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

Player of the Month:
Viggo Löwgren from Furulund, Sweden (663.00 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jane Verwys from Chicago, IL (142.54 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Zahava Saltzman from Redmond, WA (+20,512 spots)
Jeff Murray from Reno, NV (+20,280 spots)
Tom Ramey from Marble Falls, TX (+16,865 spots)
Jill Grunenwald from Cleveland, OH (+16,743 spots)

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

Here are the December 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Luke Nahorniak from Lonsdale, MN (340.55 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Stacey Moritz from Pittsburgh, PA (72.03 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Josh Cobin from Phoenix, AZ (+24293 spots)
Josh Hake from Phoenix, AZ (+20,653 spots)
Bill Weihrauch from Rosemount, MN (+17,829 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Year for 2023 is Escher Lefkoff from Colorado. Escher enjoyed the fruits of the WPPR v5.8 rules and racked up an incredible 4,102.67 WPPR points during 2023.

This is where I typically list all of the achievements from the Player of the Year, however it’s the second time in IFPA history that the Player of the Year is also the player that won the World’s Greatest Pinball Player award. We’ll just leave that fact here and move on.

The IFPA wishes to congratulate Escher on all of his success throughout 2023!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Rookie of the Year for the 2023 season is Casey Fowler from Glen Burnie, MD. This award is given to the player that earns the most WPPR points in their first year of active play.

Casey played in 76 events during the 2023 season earning a total of 260.79 WPPR points. Casey participated in his first IFPA sanctioned tournament on January 24th at the Crabtowne’s Tuesday!. Since entering the World Pinball Player Rankings at that time, Casey has seen his rank increase to 1166th in the world.

Casey’s greatest achievement of 2023 was winning 7 of those Crabtowne’s Tuesday! events throughout the year, netting himself 81.73 WPPR points from those victories. Overall, Casey placed in the top 4 at 43% of the 2023 events he played in, a truly remarkable achievement.

Congratulations to Casey, our 2023 IFPA Rookie of the Year!

Here are the November 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Viggo Löwgren from Sweden (305.04 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Lumi Legato from Hagerstown, MD (83.19 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Gustaf Sundberg from Sweden (+28,086 spots)
Marissa Furman from Arvada, CO (+22,514 spots)
Chris Strain from West Terre Haute, IN (+21,154 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the October 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Carlos Delaserda from Columbus, OH (521.37 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jane Verwys from the Chicago, IL (76.27 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Chris Campbell from San Francisco, CA (+34,375 spots)
Richard Cornell from Sharon, PA (+20,745 spots)
Phillip Hall from Knoxville, TN (+20,335 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the September 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Raymond Davidson from Elk Grove Village, IL (548.46 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Zoe Vrabel from the Portland, OR (51.51 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Chris Benner from Surprise, AZ (+20,199 spots)
Sean Fitzpatrick from Boston, MA (+18,801 spots)
Thadius Maximus from Vancouver, BC, Canada (+16,562 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the August 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Jason Zahler from New Jersey (544.10 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Sunshine Bon from Colmubia, MO (168.57 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Nathanael Callon from Knoxville, TN (+19,567 spots)
Philippe Bocquet from Paris, France (+18,704 spots)
Alyssa Bailey from Victoria, BC, Canada (+13,993 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the July 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Escher Lefkoff from Colorado (790.62 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Ashley Weaver from Renton, WA (97.61 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Susann Hess from Switzerland (+17,079 spots)
Leith Stuart from Australia (+16,435 spots)
John Magnusson from Las Cruces, NM (+15,481 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the June 2023 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Johannes Ostermeier from Munich, Germany (379.40 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jane Verwys from Chicago, IL (62.71 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Mike Perry from New Orleans, LA (+25,951 spots)
George Bennett from Bishop’s Stortford, England (+23,138 spots)
Silvio Alciato from Buenos Aires, Argentina (+19,791 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2023. Congrats to everyone!