2006 Player of the Year Race : Event Coverage : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering

Updated December 13, 2006

Congratulations to Japan's Shouta Yasooka, the 2006 Magic: The Gathering Player of the Year! Thanks to a win at Pro Tour-Charleston and no fewer than five Grand Prix Top 8s, Yasooka took home the trophy.

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 with 10 or more Pro Points in the 2006 season. For a complete list of 2006 Pro Points and current Pro Players Club levels, click here.

Finish	First	Last	Country	2006 Pro Points	2007 Pro Club Level
84	Jan	Doise	Belgium	17	2
84	Tsuyoshi	Ikeda	Japan	17	2
84	Adrian	Olivera	Spain	17	2
84	Harald	Stein	Germany	17	2
84	Gerry	Thompson	United States	17	2
89	Jacob	Arias Garcia	Spain	16	2
89	Timothy	Aten	United States	16	2
89	Jim	Davis	United States	16	2
89	Masami	Ibamoto	Japan	16	2
89	Anton	Jonsson	Sweden	16	2
89	Hidenori	Katayama	Japan	16	2
89	Cynic	Kim	Korea (South)	16	2
89	Masaya	Kitayama	Japan	16	2
89	Antti	Malin	Finland	16	2
89	Tomohide	Sasagawa	Japan	16	2
99	Paulo	Carvalho	Portugal	15	2
99	Michael	Diezel	Germany	15	2
99	Thomas	Gundersen	Norway	15	2
99	Georgios	Kapalas	Greece	15	2
99	Rogier	Maaten	Netherlands	15	2
99	Kentarou	Nonaka	Japan	15	2
99	Stuart	Wright	England	15	2
106	Nico	Bohny	Switzerland	14	2
106	Fernando	Dominguez Roldan	Mexico	14	2
106	Matt	Hansen	United States	14	2
106	Ichirou	Shimura	Japan	14	2
106	Shaheen	Soorani	United States	14	2
111	Guillaume	Cardin	Canada	13	2
111	Paul	Cheon	United States	13	2
111	Vasilis	Fatouros	Greece	13	2
111	Ben	Goodman	United States	13	2
111	Dennis	Grudowski	Germany	13	2
111	Eugene	Harvey	United States	13	2
111	Zac	Hill	United States	13	2
111	David	Irvine	United States	13	2
111	Michael	Krumb	United States	13	2
111	Marijn	Lybaert	Belgium	13	2
111	Nikolas	Nygaard	Norway	13	2
111	Wilco	Pinkster	Netherlands	13	2
111	James	Porter	Philippines	13	2
111	Ben	Rubin	United States	13	2
111	Jan	Ruess	Germany	13	2
111	Genki	Taru	Japan	13	2
111	Robert	van Medevoort	Netherlands	13	2
111	Mathias	Wigge	Germany	13	2
129	Joseph	Crosby	United States	12	2
129	Javier	Dominguez	Spain	12	2
129	Morgan	Douglass	United States	12	2
129	Nikolaus	Eigner	Austria	12	2
129	Chris	Fennell	United States	12	2
129	Raffaele	Lo Moro	Italy	12	2
129	Andre	Mueller	Germany	12	2
129	Brandon	Scheel	United States	12	2
129	Masaki	Yokoi	Japan	12	2
129	James	Zhang	Australia	12	2
129	Arnost	Zidek	Czech Republic	12	2
140	Michael	Bernat	United States	11	2
140	Justin	Cheung	Australia	11	2
140	Jeff	Cunningham	Canada	11	2
140	Martin	Dingler	England	11	2
140	Kyle	Goodman	United States	11	2
140	Erik	Gr?ndahl	Sweden	11	2
140	Mark	Ioli	United States	11	2
140	Steven	Jarvis	United States	11	2
140	Alex	Majlaton	United States	11	2
140	Aylon	Manor	Israel	11	2
140	Duncan	McGregor	Canada	11	2
140	Joshua	Ravitz	United States	11	2
140	Neil	Reeves	United States	11	2
140	Luis	Scott-Vargas	United States	11	2
140	Sam	Stein	United States	11	2
140	amiel	tenenbaum	France	11	2
140	Jörg	Unfried	Germany	11	2
140	Gabe	Walls	United States	11	2
140	Przemyslaw	Wolowiec	Poland	11	2
159	Tomohiro	Aridome	Japan	10	2
159	Frederico	Costa	Portugal	10	2
159	J. Evan	Dean	Canada	10	2
159	Elton	Fior	Brazil	10	2
159	rhys	Gould	Australia	10	2
159	Timothy	He	Australia	10	2
159	Sean	Inoue	United States	10	2
159	Vincent	Lemoine	Belgium	10	2
159	Eugene	Levin	United States	10	2
159	Kyle	Mechler	United States	10	2
159	Jeroen	Remie	Netherlands	10	2
159	kyle	sanchez	United States	10	2
159	Alejandro	Sanchis Merino	Spain	10	2
159	Jack	Stanton	United States	10	2
159	Matthäus	Steurer	Austria	10	2
159	Brad	taulbee	United States	10	2
159	Raymond	Tautic	United States	10	2
159	Soo Han	Yoon	Japan	10	2
159	Adam	Yurchick	United States	10	2
159	Brian	Ziegler	United States	10	2
36	John	Pelcak	United States	29	3
37	Osyp	Lebedowicz	United States	27	3
37	Chris	McDaniel	United States	27	3
37	Jan-Moritz	Merkel	Germany	27	3
40	Wesimo	Al-Bacha	Germany	26	3
40	Kazuya	Mitamura	Japan	26	3
40	Gadiel	Szleifer	United States	26	3
43	Ryuuichi	Arita	Japan	25	3
43	Akira	Asahara	Japan	25	3
43	Maximilian	Bracht	Germany	25	3
43	Pierre	Canali	France	25	3
43	julien	goron	France	25	3
43	Frank	Karsten	Netherlands	25	3
43	Jonathan	Rispal	France	25	3
50	Osamu	Fujita	Japan	24	3
50	Shuu	Komuro	Japan	24	3
50	Jonathan	Sonne	United States	24	3
53	Christian	Hüttenberger	Germany	23	3
53	Chikara	Nakajima	Japan	23	3
53	Bastien	Perez	France	23	3
53	Roel	van Heeswijk	Netherlands	23	3
57	Shingou	Kurihara	Japan	22	3
57	Masahiko	Morita	Japan	22	3
57	Wessel	Oomens	Netherlands	22	3
57	Ryouma	Shiozu	Japan	22	3
57	John	Sittner	United States	22	3
57	Terry	Soh	Malaysia	22	3
63	Tsuyoshi	Fujita	Japan	21	3
63	Klaus	Joens	Germany	21	3
63	Benjamin	Lundquist	United States	21	3
63	Rosario	Maij	Germany	21	3
63	Rasmus	Sibast	Denmark	21	3
68	Bernardo	Da Costa Cabral	Belgium	20	3
68	Gerard	Fabiano	United States	20	3
68	Sam	Gomersall	England	20	3
68	Itaru	Ishida	Japan	20	3
68	Mike	Thompson	United States	20	3
68	Celso	Zampere Junior	Brazil	20	3
74	Adam	Chambers	United States	19	3
74	Thomas	Didierjean	France	19	3
74	Nicholas	Lovett	Wales	19	3
77	Jose	Barbero	Argentina	18	3
77	Marcio	Carvalho	Portugal	18	3
77	John	Fiorillo	United States	18	3
77	Craig	Krempels	United States	18	3
77	William	Moreno	United States	18	3
77	Masashi	Oiso	Japan	18	3
77	Carlos	Romão	Brazil	18	3
16	David	Brucker	Germany	38	4
16	Ryou	Ogura	Japan	38	4
16	Olivier	Ruel	France	38	4
16	Bram	Snepvangers	Netherlands	38	4
20	Tomohiro	Kaji	Japan	37	4
20	Quentin	Martin	England	37	4
20	Katsuhiro	Mori	Japan	37	4
23	Antonino	De Rosa	United States	36	4
24	Gabriel	Nassif	France	35	4
25	André	Coimbra	Portugal	33	4
25	Craig	Jones	England	33	4
25	Sebastian	Thaler	Germany	33	4
25	Guillaume	Wafo-tapa	France	33	4
29	Aaron	Brackmann	Germany	32	4
29	Kamiel	Cornelissen	Netherlands	32	4
29	Takahiro	Suzuki	Japan	32	4
29	Ruud	Warmenhoven	Netherlands	32	4
33	Julien	Nuijten	Netherlands	31	4
33	Geoffrey	Siron	Belgium	31	4
35	Johan	Sadeghpour	Sweden	30	4
6	Jelger	Wiegersma	Netherlands	49	5
7	Kenji	Tsumura	Japan	48	5
8	Takuya	Oosawa	Japan	47	5
9	Mark	Herberholz	United States	44	5
10	Willy	Edel	Brazil	43	5
10	Raphael	Levy	Sweden	43	5
10	Makihito	Mihara	Japan	43	5
13	Richard	Hoaen	Canada	42	5
14	Antoine	Ruel	France	40	5
14	Helmut	Summersberger	Austria	40	5
1	Shouta	Yasooka	Japan	60	6
2	Shuuhei	Nakamura	Japan	56	6
3	Tiago	Chan	Portugal	51	6
3	Paulo Vitor	da Rosa	Brazil	51	6
5	Tomoharu	Saitou	Japan	50	6