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 2022 (top 30)

Rank Name

Country

1. Masayuki "Mochy" MOCHZUKI (1) Japan
2. Sander LYLLOFF (28) Denmark
3. Michihito "Michi" KAGEYAMA (2) Japan
4. Zdenek ZIZKA (12) Czech Republic
5. Victor ASHKENAZI (3) USA/Russia
6. Dirk SCHIEMANN (31) Germany
7. Wilcox SNELLINGS (29) Costa Rica
8. Hidedi UEKA (27) Japan
9. Thomas TENLAND (16) Sweden
10. John O´HAGAN (9) USA
11. Neil KAZAROSS (7) USA
12. Lars TRABOLT (4) Denmark
13. Marty STORER (23) USA
14. Petko KOSTADINOV (5) USA/Bulgaria
15. Akiko YAZAWA (6) Japan
16. Matt COHN-GEIER (20) USA
17. Sebastian WILKINSON (18) GB
18. Steve SAX (14) USA
19. Jörgen GRANSTEDT (17) Sweden
20. Mislav KOVACIC (15) Croatia
21. Ali Cetin BELENE (89) Turkey
22. Thomas KRISTENSEN (13) Denmark
23. Gerry TANSEY (33) USA
24. Kit WOOLSEY (19) USA
25. Kazuki YOKOTA (52) Japan
26. Dagfinn SNARHEIM (54) Norway
27. Ryan REBELO (--) Canada
28. Ed O´LAUGHLIN (25) USA
29. David PRESSER (46) Israel
30. Marc BROCKMANN-OLSEN (26) Denmark