Backgammon Giants
Although there is no unified system to rank accurately the best players in the world, Yamin A. Yamin from Illinois, USA has set up a democtratic system among all the big players and tournament directors to figure a somewhat exact ranking. Some might disagree on a few names and would rather see other names instead but all in all, it is a pretty realistic list of the top 64 players in the world. Here you will find the names, pictures and natonalities of the current 30 top players.
For a full list of the "Giants", please visit: www.flintbg.com/giants.html.
Backgammon Giants 2017 (top 30)
Rank Name |
Country |
1. Masayuki "Mochy" MOCHZUKI (1) | Japan |
2. Michihito "Michi" KAGEYAMA (2) | Japan |
3. Victor ASHKENAZI (8) | Russia/USA |
4. Matt COHN-GEIER (5) | USA |
5. Petko KOSTADINOV (7) | Bulgaria/USA |
6. Matvey "Falafel" NATANZON (4) | Israel/USA |
7. Lars TRABOLT (11) | Denmark |
8. Akiko YAZAWA (3) | Japan |
9. Neil KAZAROSS (6) | USA |
10. Jörgen GRANSTEDT (164) | Sweden |
11. Robert "Bob" WACHTEL (12) | USA |
12. Steve SAX (9) | USA |
13. Steen GRONBECH (11) | Denmark |
14. Thomas KRISTENSEN (10) | Denmark |
15. John O´HAGAN (22) | USA |
16. Tobias HELLWAG (20) | Germany |
17. Jacob "Stick" RICE (19) | USA |
18. Zdenek ZIZKA (122) | Czech Republic |
19. Kit WOOLSEY (15) | USA |
20. Jürgen ORLOWSKI (18) | Germany |
21. Ed O´LAUGHLIN (67) | USA |
22. Joe RUSSELL (25) | USA |
23. Mislav KOVACIC (16) | Croatia |
24. Sander LYLLOFF (13) | Denmark |
25. Karsten BREDAHL (28) | Denmark |
26. Thomas TENLAND (278) | Sweden |
27. Yoshiyuki NAKAMURA (27) | Japan |
28. Marty STORER (21) | USA |
29. Marc BROCKMANN OLSEN (40) | Denmark |
30. Sebastian WILKINSON (260) | UK |