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BassFan World Rankings PRESENTED BY Under Armor

Updated: 7/9/2025

Wheeler's reign now at 6 years

Jacob Wheeler's uninterrupted run at the top of the BassFan World Rankings has now reached six years.

The last time someone other than Wheeler occupied the No. 1 position was in May 2019 when Edwin Evers topped the rankings for a couple months.

While Wheeler's lead has eroded somewhat – it's gone from 30 points to 19 points – he's still comfortably perched atop the sport after posting a runner-up finish at the Chickamauga/Nickajack BPT in May and winning the Kentucky Lake BPT last month.

Second-year pro Drew Gill jumped four spots up to 2nd on the strength of four top-10 finishes this season on the BPT.

Elite Series competitor Trey McKinney rose 22 slots to 3rd. He's finished no lower than 29th since placing 89th at the season opener at the St. Johns River. Included in that stretch is a runner-up showing at the Bassmaster Classic.

Michael Neal, who has three top-10 results in his last four BPT outings, improved four places to 4th while Elite Series points leader Jay Przekurat moved up two spots to 5th, thank to a pair of top-10 showings at Lake Hartwell and Lake Fork.

Current Rankings - 7/9/2025

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Place Prior Start Angler City State Boat/Motor Points
1 1 1 Jacob Wheeler Harrison TN Ikon/Mercury 236.690
2 6 98 Drew Gill Mt. Carmel IL Triton/Mercury 217.519
3 25 54 Trey McKinney Carbondale IL 209.855
4 8 6 Michael Neal Dayton TN Phoenix/Yamaha 198.259
5 7 10 Jay Przekurat Stevens Point WI Nitro/Mercury 197.803
6 5 4 Patrick Walters Summerville SC Falcon/Yamaha 197.287
7 14 13 Zack Birge Blanchard OK Blazer/Mercury 192.733
8 2 2 Cory Johnston Otonabee ON Ranger/Evinrude 191.746
9 10 9 Chris Johnston Otonabee ON Ranger/Mercury 191.626
10 4 3 Alton Jones, Jr. Lorena TX Phoenix/Mercury 190.038
11 30 27 Cole Floyd Leesburg OH Phoenix/Mercury 189.596
12 27 15 Kyoya Fujita Minamitsuru 187.506
13 16 14 Justin Lucas Guntersville AL Phoenix/Yamaha 187.227
14 3 5 Matt Becker Ten Mile TN Phoenix/Mercury 183.041
15 107 169 Ron Nelson Berrien Springs MI Ranger/Mercury 180.768
16 28 18 Ott DeFoe Blaine TN NItro/Mercury 179.845
17 41 92 Tyler Williams Belgrade ME 179.750
18 21 11 Justin Hamner Birmingham AL 179.470
19 13 8 Dustin Connell Clanton AL Ranger/Mercury 179.127
20 61 178 Justin Cooper Zwolle LA 178.433
21 12 16 Jeff Sprague Point TX Bass Cat/Mercury 177.207
22 23 12 Spencer Shuffield Bismarck AR Phoenix/Mercury 176.694
23 9 7 Jordan Lee Cullman AL Ranger/Yamaha 176.656
24 18 24 Brent Ehrler Redlands CA Ranger/Mercury 174.336
25 134 167 Nick Hatfield Greenville TN 172.881
26 26 23 Takumi Ito Chiba Skeeter/Yamaha 172.274
27 39 26 Adrian Avena Vineland NJ BassCat/Suzuki 171.040
28 11 68 John Garrett Union City TN 169.880
29 37 50 Shane LeHew Charlotte NC Skeeter/Yamaha 168.946
30 72 45 Kyle Welcher Opelika AL Caymas/Mercury 168.901
31 22 29 Will Davis, Jr. Sylacauga AL 168.531
32 15 28 John Cox Debary FL Crestliner/Mercury 167.623
33 36 74 Jacob Wall New Hope AL Triton/Mercury 166.873
34 44 103 Wes Logan Springville AL Skeeter/Yamaha 166.179
35 40 32 John Hunter, Jr. Shelbyville KY Falcon/Mercury 165.985
36 59 102 Wesley Gore Clanton AL Blazer/Yamaha 163.631
37 81 150 Bobby Lane Lakeland FL Phoenix/Yamaha 163.050
38 75 91 Wesley Strader Spring City TN Ranger/Evinrude 162.665
39 86 120 Kyle Patrick Cooperstown NY 161.436
40 29 20 Cooper Gallant Bowmanville ON 161.201
41 33 94 Robert Gee Knoxville TN 161.165
42 60 48 Brandon Lester Fayetteville TN Phoenix/Mercury 160.175
43 38 47 Mark Daniels, Jr. Tuskegee AL Ranger/Mercury 160.028
44 85 116 JT Thompkins Myrtle Beach SC 160.025
45 82 46 Pat Schlapper Eleva WI 158.908
46 17 22 Nick LeBrun Bossier City LA Skeeter/Yamaha 158.233
47 34 19 Jesse Wiggins Addison AL Bass Cat/Honda 157.590
48 96 176 Marshall Robinson Landrum SC 156.233
49 53 42 Drew Cook Midway FL Skeeter/Yamaha 156.090
50 58 140 Bill Lowen Brookville IN XPress/Yamaha 155.142
51 19 25 Jacob Foutz Charleston TN 154.415
52 42 30 Keith Poche Pike Road AL Gator Trax/Mercury 154.002
53 43 100 Mark Davis Mt. Ida AR Bass Cat/Mercury 152.766
54 32 44 Lee Livesay Longview TX Ballistic/Mercury 152.253
55 20 17 Cody Huff Ava MO Nitro/Mercury 151.520
56 68 149 Logan Parks Auburn AL 151.436
57 49 58 Hunter Shryock Newcomerstown OH Phoenix/Mercury 150.331
58 56 59 Brock Mosley Collinsville MS Phoenix/Mercury 150.102
59 62 87 Bob Downey Detroit Lakes MN Bass Cat/Mercury 148.757
60 57 96 James Elam Tulsa OK Phoenix/Mercury 148.633
61 24 21 Bryan Thrift Shelby NC Ranger/Mercury 147.988
62 51 66 Luke Clausen Otis Orchards WA Charger/Mercury 147.440
63 45 60 Justin Atkins Florence AL Falcon/Evinrude 147.401
64 66 76 Takahiro Omori Emory TX Bass Cat/Yamaha 146.745
65 52 31 Drew Benton Panama City FL Phoenix/Mercury 146.660
66 35 64 Terry Scroggins San Mateo FL Triton/Yamaha 145.871
67 55 56 Edwin Evers Talala OK Nitro/Mercury 145.818
68 64 49 Chris Lane Guntersville AL Nitro/Mercury 145.771
69 104 109 Seth Feider Bloomington MN Bass Cat/Mercury 145.765
70 65 88 Bryant Smith Roseville CA 145.653
71 156 193 Keith Carson DeBary FL Vexus/Mercury 145.069
72 47 36 Bryan Schmitt Deale MD Ranger/Mercury 144.829
73 77 37 Luke Palmer Coalgate OK 144.490
74 87 70 Bradley Roy Lancaster KY Triton/Mercury 143.919
75 88 75 Carl Jocumsen Queensland Bass Cat/Evinrude 143.756
76 89 72 Casey Ashley Donalds SC Triton/Mercury 142.596
77 48 35 Anthony Gagliardi Prosperity SC Falcon/Evinrude 142.162
78 80 69 Alex Redwine Blue Ash OH 142.042
79 63 51 Jacob Powroznik North Prince George VA Ranger/Mercury 142.039
80 97 53 Greg Hackney Gonzales LA Phoenix/Mercury 141.894
81 78 55 Andy Morgan Dayton TN Bullet/Evinrude 141.763
82 92 97 Bryan New Belmont NC 141.359
83 69 77 Todd Faircloth Jasper TX Skeeter/Yamaha 141.060
84 95 71 Austin Felix Eden Prairie MN Phoenix/Mercury 140.965
85 31 93 Brandon Palaniuk Rathdrum ID Skeeter/Yamaha 140.110
86 71 40 Stetson Blaylock Benton AR Bass Cat/Mercury 139.857
87 50 34 Skeet Reese Auburn CA Ranger/Mercury 139.512
88 126 168 Martin Villa Charolottsville VA 139.256
89 74 99 Kyle Norsetter Cottage Grove WI 139.182
90 91 106 Brent Chapman Lenexa KS Triton/Mercury 139.101
91 112 129 KJ Queen Catawba NC 138.701
92 83 43 Tyler Rivet Raceland LA Phoenix/Mercury 138.273
93 116 145 Ben Milliken New Caney TX 137.971
94 76 101 Dean Rojas Lake Havasu City AZ Blazer/Suzuki 137.808
95 102 52 David Dudley Lynchburg VA Ranger/Mercury 136.864
96 94 57 Matt Arey Shelby NC Ranger/Evinrude 136.645
97 73 39 Chris Zaldain Fort Worth TX Skeeter/Yamaha 136.168
98 113 143 Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago WI 135.198
99 70 104 Gregory DiPalma Millville NJ 135.141
100 141 108 Randy Howell Guntersville AL Triton/Yamaha 133.761
101 139 126 Keith Combs Huntington TX Ranger/Yamaha 133.650
102 122 113 Andy Montgomery Blacksburg SC Nitro/Mercury 132.881
103 84 78 Caleb Sumrall New Iberia LA 132.051
104 114 115 Brandon Coulter Knoxville TN Falcon/Mercury 131.371
105 110 130 Britt Myers Lake Wylie SC Bass Cat/Mercury 131.241
106 101 85 Marty Robinson Lyman SC Skeeter/Yamaha 130.151
107 137 118 Logan Latuso Gonzales LA 130.115
108 46 81 Jason Christie Park Hill OK Skeeter/Yamaha 129.531
109 93 86 Cole Sands Calhoun TN 129.423
110 67 121 David Gaston Sylacauga AL 129.225
111 105 83 Alex Wetherell Middletown CT 129.134
112 54 38 Ed Loughran Richmond VA Bass Cat/Mercury 128.885
113 106 41 Dylan Hays El Dorado AR Nitro/Mercury 128.490
114 111 80 Jeff Gustafson Kenora ON Lund/Mercury 128.372
115 98 67 Mark Rose Wynne AR Bass Cat/Mercury 127.103
116 99 73 Brandon Cobb Greenwood SC Falcon/Mercury 126.866
117 115 155 Jake Whitaker Fairview NC Triton/Mercury 125.382
118 154 160 David Mullins Mt. Carmel TN Phoenix/Mercury 125.307
119 90 90 Jeremy Lawyer Sarcoxie MO Ranger/Mercury 124.237
120 124 127 Dave Lefebre Erie PA Ranger/Mercury 123.645
121 117 128 Fletcher Shryock Grant AL Nitro/Mercury 123.627
122 132 133 Brad Whatley Bivins TX Phoenix/Mercury 123.415
123 147 147 John Crews, Jr. Salem VA Bass Cat/Mercury 123.340
124 153 132 Shinichi Fukae Thomson GA Bass Cat/Mercury 123.298
125 131 110 Jared Lintner Arroyo Grande CA Ranger/Mercury 123.016
126 108 61 Gerald Spohrer Gonzales LA Bass Cat/Suzuki 122.752
127 142 79 Alton Jones, Sr. Waco TX Ranger/Mercury 122.123
128 128 84 Joey Cifuentes Clinton AR Ranger/Mercury 121.363
129 123 105 Brandon Card Caryville TN Vexus/Suzuki 121.114
130 130 112 Clark Wendlandt Cedar Park TX Ranger/Evinrude 120.630
131 136 125 Scott Canterbury Odenville AL Skeeter/Yamaha 120.520
132 188 Jake Lawrence Paris TN 120.452
133 209 Paul Marks Cumming GA 119.954
134 121 114 Ray Hanselman Del Rio TX 119.829
135 146 136 Josh Bertrand Queen Creek AZ Nitro/Mercury 119.275
136 100 65 Greg Vinson Wetumpka AL Phoenix/Mercury 118.319
137 150 135 David Walker Sevierville TN Ranger/Evinrude 116.717
138 118 82 Kenta Kimura Osaka 116.669
139 138 138 Gerald Swindle Warrior AL Phoenix/Mercury 115.821
140 163 184 Timothy Dube Nashua NH 115.267
141 151 152 Koby Kreiger Bokeelia FL Ranger/Evinrude 115.197
142 119 111 Hank Cherry Lincolnton NC Bass Cat/Mercury 114.445
143 143 131 Cliff Prince Palatka FL Phoenix/Mercury 114.047
144 145 142 Clifford Pirch Payson AZ Phoenix/Suzuki 113.848
145 157 161 Mike Huff Corbin KY 112.526
146 125 117 Jonathan Kelley Old Forge PA 112.500
147 155 154 Fred Roumbanis Russellville AR Phoenix/Mercury 112.474
148 127 107 Matty Wong Honolulu HI 112.447
149 103 89 Paul Mueller Naugatuck CT Triton/Mercury 112.315
150 161 137 Scott Martin Clewiston FL Skeeter/Yamaha 111.698
151 133 141 Gary Klein Mingus TX Triton/Mercury 111.432
152 109 62 Matt Robertson Kuttawa KY 110.845
153 152 123 Matt Herren Trussville AL Skeeter/Yamaha 110.365
154 167 165 John Soukop Agra OK 107.965
155 148 144 Mark Menendez Paducah KY Skeeter/Yamaha 107.650
156 168 166 Todd Auten Gastonia NC Ranger/Mercury 105.815
157 79 63 Jonathon VanDam Kalamazoo MI Nitro/Mercury 105.685
158 216 Easton Fothergill Grand Rapids MN 105.495
159 170 148 Marc Frazier Newnan GA 104.786
160 211 Tucker Smith Birmingham AL 104.628
161 165 157 Joseph Webster Fulton MS 104.311
162 169 162 Michael Iaconelli Pittsgrove NJ Bass Cat/Yamaha 103.992
163 173 173 Rick Clunn Ava MO Nitro/Mercury 103.496
164 120 33 Dakota Ebare Brookeland TX Phoenix/Mercury 103.159
165 159 134 Jamie Hartman Greenbriar AR Nitro/Mercury 102.595
166 176 171 Buddy Gross Ringgold GA Bullet/Mercury 102.251
167 166 158 Jason Williamson Aiken SC Nitro/Mercury 99.462
168 171 163 Frank Talley Temple TX 98.524
169 149 164 Cody Meyer Star ID Ranger/Evinrude 98.514
170 140 139 Cliff Crochet Pierre Part LA Skeeter/Yamaha 96.133
171 172 153 Steve Kennedy Auburn AL Bass Cat/Yamaha 94.497
172 178 172 Chad Pipkens Holt MI Skeeter/Yamaha 94.040
173 180 190 Matthew Stefan Junction City WI Skeeter/Yamaha 93.138
174 203 Emil Wagner Marietta GA 89.025
175 175 182 Bernie Schultz Gainesville FL Ranger/Mercury 88.942
176 135 119 Ryan Salzman Huntsville AL 86.712
177 129 122 Stephen Browning Hot Springs AR Ranger/Mercury 82.923
178 189 Colby Miller Elmer LA 82.496
179 144 146 John Murray Spring City TN Ranger/Mercury 80.450
180 174 187 Cliff Pace Petal MS Skeeter/Yamaha 78.894
181 217 Andrew Loberg Guntersville AL 78.789
182 160 124 Derek Hudnall Baton Rouge LA Skeeter/Yamaha 78.737
183 158 151 Matt Lee Guntersville AL Ranger/Yamaha 74.907
184 205 Evan Kung Pickering ON 74.035
185 182 196 Jason Vance Battle Ground IN 71.765
186 206 Beau Browning Hot Springs AR 71.393
187 192 Marshall Hughes Hemphill TX 71.244
188 164 159 Kelly Jordon Mineola TX Bass Cat/Mercury 71.085
189 162 156 Scott Suggs Bryant AR Ranger/Evinrude 67.519
190 183 192 Grae Buck Harleysville PA Bass Cat/Mercury 66.845
191 177 174 Boyd Duckett Guntersville AL Triton/Mercury 63.249
192 215 Blake Capps Muskogee OK 56.715
193 186 199 Jacopo Gallelli Firenze 54.375
194 187 204 Colby Schrumpf Highland IL 53.416
195 181 185 Clent Davis Montevallo AL Phoenix/Evinrude 41.860
196 190 206 Joshua Weaver Macon GA 41.306
197 179 95 Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo MI Nitro/Mercury 32.287
198 184 170 James Watson Waynesville MO Ranger/Mercury 28.047
199 185 177 Randall Tharp Port St. Joe FL Phoenix/Yamaha 21.515
200 193 175 Josh Douglas Mound MN 10.678
201 198 186 Skylar Hamilton Dandridge TN Caymas/Yamaha 10.592
202 194 180 Gary Clouse La Vergne TN Phoenix/Mercury 9.596
203 195 179 Masayuki Matsushita Tokoname-Shi 9.206
204 207 200 Bradley Hallman Norman OK Phoenix/Mercury 9.119
205 197 183 David Williams Maiden NC Nitro/Mercury 8.990
206 201 198 Larry Nixon Quitman AR Ranger/Mercury 8.600
207 191 189 Josh Butler Hayden AL Phoenix/Mercury 7.899
208 202 181 Darold Gleason Leesville LA 7.431
209 213 194 David Fritts Lexington NC Ranger/Evinrude 7.344
210 212 191 Micah Frazier Newnan GA Ranger/Mercury 7.084
211 200 197 Russ Lane Prattville AL Phoenix/Yamaha 5.387
212 199 195 Mitch Crane Columbus MS 5.086
213 204 201 Roy Hawk Lake Havasu City AZ 4.386
214 208 202 Tommy Biffle Wagoner OK Ranger/Mercury 4.110
215 196 188 Brett Hite Phoenix AZ Vexus/Mercury 3.109
216 210 203 Tim Horton Muscle Shoals AL Nitro/Mercury 2.909
217 214 207 Jeff Kriet Ardmore OK Triton/Yamaha 2.709

About the World Rankings

The BassFan World Rankings were created in 2001 to answer a simple question - who is the best professional bass angler in the world? - and to give fishing fans a way to track their favorite pros, as well as to show the non-fishing world that consistently catching fish isn't "just luck".


While the three leagues - Major League Fishing, B.A.S.S. and FLW - have their own single-year point races (called Angler of the Year races, which are not rankings), and "power rankings" have occasionally up in the sport, these are not World Rankings. World Rankings in all professional sports are complex, multi-year statistical endeavors simply because that's the only way to accurately and fairly show consistent performance over time.


Until BassFan did it, no one produced a statistical, multi-year ranking system for professional bass fishing using results from the top tours. These are the MLF Bass Pro Tour, Bassmaster Elite Series and FLW Tour. The BassFan World Rankings will also include results from other competitive (i.e., non-exhibition) tournaments that feature the world's top pros.



How

Here's a brief overview of what's involved in calculating the BassFan World Rankings. (For confidentiality reasons, the proprietary methodology won't be discussed in detail.)


  • The rankings are based on angler performance in top-level Bass Pro Tour, B.A.S.S. and FLW events. These events are the top competitions in the sport and attract the top fishermen.
  • Events are weighted based on strength of field (calculated using the BassFan World Rank of everyone in the field) and size of field, meaning that it's easier to do well in smaller-field events than larger-field ones.
  • Bonus points are given for winning and for placing in the top 10 percent in all regular-season events. No bonuses are given for league Angler of the Year awards, points or standings because that data is already accounted for in the World Rankings methodology.
  • Championships are treated differently than regular-season tournaments.
  • The BassFan World Rankings methodology ensures that anglers who fish only one circuit are not at a disadvantage versus anglers who fish more than one. Rather, anglers who fish more events have more chances to do better (or worse) than anglers who fish fewer events. A simple example: six 5th-place finishes are better than three, and four 100th-place finishes are worse than two.
  • The rankings use data from the current and immediately prior years only (a rolling 2-calendar year cycle).
  • The rankings are not an indication of who is/was the best bass angler ever. That is not a World Rankings. It's a list.
  • As with all World Rankings in all sports, the methodology used in the BassFan World Rankings calculation will change over time based on feedback from interested parties.
  • Bassmaster Opens, FLW Series (formerly Stren/EverStart) and Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament data are not included in the BassFan World Rankings because these are "minor-league" or "triple-A" events.

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