Ben Johns is considered to be the greatest male pickleball player of all time and held the #1 ranking in all three divisions for the vast majority of 2020-2024. His dominance includes a 108-match winning streak in singles, over 150 PPA titles (gold medals), and more Triple Crowns (a gold medal in all three divisions at a single tournament) than any other male in professional pickleball history (The only other male player to capture even a single Triple Crown is Tyson McGuffin with 1). 

Johns and his set partner Anna Leigh Waters hold the most consecutive doubles titles in history, where they won 16 events in a row together from March, 2023 to February, 2024. Johns also has over 100 more titles than any other male player besides his brother, Collin Johns. Collin Johns is also a top pro on tour, was formerly World #1 in men’s doubles, and was B. Johns’ doubles partner from 2021 to 2024. The two racked up 43 medals and 33 titles together as a team and logged a legacy that is unlikely to ever be broken. 

Johns has been featured in major publications such as Forbes, MSN, SBJ, CNN, and many others, and his pickleball play has been showcased on all of the Big Five TV networks. He was one of pickleball’s first professional players to become a multimillionaire through his tour salary as a PPA Tour contracted pro, tournament winnings, and sponsorship endorsements.

Known for his quiet energy, methodical game play, and impassive demeanor on court, Johns is not a loud or flashy player, preferring to let his game do the talking. He is credited with having created shots such as the backhand roll and helped initiate important changes on the professional tour such as single elimination, progressive draws, and randomized seeding. Johns identifies as a visual learner and has stated that his eclectic game style is “Frankensteined” together from a various of skills and sources that he was exposed to over the course of his life. He has voiced his desire to see pic