2024 PBA Player of the Year: EJ Tackett

EJ Tackett of Bluffton, Ind. etched his name into the PBA record books by earning his second consecutive and third career Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year award in 2024.

Tackett became the fifth player in PBA history to win the award for a third time and the seventh player to win consecutive Player of the Year honors. Only Jason Belmonte, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Earl Anthony and Mark Roth have won the award more times than Tackett.

Tackett won two titles in 2024, including the PBA World Championship, and led the tour with 29,920 points, $265,792 in earnings and a near-record 229.37 average. He earned eight top-five finishes, making five consecutive shows at one point, and 13 top-10 finishes.

Previous Winners

DateName
2024EJ Tackett
2023EJ Tackett
2022Jason Belmonte
2021Kyle Troup
2020Jason Belmonte
2019Jason Belmonte
2018Andrew Anderson
2017Jason Belmonte
2016EJ Tackett
2015Jason Belmonte
2014Jason Belmonte
2013Jason Belmonte
2012Sean Rash
2011Mika Koivuniemi
2010Walter Ray Williams Jr.
2009Wes Malott
2008Chris Barnes
2007Doug Kent
2006Tommy Jones
2005Patrick Allen
2004Mika Koivuniemi
2003Walter Ray Williams Jr.
2002* Parker Bohn III
2000Norm Duke
1999Parker Bohn III
1998Walter Ray Williams Jr.
1997Walter Ray Williams Jr.
1996Walter Ray Williams Jr.
1995Mike Aulby
1994Norm Duke
1993Walter Ray Williams Jr.
1992David Ferraro
1991David Ozio
1990Amleto Monacelli
1989Amleto Monacelli
1988Brian Voss
1987Marshall Holman
1986Walter Ray Williams Jr.
1985Mike Aulby
1984Mark Roth
1983Earl Anthony
1982Earl Anthony
1981Earl Anthony
1980Wayne Webb
1979Mark Roth
1978Mark Roth
1977Mark Roth
1976Earl Anthony
1975Earl Anthony
1974Earl Anthony
1973Don McCune
1972Don Johnson
1971Don Johnson
1970Nelson Burton Jr.
1969Billy Hardwick
1968Jim Stefanich
1967Dave Davis
1966Wayne Zahn
1965Dick Weber
1964Bob Strampe
1963Billy Hardwick