![[event logo]](/images/logos/2009-wsc.png)
| Schedule |
| Registration |
| History |
| Player Information |
| Media Enquiries |
Back to WSC History
WSC Players by Past Performance
This table lists players according to their ranking at World Championships from 1991 to 2007.
| Player (Country) | Past WSC Rankings |
|---|---|
| Joel Wapnick (Canada) | 1 2 2 4 15 17 27 33 36 |
| Mark Nyman (England) | 1 2 4 5 17 22 52 |
| Brian Cappelletto (United States) | 1 2 10 11 11 30 |
| Joel Sherman (United States) | 1 2 10 15 19 51 |
| David Boys (Canada) | 1 3 3 7 11 16 17 39 |
| Adam Logan (Canada) | 1 4 8 9 10 11 25 |
| Nigel Richards (New Zealand) | 1 8 47 |
| Peter Morris (Canada) | 1 12 |
| Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) | 1 16 50 |
| Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) | 2 2 16 40 |
| Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) | 2 4 22 36 54 |
| Matt Graham (United States) | 2 28 46 |
| Joe Edley (United States) | 3 4 5 18 20 28 |
| Jim Kramer (United States) | 3 5 24 61 81 |
| Naween Fernando (Australia) | 3 8 11 13 19 23 31 |
| Jeff Grant (New Zealand) | 3 13 13 17 24 33 41 59 63 |
| Andrew Perry (England) | 3 22 |
| David Gibson (United States) | 3 |
| Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) | 3 |
| Gareth Williams (Wales) | 4 5 19 26 32 34 34 34 |
| Robert Felt (United States) | 4 6 16 26 36 45 |
| Bob Lipton (United States) | 4 6 23 24 58 63 |
| Steve Polatnick (United States) | 4 30 38 38 64 72 |
| Andrew Fisher (Australia) | 5 5 16 20 20 21 22 29 |
| Ron Tiekert (United States) | 5 7 15 |
| Akshay Bhandarkar (United Arab Emirates) | 5 8 21 26 26 57 |
| Allan Saldanha (England) | 5 9 14 40 |
| Russell Byers (England) | 6 7 21 30 45 |
| Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) | 6 12 53 |
| Patrick Litunya (Kenya) | 6 15 57 67 |
| Komol Panyasophonlert (Thailand) | 6 18 |
| Paul Cleary (Australia) | 6 19 24 45 58 69 |
| Steven Gruzd (South Africa) | 6 31 34 38 47 67 |
| Joyce Cansfield (United Kingdom) | 6 |
| Michael Sigley (New Zealand) | 7 19 25 40 |
| Shafique Thobani (Kenya) | 7 23 36 43 |
| Andrew Davis (England) | 7 27 44 |
| Brett Smitheram (England) | 7 43 44 |
| Sandie Simonis (United Kingdom) | 7 |
| Hubert Wee (Singapore) | 7 |
| Dave Wiegand (United States) | 8 9 17 55 |
| Tim Adamson (United States) | 8 10 25 |
| Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) | 8 16 22 |
| Larry Benjamin (South Africa) | 8 53 |
| Bob Schoenman (United States) | 8 |
| Paul Allan (Scotland) | 9 12 42 |
| Clive Spate (England) | 9 21 27 46 |
| Andrew Cook (England) | 9 |
| Stephen Fisher (Canada) | 9 |
| Lukeman Owolabi (Nigeria) | 9 |
| Emmanuel Umujose (Nigeria) | 9 |
| Patrick Gitonga Nderitu (Kenya) | 10 16 17 27 |
| John Holgate (Australia) | 10 19 20 40 49 55 |
| Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) | 10 33 61 |
| Lanre Oyekunle (South Africa) | 10 |
| Charles Southwell (United States) | 10 |
| David Eldar (Australia) | 11 11 |
| Helen Gipson (England) | 11 15 29 49 |
| Peter Finley (England) | 11 36 48 62 |
| Phil Appleby (England) | 12 14 14 33 41 43 |
| Jim Geary (United States) | 12 14 46 47 |
| Evan Cohen (Israel) | 12 43 81 |
| David Acton (England) | 12 60 |
| Peter Sinton (New Zealand) | 12 66 78 |
| Suanne Ong (Malaysia) | 12 |
| Edward Okulicz (Australia) | 13 23 |
| Iffy Onyeonwu (Nigeria) | 13 29 |
| Michael Gongolo (Kenya) | 13 30 30 70 |
| Dean Saldanha (Canada) | 13 47 73 |
| Charlie Carroll (United States) | 13 |
| Philip Nelkon (United Kingdom) | 13 |
| John O'Laughlin (United States) | 14 28 28 |
| Peter Elbourne (Malta) | 14 32 32 37 50 67 |
| Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand) | 14 33 |
| Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) | 14 38 39 42 |
| Richard Lund (United States) | 14 |
| Missaka Warusawitharana (Sri Lanka) | 15 18 21 33 |
| Lisa Odom (United States) | 15 23 38 |
| Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) | 15 35 50 |
| Joey Mallick (United States) | 15 46 |
| Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) | 16 28 54 |
| John Catto (United Kingdom) | 16 |
| Tony Sim (Singapore) | 17 23 29 35 41 60 |
| Harshan Lamabadusuriya (England) | 17 55 56 |
| Randy Greenspan (United States) | 17 |
| Howard Warner (New Zealand) | 18 19 20 22 33 |
| Femi Awowade (England) | 18 22 28 36 41 |
| Jakkrit Klaphajone (Thailand) | 18 29 42 |
| Joan Rosenthal (Australia) | 18 32 40 |
| Moshood Olasunkanmi Sanni (Nigeria) | 18 |
| Kwaku Sapong (Ghana) | 18 |
| Di Dennis (England) | 19 27 45 |
| Virgilio Quiballo (Philippines) | 19 |
| John Luebkemann (United States) | 20 25 34 34 49 |
| Blue Thorogood (New Zealand) | 20 43 |
| Terry Kirk (England) | 20 46 46 |
| Mohammad Sulaiman (Pakistan) | 20 |
| Allan Simmons (Scotland) | 21 25 40 75 |
| Mohan Chunkath (India) | 21 59 80 |
| Penny Downer (England) | 21 |
| Geoff Thevenot (United States) | 21 |
| Chrys Placca (Ghana) | 22 28 40 |
| Darrell Day (United States) | 22 |
| David Webb (England) | 23 27 41 68 |
| Oscar T. Rivera (Philippines) | 23 |
| Bob Violett (United Kingdom) | 23 |
| Stanley Njoroge Ndungu (Kenya) | 24 25 44 |
| Ronald Credo (Philippines) | 24 29 60 69 |
| Lester Schonbrun (United States) | 24 46 48 |
| Edward Martin (England) | 24 54 |
| Neil Scott (Scotland) | 24 |
| Zev Kaufman (Canada) | 25 44 58 |
| Patrick Carter (New Zealand) | 25 |
| J. Paul Epstein (United States) | 25 |
| Randy Hersom (United States) | 26 35 43 44 69 |
| Theresa Camilleri (Malta) | 26 35 |
| Bob Jackman (Australia) | 26 37 39 56 71 |
| Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) | 26 37 |
| Alistair Kane (Australia) | 26 89 |
| Joshua Addo (Ghana) | 27 35 |
| Odette Carmina Rio (Philippines) | 27 43 |
| Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) | 27 |
| Peter Armstrong (United States) | 28 |
| Diane Pratesi (United Kingdom) | 28 |
| Roland Filio (Philippines) | 29 42 47 55 |
| Sam Kantimathi (United States) | 29 71 |
| Ong-Arj (Bryan) Charuwan (Thailand) | 29 |
| Yawo Takyi Ananga (Ghana) | 30 40 |
| Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) | 30 62 76 |
| Andy Kurnia (Singapore) | 30 68 |
| George Donkoh (Ghana) | 30 |
| Jeremiah Mead (United States) | 31 45 |
| Robert Linn (United States) | 31 67 |
| Nick Ball (England) | 31 |
| Nick Ballard (United States) | 31 |
| Christina Brown (Ireland) | 31 |
| Esther Perrins (Australia) | 31 |
| Teong-Chuan Tan (Malaysia) | 31 |
| Albert Hahn (Canada) | 32 39 53 |
| Pui Cheng Wui (Malaysia) | 32 50 56 |
| Nathan Benedict (United States) | 32 |
| Barry Harridge (Australia) | 32 |
| Christopher Sykes (Canada) | 32 |
| David Delicata (Malta) | 33 74 82 |
| Mike Willis (England) | 33 |
| Lynne Butler (New Zealand) | 34 50 56 83 |
| Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) | 34 52 53 73 87 |
| Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Nigeria) | 34 |
| Amit Chakrabarti (United States) | 35 59 |
| Leonardo Capuno (United Arab Emirates) | 35 65 |
| Glenys Lawrie (Australia) | 35 |
| Jeff Widergren (United States) | 35 |
| Ralph Lobo (Oman) | 36 41 67 |
| Roger Blom (Australia) | 36 43 87 |
| Adrian Tamas (Romania) | 36 |
| Gerald Carter (Thailand) | 37 38 42 |
| Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) | 37 38 52 72 |
| Ron Hoekstra (Canada) | 37 45 50 61 |
| Johnny Nevarez (United States) | 37 47 |
| Candido Filio (Philippines) | 37 57 |
| Andrew Golding (Canada) | 37 |
| James A. Cherry (Canada) | 38 57 |
| Dennis Rowe (European Community) | 38 |
| Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) | 39 41 47 49 52 66 |
| Norbert Saldanha (United Arab Emirates) | 39 62 |
| Jojo Delia (Malta) | 39 84 |
| Michael Pray (Oman) | 39 |
| Phil Robertshaw (England) | 39 |
| Sam Orbaum (Israel) | 40 |
| Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) | 41 66 |
| Evan Simpson (England) | 41 |
| Ishtiaq Chishty (Saudi Arabia) | 42 46 83 |
| Paul Avrin (United States) | 42 |
| Averil Berger (South Africa) | 42 |
| Walker Willingham (United States) | 42 |
| Wajid Iqbal (Pakistan) | 43 58 |
| John Grayson (Wales) | 44 51 75 |
| Rita Provost (United States) | 44 58 |
| Jason Katz-Brown (United States) | 44 60 |
| Muhammad Ismail (Malaysia) | 44 |
| Evan Berofsky (Canada) | 45 52 |
| Zelig Leader (Israel) | 45 |
| Geoff Wright (Australia) | 45 |
| Martin Thompson (United Kingdom) | 46 |
| Ken Heaton (United Kingdom) | 47 |
| Eli Levine (South Africa) | 47 |
| Paloma Raychbart (Israel) | 48 60 89 |
| Rashid Ateeq Khan (Pakistan) | 48 69 71 83 |
| Ken Nakai (Japan) | 48 72 |
| Libero Paolella (Canada) | 48 77 |
| Maor Eichler (Israel) | 48 |
| Varisht Hingorani (India) | 48 |
| John Edward Tabasa (Philippines) | 48 |
| Jerry Lerman (United States) | 49 54 |
| Ferdy Anthonius (Indonesia) | 49 79 98 |
| Michael Baker (United States) | 49 |
| Magwanga Onani (Kenya) | 49 |
| Glennis Hale (New Zealand) | 50 |
| Rodney Talbot (Australia) | 50 |
| Armando (Bing) Lao (Philippines) | 51 57 |
| Mark Kenas (United States) | 51 66 68 |
| Saheed Gbolaga Jimoh (Nigeria) | 51 |
| Jim Neuberger (United States) | 51 |
| Adam Philpotts (England) | 51 |
| Ben Withers (United States) | 51 |
| Nuala Clenaghan (Northern Ireland) | 52 73 |
| Matayo Bwire (Kenya) | 52 88 |
| Anwar Siddiqui (Pakistan) | 52 |
| Selwyn Lobo (United Arab Emirates) | 53 63 76 |
| J. J. Jonah (Israel) | 53 |
| David Poder (United States) | 53 |
| Mark Schellenberg (Canada) | 53 |
| Isaac Apindi (Tanzania) | 54 |
| Owen Bondin (Malta) | 54 |
| Jiang Pern Goh (Singapore) | 54 |
| John Lam (Malaysia) | 54 |
| Rodney Romany (Trinidad and Tobago) | 54 |
| Rogelio Talosig (New Zealand) | 55 68 |
| Debbe Hossy (South Africa) | 55 |
| Edem Kafui Mensah (Ghana) | 55 |
| Asad ul-Haq (Qatar) | 56 67 |
| Robert Springer (France) | 56 75 |
| Weera Saengsit (Thailand) | 56 |
| Wilma Warwick (Scotland) | 56 |
| Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) | 57 70 |
| Aaron Chong (Malaysia) | 57 |
| Christopher May (Australia) | 57 |
| Michael Tang (Malaysia) | 58 65 |
| Wone Mamadou (Kuwait) | 58 76 |
| Trevor Harrison (Northern Ireland) | 58 |
| Kunihiko Kuroda (Japan) | 59 59 82 84 101 101 |
| Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) | 59 76 |
| Teodoro Martus (Philippines) | 59 |
| Quek Sim Ho (Singapore) | 59 |
| Eileen Meghen (Ireland) | 60 74 |
| Wimal Samarasundera (Oman) | 60 |
| Mohammed Zafar Ali (Bahrain) | 60 |
| Raja Fuadin Abdullah (Malaysia) | 61 68 |
| Dylan Early (South Africa) | 61 72 |
| Yvonne Lobo (Bahrain) | 61 |
| Gerardo Perez (Kuwait) | 61 |
| Daniel Pratt (United States) | 61 |
| Ricardo Gonzalez (Gulf Champion) | 62 75 |
| Amirali Alimohamed (United Arab Emirates) | 62 |
| Stewart Holden (England) | 62 |
| Michael Holmes (Seychelles) | 62 |
| Kwame Poku (Ghana) | 62 |
| Winnie Yeh (Hong Kong) | 63 64 |
| Leslie Charles (Barbados) | 63 77 86 |
| Mario Saliba (Malta) | 63 97 |
| Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) | 63 |
| Lynn Roff (South Africa) | 63 |
| Chris Abordo (Bahrain) | 64 77 |
| Dixon Assesa (Kenya) | 64 79 |
| Chris Broderick (Ireland) | 64 |
| Gerald Davids (South Africa) | 64 |
| Marty Gabriel (United States) | 64 |
| Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) | 64 |
| Wayne Kelly (England) | 65 |
| Austin Tan Kiat Hing (Singapore) | 65 |
| David Lloyd (Australia) | 65 |
| Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) | 65 |
| Jim Nanavati (Canada) | 66 92 |
| Aaron Clottey (Ghana) | 66 |
| Arvind Joseph Abraham (United Arab Emirates) | 68 |
| Pramit Kamath (India) | 69 |
| Salah Salih (Saudi Arabia) | 69 |
| Sherwin Rodrigues (India) | 70 78 |
| Linda Hazel Pray (Oman) | 70 81 |
| Barbara Berlin (Australia) | 70 |
| Jie Ming Benjamin Chow (Singapore) | 70 |
| Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) | 71 73 78 85 |
| Albert Chune (Trinidad and Tobago) | 71 |
| Cher Siong Gan (Singapore) | 71 |
| Samuel Tanee Fomum (Cameroon) | 72 84 |
| Rich Baker (United States) | 72 |
| Anthony Ikolo (Nigeria) | 73 |
| Manabu Matsuda (Japan) | 73 |
| Anand Buddhdev (Netherlands) | 74 86 |
| Brendan McDonnell (Ireland) | 74 90 |
| Mario Recedes (Philippines) | 74 |
| Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) | 74 |
| Rod MacNeil (United States) | 75 |
| Alec Webb (England) | 75 |
| Abdul Jabbar (Pakistan) | 76 |
| Francis Wachira (Kenya) | 76 |
| Kong Chock Heng (Malaysia) | 77 |
| Bennet Kpentey (Ghana) | 77 |
| Nawapadol Sayavesa (Thailand) | 77 |
| Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) | 78 84 85 91 100 |
| Rodney Judd (Pakistan) | 78 |
| Alan Sinclair (Scotland) | 78 |
| Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) | 79 86 |
| Shaila Amalean (Sri Lanka) | 79 |
| Randall Gibbons (Guyana) | 79 |
| Robin K.T. John (Trinidad and Tobago) | 79 |
| Lakshan Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka) | 80 80 81 94 |
| Chris Cree (United States) | 80 |
| Harischandra Nanayakkara (Seychelles) | 80 |
| Vivian Penaflor (Bahrain) | 80 |
| Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) | 81 88 |
| Emanuel Chicoine (Canada) | 81 |
| Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Oman) | 82 83 |
| Kevin Abela (Malta) | 82 |
| Lewis Singh (Guyana) | 82 |
| Gold Eburu (Nigeria) | 83 |
| Wojciech Usakiewicz (Poland) | 84 98 |
| Catherine Costello (Ireland) | 85 86 |
| Neil Green (Wales) | 85 |
| Mario Miranda (Philippines) | 85 |
| Ferrer Abordo (Bahrain) | 86 |
| Herve Bohbot (France) | 87 93 94 |
| Danny Cotejo (Qatar) | 87 |
| Shane O'Neill (Wales) | 87 |
| Edward Metivier (Trinidad and Tobago) | 88 |
| Sivanesan Saeyorn (Sri Lanka) | 88 |
| James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) | 88 |
| Mushtak Esmail (Tanzania) | 89 95 99 |
| Tony Leah (Canada) | 89 |
| Joanne Craig (New Zealand) | 90 |
| Eugene Goh (Singapore) | 90 |
| Bronagh Kenny (Ireland) | 90 |
| Asanka Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka) | 91 |
| Ben Filio (Bahrain) | 91 |
| Indunil Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka) | 92 |
| Samitha Amarasinghe (Sri Lanka) | 92 |
| Olajide Ademola Ajayi (Ireland) | 93 |
| Adebayo Johnson Fasuba (Seychelles) | 93 |
| Chris Ntege (Uganda) | 94 100 |
| Adeeb Ahmad (Bahrain) | 95 |
| Antonin Michel (France) | 95 |
| Llewellin Jegels (Germany) | 96 |
| Dhanapala Silva (Seychelles) | 96 |
| Mateusz Zbikowski (Poland) | 96 |
| Frederick Collins (Guyana) | 97 |
| Rohaina Tanveer (Kuwait) | 97 |
| Catalin-Eugen Caba (Romania) | 98 |
| Shakir Reshamwala (Kuwait) | 99 |
| Marten Bjorkman (Sweden) | 102 |
| Anthony Modeste (Trinidad and Tobago) | 102 |
| Greger Nassen (Sweden) | 103 |
| Loreta Alban (Qatar) | 104 |
SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark of J.W. Spear & Sons Limited, Maidenhead SL6 4UB, England except in Canada and the United States, where it is a registered trademark of HASBRO. Used under license from Mattel Europa BV.
For more information about the event, please contact Philip Nelkon at philip.nelkon@mattel.com. For technical assistance with this web site, please contact John Chew, webmaster of the (North American) National SCRABBLE® Association, at jjchew@math.utoronto.ca.