Here are the August 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Zach McCarthy from Conifer, CO (713.60 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Summer Puente from Colorado (118.30 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Eric Capps from College Station, TX (+30,544 spots)
Andrew LaFica from Buffalo, NY (+29,182 spots)
Michael Gaddis from the US (+26,055 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the July 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Escher Lefkoff from Australia (802.56 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Kat Lake from North Carolina (169.00 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Troy Kellogg from Charleston, SC (+43,071 spots)
Geo Wassung from Afton, VA (+21,382 spots)
Brice Ambrecht from Ridgecrest, CA (+20,776 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the June 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Viggo Löwgren from Furulund, Sweden (723.00 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jane Verwys from Chicago, IL (78.09 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Ryan Spencer from Portland, OR (+30,952 spots)
Mathieu Boyer from Quebec, Canada (+30,842 spots)
Zac Martin from Glenmoore, PA (+24,307 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the May 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Gregory Kennedy from Ravenna, OH (726.51 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Leslie Ruckman from Seattle, WA (147.27 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Alexandre Regeffe from France (+37,837 spots)
Greg Lege from Charlotte, NC (+27,475 spots)
Nick Delehanty from Chicago, IL (+26,418 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the April 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Carlos Delaserda from Columbus, OH (427.28 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Leslie Ruckman from Seattle, WA (87.38 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Steve Toisul from Luxembourg (+43,753 spots)
Croquin Benoit from France (+26,328 spots)
Tyler Lorenzen from the United States (+25,627 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the February and March 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

February 2025

Player of the Month:
Escher Lefkoff from Australia for real now (487.52 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Alice Young from San Antonio, TX (205.28 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Tammy Cameron from Topeka, KS (+31,639 spots)
Chris Jones from Springfield, MO (+28,648 spots)
Nathan Webber from Wisconsin (+20,272 spots)

March 2025

Player of the Month:
Jason Zahler from New Jersey (336.15 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Keri Wing from St. Louis, MO (221.08 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Ashleyanne Krigbaum from Ontario, CA (+31,699 spots)
Seamus Fagan from Laconia, NH (+30,398 spots)
Van Pavao from North Stonington, CT (+29,892 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the January 2025 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Arvid Flygare from Lund, Sweden (808.57 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Stephanie Traub from Washington, DC (160.22 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Gage Glupker from Seattle, WA (+25,510 spots)
Michael Harris from Beavercreek, OH (+23,526 spots)
Dan Madere from Silver Spring, MD (+22,254 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2025. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the December 2024 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Jared August from West Bloomfield Township, MI (300.86 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jane Verwys from Chicago, IL (71.82 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Rodney Olsen from Seattle, WA (+29,990 spots)
Kimberly McMillan from Ontario, CA (+20,862 spots)
Paul Meredith from Fort Wayne, IN (+20,288 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2024. Congrats to everyone!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Year for 2024 is 21 year old Escher Lefkoff from Longmont, Australia. Escher competed in 42 events during the 2024 season racking up an incredible 4260.25 WPPR points. Escher currently sits as the #2 ranked player in the world.

Escher was the IFPA Player of the Month in July, August and September, having won 16 of the 42 tournaments he played in during 2024, while finishing in the top 4 in 74% of them.

Escher’s highlights during 2024 included earning his 4th Major Championship at the 2024 European Pinball Championship. He also finished in 2nd place at the PAPA World Championships, 2nd place at the Pinburgh Match Play Championships, along with a 4th place finish at the IFPA19 World Pinball Championship.

The IFPA wishes to congratulate Escher on all of his success throughout this 2024 season!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season is Jaden Rich from Louisville, OH. This award is given to the player that earns the most WPPR points in their first year of active play.

Jaden played in 88 events during the 2024 season earning a total of 640.68 WPPR points. Jaden participated in his first IFPA sanctioned tournament on January 5th at the Kidforce Friday Night Knockout. Since entering the World Pinball Player Rankings at that time, Jaden has seen his rank increase to 412th in the world.

Jaden’s greatest achievement of 2024 was finishing in 12th place at the Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show Main Tournament (a Stern Pro Circuit event), netting himself 55.32 WPPR points from that finish. Overall, Jaden placed in the top 4 at 27% of the 2024 events he played in, a truly remarkable achievement.

Congratulations to Jaden, our 2024 IFPA Rookie of the Year!