birner |
Austria |
10 |
| 211 |
Anders |
Bjv?rkheim |
Norway |
11 |
| 59 |
Samuel |
Black |
United States |
23 |
| 245 |
Richard |
Bland |
Great Britain |
10 |
| 122 |
Roland |
Bode |
Germany |
15 |
| 245 |
Nikolay |
Bogdev |
Bulgaria |
10 |
| 41 |
Nico |
Bohny |
Switzerland |
27 |
| 142 |
janus |
bossow |
Denmark |
14 |
| 245 |
Francisco |
Braga |
Brazil |
10 |
| 177 |
Daniel |
Bretherton |
New Zealand |
12 |
| 92 |
Jan |
Brodzak |
Czech Republic |
19 |
| 79 |
Petr |
Brozek |
Czech Republic |
20 |
| 177 |
Gene |
Brumby |
New Zealand |
12 |
| 11 |
Manuel |
Bucher |
Switzerland |
40 |
| 155 |
Damian |
Buckley |
Argentina |
13 |
| 22 |
Joel |
Calafell |
Spain |
33 |
| 211 |
Marcello |
Calvetto |
Italy |
11 |
| 155 |
Jose |
Carvajal |
Panama |
13 |
| 4 |
Marcio |
Carvalho |
Portugal |
50 |
| 102 |
Vagner |
Casatti |
Brazil |
17 |
| 245 |
Kenneth |
Castor |
United States |
10 |
| 38 |
William |
Cavaglieri |
Italy |
29 |
| 245 |
Sirichai |
Chaisuthamporn |
Thailand |
10 |
| 155 |
plato |
chan |
Hong Kong |
13 |
| 102 |
Patrick |
Chapin |
United States |
17 |
| 211 |
Ziming |
Chen |
Netherlands |
11 |
| 6 |
Paul |
Cheon |
United States |
45 |
| 59 |
Justin |
Cheung |
Australia |
23 |
| 142 |
Kin Leong |
Chong |
Malaysia |
14 |
| 19 |
Yong Han |
Choo |
Singapore |
35 |
| 211 |
Jason |
Chung |
New Zealand |
11 |
| 111 |
Ognjen |
Cividini |
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
16 |
| 122 |
André |
Coimbra |
Portugal |
15 |
| 177 |
Mark |
Conkle |
United States |
12 |
| 177 |
Kamiel |
Cornelissen |
Netherlands |
12 |
| 122 |
Nuno |
Costa |
Portugal |
15 |
| 245 |
Bernardo |
Da Costa Cabral |
Belgium |
10 |
| 9 |
Paulo Vitor |
da Rosa |
Brazil |
42 |
| 245 |
Robert |
Darnhofer |
Germany |
10 |
| 245 |
Hugo |
de Jong |
Netherlands |
10 |
| 45 |
Luiz Guilherme |
De Michielli |
Brazil |
26 |
| 155 |
Antonino |
De Rosa |
United States |
13 |
| 177 |
Melissa |
DeTora |
United States |
12 |
| 28 |
Jan |
Doise |
Belgium |
32 |
| 54 |
Willy |
Edel |
Brazil |
24 |
| 111 |
Nikolaus |
Eigner |
Austria |
16 |
| 211 |
Jasar |
Elarar |
Canada |
11 |
| 211 |
Giusti |
Emanuele |
Italy |
11 |
| 79 |
Gerard |
Fabiano |
United States |
20 |
| 245 |
David |
Felske |
Canada |
10 |
| 245 |
Romain |
Fenaux-briot |
France |
10 |
| 177 |
Carlos |
Fernandez Baillo |
Spain |
12 |
| 245 |
Dale |
Fienberg |
South Africa |
10 |
| 30 |
Jon |
Finkel |
United States |
31 |
| 155 |
Christian |
Flaaten |
Norway |
13 |
| 245 |
Rolando |
Flores |
Bolivia |
10 |
| 41 |
Remi |
Fortier |
France |
27 |
| 45 |
Osamu |
Fujita |
Japan |
26 |
| 211 |
Antonis |
Fyssas |
Greece |
11 |
| 22 |
Charles |
Gindy |
United States |
33 |
| 79 |
Patrizio |
Golia |
Italy |
20 |
| 245 |
Alvise |
Gorghetto |
Italy |
10 |
| 177 |
Simon |
Görtzen |
Germany |
12 |
| 245 |
Brian |
Grady |
Chile |
10 |
| 177 |
Daniel |
Gräfensteiner |
Germany |
12 |
| 211 |
Christopher |
Greene |
United States |
11 |
| 66 |
Christophe |
Gregoir |
Belgium |
22 |
| 111 |
Michael |
Gurney |
United States |
16 |
| 122 |
Igor |
Gurov |
Ukraine |
15 |
| 245 |
Sami |
Häggkvist |
Finland |
10 |
| 142 |
Zack |
Hall |
United States |
14 |
| 155 |
Matt |
Hansen |
United States |
13 |
| 122 |
Michal |
Hebky |
Czech Republic |
15 |
| 122 |
Mark |
Herberholz |
United States |
15 |
| 177 |
Nicolai |
Herzog |
Norway |
12 |
| 177 |
Andres |
Higuera |
Colombia |
12 |
| 211 |
Zac |
Hill |
United States |
11 |
| 66 |
Mike |
Hron |
Netherlands Antilles |
22 |
| 245 |
Marvin |
Hsiao |
South Africa |
10 |
| 245 |
Christoph |
Huber |
Switzerland |
10 |
| 13 |
Tsuyoshi |
Ikeda |
Japan |
39 |
| 155 |
Jason |
Imperiale |
United States |
13 |
| 98 |
David |
Irvine |
United States |
18 |
| 79 |
Jun'ya |
Iyanaga |
Japan |
20 |
| 54 |
Michael |
Jacob |
United States |
24 |
| 102 |
David |
Jensen |
Denmark |
17 |
| 245 |
RUDDY IVAN |
JIMENEZ |
Dominican Republic |
10 |
| 8 |
Martin |
Juza |
Czech Republic |
43 |
| 98 |
Masami |
Kaneko |
Japan |
18 |
| 245 |
Jun Hee |
Kang |
Korea (South) |
10 |
| 30 |
Frank |
Karsten |
Netherlands |
31 |
| 111 |
Adam |
Katz |
South Africa |
16 |
| 41 |
Hannes |
Kerem |
Estonia |
28 |
| 177 |
Conor |
Kerr |
Northern Ireland |
12 |
| 92 |
Mattias |
Kettil |
Sweden |
19 |
| 177 |
Dmitry |
Kholyavko |
Ukraine |
12 |
| 122 |
Cynic |
Kim |
Korea (South) |
15 |
| 72 |
Masaya |
Kitayama |
Japan |
21 |
| 38 |
Shuu |
Komuro |
Japan |
29 |
| 41 |
Mateusz |
Kopec |
Poland |
27 |
| 122 |
Filippo |
Kratter |
Italy |
15 |
| 211 |
Rondy |
Krish |
Singapore |
11 |
| 122 |
Olaf |
Krzikalla |
Germany |
15 |
| 66 |
Matthias |
Künzler |
Switzerland |
22 |
| 35 |
Shingou |
Kurihara |
Japan |
30 |
| 245 |
Chris |
Lachmann |
United States |
10 |
| 92 |
Tsz Yeung |
Lam |
Hong Kong |
19 |
| 245 |
Csaba |
Lampert |
Hungary |
10 |
| 66 |
Tim |
Landale |
United States |
22 |
| 79 |
Dan |
Lanthier |
Canada |
20 |
| 79 |
David |
Larsson |
Sweden |
20 |
| 79 |
Brandon |
Lau |
Australia |
20 |
| 111 |
shi tian |
lee |
Hong Kong |
16 |
| 98 |
Ji-Hoon |
Lee |
Korea (South) |
18 |
| 155 |
Kai Yip |
Lee |
Hong Kong |
13 |
| 245 |
Gaetan |
Lefebvre |
France |
10 |
| 211 |
Ding |
Leong |
Singapore |
11 |
| 7 |
Raphael |
Levy |
France |
44 |
| 111 |
Theodoros |
Liapatis |
Greece |
16 |
| 211 |
Vahur-Peeter |
Liin |
Estonia |
11 |
| 66 |
Tommi |
Lindgren |
Switzerland |
22 |
| 177 |
Anton |
Lunau |
Denmark |
12 |
| 92 |
Benjamin |
Lundquist |
United States |
19 |
| 22 |
Marijn |
Lybaert |
Belgium |
33 |
| 211 |
Rogier |
Maaten |
Netherlands |
11 |
| 142 |
Alex |
Majlaton |
United States |
14 |
| 245 |
Pierre |
Malherbaud |
France |
10 |
| 19 |
Antti |
Malin |
Finland |
35 |
| 211 |
Bayani |
Manansala |
Philippines |
11 |
| 51 |
Tyler |
Mantey |
United States |
25 |
| 211 |
Quentin |
Martin |
Great Britain |
11 |
| 155 |
Daniel |
Martin Bermejo |
Spain |
13 |
| 155 |
Axel |
Martinez |
Mexico |
13 |
| 211 |
Yann |
Massicard |
France |
11 |
| 211 |
Fried |
Meulders |
Belgium |
11 |
| 16 |
Makihito |
Mihara |
Japan |
37 |
| 59 |
Kazuya |
Mitamura |
Japan |
23 |
| 245 |
Masahiko |
Morita |
Japan |
10 |
| 177 |
André |
Moshølen |
Norway |
12 |
| 79 |
Andre |
Mueller |
Germany |
20 |
| 177 |
Andreas |
Müller |
Germany |
12 |
| 155 |
Stephen |
Murray |
Great Britain |
13 |
| 211 |
Makoto |
Nagashima |
Japan |
11 |
| 177 |
Ferenc |
Nagy |
Hungary |
12 |
| 245 |
Petr |
Nahodil |
Czech Republic |
10 |
| 79 |
Chikara |
Nakajima |
Japan |
20 |
| 1 |
Shuuhei |
Nakamura |
Japan |
70 |
| 22 |
Yoshitaka |
Nakano |
Japan |
33 |
| 92 |
Jose |
Nasiff |
Venezuela |
19 |
| 22 |
Gabriel |
Nassif |
France |
33 |
| 22 |
Aaron |
Nicastri |
Australia |
33 |
| 111 |
Tero |
Niemi |
Finland |
16 |
| 245 |
Isidor |
Nikolic |
Serbia |
10 |
| 177 |
manisa |
njegomir |
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
12 |
| 66 |
Lasse |
Nørgaard |
Denmark |
22 |
| 38 |
Kenny |
Oberg |
Sweden |
29 |
| 211 |
Matthew |
Ogier |
New Zealand |
11 |
| 51 |
Masashi |
Oiso |
Japan |
25 |
| 35 |
Koutarou |
Ootsuka |
Japan |
30 |
| 177 |
Matteo |
Orsini Jones |
Great Britain |
12 |
| 177 |
Cristiam |
Padilla Vargas |
Mexico |
12 |
| 245 |
Chris |
Pait |
United States |
10 |
| 111 |
Carlos |
Pal |
Costa Rica |
16 |
| 211 |
Evangelos |
Papatsarouchas |
Greece |
11 |
| 16 |
Jamie |
Parke |
United States |
37 |
| 11 |
Mario |
Pascoli |
Italy |
40 |
| 245 |
Maciej |
Pasek |
Poland |
10 |
| 142 |
Tomek |
Pedrakowski |
Poland |
14 |
| 211 |
Uri |
Peleg |
Israel |
11 |
| 155 |
John |
Penick |
United States |
13 |
| 72 |
Grgur |
Petric Maretic |
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
21 |
| 122 |
Christophe |
Peyronnel |
France |
15 |
| 155 |
Florian |
Pils |
Germany |
13 |
| 72 |
Oliver |
Polak-Rottmann |
Austria |
21 |
| 177 |
Raul |
Porojan |
Germany |
12 |
| 30 |
Nicolay |
Potovin |
Russian Federation |
31 |
| 155 |
Sebastian |
Pozzo |
Argentina |
13 |
| 177 |
Danilo |
Prieto |
Puerto Rico |
12 |
| 142 |
Alexander |
Privalov |
Russian Federation |
14 |
| 79 |
JONATHAN |
RANDLE |
Great Britain |
20 |
| 122 |
Fabio |
Reinhardt |
Germany |
15 |
| 98 |
David |
Reitbauer |
Austria |
18 |
| 211 |
Rodrigo |
Renedo |
Spain |
11 |
| 211 |
Alejandro |
Rico Bleda |
Spain |
11 |
| 177 |
Pedro |
Rodriguez |
United States |
12 |
| 54 |
Carlos |
Romão |
Brazil |
24 |
| 211 |
Krzysiek |
Rozycki |
Poland |
11 |
| 2 |
Olivier |
Ruel |
France |
58 |
| 79 |
Antoine |
Ruel |
France |
20 |
| 19 |
Jan |
Ruess |
Germany |
35 |
| 211 |
Tine |
Rus |
Slovenia |
11 |
| 102 |
Aj |
Sacher |
United States |
17 |
| 59 |
Johan |
Sadeghpour |
Sweden |
23 |
| 59 |
Steven |
Sadin |
United States |
23 |
| 79 |
Omar |
Sagol |
Spain |
20 |
| 4 |
Tomoharu |
Saitou |
Japan |
50 |
| 111 |
Eduardo |
Sajgalik |
Great Britain |
16 |
| 155 |
Eugeni |
Sanchez |
Spain |
13 |
| 155 |
Adrian |
Saredo |
Argentina |
13 |
| 245 |
Tadas |
Savicius |
Lithuania |
10 |
| 30 |
Brandon |
Scheel |
United States |
31 |
| 177 |
Mark |
Schwass |
Switzerland |
12 |
| 2 |
Luis |
Scott-Vargas |
United States |
58 |
| 177 |
Daniel |
Sheppard |
Slovenia |
12 |
| 142 |
Naoki |
Shimizu |
Japan |
14 |
| 142 |
Stewart |
Shinkins |
Ireland |
14 |
| 245 |
Niv |
Shmuely |
Israel |
10 |
| 122 |
Asaf |
Shomer |
Israel |
15 |
| 102 |
Rasmus |
Sibast |
Denmark |
17 |
| 211 |
Chapman |
Sim |
Singapore |
11 |
| 142 |
Denis |
Sinner |
Germany |
14 |
| 177 |
Veerapat |
Sirilertvorakul |
Thailand |
12 |
| 245 |
John |
Sittner |
United States |
10 |
| 155 |
Fabian |
Sjöblom |
Sweden |
13 |
| 102 |
Bram |
Snepvangers |
Netherlands |
17 |
| 122 |
Terry |
Soh |
Malaysia |
15 |
| 177 |
Fernando |
Solorzano |
Costa Rica |
12 |
| 177 |
Jonathan |
Sonne |
United States |
12 |
| 211 |
Lee |
Steht |
United States |
11 |
| 122 |
Harald |
Stein |
Germany |
15 |
| 155 |
Sam |
Stein |
United States |
13 |
| 245 |
Kiril |
Stoichkov |
Bulgaria |
10 |
| 122 |
Marko |
Stokelj |
Slovenia |
15 |
| 155 |
Stjepan |
Sucic |
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
13 |
| 142 |
Hironobu |
Sugaya |
Japan |
14 |
| 72 |
Philipp |
Summereder |
Austria |
21 |
| 59 |
Helmut |
Summersberger |
Austria |
23 |
| 211 |
Dalibor |
Szegho |
Slovak Republic |
11 |
| 245 |
Gadiel |
Szleifer |
United States |
10 |
| 211 |
Takayuki |
Takagi |
Japan |
11 |
| 14 |
Yuuta |
Takahashi |
Japan |
38 |
| 122 |
Akihiro |
Takakuwa |
Japan |
15 |
| 142 |
Aleksa |
Telarov |
Serbia |
14 |
| 245 |
Amiel |
Tenenbaum |
France |
10 |
| 28 |
Sebastian |
Thaler |
Germany |
32 |
| 30 |
Gerry |
Thompson |
United States |
31 |
| 245 |
Francis |
Toussaint |
Canada |
10 |
| 51 |
Kenji |
Tsumura |
Japan |
25 |
| 245 |
Nick |
Tung |
New Zealand |
10 |
| 211 |
Sami |
Tuomi |
Finland |
11 |
| 177 |
Owen |
Turtenwald |
United States |
12 |
| 211 |
Marsh |
Usary |
United States |
11 |
| 211 |
Josh |
Utter-Leyton |
United States |
11 |
| 122 |
Filip |
Valis |
Slovak Republic |
15 |
| 155 |
Tom |
van Lamoen |
Netherlands |
13 |
| 177 |
Arjan |
van Leeuwen |
Netherlands |
12 |
| 177 |
Jacob |
Van Lunen |
United States |
12 |
| 14 |
Robert |
van Medevoort |
Netherlands |
38 |
| 245 |
Antonio |
Vargas |
Peru |
10 |
| 245 |
CHARLES |
VELAZQUEZ |
Puerto Rico |
10 |
| 211 |
Juan |
Veliz |
Chile |
11 |
| 59 |
Gaudenis |
Vidugiris |
United States |
23 |
| 92 |
Pascal |
Vieren |
Belgium |
19 |
| 142 |
Cedomir |
Vojnovic |
Serbia |
14 |
| 10 |
Guillaume |
Wafo-tapa |
France |
41 |
| 245 |
Ming Chee |
Wang |
Taiwan |
10 |
| 122 |
Ruud |
Warmenhoven |
Netherlands |
15 |
| 35 |
Yuuya |
Watanabe |
Japan |
30 |
| 72 |
Taylor |
Webb |
United States |
21 |
| 45 |
Jelger |
Wiegersma |
Netherlands |
26 |
| 177 |
Ben |
Wienburg |
United States |
12 |
| 102 |
Christopher |
Wolf |
Austria |
17 |
| 245 |
Steven |
Wolfman |
Canada |
10 |
| 102 |
Stuart |
Wright |
Great Britain |
17 |
| 245 |
Jia |
Wu |
United States |
10 |
| 111 |
Ming |
Xu |
China |
16 |
| 245 |
Zheng Yan |
Yang |
China |
10 |
| 54 |
Shouta |
Yasooka |
Japan |
24 |
| 245 |
Ding |
Yi |
China |
10 |
| 45 |
Adam |
Yurchick |
United States |
26 |
| 16 |
Matej |
Zatlkaj |
Slovak Republic |
37 |
| 72 |
Arnost |
Zidek |
Czech Republic |
21 |