James Chalki – IFPA’s 2025 Rookie of the Year!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Rookie of the Year for the 2025 season is James Chalki from Australia. This award is given to the player that earns the most WPPR points in their first year of active play.

James played in 36 events during the 2025 season earning a total of 376.99 WPPR points. James participated in his first IFPA sanctioned tournament on March 1st at the  Beercade 5. Since entering the World Pinball Player Rankings at that time, James has seen his rank increase to 758th in the world.

James’ greatest achievement of 2025 was finishing in 7th place at the Australian Pinball Open Main Tournament, netting himself 61.26 WPPR points from that finish. Overall, James placed in the top 4 at 58% of the 2025 events he played in, a truly remarkable achievement.

Congratulations to James, our 2025 IFPA Rookie of the Year!