The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) has released their final points list for 2022, and while it is a familiar and expected name on top of the list, it’s a new group of American names making their presence known on the list.
Russia’s Fedor Gorst sits at the top of the list, after wins in Arizona and Ohio, with Spain’s Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz riding his wins at Derby and the US Open to second place on the list. Poland’s Wiktor Zielinski finished in 3rd place, while Mika Immonen and Jayson Shaw fill out the top five places on the list.
As for the American players, it is Tyler Styer leading the pack in 19th place overall, with Hunter Lombardo, Kang Lee, Joven Bustamante and Shane Wolford filling out the top five American players.
The Billiard Congress of America uses the BCA ranking system to rank players and to use a fair and transparent system for determining which American players get invited to WPA sanctioned international events such as: the World Pool Championship and other World Championship events.
For players to get points in the BCA ranking system they must play in BCA ranking events. These events include: The Turning Stone Classic, Derby City Classic, US Open, US International Open, the Predator Pro Series events, and the American 14.1. Each event is then weighed and adjusted based on field size, purse total and how many top 20 players competed in the event.
The top fifteen World players on the list are as follows:
| Current ranking | Player Names | Event 1 |
Event 2 |
Event 3 |
Event 4 |
Event 5 |
Event 6 |
Event 7 |
Event 8 |
Event 9 |
Event 10 |
Adj. Total |
| 1 | Fedor Gorst (RUS) | 96 | 126 | 60 | 45 | 0 | 63 | 26 | 112 | 17 | 130 | 675 |
| 2 | Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) | 0 | 90 | 168 | 0 | 32.5 | 0 | 182 | 56 | 42.5 | 65 | 636 |
| 3 | Wiktor Zielinski (POL) | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 182 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 102 | 156 | 558 |
| 4 | Mika Immonen (FIN) | 64 | 27 | 84 | 45 | 130 | 63 | 0 | 56 | 17 | 26 | 512 |
| 5 | Jayson Shaw (SCO) | 112 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 26 | 0 | 29.75 | 182 | 508.75 |
| 6 | Roland Garcia | 0 | 108 | 120 | 45 | 65 | 31.5 | 65 | 0 | 29.75 | 39 | 503.25 |
| 7 | Aloysius Yapp (SNP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 156 | 126 | 26 | 40 | 0 | 65 | 503 |
| 8 | Mario He (AUS) | 0 | 27 | 96 | 22.5 | 32.5 | 0 | 65 | 56 | 85 | 91 | 475 |
| 9 | Bader Al Awadi (KUW) | 32 | 18 | 72 | 108 | 0 | 45 | 45.5 | 20 | 59.5 | 45.5 | 445.5 |
| 10 | Alexandros Kazakis (GRE) | 0 | 18 | 42 | 126 | 32.5 | 0 | 91 | 40 | 29.75 | 65 | 444.25 |
| 11 | John Morra (CAN) | 56 | 27 | 84 | 31.5 | 45.5 | 45 | 45.5 | 0 | 59.5 | 32.5 | 426.5 |
| 12 | Denis Grabe (EST) | 0 | 63 | 48 | 63 | 45.5 | 0 | 26 | 80 | 29.75 | 32.5 | 387.75 |
| 13 | Carlo Biado (PHL) | 0 | 31.5 | 72 | 0 | 45.5 | 31.5 | 130 | 0 | 42.5 | 32.5 | 385.5 |
| 14 | Lee Van Corteza (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 48 | 90 | 91 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 42.5 | 32.5 | 369 |
| 15 | Joshua Filler (GER) | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 59.5 | 91 | 359.5 |
The top ten American players on the list are:
| Current ranking | Player Names | Event 1 |
Event 2 |
Event 3 |
Event 4 |
Event 5 |
Event 6 |
Event 7 |
Event 8 |
Event 9 |
Event 10 |
Adj. Total | |
| 19 | Tyler Styer | 48 | 31.5 | 42 | 22.5 | 45.5 | 22.5 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 296.5 | |
| 29 | Hunter Lombardo | 40 | 31.5 | 36 | 18 | 45.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 235 | |
| 35 | Kang Lee | 0 | 63 | 0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 45 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 212 | |
| 38 | Joven Bustamante | 0 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 32.5 | 63 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193.5 | |
| 40 | Shane Wolford | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 45.5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 188 | |
| 45 | Danny Olson | 0 | 18 | 60 | 45 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5 | |
| 46 | Chris Reinhold | 0 | 45 | 42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 166 | |
| 48 | Justin Martin | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22.5 | 32.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 162.5 | |
| 50 | Shane Van Boening | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 45.5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.5 | |
| 53 | Nicholas De Leon | 0 | 31.5 | 72 | 18 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
With the release of the final points list, the BCA has also announced the calendar of events that will be used in 2023. Those events are:
· Turning Stone (9-Ball), NY, Jan. 2023
· Derby City Classic (9-Ball), IN, Jan. 2023
· PBS Las Vegas Open, (10-Ball), NV, Feb. 2023
· PBS Wisconsin Open, (10-Ball), WI, May 2023
· PBS Michigan Open, (10-Ball), MI, Sept 2023
· Turning Stone (9-Ball), Sept 2023
· US Open (9-Ball), NJ, Oct. 2023
· American 14.1 (14.1), VA, Oct. 2023
· US International Open (9-Ball), VA, 2023
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