Zach Sharpe – World’s Greatest Pinball Player for 2013!

The IFPA is proud to announce that [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] has finished at #1 on the World Pinball Player Rankings, thus earning IFPA’s top honor as the 2013 “World’s Greatest Pinball Player”. No single tournament victory will ever secure this title for a given year. Only consistent play at the highest level over the course of multiple years leads to players reaching the pinnacle of the World Pinball Player Rankings. This is the 8th time that the IFPA has crowned the World’s Greatest Pinball Player, with Zach now becoming the third player in history to earn the honor. [player]Jorian Engelbrektsson[/player] earned the top spot in 2009, while [player]Keith Elwin[/player] captured the honor the other 6 years.

Ultimately it was Zach's European tour in the fourth quarter of 2013 that helped him secure the #1 spot in what was the closest race for the World's Greatest Pinball Player title in IFPA history (7.92 WPPR points). Zach earned victories at the Danish Pinball Open in Denmark, the Dutch Pinball Open in the Netherlands, as well as the Planet Comics tournament in Italy.

Overall, Zach won 40% of the events he played in, while placing in the top 4 at 62% of his 2013 events, a truly remarkable achievement. Zach will be given his award at the IFPA11 World Pinball Championship, scheduled for May 23-25, 2014 in Denver, CO. Congratulations to Zach, and best of luck to everyone on the upcoming 2014 season in the race for #1.