PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball, and pro player news — the Pro Corner.
Short answer: So how much do pro pickleball players make? There is no single salary number, because the sport is in the middle of moving away from guaranteed contracts. The United Pickleball Association — the parent of both the PPA…
Short answer: Ben Johns is the most decorated player in professional pickleball history and the closest thing the sport has to a household name. Born in 1999 and raised in Laytonsville, Maryland, he picked up a paddle on a Florida…
Short answer: The New Jersey 5s are the 2026 Major League Pickleball champions. They swept the St. Louis Shock 2–0 in the Finals series in Central Park — and here is the part worth remembering: both matches were decided by…
Short answer: The PPA National Championships results are in from Cary, North Carolina. Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters each walked away with double gold, Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio took men’s doubles, and Hunter Johnson won men’s singles over…
The 30-second version The PPA Tour announced the World Pickleball Rankings on August 5, 2026 — one global leaderboard covering every PPA event on the planet. It is a composite, not a single-event list. Gender doubles counts 50%, mixed doubles…
The 30-second version Chalk held in Dallas. All four favorites advanced out of the MLP Playoffs 2026 first round (Aug 7–9) — No. 5 Brooklyn, No. 6 Dallas, No. 7 Palm Beach, and No. 8 Texas. Out: SoCal Hard Eights,…
The 30-second version The Federico Staksrud trade sends him and Milan Rane to the New Jersey 5s, out of the Orlando Squeeze. It closed July 20, 2026. Orlando received Martin Emmrich, Lina Padegimaite and cash. The sum wasn’t disclosed —…
The MLP Dreambreaker is the singles tiebreaker that decides tied matches. New full-roster rules for 2026 changed who can play it - and created the Dreambreaker specialist.
The MLP regular season ends this week in Orlando. Here is how the 2026 playoff format works, the full three-city schedule, and why the Central Park finale matters for New England.
The short version: The names to know: Ben Johns, the most dominant men’s player in the sport’s history; Anna Leigh Waters, the teenage phenom who rules the women’s game; and a deep field of challengers like Federico Staksrud, Hayden Patriquin,…
