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