Over the decades, the PBA Tour has seen many of the sport’s biggest names rise
to the top.
Some players captured the Player of the Year award
once, while others returned year after year and built long runs of dominance.
No matter how often they won it, every Player of the Year left a clear mark on
bowling history.
With a new PBA Tour season approaching, BowlingLife has put together a
complete list of every PBA Tour Player of the Year winner since the award was
officially recognized in 1963.
The list starts with Billy
Hardwick, the first honoree and still the youngest ever to win it at age of
23, and runs through to EJ Tackett, who has claimed the award for three
straight seasons now.
Below is the full list of PBA Tour Player of the Year winners, beginning with
the most recent and going back to the very start.
PBA Tour Player of the Year Award Winners List
2025 – EJ Tackett
2024 – EJ Tackett
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
2001 – Norm Duke
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 – Billy Hardwick
1967 – Jim Stefanich
1966 – Dave Davis
1965 – Wayne Zahn
1964 – Dick Weber
1963 – Billy Hardwick
