North American Pokemon Player Power Rankings

The following page contains The Charizard Lounge’s Pokemon Player Power Rankings for the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The power rankings use a 3-year period to judge players upon and only take into account results from larger tournament series, leaving out smaller local events such as City Championships and League Challenges. The Power Rankings will be updated after each major tournament event.

To see an archive of all past Power Rankings, click here.

Current Power Rankings
Methodology
2017-2018 Single Season Power Rankings
2016-2017 Single Season Power Rankings
2015-2016 Single Season Power Rankings
2014-2015 Single Season Power Rankings
2013-2014 Single Season Power Rankings

Current Power Rankings

Last Updated September 4th, 2017

Rank	Player	Z-Score
1	Sam Chen	21.88
2	Brad Curcio	21.33
3	Jimmy Pendarvis	21.18
4	Azul Garcia Griego	21.13
5	Kian Amini	20.88
6	Igor Costa	20.20
7	Michael Pramawat	19.00
8	Israel Sosa	18.60
9	Daniel Altavilla	18.15
10	Connor Finton	17.65
11	Chris Siakala	17.35
12	Ryan Sabelhaus	16.70
13	Aaron Tarbell	16.05
14	Frank Diaz	15.48
15	Alex Hill	13.73
16	Ross Cawthon	13.43
17	Xander Pero	13.00
18	Rahul Reddy	12.88
19	Caleb Gedemer	12.48
20	Chris Schemanske	12.13
21	Daniel Lynch	12.08
22	Sam Hough	11.40
23	Grafton Roll	11.28
24	Kenny Britton	11.05
25	Mark Garcia	10.20
26	Drew Kennett	10.18
T-27	Travis Nunlist	10.13
T-27	Jacob Lesage	10.13
29	Ahmed Ali	10.10
T-30	Andrew Mahone	9.68
T-30	John Kettler	9.68
32	Michael Canaves	9.33
33	Kevin Baxter	9.23
34	Dalen Dockery	9.20
35	Alex Schemanske	9.00
36	Tyler Ninomura	8.93
37	Chris Derocher	8.73
38	Russell LaParre	8.50
T-39	Dylan Bryan	8.43
T-39	Jimmy McClure	8.43
41	Grant Manley	8.38
42	Justin Bokhari	8.05
43	TJ Traquair	7.95
44	Eric Gansman	7.53
45	Pablo Meza	7.50
46	Jeffrey Cheng	7.45
47	James Arnold	7.18
48	Alex Krekeler	7.00
49	Jason Klaczynski	6.60
50	Andrew Wamboldt	6.53
T-51	Tony Jimenez	6.50
T-51	Christian Ortiz	6.50
53	Elijah Covitz	6.25
54	Paul Johnston	6.20
55	Roberto Lozada	6.08
T-56	Ryan Grant	6.05
T-56	Alex Koch	6.05
58	Jeremiah Williams	6.03
T-59	Jose Marrero	5.95
T-59	Alex Wilson	5.95
61	Peter Kica	5.93
T-62	Mike Fouchet	5.85
T-62	Marcos Garcia	5.85
64	Sean Foisy	5.83
65	Jimmy O’Brien	5.78
66	Stefan Tabaco	5.70
67	Nick Robinson	5.55
68	Dean Nezam	5.53
69	James Depampilis	5.50
70	Simon Narode	5.40
71	Tristan Macek	5.28
72	Jay Young	5.25
73	Jordan Nelle	5.18
74	Noel Totomoch	5.15
75	Brit Pybas	5.08
76	Noah Sawyer	5.05
T-77	Long Bui	5.00
T-77	Fred Hoban	5.00
T-79	Oscar Morales	4.98
T-79	Cody Walinski	4.98
81	Ciaran Farah	4.88
82	Jeremy Gibson	4.85
83	Brandon Cantu	4.83
84	Jacob Mechaber	4.78
85	Benjamin Sauk	4.75
T-86	Treynor Wolfe	4.68
T-86	Jonathan Paranada	4.68
88	Jonathan Crespo	4.55
89	Chase Moloney	4.53
90	Nathian Beck	4.48
91	William Herrmann	4.45
92	Bob Zhang	4.40
T-93	Nathan Brower	4.38
T-93	Main Ahmed	4.38
95	William Boatman	4.35
T-96	Austen Vance	4.30
T-96	David Richard	4.30
98	Andrew Estrada	4.20
T-99	Bryan Hunter	4.15
T-99	Chris Venier	4.15

2017-2018 Single Season Power Rankings

Rank	Player	Z-Score
1	Michael Pramawat	7
2	Sam Chen	6
T-3	Chris Siakala	5
T-3	Chris Venier	5
T-5	Israel Sosa	4
T-5	Jac Carter	4
T-5	Zach Zamora	4
T-5	Gibson Archer-Tang	4
T-9	Igor Costa	3
T-9	Ryan Sabelhaus	3
T-9	Jordan Nelle	3
T-9	Cody Walinski	3
T-9	Kyle Lesniewicz	3
T-9	Zach Lesage	3
T-9	Alex Mullen	3
T-9	Will Jenkins	3
T-17	Brad Curcio	2
T-17	Jimmy Pendarvis	2
T-17	Daniel Lynch	2
T-17	Dalen Dockery	2
T-17	Grant Manley	2
T-17	Pablo Meza	2
T-17	Benjamin Sauk	2
T-17	Bryan Hunter	2
T-17	Enrique Avila	2
T-17	Michael Bergerac	2
T-17	Nick Chimento	2
T-17	Brandon Salazar	2
T-17	Austin Ellis	2
T-17	Travion Tiller	2
T-17	Michael Long	2
T-17	Oscar Soto	2
T-17	Bryon Williams	2

2016-2017 Single Season Power Rankings

Rank	Player	Z-Score
1	Igor Costa	35
2	Jimmy Pendarvis	32
3	Sam Chen	31
T-4	Azul Garcia Griego	26
T-4	Xander Pero	26
T-6	Daniel Altavilla	25
T-6	Connor Finton	25
T-8	Kian Amini	24
T-8	Brad Curcio	24
T-8	Chris Siakala	24
11	Rahul Reddy	23
12	Ryan Sabelhaus	22
13	Israel Sosa	21
T-14	Aaron Tarbell	20
T-14	Kenny Britton	20
T-16	Alex Hill	18
T-16	Drew Kennett	18
T-16	Alex Schemanske	18
T-19	Michael Pramawat	17
T-19	Chris Schemanske	17
T-19	Grafton Roll	17
T-19	John Kettler	17
T-23	Caleb Gedemer	15
T-23	Travis Nunlist	15
T-25	James Arnold	14
T-25	Alex Krekeler	14
T-27	Sam Hough	13
T-27	Daniel Lynch	13
T-27	Andrew Mahone	13
T-27	Tyler Ninomura	13
T-27	Chris Derocher	13
T-27	Pablo Meza	13
T-27	Tony Jimenez	13
T-34	Frank Diaz	12
T-34	Ahmed Ali	12
T-34	Justin Bokhari	12
T-37	Jacob Lesage	11
T-37	Peter Kica	11
39	Michael Canaves	10.5
T-40	Mark Garcia	10
T-40	Jeffrey Cheng	10
T-40	Noel Totomoch	10
T-43	Ross Cawthon	9
T-43	Russell LaParre	9
T-43	Grant Manley	9
T-43	Roberto Lozada	9
T-47	Dalen Dockery	8
T-47	Noah Sawyer	8
T-47	David Richard	8
T-47	Seena Ghaziaskar	8
T-47	Michael Del Rosario	8
T-47	Michael Catron	8
T-53	Jeremiah Williams	7
T-53	Alex Wilson	7
T-53	Tristan Macek	7
T-53	Jonathan Crespo	7
T-53	Isaiah Williams	7
T-53	Chip Richey	7
T-53	Alex Bobenrioth	7
T-53	Wesley Hollenberg	7
T-61	Dylan Bryan	6
T-61	Andrew Wamboldt	6
T-61	Alex Koch	6
T-61	Mike Fouchet	6
T-61	James Depampilis	6
T-61	Jay Young	6
T-61	Long Bui	6
T-61	Main Ahmed	6
T-61	Austen Vance	6
T-61	Michael Natto	6
T-61	Jordan Nelle	6
T-61	Mike Newey	6
T-61	Charlie Lockyer	6
T-61	Ray Fernandez	6
T-61	Clinton Kirkwood	6
T-61	Josh Fernando	6
T-61	Lawrence Xu	6
T-78	Kevin Baxter	5
T-78	Jose Marrero	5
T-78	Sean Foisy	5
T-78	Stefan Tabaco	5
T-78	Jacob Mechaber	5
T-78	William Herrmann	5
T-78	Kyle Sabelhaus	5
T-78	Carl Sitavi	5
T-78	Ryan Allred	5
T-78	Daniel Lopez	5
T-78	Colin Peterik	5
T-78	John Sienkiewicz	5
T-78	Tyler Vaughn	5
T-78	Trevor Bustamante	5
T-78	Zachary Taylor	5
T-78	John Roberts	5
T-78	Christian Cruz	5
95	Eric Gansman	4.5
T-96	Jimmy McClure	4
T-96	Ryan Grant	4
T-96	Marcos Garcia	4
T-96	Dean Nezam	4
T-96	Oscar Morales	4
T-96	William Boatman	4
T-96	James Hart	4
T-96	Benjamin Sauk	4
T-96	John Pham	4
T-96	Anthony Nimmons	4
T-96	Andrew Jackson	4
T-96	Bryan Hunter	4
T-96	John Orgel	4
T-96	Joshua Sergenton	4
T-96	Hunter Harless	4
T-96	Abe Morales	4
T-96	Jimmy Zhang	4
T-96	Chris Abernathy	4
T-96	William Crawford	4
T-96	Carson Goins	4
T-96	Wade Oliver	4
T-96	Tom Filbey	4
T-96	Devon Tilson	4
T-96	Luis Zambrana	4
T-96	Logan Fleming	4
T-96	Jackie Moc	4

2015-2016 Single Season Power Rankings

Rank	Player	Z-Score
1	Brad Curcio	21
T-2	Frank Diaz	20
T-2	Michael Pramawat	20
T-2	Azul Garcia Griego	20
5	Ross Cawthon	19.5
6	Kian Amini	18.5
7	Paul Johnston	16
8	TJ Traquair	15
9	Kevin Baxter	14.5
T-10	Christian Ortiz	14
T-10	Eric Gansman	14
T-10	Israel Sosa	14
T-10	Sam Hough	14
14	Elijah Covitz	13.5
T-15	Aaron Tarbell	13
T-15	Connor Finton	13
T-15	Jimmy McClure	13
T-15	Nick Robinson	13
19	Dalen Dockery	12
T-20	Jimmy O’Brien	11.5
T-20	Jacob Lesage	11.5
T-20	Jonathan Paranada	11.5
T-23	Daniel Altavilla	11
T-23	Caleb Gedemer	11
T-23	Mark Garcia	11
T-23	Marcos Garcia	11
T-27	Ahmed Ali	10
T-27	Fred Hoban	10
T-29	Chris Schemanske	9.5
T-29	Nathian Beck	9.5
T-29	Cody Walinski	9.5
T-32	Jose Marrero	9
T-32	Liam Williams	9
T-32	Steven Singer	9
T-35	Ciaran Farah	8.5
T-35	Simon Luong	8.5
T-37	Andrew Estrada	8
T-37	Austin Attaway	8
T-37	Jeremy Gibson	8
T-37	Russell LaParre	8
T-37	Jeremy Jallen	8
T-37	Brandon Flowers	8
T-37	Michael Canaves	8
T-37	Kevin Abernathy	8
T-37	Michael Bergerac	8
T-46	Dean Nezam	7.5
T-46	Ryan Grant	7.5
T-46	Andrew Wamboldt	7.5
T-46	Conner LaVelle	7.5
T-46	Edwin Lopez	7.5
T-46	Max Armitage	7.5
T-46	Nathan Brower	7.5
T-46	Treynor Wolfe	7.5
T-54	Stefan Tabaco	7
T-54	Jimmy Pendarvis	7
T-54	Jason Lum	7
T-54	Jefferey Cheng	7
T-54	Alex Wilson	7
T-54	Bob Zhang	7
T-54	Alex Koch	7
T-54	Zander Bennett	7
T-54	Kyle Lesniewicz	7
T-54	Sorina Radu	7
T-54	Sam VerNooy	7
T-65	Dylan Bryan	6.5
T-65	Jacob Mechaber	6.5
T-65	Tyler Ninomura	6.5
T-68	Jason Klaczynski	6
T-68	Daniel Lynch	6
T-68	Alex Hill	6
T-68	Ryan Sabelhaus	6
T-68	Chris Siakala	6
T-68	Jay Young	6
T-68	JC Sharp	6
T-68	John Foster	6
T-68	Grafton Roll	6
T-68	Travis Nunlist	6
T-68	Mike Fouchet	6
T-68	Hayden Cameron-Jacobus	6
T-68	Phillip Barta	6
T-68	Stephen Bates	6
T-68	Jorge Garcia	6
T-83	Bodhi Tracy	5.5
T-83	Jeremiah Williams	5.5
T-83	Zach Lesage	5.5
T-83	Kyle Warden	5.5
T-83	Kevin Murphy	5.5
T-83	Sebastian Crema	5.5
T-89	Brit Pybas	5
T-89	Calvin Nordberg	5
T-89	Chris Rodriguez	5
T-89	Dale Lynch	5
T-89	James DePamphilis	5
T-89	James Miller	5
T-89	Joseph Sanchez	5
T-89	Justin Bokhari	5
T-89	Matt Price	5
T-89	Sammy Sosa	5
T-89	Michael Stromp	5
T-89	Francisco Osorio	5
T-89	Richard Reynolds	5
T-89	Richard Goldsberry	5
T-89	William Boatman	5
T-89	Sam Liggett	5

2014-2015 Single Season Power Rankings

Rank	Player	Z-Score
1	Jason Klaczynski	30
2	Dylan Bryan	21
T-3	Sam Chen	19
T-3	Simon Narode	19
T-5	Alex Hill	17.5
T-5	Chase Moloney	17.5
T-5	Henry Ross-Clunis	17.5
T-8	Jacob Van Wagner	17
T-8	Kristy Britton	17
T-10	Frank Diaz	16.5
T-10	Daniel Lynch	16.5
T-10	Andrew Mahone	16.5
13	Kian Amini	16
14	Brit Pybas	15.5
T-15	Brandon Cantu	15
T-15	Jason Martinez	15
T-17	Ross Cawthon	14
T-17	Ryan Sabelhaus	14
T-17	Sean Foisy	14
20	Jimmy McClure	12.5
T-21	Daniel Altavilla	12
T-21	Curtis Lyon	12
23	Jimmy Pendarvis	11.5
T-24	Kevin Baxter	11
T-24	Dustin Zimmerman	11
T-24	Grant Manley	11
T-24	Kyle Haverland	11
T-28	Oscar Morales	10.5
T-28	Orion Craig	10.5
T-30	Aaron Tarbell	10
T-30	Max Armitage	10
T-30	Kyle Sabelhaus	10
T-33	Ryan Grant	9.5
T-33	Dylan Dreyer	9.5
T-35	Mark Garcia	9
T-35	Brandon Salazar	9
T-35	Enrique Avila	9
T-35	Harrison Leven	9
T-39	Michael Canaves	8.5
T-39	Steve Guthrie	8.5
T-39	Dane Schussler	8.5
T-39	Jordan Roberts	8.5
T-43	Israel Sosa	8
T-43	TJ Traquair	8
T-43	Russell LaParre	8
T-43	Sorina Radu	8
T-43	Michael Diaz	8
T-43	Ray Cipoletti	8
T-49	Azul Garcia Griego	7.5
T-49	Caleb Gedemer	7.5
T-49	David Lopez	7.5
T-52	Jeremy Gibson	7
T-52	Treynor Wolfe	7
T-52	Joey Gaffney	7
T-52	Kolton Day	7
T-52	Chris Collins	7
T-52	Ben Moskow	7
T-52	James Hart	7
T-52	Roberto Lozada	7
T-52	Benjamin Sauk	7
T-52	Adrian Mamaril	7
T-52	Ross Wooten	7
T-63	Brad Curcio	6.5
T-63	Chris Murray	6.5
T-63	Eduardo Gonzalez	6.5
T-63	Jorge Feliciano	6.5
T-63	Jacob Dudzik	6.5
T-63	Andrew Jackson	6.5
T-69	Andrew Estrada	6
T-69	Dean Nezam	6
T-69	Andrew Wamboldt	6
T-69	Ciaran Farah	6
T-69	Jason Annichiarico	6
T-69	William Herrmann	6
T-69	Michael Slutsky	6
T-69	Justin Sanchez	6
T-69	Rith Ke	6
T-69	Omar Izaguirre	6
T-69	James Stumbo	6
T-69	Omar Reyhan	6
T-69	Andre Chiasson	6
T-82	Chris Derocher	5.5
T-82	Nick Chimento	5.5
T-84	Jimmy O’Brien	5
T-84	Stefan Tabaco	5
T-84	Nathan Brower	5
T-84	Mike Fouchet	5
T-84	Chris Siakala	5
T-84	James DePamphilis	5
T-84	Richard Reynolds	5
T-84	Simon Ford	5
T-84	Greg Sweeney	5
T-84	Charles Randall	5
T-84	Jake Jensen	5
T-84	Matt Brooks	5
T-84	Geoffrey Sauk	5
T-84	Curtis Swick	5
T-84	Jake Quiroz	5
T-84	Carter Copeland	5
T-84	Nic Conlin	5
T-84	Michael Lesky	5
T-84	Colin Schaetzke	5

2013-2014 Single Season Power Rankings

Rank	Player	Z-Score
1	Israel Sosa	20
2	Sam Chen	18.5
3	Andrew Estrada	18
4	Ryan Sabelhaus	17
5	Michael Pramawat	16.5
6	Ross Cawthon	16
7	Henry Prior	15
T-8	Brandon Cantu	14
T-8	Daniel Altavilla	14
T-8	Trevore Read	14
11	Dustin Zimmerman	12.5
T-12	Kevin Baxter	12
T-12	Long Bui	12
T-12	Adler Pierce	12
T-12	Ricky Gao	12
T-12	Chris Schemanske	12
T-12	Karl Kitchin	12
T-12	Stephen Clark	12
T-19	Nikolas Campbell	11
T-19	Jose Marrero	11
T-19	Brandon Smiley	11
T-22	Chase Moloney	10.5
T-22	Frank Diaz	10.5
T-22	Chris Murray	10.5
T-22	Kenton Anderson	10.5
T-22	Jonathan Bristow	10.5
T-27	Chris Venier	10
T-27	Calvin Nordberg	10
T-29	Aaron Tarbell	9.5
T-29	Christopher Nguyen	9.5
T-31	Kian Amini	9
T-31	Jason Martinez	9
T-31	Brandon Salazar	9
T-31	Evan Baker	9
T-35	Mia Violet	8.5
T-35	Ben Potter	8.5
T-35	Brandon Jones	8.5
T-35	Robby Weidemann	8.5
T-39	Kyle Sabelhaus	8
T-39	Russell LaParre	8
T-39	Dean Nezam	8
T-39	Justin Sanchez	8
T-39	Simon Luong	8
T-39	Daniel Lopez	8
T-39	Jeremy Jallen	8
T-39	Johnny Rabus	8
T-39	Edward Kuong	8
T-39	Nicholas Bailey	8
T-39	Angel Miranda	8
50	Colin Moll	7.5
T-51	Dylan Bryan	7
T-51	Jacob Van Wagner	7
T-51	Brit Pybas	7
T-51	Oscar Morales	7
T-51	Nick Chimento	7
T-51	Stefan Tabaco	7
T-51	Josh Marking	7
T-51	Alex Fields	7
T-51	Matthew Koo	7
T-51	Isaiah Williams	7
T-51	Kabir Virji	7
T-51	Conner LaVelle	7
T-63	Mark Garcia	6.5
T-63	Joey Gaffney	6.5
T-65	Alex Hill	6
T-65	Harrison Leven	6
T-65	Michael Diaz	6
T-65	David Lopez	6
T-65	Jason Annichiarico	6
T-65	Chris Derocher	6
T-65	Paul Johnston	6
T-65	JW Kriewall	6
T-65	Sam Salvador	6
T-65	Michael Skoran	6
T-75	Dylan Dreyer	5.5
T-75	Tristan Macek	5.5
T-75	Brent Siebenkittel	5.5
T-75	Andrew Zavala	5.5
T-75	Joseph Sanchez	5.5
T-75	Tyler Westover	5.5
T-81	Ray Cipoletti	5
T-81	Brad Curcio	5
T-81	Jorge Feliciano	5
T-81	Rudy Paras	5
T-81	Zak Krekeler	5
T-81	Chris Silver	5
T-81	Kyle Sucevich	5
T-81	Chris Bianchi	5
T-81	Yehoshua Tate	5
T-81	Santiago Rodriguez	5
T-81	Francis Ibijemilusi	5
T-81	Mike Newey	5
T-81	Evan MacPhaul	5
T-81	Recco Connor	5
T-81	Christian Velazquez	5
T-81	Grant McCellan	5
T-81	Justin Phillips	5
T-81	Austin Cook	5
T-100	Michael Canaves	4.5
T-100	Scott DeGraw	4.5
T-100	Mason Hein	4.5
T-100	Jay Hornung	4.5
T-100	Corey Weidner	4.5

Methodology

The Zard Score (Z-Score) is essentially a modified Championship Point system. Z-Score diverges from Championship Points in two primary ways. First, Z-Score only takes into higher level Pokemon events, only taking into account State Championships (+Open Special Events), Regional Championships, National Championships, and the World Championship. Secondly, there is some tournaments within the same tournament series are worth more based on attendance.

The Power Rankings take into account a 3 year rolling period. At the beginning of each calendar month a rotation check will occur, and event series that are more than three years old will be rotated out of the Z-Score calculations. The rankings are also weighted based on recency, this weighting is as follows:

0-1 Year = 50%
1-2 Years = 35%
2-3 Years = 15%

The following are the point distributions for each level of tournament:

State Championships

Top 4 Cuts

1st – 2 pts
2nd – 1 pt

Top 8 Cuts

1st – 3 pts
2nd – 2 pts
Top 4 – 1 pt
Top 8 – 1/2 pt

*Note, while we would like further differentiation based on State Championship attendance, this data is not something that can easily be found to do so. There will be no State Championships after the 2015-2016 season.

Regional Championships and Special Events

Note: Canadian Nationals follows Regional/Special Event payouts.

4 Rounds and Below

No points

5 Rounds

1st – 2 pts
2nd – 1 pt
Top 4 – 1/2 pt

6 Rounds

1st – 3 pts
2nd – 2 pts
Top 4 – 1 pt
Top 8 – 1/2 pt

7 Rounds

1st – 4 pts
2nd – 3 pts
Top 4 – 2 pts
Top 8 – 1 pt

8 Rounds

1st – 5 pts
2nd – 4 pts
Top 4 – 3 pts
Top 8 – 2 pts
Top 16 – 1 pt

15 Rounds

1st – 6 pts
2nd – 5 pts
Top 4 – 4 pts
Top 8 – 3 pts
Top 16 – 2 pts
Top 32 – 1 pt

15 or 16 Rounds (512+ Attendance)

1st – 7 pts
2nd – 6 pts
Top 4 – 5 pts
Top 8 – 4 pts
Top 16 – 3 pts
Top 32 – 2 pts

For events with more than 32 players in Day 2, Top 32 includes everyone in Day 2 from 17th-xth place.

US Nationals/International Championships

Small (Like a Day 2 Regional)