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