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Riley Newman
Riley Newman, from Whidbey Island, Washington, has won roughly 20 PPA Tour gold medals and 5 Major championships across an 85-medal career, reaching the world number one men's doubles ranking along the way. He won the 2021 national mixed doubles championship partnered with his sister Lindsey Newman, and the 2021 men's doubles championship the same year, splitting his doubles career between family partnerships and top-ranked pairings with players like Matt Wright and AJ Koller. Across 110 professional tournaments and 545 career matches, Newman has posted a 63.9 percent win rate, sustained specifically through doubles and mixed doubles play rather than singles competition. His combination of a former world number one doubles ranking and his 2021 national titles alongside his sister has made Newman one of the most decorated doubles specialists in professional pickleball history.
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Ben Johns
Ben Johns holds 120 PPA Tour gold medals, more than any player in pickleball history, split between 26 singles titles, 41 doubles titles (31 with brother Collin Johns, 8 with Matt Wright), and a run of 16 consecutive mixed doubles titles with Anna Leigh Waters between March 2023 and February 2024. He's collected a record 21 career Triple Crowns — winning singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at the same event — a feat only one other male player, Tyson McGuffin, has managed even once, and he built a 108-match winning streak in men's singles along the way. Johns has held the world number one ranking in all three divisions — singles, doubles, and mixed doubles — simultaneously since 2020, and he has medaled in all 59-plus PPA tournaments he's entered, never once leaving a professional event empty-handed. His combination of a record 120 PPA Tour titles and his unmatched 21 career Triple Crowns has made Johns almost universally regarded as the greatest pickleball player of all time.
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