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Players

The WPA men's top 50 and women's top 25, plus recent major winners and the game's best-known legends. Players marked "Research in progress" have no verified specs yet. See Champions & legends for the full list with titles.

Researched setups

WPA Men's #1 · Germany

2024 World 8-Ball champion, two-time Mosconi Cup MVP, two-time UK Open champion

9/9 specs sourced

Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz

WPA Men's #2 · Spain

2023 World 9-Ball champion and two-time US Open champion

8/9 specs sourced

Wojciech Szewczyk

WPA Men's #3 · Poland

Two-time World 10-Ball champion (2022, 2026)

6/9 specs sourced

Wiktor Zielinski

WPA Men's #4 · Poland

Two-time Las Vegas Open champion (2022, 2023)

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #5 · Poland

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #6 · Neutral (AIN)

2024 World 9-Ball and US Open champion, three-time Derby City Master of the Table

6/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #7 · Austria

2025 World 8-Ball champion and 2022 Premier League champion

8/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #8 · Philippines

2025 World 9-Ball and 2024 World 10-Ball champion

7/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #9 · Singapore

2026 World 8-Ball, 2025 US Open and UK Open champion, International Open three-peat

6/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #10 · Austria

5/9 specs sourced

Robbie James Capito

WPA Men's #11 · Hong Kong

2024 UK Open champion

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #12 · Japan

0/9 specs sourced

Jonas Souto Comino

WPA Men's #13 · Spain

3/9 specs sourced

Alexander Kazakis

WPA Men's #14 · Greece

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #15 · Poland

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #16 · Chinese Taipei

2/9 specs sourced

Mieszko Fortunski

WPA Men's #17 · Poland

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #18 · Estonia

2025 Las Vegas Open champion

0/9 specs sourced

Maximilian Lechner

WPA Men's #19 · Austria

1/9 specs sourced

Bader Al-Awadhi

WPA Men's #22 · Kuwait

3/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #23 · Germany

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #25 · Albania

2023 World 10-Ball and UK Open champion

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #30 · Great Britain

2023 Hanoi Open champion, 2022 International Open champion, 2024 Mosconi Cup MVP

5/9 specs sourced

Shane Van Boening

WPA Men's #37 · USA

2022 World 9-Ball, 2023 World 8-Ball and 2026 Derby City Master of the Table

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #49 · USA

2/9 specs sourced

Skyler Woodward

WPA Men's #53 · USA

2/9 specs sourced

Jeffrey de Luna

WPA Men's #61 · Philippines

Crowd favourite ("The Bull"), famous for his break

0/9 specs sourced

Dương Quốc Hoàng

WPA Men's #64 · Vietnam

2026 Premier League Pool champion; Vietnam's most-searched player

2/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #72 · Lithuania

2025 Hanoi Open champion

1/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #82 · Netherlands

2014 WPA World 9-Ball champion ("The Terminator")

4/9 specs sourced

Darren Appleton

WPA Men's #86 · Great Britain

2012 WPA World 9-Ball champion ("Dynamite")

7/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #107 · Chinese Taipei

2025 WPA World 10-Ball champion and 2023 US Open 9-Ball champion

2/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #112 · Canada

Living legend ("The Lion"), 2004 WPA World 9-Ball champion

2/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #152 · Chinese Taipei

2023 World Pool Masters champion

3/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's #283 · USA

2001 US Open 9-Ball champion ("The Prince of Pool")

2/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · Philippines

2011 WPA World 8-Ball champion ("Robocop"), BCA Hall of Famer

0/9 specs sourced

Earl Strickland

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Living legend ("The Pearl"), three-time WPA World 9-Ball champion

1/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · Philippines

Living legend ("The Magician"); the most-searched pool player on Wikipedia

2/9 specs sourced

Florian "Venom" Kohler

Not WPA-ranked · France

Trick-shot star ("Venom"), WPA World Artistic Pool champion 2023 and 2024

6/9 specs sourced

Francisco Bustamante

Not WPA-ranked · Philippines

Living legend ("Django"), 2010 WPA World 9-Ball champion

1/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · Philippines

Fan favourite ("Dodong Diamond"); named by the owner as a priority player

0/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Living legend ("The Scorpion"), two-time WPA World 9-Ball champion

1/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Trick-shot legend, four-time WPA World Artistic Pool champion

0/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Living legend ("Kentucky Colonel"), BCA Hall of Famer

0/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · USA

1996 US Open 9-Ball champion, BCA Hall of Famer

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #1 · Germany

4/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #2 · Chinese Taipei

Two-time Women's World 9-Ball champion (2023, 2026), 2022 World 10-Ball champion

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #3 · Chinese Taipei

Two-time WPBA Soaring Eagle Masters champion (2025, 2026)

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #4 · South Korea

2025 Women's World 9-Ball champion

5/9 specs sourced

Savannah Easton

WPA Women's #5 · USA

4/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #6 · Neutral (AIN)

2024 Women's World 10-Ball champion

7/9 specs sourced

Margarita Fefilova-Styer

WPA Women's #7 · Neutral (AIN)

2026 Women's World 10-Ball champion

7/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #8 · Great Britain

Two-time WPA Women's World 9-Ball champion (2012, 2019)

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #9 · Austria

2025 Women's World 8-Ball champion

4/9 specs sourced

Kristina Zlateva

WPA Women's #10 · Bulgaria

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #11 · Philippines

Two-time Women's World 10-Ball champion and 2026 World 8-Ball champion

2/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #12 · Australia

2024 WPBA Fairfield Invitational champion

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #13 · Chinese Taipei

1/9 specs sourced

Chihiro Kawahara

WPA Women's #14 · Japan

2025 China Open women's champion

5/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #73 · China

2017 WPA Women's World 9-Ball champion

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Women's #123 · USA

Living legend ("The Duchess of Doom"), four-time WPA Women's World 9-Ball champion

5/9 specs sourced

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Living legend ("The Black Widow"); one of the most-searched players

0/9 specs sourced

WPA Men's top 50

Oliver Szolnoki

WPA Men's #20 · Hungary

Research in progress

WPA Men's #21 · Albania

Research in progress

Dimitrios Loukatos

WPA Men's #24 · Greece

Research in progress

Marco Teutscher

WPA Men's #26 · Netherlands

Research in progress

Casper Matikainen

WPA Men's #27 · Finland

Research in progress

Konrad Juszczyszyn

WPA Men's #28 · Poland

Research in progress

WPA Men's #29 · Germany

Research in progress

WPA Men's #31 · Germany

Research in progress

Mateusz Sniegocki

WPA Men's #32 · Poland

Research in progress

WPA Men's #33 · Spain

Research in progress

Radoslaw Babica

WPA Men's #34 · Poland

Research in progress

Sanjin Pehlivanovic

WPA Men's #35 · Bosnia & Herzegovina

Research in progress

Arseni Sevastyanov

WPA Men's #36 · Finland

Research in progress

WPA Men's #38 · Czechia

Research in progress

Dominik Jastrzab

WPA Men's #39 · Poland

Research in progress

Thorsten Hohmann

WPA Men's #40 · USA

Two-time WPA World 9-Ball champion (2003, 2013)

Research in progress

Gerson Martinez Boza

WPA Men's #41 · Peru

Research in progress

WPA Men's #42 · Germany

Living legend ("The Kaiser"), 1996 WPA World 9-Ball champion

Research in progress

Johann Gonzales Chua

WPA Men's #43 · Philippines

2024 Hanoi Open champion

Research in progress

Ruslan Chinakhov

WPA Men's #44 · Neutral (AIN)

Research in progress

Alex Montpellier

WPA Men's #45 · France

Research in progress

Moritz Neuhausen

WPA Men's #46 · Germany

2025 Premier League champion and 2025 Mosconi Cup MVP

Research in progress

Emil-Andre Gangflot

WPA Men's #47 · Norway

Research in progress

Juan Carlos Exposito

WPA Men's #48 · Spain

Research in progress

WPA Men's #50 · Estonia

Research in progress

Lee Vann Corteza

WPA Men's #68 · Philippines

2024 Las Vegas Open champion

Research in progress

WPA Men's #93 · Philippines

2025 Reyes Cup MVP

Research in progress

WPA Women's top 25

WPA Women's #15 · Philippines

2024 Women's World 9-Ball champion

Research in progress

Shui-Ching Chiang

WPA Women's #16 · Chinese Taipei

Research in progress

WPA Women's #17 · Chinese Taipei

Research in progress

WPA Women's #18 · USA

Research in progress

WPA Women's #19 · China

Two-time China Open women's champion (2023, 2024)

Research in progress

Brittany Bryant

WPA Women's #20 · Canada

Research in progress

WPA Women's #21 · Japan

Research in progress

WPA Women's #22 · Chinese Taipei

Research in progress

WPA Women's #23 · Indonesia

Research in progress

WPA Women's #24 · USA

Research in progress

WPA Women's #25 · China

2026 China Open women's champion

Research in progress

Champions & legends: research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · Malta

Pool and snooker legend ("The Tornado"); one of the most-searched players

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Living legend ("Captain Hook"), BCA Hall of Famer

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · USA

Road player and actor ("Grady Seasons" in The Color of Money)

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · China

2007 WPA Women's World 9-Ball champion

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · Sweden

Living legend ('The Striking Viking'), 1994 WPA Women's World 9-Ball champion

Research in progress

LoreeJon Ogonowski

Not WPA-ranked · USA

1993 WPA Women's World 9-Ball champion (as Loree Jon Jones)

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · Northern Ireland

WPBA Hall of Famer; one of the most-searched women in pool

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · China

2005 WPA World 9-Ball and 8-Ball champion (as Wu Chia-ching)

Research in progress

Not WPA-ranked · Philippines

2006 WPA World 9-Ball and 2007 World 8-Ball champion

Research in progress

Vivian Villarreal

Not WPA-ranked · USA

WPBA legend; one of the most-searched women in pool

Research in progress