Keith Elwin – World’s Greatest Pinball Player for 2012!

 The IFPA is proud to announce that Keith Elwin has finished at #1 on the World Pinball Player Rankings, thus earning IFPA's top honor as the 2012 "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 7th time that the IFPA has crowned the World's Greatest Pinball Player, of which Keith has won top honors 6 times.

During 2012, Keith reclaimed the title of PAPA World Pinball Champion earning himself an incredible 123.12 WPPR points in total during PAPA weekend counting his Classics Division performance. Keith also swept both the Main Tournament and Classics Division at the inaugural It Never Drains In So. Cal Pinball Tourney, as well as winning the Modern Division at California Extreme and Classics Division at this year's Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament.

Overall, Keith won 29% of the events he played in, while placing in the top 4 at 67% of his 2012 events, a truly remarkable achievement. Keith will be given his award at the IFPA10 World Pinball Championship, scheduled for May 31-June 2, 2013 in Germany. Congratulations to Keith, and best of luck to everyone on the upcoming 2013 season in the race for #1.