Pro Pickleball Medal Counts End of 2022

USA Pickleball Nationals are already in progress so I’m utilizing this as an opportunity to provide an update on medal counts. I have been putting these up on the Pro Pickleball Stats Facebook page as Pickleball Jan and NML is now having me put these up on the site here.

These medal counts are current through the recently completed PPA Texas Open. After Nationals, we only have the APP Mesa Open, the PPA Takeya Showcase, and PPA Hertz National Championship left for the 2022 pro tours. Using these charts, you find out: (1) Who has won the most gold medals? (2) Who has won the most medals in singles? (3) How close are Jorja and ALW in total medals excluding singles? (4) Who are the two pro players who have gotten a podium in every tournament entered?

The below charts show players who have medaled in 2022 in the tournaments for APP, PPA, and US Open. I’ve excluded some minor tournaments that didn’t have the top players. Exclusions: PPA Frisco Round-Up as well as the APP Indianapolis, Sacramento and Alabama stops. I’m using screenshots to avoid table formatting issues.

In the below chart, I show medal counts for players who I thought had the potential to be high medal achievers. The counts are double medals for MD, WD, and MXD. The column near the end show percent of MD/WD podiums based on number of tournaments entered respective MD/WD bracket. Then the column of GOLD medal winning % follows.

Not all players play in singles so below is a separate chart. Again, I somewhat arbitrarily chose players who I thought had the potential to be high medal achievers in singles. The column near the end show percent of all medal wins based on number of tournaments entered in Singles bracket. Then the column for only GOLD medal winning % follows.

Finally, I have charts below for all players including those already shown in the above charts. I don’t show the full player name as I intended it as a spreadsheet just for my personal satisfaction. I’m happy to supply full name if you don’t recognize the abbreviated form of their name that I used (intending for my eyes only).

Someone in the comments asked about prize money for the players a few weeks ago. When the year is done, there will have been 39 tournaments that I tracked and entry for over 100 players. I can’t possibly go back and look at 5 brackets in 39 tournaments for > 100 players. However, if enough people thought it was important for the top X players, either APP and/or PPA, it’s doable WITH VOLUNTEERS. I could give the volunteers an easy spreadsheet to fill out. For APP, they award prize money to 6th place depending on the size of the draws in the brackets. For PPA, they award prize money starting at the 32nd round (where applicable), 16th, quarters, semis, bronze, and champion. I would assume champion means only the gold medal winner gets money. The amount of the money is based on the tier of the tournament. Let NML know your interest level either in the comments, on their social media, PM, email at nmlpickleball@gmail.com, or hot air balloon — and whether you can volunteer.

Also, please let us know if you enjoy this content and would like to see more of it going forward.

9 thoughts on “Pro Pickleball Medal Counts End of 2022

  • November 9, 2022 at 9:58 am
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    Thanks for the fun stats!
    Love seeing it.

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  • November 9, 2022 at 10:06 am
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    Wouldn’t it be easier to ask the APP and PPA to give you their 2022 money lists? They certainly know who they’ve paid and how much.

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    • November 9, 2022 at 10:42 am
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      I assumed they would consider that confidential information or in the case of PPA proprietary information. 🙂 Just like pickleballtournaments consider all their data proprietary and don’t openly share it. I’m hoping the stats promised by them in 2023 will make my efforts obsolete!

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      • November 9, 2022 at 11:16 am
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        Usually, they are proud to announce total prize money for their tours and report on who wins it. It is a way to advertise how great it is to play in their events. Given the rivalry, I’d let the PPA, APP and MLP know you are planning to publish a combined money list for 2022 to date on or about 12/1 and ask them to provide you with their data. Publish what info you get and call out those who don’t provide it. A lack of transparency wouldn’t be a good look and would call into question whether they actually paid out the amounts that were promised. Good Luck.

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  • November 9, 2022 at 10:33 am
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    Thank you very much for all your time. Great information. And just think, Jorja and Anna Leigh are just 15 years old. That’s amazing. Congrats to JW. IMO, Ben J. was hogtied (so to speak) to only PPA tournaments, as were many others. I wonder if they will resign. IMO, I think a lot of them learned an important lesson. Many companies are not what they appear to be. Thank you again, guys.

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  • November 9, 2022 at 8:21 pm
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    Why would the PPA and APP not post the prize money info…..all other tours show this stuff as it drives interest. It is pure gossip and people love it…..Ben is better….no JW is better! All I know is that Ben made X and JW only made y so suck it!

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