2023 Player of the Year: EJ Tackett
Following a career-best season, EJ Tackett of Bluffton, Ind. has been named the 2023 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year.
Tackett won five titles, including two majors, and became the first player to earn the No. 1 seed in four majors during a single season.
Tackett led the Tour with $458,450 in earnings, 41,200 points and a 227.18 average. His five titles, two major championships and two runner-up finishes also led the Tour, while he ranked second with 11 top-five, 12 top-10 and 14 top-25 finishes.
With Player of the Year wins in 2016 and 2023, the 31-year-old Tackett became just the 12th player to win the award multiple times.
Previous Winners
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 2023 | EJ Tackett |
| 2022 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2021 | Kyle Troup |
| 2020 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2019 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2018 | Andrew Anderson |
| 2017 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2016 | EJ Tackett |
| 2015 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2014 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2013 | Jason Belmonte |
| 2012 | Sean Rash |
| 2011 | Mika Koivuniemi |
| 2010 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 2009 | Wes Malott |
| 2008 | Chris Barnes |
| 2007 | Doug Kent |
| 2006 | Tommy Jones |
| 2005 | Patrick Allen |
| 2004 | Mika Koivuniemi |
| 2003 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 2002 | * Parker Bohn III |
| 2000 | Norm Duke |
| 1999 | Parker Bohn III |
| 1998 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 1997 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 1996 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 1995 | Mike Aulby |
| 1994 | Norm Duke |
| 1993 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 1992 | David Ferraro |
| 1991 | David Ozio |
| 1990 | Amleto Monacelli |
| 1989 | Amleto Monacelli |
| 1988 | Brian Voss |
| 1987 | Marshall Holman |
| 1986 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. |
| 1985 | Mike Aulby |
| 1984 | Mark Roth |
| 1983 | Earl Anthony |
| 1982 | Earl Anthony |
| 1981 | Earl Anthony |
| 1980 | Wayne Webb |
| 1979 | Mark Roth |
| 1978 | Mark Roth |
| 1977 | Mark Roth |
| 1976 | Earl Anthony |
| 1975 | Earl Anthony |
| 1974 | Earl Anthony |
| 1973 | Don McCune |
| 1972 | Don Johnson |
| 1971 | Don Johnson |
| 1970 | Nelson Burton Jr. |
| 1969 | Billy Hardwick |
| 1968 | Jim Stefanich |
| 1967 | Dave Davis |
| 1966 | Wayne Zahn |
| 1965 | Dick Weber |
| 1964 | Bob Strampe |
| 1963 | Billy Hardwick |