PLAYER OF YEAR RACE
Main American Ratings
North American Player of Year Race League Table - at 1 July 2006 (post Origins 25mm 06)
The table below shows the position of the 91 players who have earned points since the last Historicon
in the North American Player of the Year Race.
61 players who played DBM in an included tournament in this period have not earned points yet this year and are thus not shown.
The Player of the Year Race is substantially different to the overall career ratings presented
elsewhere on this website. The career ratings are the best estimate of a player's average DBM ability
in competition play. They take a longer view and consider all of a player's results, both good and bad.
The Player of the Year Race is designed to indicate who was the top player at their peak (measured over
up to 3 or 4 tournaments) with no penalty for poorer performances.
The Player of the Year Race is based only on results in the year to Historicon (starting from Historicon 15mm Mini).
It gives greater reward to good performances and ignores bad performances. A limited number
of performances are included (equal to 14 rated games) so that almost all players will have
a chance of being on a comparable basis.
Points in the Player of the Year Race are earned by an above average performance in any tournament.
This is measured by having a Ratings Equivalent Performance (REP) greater than 2,000 in a particular tournament.
The REP is now shown on the right hand side with other tournament result details in the full alphabetic,
state specific and Top Players tables.
The points earned for each rated game are:
= 0 if REP < 2,000 or played only 1 rated game in tournament
= (REP - 2,000) / 2 if played 2 rated games in tournament
= (REP - 2,000) if played 3 or more rated games in tournament
So for example, if Player A plays 4 games in a tournament and does well (29/40),
his REP might be 2,200 for the tournament, his best ever. He thus earns 200
points per game (ie 2,200 - 2,000) or 800 points for the whole tournament and
fills 4 of his 14 games.
Only a maximum of 14 games count for each player. Where a player has above average performances
that involve more rated games than this, the best 14 games are used.
Please note that each player's position in the previous league table is shown in braces
after their current league table position.
If a player's career rating has earned them a ranking in the overall Top Players List this is shown in brackets
after their name.
The two right hand columns show the change in race points and number of included games since
the last publication as at 27.5.2006 after May Madness.
Prev. Race Games Change in:
Posn posn Name State points incl. Points Games
1 {1} Hannan, Derek [6] VA 9,135 14 +30 0
2 {2} Hazelwood, Dan [4] VA 8,355 14 +300 0
3 {3} Miller, Joey [8] AL 7,945 14 0 0
4 {5} Hart, Mike [11] OH 7,775 14 +985 0
5 {6} Novak, Rich [12] IN 7,290 14 +785 0
6 {4} Donovan, Kevin [1] MN 7,265 12
7 {7} Johnston, Chris [7] LA 5,945 14
8 {8} Payne, Steve [17] MS 5,865 14 0 0
9 {9} Badeaux, Mike [10] LA 5,745 10
10 {12} Swearingen, Chris [24] LA 5,625 14 +1,510 0
11 {10} Hauber, Jim [57] IN 5,255 14
12 {16} McGee, Mike [30] LA 5,240 14 +1,655 +3
13 {11} Zallnick, Tony [24] NY 4,830 14 +510 0
14 {13} Meyer, Bruce [8] WA 3,985 9
15 {14} Hines, Chuck [33] IL 3,770 14 +105 0
16 {17} Jeske, Scott [26] OH 3,710 14 +315 0
17 {15} Burgoyne, Walt [29] LA 3,620 14 0 0
18 {18} Zorn, Jeff [33] NY 3,480 14 +90 0
19 {19} Anderson, Doug [73] OH 3,375 14 0 0
20 {20} McManus, Hilton [14] LA 3,335 14 +130 +1
21 {48} Fraternalli, Simone [70] LA 3,210 14 +1,920 +4
22 {21} Kasper, Jim [37] OH 3,185 14
23 {22} Crotteau, Marc [13] MD 3,125 14
24 {23} Zorick, Ethan [2] VA 3,050 10
25 {25} Buttridge, Ian [21] TX 2,880 14 +285 +1
26 {24} Petty, Boyd [28] LA 2,820 14 0 0
27 {51} Jones, Ricky [54] MS 2,720 14 +1,660 +4
28 {26} Cleveland, Lee [22] AL 2,400 14
29 {27} Marra, Silvio [52] IL 2,295 14
30 {28} Drake, Brett MO 2,100 4
31 {29} Luhr, Kevin [54] GA 2,060 8
32 {33} Curran, John [68] IL 1,955 14 +210 +1
33 {30} Landes, Eric [60] OR 1,920 14
34 {31} Applegate, Al [19] KY 1,875 8 0 0
35 {32} Dearden, Ziba [70] VA 1,815 6
36 {34} McClellan, Mike [15] MS 1,680 4
37 {35} Stangel, John [15] LA 1,640 8
38 {36} Crosby, Rich [43] MA 1,615 7
39 {37} Pfanenstiel, Mike [52] KY 1,605 14 0 0
40 {38} Richards, Chris UK 1,500 5
41 {39} Solfronk, Vince [19] AL 1,460 8
42 {40} Jernigan, John [2] LA 1,440 4
43 {41} Fletcher, Jeff [61] OH 1,405 8 0 0
44 {42} Pass, Mark [48] GA 1,400 4
45 {43} Essick, Larry [51] AZ 1,395 7
46 {44} Hubbs, Spike TX 1,380 4
47 {45} Olier, Rich [80] MS 1,370 10 0 0
48 {46} Andriola, Bob [39] NJ 1,325 8
49 {47} Bumala, Mark [37] VA 1,300 10
50 {49} Ledford, Shawn [43] GA 1,240 4
51 {50} Carter, Wayne [63] OH 1,230 9
52 {52} Cunningham, Rob [63] VA 1,050 3
53 {53} Bowser, Craig MI 975 6
54 {54} Woolbright, Dave [98] GA 960 4
55 {55} Pisarik, Bart [73] IA 940 4
56 Berling, Jim [97] OH 930 3 +930 +3
57 {56} West, Howard [85] PA 915 6 0 0
58 {57} May, Dave [88] ONT 885 3 0 0
58 {57} Rauscher, Eric [63] CA 885 7
60 {59} Crandall, Mark [100 MD 840 4
61 {60} Gregoire, Keith [33] ONT 705 3
61 {60} Ray, David [83] VA 705 9
63 Phallen, Steve [83] OH 675 3 +675 +3
64 {62} Babbs, Simon [48] IL 660 3
65 {63} Stafford, John [46] VA 540 4
66 {64} Lauerman, Dave [5] CA 510 3
67 {65} Butler, Mike MI 480 3
68 {66} Hansen, Wayne [99] VA 475 5
69 {67} Roberts, Phil IL 450 3
70 Dowell, Kent [63] ONT 420 3 +420 +3
71 {68} Walter, Brian [57] NJ 405 3
72 {69} Hartley, Rich [27] OH 395 2
73 {70} Goodman, John [48] RI 375 3
73 Perry, Dave [40] OH 375 6 +375 +6
75 {71} Weitz, Danny [81] NJ 360 4
76 Payne, Ryan [43] MS 320 4 +320 +4
77 {72} Shinn, Erik VA 285 3
78 {73} Letter, Abe [93] GA 260 4
79 {74} Allen, Scott [17] AL 220 4
80 {75} Rivers, Chris [54] WA 205 9
81 {76} Monahan, Mike [57] IL 180 8
82 {77} Sharenko, Sergei [81] RI 165 3
83 {78} Boise, Glen [93] IN 160 4 0 0
84 {79} Faircloth, Mark [61] GA 140 4
85 {80} McGee, Duane [23] TX 100 4
86 {81} Smith, Darrell [31] MO 90 3
87 {82} Martelock, Duncan [31] ONT 75 3
88 {83} Gibson, Francis [106 LA 60 3
88 {83} Lindsey, Stephen [88] ONT 60 3
88 {83} Garrity, Tim [79] IL 60 4
91 {86} Boggs, Robert [103 OH 30 3 0 0