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 |