2025 – IFPA State of the Union
With the 2025 pinball season officially wrapping up tonight, the World Pinball Player Rankings continues to show no signs of slowing down within the competitive pinball community. We wanted to take a quick look back at the growth we saw during 2025.
We’re proud to say that the total number of IFPA sanctioned events for 2024 was 14,038. This represents a 10% growth from the end of 2024 where we had 12,776 IFPA sanctioned events on the calendar. Total player attendance at those events was 318,576, up 9% from 2024.
In addition, the number of unique players that played in an IFPA sanctioned tournament during 2025 was 42,936, up 10% from the number of players that were active during 2024. This included 11,827 players that participated in their first IFPA sanctioned event during 2025.
The IFPA wishes to thank everyone in the competitive pinball community for continuing to support everything we do to spread the world about our incredible sport to the masses.
