Here are the February 2022 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Keith Elwin from Carlsbad, Illinois (402.59 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Leslie Ruckman from somewhere in the United States (58.98 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Magnus Bech from Gothenburg, Sweden (+18,838 spots)
Rusty Key from Spring, TX  (+11,940 spots)
Ricky Foster from Nashville, TN (+9533 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2022. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the January 2022 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Viggo Löwgren from Sweden (127.70 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Rachel Karlic from Chicago, IL (10.57 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Jen Avery from Bay City, MI (+10,530 spots)
David Leeds from Australia (+10,054 spots)
Naomi Porter from the United Kingdom (+9605 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2022. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the December 2021 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Arvid Flygare from Sweden (199.88 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jane Verwys from Chicago, IL (17.34 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Ryan Hardy from Ashburn, VA (+12,487 spots)
Wendy Bourg from Baton Rouge, LA (+9870 spots)
Jeremy Smith from Baltimore, MD (+9119 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2021. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the November 2021 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Arvid Flygare from Sweden (153.45 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Kelli Raisler from Austin, TX (37.18 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
David Oneil from Boston, MA (+21,033 spots)
Sam Keogh from Malden, MA (+12,481 spots)
Jeremy Smith from Evansville, IN (+10,602 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2021. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the October 2021 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Raymond Davidson from Everett, WA. Raymond continues to not update his IFPA profile now that he’s moved to Chicago. It makes me wonder if he ever reads. (263.29 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Holly Koskinen from Columbus, OH (21.12 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Paul Budko from Madison, WI (+15,434 spots)
Danny Beveridge from Gold Coast, Australia (+12,962 spots)
Rachel Villarreal from Garland, TX (+11,361 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2021. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the September 2021 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Raymond Davidson from Everett, WA, although he should probably update his IFPA profile now that he’s moved to Chicago (139.09 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Kassidy Milanowski from Appleton, WI (14.72 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Liz Pruchnicki from College Park, MD (+13,369 spots)
Brian Keillor from Lansing, MI (+10,357 spots)
Jared Ferree from Bartlesville, OK (+10,139 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2021. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the August 2021 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Derek Price from San Diego, CA (103.20 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Annabeth Dronet from Houston, TX (11.70 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Matt Deibert from Philadelphia, PA (+8,108 spots)
Jared Lemankiewicz from Buffalo, NY (+7,709 spots)
Philippe Craul from Mülheim, Germany (+7,368 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2021. Congrats to everyone!

We’ve spent the last year and a half watching the WPPR decay take its toll on the world’s top ranked players. 9 months of 2020 inactivity saw Raymond Davidson overtake Johannes Ostermeier for the World’s #1 spot. Continued inactivity in 2021 saw Eric Stone jump into the World’s #1 spot only to have Raymond Davidson recently jump back ahead of him.

With IFPA resuming sanctioning of events on August 1st, we will finally have a race to talk about! While the IFPA isn’t holding any Championships for the 2020 season, we will continue to award our highest honor, “World’s Greatest Pinball Player” to the player that finishes ranked #1 at the end of this season.

There’s SIX players within 100 WPPR points of one another in this race for #1. If we factor in a fully decayed 2021 season, here is how things would end if none of these six players participated in any IFPA sanctioned events for the remainder of the season:

Raymond Davidson –> 606.13 WPPR points
Peter Andersen –> 586.80 WPPR points
Colin Urban –> 555.69 WPPR points
Eric Stone –> 547.04 WPPR points
Johannes Ostermeier –> 531.08 WPPR points
Escher Lefkoff –> 519.56 WPPR points

We expect all 6 of these players to get out there one way or another. With no Majors on the calendar for the remaining part of the 2021 season, it will be interesting to see how the chase for the top spot turns out! Best of luck to Raymond, Peter, Colin, Eric, Johannes and Escher!

Here are the February and March 2020 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
February –> Jason Lambert (134.13 WPPR’s)
March –> Levente Tregova (242.87 WPPR’s)

Biggest Movers:
February –> Michael Bair (+12,630 spots), Dutchy van Steeg (+12,571 spots) and Alijoscha Heppner (+11,683 spots)
March –> Chris Blake (+7517 spots), Phil Nguyen (+6507 spots), Jean-Michel Ferland (+6060 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2020. Congrats to everyone!

Here are the January 2020 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Eric Stone (325.53 WPPR’s)

Biggest Movers:
Seth Rummel (+19,946 spots), Jake Webb (+18,317 spots) and Austin Goodrich (+14,724 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2020. Congrats to everyone!