Despite the most tumultuous year in bridge since I have been your editor, we are proud to list the players who have won the most masterpoints as of year end 2020. And, as I have done many times in the past, I shall share my comments and thoughts with everyone. They both about the achievements of our players - and the reality that thrilling and fun as it is it to be on "the list" - we nevertheless must recognize that we each have our own unique lives.
Thus, although some players who have a nice chunk of monsterpoints may well have fewer than some above their count - we can't know for certain what exactly that means as players. Some of us have jobs - or families - that take up a good portion of our lives. Others have more free time to play bridge and are able to scoop up lots of masterpoints - along with our talents.
What we should know, however, is that those on the list love our incredible game, work hard at improving their bridge every year - and that, in the end, what matters is the joy of bridge, the friends we make, and the fascination that this amazing game can deliver to us, year after year, decade after decade.
Judy Hansen, to whom I am most appreciative for putting together this fine list of top masterpoint players, also wanted to be sure that we remember two of our best who, sadly, are no longer with us. Thus, our two In Memoriam Honorees for 2020 are:
Here is to 2021 being a not so crazy year - but a year filled with fun, fascination, learning and wins at the bridge table! Don't forget - it's the greatest game!
1 | Peggy | Kaplan | 16390.29 |
2 | Sharon | Anderson | 14256.44 |
3 | Terry | Beckman | 14169.08 |
4 | John | Koch | 12517.67 |
5 | Paul | Meerschaert | 11894.93 |
6 | Roger | Anderson | 10994.94 |
7 | Steven | Gaynor | 10123.11 |
8 | Michael | Cassel II | 10015.19 |
9 | Tony | Ames | 9925.67 |
10 | Bob | Balderson Jr | 9870.39 |
11 | Cynthia | Balderson | 9792.60 |
12 | Phil | Schwarz | 9523.86 |
13 | Judy | Schwarz | 9326.71 |
14 | Carole | Miner | 9269.94 |
15 | Barry | Purrington | 8803.41 |
16 | Peg | Waller | 8787.76 |
17 | Gregg | Van Dyke | 8780.22 |
18 | Michael | Hoffmann | 7962.10 |
19 | Jackie | Evans | 7739.43 |
20 | Ronald | DeHarpporte | 7429.70 |
21 | Brian | Crossley | 7341.52 |
22 | Carol | Mahoney | 6872.56 |
23 | Sharon | Christenson | 6825.10 |
24 | Kerry | Holloway | 6682.56 |
25 | Kory | Solarz | 6447.92 |
26 | Richard | Ekstrum | 6385.15 |
27 | Michael | Howland | 6296.42 |
28 | Kathy | Beckman | 6112.84 |
29 | Greg | Caucutt | 5983.92 |
30 | Keith | Connolly | 5944.74 |
31 | Lance | Chamberlain | 5921.78 |
32 | John | Minton | 5665.73 |
33 | Dan | Sershon | 5457.64 |
34 | Thomas | Smith | 5346.15 |
35 | Michael | Flader | 5249.60 |
36 | Pat | Burrows | 5220.97 |
37 | Rita | Xistris | 5126.07 |
38 | Roark | Johnson | 4919.01 |
39 | Genny | Rice | 4882.38 |
40 | Audrey | Weikle | 4863.85 |
41 | John | Allen | 4653.78 |
42 | Joseph | Browan | 4644.87 |
43 | Kurt | Schaeffer | 4352.49 |
44 | Ann | Lockhart | 4388.33 |
45 | Paul | Gutterman | 4369.50 |
46 | Robert | Schachter | 4287.87 |
47 | Jean | Boettcher | 4221.55 |
48 | Warren | Nelson | 4126.29 |
49 | Steve | Reed | 4119.20 |
50 | William | Voedisch | 4039.31 |
51 | Irwin | Boris | 4007.65 |
52 | Randy | Okubo | 3944.89 |
53 | Phyllis | Rosscup | 3941.63 |
54 | Wayne | Gergen | 3939.78 |
55 | Teresa | Sackett | 3868.27 |
56 | Harry | Sapienza | 3867.04 |
57 | Thomas | Baskin | 3828.26 |
58 | Colin | Campbell | 3822.55 |
59 | Mark | Krusemeyer | 3794.32 |
60 | Dennis | Dufner | 3691.90 |
61 | Richard | Lawson | 3635.85 |
62 | Teri | Blu | 3624.64 |
63 | Jeff | Dzuik | 3618.99 |
64 | Jane Dickey | Matson | 3557.12 |
65 | Paula | Cohen | 3553.26 |
66 | Stephen | Jackson | 3530.08 |
67 | Gregory | Lutgens | 3528.75 |
68 | John | Crouch | 3358.06 |
69 | Judy | Hansen | 3314.94 |
70 | Joseph | Koester | 3280.78 |
71 | Eric | Hendrickson | 3276.97 |
72 | James | Mustain | 3248.95 |
73 | Larry | Johnson | 3213.97 |
74 | Larry | Uttley | 3211.51 |
75 | John | Bloomquist | 3194.72 |
76 | Janet | Williams | 3183.52 |
77 | Carol | Rynders | 3162.88 |
78 | Deborah | Watson | 3152.93 |
79 | Marsha | Brouillet | 3131.41 |
80 | James | Tenbroeke | 3100.16 |
81 | Donald | Stanger | 3091.02 |
82 | Dennis | Cerkvenik | 3075.28 |
83 | Charlene | Thul | 3062.58 |
84 | Elaine | Prebonich | 3034.43 |
85 | Jeanine | Hall | 3025.45 |
86 | Bill | Heyer | 2965.36 |
87 | Maureen | Weiman | 2959.08 |
88 | Vern | Swing | 2910.53 |
89 | Dianne | Carr | 2903.62 |
90 | Gerald | Welander | 2901.44 |
91 | Paul | Sitz | 2889.09 |
92 | Joe | Proulx | 2838.40 |
93 | Patti | Stuhlman | 2836.81 |
94 | Gene | Willson | 2836.41 |
95 | Peg | Mitchell | 2800.07 |
96 | Neil | Swanson | 2774.95 |
97 | Betty | Triliegi | 2772.54 |
98 | Jim | Stepnes | 2763.00 |
99 | John | Stern | 2752.86 |
100 | Marv | Riedesel | 2735.74 |
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