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
|
| 92 |
Jose |
Nasiff |
Venezuela |
19 |
| 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 |
| 122 |
Iurii |
Babych |
Ukraine |
15 |
| 122 |
Igor |
Gurov |
Ukraine |
15 |
| 177 |
Dmitry |
Kholyavko |
Ukraine |
12 |
| 177 |
Emir |
Alimoglu |
Turkey |
12 |
| 177 |
Veerapat |
Sirilertvorakul |
Thailand |
12 |
| 245 |
Sirichai |
Chaisuthamporn |
Thailand |
10 |
| 245 |
Ming Chee |
Wang |
Taiwan |
10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 111 |
Adam |
Katz |
South Africa |
16 |
| 245 |
Dale |
Fienberg |
South Africa |
10 |
| 245 |
Marvin |
Hsiao |
South Africa |
10 |
| 122 |
Marko |
Stokelj |
Slovenia |
15 |
| 177 |
Daniel |
Sheppard |
Slovenia |
12 |
| 211 |
Tine |
Rus |
Slovenia |
11 |
| 16 |
Matej |
Zatlkaj |
Slovak Republic |
37 |
| 122 |
Filip |
Valis |
Slovak Republic |
15 |
| 211 |
Dalibor |
Szegho |
Slovak Republic |
11 |
| 19 |
Yong Han |
Choo |
Singapore |
35 |
| 211 |
Rondy |
Krish |
Singapore |
11 |
| 211 |
Ding |
Leong |
Singapore |
11 |
| 211 |
Chapman |
Sim |
Singapore |
11 |
| 142 |
Aleksa |
Telarov |
Serbia |
14 |
| 142 |
Cedomir |
Vojnovic |
Serbia |
14 |
| 245 |
Isidor |
Nikolic |
Serbia |
10 |
| 30 |
Nicolay |
Potovin |
Russian Federation |
31 |
| 142 |
Alexander |
Privalov |
Russian Federation |
14 |
| 177 |
Danilo |
Prieto |
Puerto Rico |
12 |
| 245 |
CHARLES |
VELAZQUEZ |
Puerto Rico |
10 |
| 4 |
Marcio |
Carvalho |
Portugal |
50 |
| 122 |
André |
Coimbra |
Portugal |
15 |
| 122 |
Nuno |
Costa |
Portugal |
15 |
| 245 |
Dinis |
Binnema |
Portugal |
10 |
| 41 |
Mateusz |
Kopec |
Poland |
27 |
| 142 |
Tomek |
Pedrakowski |
Poland |
14 |
| 211 |
Krzysiek |
Rozycki |
Poland |
11 |
| 245 |
Maciej |
Pasek |
Poland |
10 |
| 211 |
Bayani |
Manansala |
Philippines |
11 |
| 177 |
Giancarlo |
Arbulú |
Peru |
12 |
| 245 |
Antonio |
Vargas |
Peru |
10 |
| 155 |
Jose |
Carvajal |
Panama |
13 |
| 155 |
Christian |
Flaaten |
Norway |
13 |
| 177 |
Nicolai |
Herzog |
Norway |
12 |
| 177 |
André |
Moshølen |
Norway |
12 |
| 211 |
Anders |
Bjv?rkheim |
Norway |
11 |
| 177 |
Conor |
Kerr |
Northern Ireland |
12 |
| 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 |
| 66 |
Mike |
Hron |
Netherlands Antilles |
22 |
| 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 |
| 155 |
Axel |
Martinez |
Mexico |
13 |
| 177 |
Cristiam |
Padilla Vargas |
Mexico |
12 |
| 79 |
Wai Kin |
Au Yong |
Malaysia |
20 |
| 122 |
Terry |
Soh |
Malaysia |
15 |
| 142 |
Kin Leong |
Chong |
Malaysia |
14 |
| 245 |
Tadas |
Savicius |
Lithuania |
10 |
| 98 |
Ji-Hoon |
Lee |
Korea (South) |
18 |
| 122 |
Cynic |
Kim |
Korea (South) |
15 |
| 245 |
Jun Hee |
Kang |
Korea (South) |
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 |
| 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 |
| 122 |
Asaf |
Shomer |
Israel |
15 |
| 211 |
Orr |
Bildner |
Israel |
11 |
| 211 |
Uri |
Peleg |
Israel |
11 |
| 245 |
Niv |
Shmuely |
Israel |
10 |
| 142 |
Stewart |
Shinkins |
Ireland |
14 |
| 155 |
Andras |
Balogh |
Hungary |
13 |
| 177 |
Ferenc |
Nagy |
Hungary |
12 |
| 245 |
Csaba |
Lampert |
Hungary |
10 |
| 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 |
| 111 |
Theodoros |
Liapatis |
Greece |
16 |
| 122 |
Alex |
Bakopoulos |
Greece |
15 |
| 211 |
Antonis |
Fyssas |
Greece |
11 |
| 211 |
Evangelos |
Papatsarouchas |
Greece |
11 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Antti |
Malin |
Finland |
35 |
| 111 |
Tero |
Niemi |
Finland |
16 |
| 211 |
Sami |
Tuomi |
Finland |
11 |
| 245 |
Sami |
Häggkvist |
Finland |
10 |
| 41 |
Hannes |
Kerem |
Estonia |
28 |
| 211 |
Vahur-Peeter |
Liin |
Estonia |
11 |
| 245 |
RUDDY IVAN |
JIMENEZ |
Dominican 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 111 |
Carlos |
Pal |
Costa Rica |
16 |
| 177 |
Fernando |
Solorzano |
Costa Rica |
12 |
| 45 |
Carlos |
Amaya Troncoso |
Colombia |
26 |
| 155 |
Evelio |
Barrios |
Colombia |
13 |
| 177 |
Andres |
Higuera |
Colombia |
12 |
| 111 |
Ming |
Xu |
China |
16 |
| 245 |
Zheng Yan |
Yang |
China |
10 |
| 245 |
Ding |
Yi |
China |
10 |
| 72 |
Julio |
Bernabe |
Chile |
21 |
| 211 |
Juan |
Veliz |
Chile |
11 |
| 245 |
Brian |
Grady |
Chile |
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 |
| 245 |
Nikolay |
Bogdev |
Bulgaria |
10 |
| 245 |
Kiril |
Stoichkov |
Bulgaria |
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 |
Rolando |
Flores |
Bolivia |
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 |
| 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 |
Aaron |
Nicastri |
Australia |
33 |
| 59 |
Justin |
Cheung |
Australia |
23 |
| 79 |
Brandon |
Lau |
Australia |
20 |
| 142 |
Joaquin |
Alvarez Rivera |
Argentina |
14 |
| 155 |
Damian |
Buckley |
Argentina |
13 |
| 155 |
Sebastian |
Pozzo |
Argentina |
13 |
| 155 |
Adrian |
Saredo |
Argentina |
13 |