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ANDERNOS - Based on Kozoom's database, French journalist Jérémie Picart has compiled a ranking of players with the best overall averages played in 2019. Frédéric Caudron is the leader of the classification with 2,139 over 81 matches followed by Marco Zanetti with 1,971 over 52 matches and Dick Jaspers with 1,942 in 108 matches. The number of matches is certainly not complete, but it shows an insight of what the best players have recorded in major tournaments and competitions.
The number of matches does not include the World championship matches in Viersen, the matches in the Survival Masters, the PBA tournaments, the Continental Cup and the last Christmas tournament in the Netherlands. Among the top 50 players, the results which are known from 2018, 2017 and 2016 are also noted. Frédéric Caudron was the best in 2019, Dick Jaspers was the highest on average in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The player with the most registered matches is Eddy Merckx with 134. The Belgian is sixth in the rankings. Dick Jaspers is classified to 108 games.
Another striking result: 50 players are over 1,400 on average in 2019. The best 50 players have been ranked: the name of the player, the nationality, the position on the world ranking list, the average, the number of matches and if available, the averages for 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The ranking with the 50 best players:
1 Frédéric Caudron, Belgium (10):
2,139 in 81 matches
2018: 2,033
2017: 1,941
2016: 1,926
2 Marco Zanetti, Italy (2)
1,971 in 52
2018: 1,655
2017: 1,815
2016: 1,714
3 Dick Jaspers, the Netherlands (1)
1,942 in 108
2018: 2,048
2017: 1,969
2016: 1,967
4 Jae-Ho Cho, Korea (15):
1,887 in 39
2018: 2,018
2017: 1,688
2016: 1,619
5 Dani Sánchez, Spain (18):
1,886 in 68
2018: 1,774
2017: 1,802
2016: 1,779
6 Eddy Merckx, Belgium (4):
1,848 in 134
2018: 1,766
2017: 1,777
2016: 1,761
7 Tayfun Tasdemir, Turkey (6):
1,832 in 67
2018: 1,895
2017: 1,745
2016: 1,747
8 Myung-Woo Cho, Korea (13):
1,795 in 77
2018: 1,751
2017: 1,631
2016: 1,382
9 HaengJik Kim, Korea (5):
1,795 in 42
2018: 1,489
2017: 1,660
2016: 1,675
10 Nikos Polychronopoulos, Greece (23):
1,772 in 54
2018: 1,817
2017: 1,579
2016: 1,669
11 Quyet Chien Tran, Vietnam (7)
1,765 in 37
2018: 1,611
2017: 1,549
2016: 1,672
12 Torbjörn Blomdahl, Sweden (3)
1,757 in 63
2018: 1,563
2017: 1,789
2016: 1,761
13 Semih Sayginer, Turkey (9)
1,748 in 56
2018: 1,690
2017: 1,591
2016: 1,555
14 Eddy Leppens, Belgium (31)
1,731 in 83
2018: 1,671
2017: 1,634
2016: 1,589
15 Jung-Han Heo, Korea (22)
1,713 in 34
2018: 1,803,
2017: 1,561
2016: 1,593
16 Murat Naci Coklu, Turkey (12)
1,712 in 56
2018: 1,622
2017: 1,738
2016: 1,629
17 Dinh Nai Ngo, Vietnam (25)
1,702 in 29
2018: 1,752
2017: 1,546
2016: 1,481
18 Martin Horn, Germany (14)
1,687 in 87
2018: 1,653
2017: 1,662
2016: 1,686
19 Sung-Won Choi, Korea (19)
1,679 in 44
2018: 1,653
2017: 1,747
2016: 1,591
20 Robinson Morales, Colombia (30)
1,669 in 14
2018: 1,408
21 Minh Cam Ma, Vietnam (61)
1,650 in 18
2018: 1,515
22 Lütfi Cenet, Turkey (16)
1,640 in 53
2018: 1,526
23 Duc Anh Chien Nguyen, Vietnam (17)
1,632 in 30
24 Dong Koong Kang, Korea (46)
1,614 in 7
2018: 1,644
25 Adnan Yüksel, Turkey (123)
1,598 in 7
26 Birol Uymaz, Turkey (35)
1,588 in 33
2018: 1,569
27 Ahn Vu Duong, Vietnam (35)
1,580 in 9
2018: 1,513
28 Jérémy Bury, France (11)
1,574 in 55
2018: 1,671
29 Roland Forthomme, Belgium (20)
1,562 in 123
2018: 1,641
30 Dion Nelin, Denmark (21)
1,526 in 84
2018: 1,545
31 Sameh Sidhom, Egypt (8)
1,525 in 45
2018: 1,540
32 Jacob Haack Sörensen, Denmark (50)
1,528 in 44
2018: 1,438
33 Pedro Piedrabuena, USA (71)
1,508 in 5
2018: 1,521
34 Ruben Legazpi, Spain (39)
1,506 in 18
2018: 1,611
35 Peter De Backer, Belgium (72)
1,493 in 60
36 Frans van Kuyk, the Netherlands (2134)
1,489 in 49
2018: 1,579
37 Filippos Kasidokostas, Greek Lance (76)
1,485 in 24
2018: 1,482
38 Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, Vietnam (24)
1,484 in 33
2018: 1,616
39 Chang-Hoon Seo, Korea (49)
1,483 in 53
40 Jean-Paul de Bruijn, the Netherlands (485) 1,476 in 52
2018: 1,406
41 Javier Palazón, Spain (25)
1,470 in 34
2018: 1,517
42 Peter Ceulemans (70)
1,469 in 90
2018: 1,448
43) Xuan Cuong Ma, Vietnam (62)
1,456 in 25
44 In-Won Kang, Korea
1,438 in 18
2018: 1,408
45) Glenn Hofman, Netherlands (124)
1,429 in 67
2018: 1,505
46 Michael Nilsson, Sweden (114)
1,425 in 20
47 Johan Loncelle, Belgium
1,425 in 40
48) Jun-Tae Kim, Korea (288)
1,420 in 61
49 Dave Christiani, the Netherlands (220)
1,414 in 82
2018: 1,424
50 Gokhan Salman, Turkey (63)
1,413 in 34.