PPA Tour — Top Professional Pickleball Players
Pro Tour
PPA Tour
Professional Pickleball Association • Est. 2018 • ppatour.com
The PPA is widely considered the most competitive stop in professional pickleball. Players sign exclusive contracts — once under contract, they cannot compete on the APP Tour or other events without written approval. The result is that virtually every top-10 player in the world competes exclusively on the PPA.
Season Format
Contract modelExclusive UPA contracts
Events~16 tour stops + Tour Finals
FormatsMen's singles, women's singles, mixed doubles, men's doubles
Prize poolsUp to $100K+ per event
2025 Men's Singles — Top Players
By end-of-season medal performance
#1Federico Staksrud • Buenos Aires, Argentina
Won 4 golds in 2025 including Pickleball World Championships; plays mixed with Catherine Parenteau
#2Christopher Haworth • Edmond, OK
Won $50K LT Open; 2 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze after signing PPA mid-season
#3Hunter Johnson • Taos, NM
3 golds in first 9 tournaments; ranked #1 by PickleWave ELO; powerful baseline game
#4Christian Alshon
First singles gold at Cape Coral Open; back-to-back wins at Texas Open and Cincinnati Slam
#5Connor Garnett
Extremely consistent — 2 silvers, 2 bronzes; always reaches semis or better
#6Jaume Martinez Vich • Spain
2 silvers, 2 bronzes; one of the fastest-rising international pros on tour
#7John Lucian Goins
Age 17. Back-to-back wins in Bristol and Las Vegas. Beat Ben Johns in quarterfinals. Discovered pickleball 2 years ago from tennis.
#8Jack Sock • Lincoln, NE
Former ATP tennis pro; 1 silver finish; improving year over year on the PPA circuit
#9JW Johnson
Youngest man to win PPA singles; dominates mixed doubles with twin sister Jorja Johnson
#10Tyson McGuffin • Lake Chelan, WA
Former #1; multiple national champion and Triple Crown winner; one of the sport's most popular personalities
—Ben Johns
All-time dominant force with 167+ PPA golds. Focused on doubles and mixed in 2025. Acquired by LA Mad Drops in biggest trade in MLP history.
—Collin Johns
Ben's older brother; won 33 titles as a pair with Ben before splitting for 2025
2025 Women's Singles — Top Players
By end-of-season medal performance
#1Anna Leigh Waters • Delray Beach, FL
11+ golds in 2025. 500+ days without a loss. 165 career golds, 37 triple crowns. Age 18. Signed Nike + Franklin Sports.
#2Kate Fahey
7 finals appearances in 2025; 2 golds (events Waters skipped), 5 silvers, 4 bronzes; clear #2
#3Kaitlyn Christian
2 wins (Waters absent), 3 runner-up finishes; consistently challenges for the #2 spot
#4Parris Todd
Best PPA season of her career — 2 golds, 3 silvers, 1 bronze
#5Anna Bright
One of only two players with 30+ gold, 30+ silver, 30+ bronze career PPA medals; dominant women's doubles partner with Anna Leigh Waters
#6Catherine Parenteau • Montreal, Canada
Long-time top-5 staple; known for stunning upsets over Waters; plays mixed with Federico Staksrud
#7Lea Jansen
1 silver, 4 bronzes in 2025; consistent podium finisher throughout her career
#8Jessie Irvine
Regarded as the best female mixed doubles player on tour; strong partnership with Gabe Tardio
#9Jorja Johnson
JW Johnson's twin sister; tied 2nd in final doubles-weighted rankings; earned youngest-ever APP Triple Crown in 2023
#10Tyra Black
Tied 2nd in doubles-weighted 2025 rankings; strong performer in singles and doubles
Team Format
See these players compete in MLP
Many of the PPA's top players also compete in Major League Pickleball — the team-based franchise league where Ben Johns, Anna Leigh Waters, Tyson McGuffin and others represent cities across the country.
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