Player Profiles
Beyond the Break — every player sits under the code they are renowned for, with the other games they compete in listed on the same card.
8-Ball, 9-Ball and 10-Ball specialists on the world pool tours.
World rankings shown are the official WPA men's world ranking as of 31 July 2026 (last saved copy — the live list could not be read just now). Players without a ranking are not currently listed by the WPA.
Pool🇵🇱Wojciech Szewczyk
Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #1
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇵🇱Daniel Maciol
Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #3
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇯🇵Naoyuki Oi
Japan · Pool
- World ranking
- #9
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇸🇬Aloysius Yapp
Singapore · Pool
- World ranking
- #10
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇬🇷Alexander Kazakis
Greece · Pool
- World ranking
- #11
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇩🇪Joshua Filler
“Killer Filler”
Germany · Pool · 29 yrs
- World ranking
- #12
- Born
- 2 Oct 1997
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2018)
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Pool🇭🇺Oliver Szolnoki
Hungary · Pool
- World ranking
- #12
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇵🇱Szymon Kural
Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #14
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇪🇸Jonas Souto Comino
Spain · Pool
- World ranking
- #15
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇪🇪Denis Grabe
Estonia · Pool
- World ranking
- #17
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇩🇪Stefan Kasper
Germany · Pool
- World ranking
- #18
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Hong Kong · Pool
- World ranking
- #19
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Chinese Taipei · Pool
- World ranking
- #20
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #21
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #22
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Greece · Pool
- World ranking
- #23
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Netherlands · Pool
- World ranking
- #24
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Kuwait · Pool
- World ranking
- #25
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Finland · Pool
- World ranking
- #26
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇺🇸Fedor Gorst
United States · Pool · 26 yrs
- World ranking
- #27
- Born
- 28 May 2000
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2024)
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Germany · Pool
- World ranking
- #28
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Albania · Pool
- World ranking
- #29
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #30
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Peru · Pool
- World ranking
- #32
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Germany · Pool
- World ranking
- #33
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Philippines · Pool
- World ranking
- #34
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Poland · Pool
- World ranking
- #35
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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France · Pool
- World ranking
- #36
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Chinese Taipei · Pool
- World ranking
- #37
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Albania · Pool
- World ranking
- #42
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Philippines · Pool
- World ranking
- #43
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Finland · Pool
- World ranking
- #44
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Czechia · Pool
- World ranking
- #45
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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AIN · Pool
- World ranking
- #46
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇪🇸Francisco Sánchez Ruiz
Spain · Pool
- World ranking
- #48
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2023)
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United States · Pool
- World ranking
- #48
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Chinese Taipei · Pool
- World ranking
- #49
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Japan · Pool
- World ranking
- #50
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇦🇹Albin Ouschan
Austria · Pool · 36 yrs
- World ranking
- #86
- Born
- 14 Aug 1990
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2025)
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Pool🇵🇭Carlo Biado
Philippines · Pool
- World ranking
- #314
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2025)
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Pool🇺🇸Shane Van Boening
“The South Dakota Kid”
United States · Pool · 43 yrs
- World ranking
- #327
- Born
- 14 Jul 1983
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2023)
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“Eagle Eye”
Scotland · Pool · 38 yrs
- World ranking
- #938
- Born
- 13 Sept 1988
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- U.S. Open Pool Championship (2017)
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Pool🇹🇼Ko Pin-Yi
Chinese Taipei · Pool · 37 yrs
- Born
- 31 May 1989
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2015)
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Pool🇵🇭Johann Chua
Philippines · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- World Cup of Pool (with James Aranas) (2022)
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Pool🇵🇭Roberto Gomez
Philippines · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇹🇼Ko Ping-Chung
Chinese Taipei · Pool · 31 yrs
- Born
- 18 Sept 1995
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Ten-ball Championship (2025)
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Pool🇹🇼Ko Ping-Han
Chinese Taipei · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- World Nineball Tour ranking event (Vietnam) (2025)
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Pool🇹🇼Chang Jung-Lin
Chinese Taipei · Pool · 41 yrs
- Born
- 2 May 1985
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2012)
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Pool🇹🇼Kevin Cheng
Chinese Taipei · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA Players Championship (2019)
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Pool🇨🇳Wu Jiaqing
China · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- China Open (2019)
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Pool🇰🇷Cho Myung-woo
South Korea · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- World Under-21 Three-Cushion Championship (2019)
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Pool🇶🇦Ahmed Saif
Qatar · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- Qatar National Ranking Snooker Championship (2021)
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Pool🇬🇧Chris Melling
England · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- China Open (9-Ball) (2011)
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Pool🇺🇸Corey Deuel
United States · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- US Open 9-Ball Championship (2001)
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Pool🇺🇸Billy Thorpe
United States · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- McDermott Classic (2023)
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Pool🇵🇭Efren Reyes
“The Magician”
Philippines · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 8-Ball · 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (1999)
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Pool🇵🇭Dennis Orcollo
“Robocop”
Philippines · Pool · 47 yrs
- Born
- 28 Jan 1979
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 8-Ball · 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2011)
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Pool🇺🇸Earl Strickland
“Earl the Pearl”
United States · Pool · 65 yrs
- Born
- 8 Jun 1961
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2002)
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Pool🇳🇱Niels Feijen
“The Terminator”
Netherlands · Pool · 49 yrs
- Born
- 3 Feb 1977
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · Straight Pool
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2014)
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Pool🇩🇪Ralf Souquet
“The Kaiser”
Germany · Pool · 57 yrs
- Born
- 29 Nov 1968
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 8-Ball · 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Eight-ball Championship (2008)
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Pool🇩🇪Thorsten Hohmann
“The Hitman”
Germany · Pool · 47 yrs
- Born
- 14 Jul 1979
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · Straight Pool
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2013)
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Pool🏴Darren Appleton
“Dynamite”
England · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 8-Ball · 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (2012)
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Pool🇵🇭Lee Vann Corteza
“The Slayer”
Philippines · Pool
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇪🇸David Alcaide
Spain · Pool
- World ranking
- #3447
- Born
- Not verified
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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Pool🇦🇹Mario He
Austria · Pool · 33 yrs
- World ranking
- #3513
- Born
- 3 Aug 1993
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- World Cup of Pool (with Albin Ouschan) (2019)
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Pool🇦🇹Maximilian Lechner
Austria · Pool · 36 yrs
- World ranking
- #3616
- Born
- 27 May 1990
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Plays
- 9-Ball · 10-Ball · 8-Ball
- Best finish
- —
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