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PBA World Championship

Editions

2026

Distinct champions

from 1 countries

Host

1 cities

Reigning champion

Kim Young-won

1 titles

Records

Newest champion

2026

Kim Young-wonwon at the first final

Kim Young-wonJeju, South Korea · 2026

Best AVG

3,214

Kim Young-wonJeju, South Korea · 2026

Time on the throne

0.6yrs

Kim Young-won1 reigns · current holder

Kings of the event

Most titles

🇰🇷 Kim Young-won1Titles

Who wins next?

Next-edition outlook · simulated from Elo-3C

Share within this competition's 20 players with a reliable Elo: pairwise Elo-3C strength, normalised (Bradley–Terry). Elo only — no form, head-to-head or bracket.

Elo-3C board

PBA World Championship

32/33 reliable|through 11/10/2026

1Kim Young-won1948▼14
- Form59▬
- Consistency67%
- AVG1.655
- This event4 matches · 3–1−3
- Rank#1▲1
- HR13
- Peak2000
- Latest10/10 L 2–3 Kim Jun Tae
2Cho Keon-hwi1936▲4
- Form60▬
- Consistency77%
- AVG1.685
- This event2 matches · 2–0+13
- Rank#2
- HR12
- Streak4 W
- Peak1938
- Latest11/10 W 3–0 Lee Seung-jin
3Nguyen Quoc Nguyen1853▲4
- Form58▬
- Consistency75%
- AVG1.596
- This event2 matches · 0–2−22
- Rank#12
- HR14
- Streak4 W
- Peak1856
- Latest11/10 W 3–1 Kim Kwan-woo
4Kim Jun Tae1844▲14
- Form63▬
- Consistency64%
- AVG1.593
- This event3 matches · 1–2−4
- Rank#8
- HR28
- Streak3 W
- Latest10/10 W 3–2 Kim Young-won
5Semih Sayginer1839
- Form60▬
- Consistency86%
- AVG1.667
- This event2 matches · 0–2−26
- Rank#5
- HR17
- Peak1848
- Latest03/08 L 3–4 Nguyen Tran Thanh Tao
6Ngo Dinh Nai1832▼16
- Form51▼
- Consistency82%
- AVG1.682
- This event2 matches · 2–0+20
- Rank#6
- HR15
- Peak1864
- Latest09/10 L 1–3 Kim Kwan-woo
7David Zapata1824▼11
- Form57▬
- Consistency79%
- AVG1.763
- This event2 matches · 2–0+15
- Rank#7
- HR12
- Peak1835
- Latest11/10 L 1–3 David Martínez
8Nguyen Phuong-linh1821
- Form68▬
- Consistency63%
- AVG1.708
- This event3 matches · 2–1+14
- Rank#9
- HR12
- Peak1826
- Latest01/08 L 1–3 Kim Young-won
9Sung Won Choi1810▼11
- Form57▬
- Consistency78%
- AVG1.539
- This event3 matches · 1–2−9
- Rank#9
- HR18
- Peak1821
- Latest10/10 L 1–3 David Martínez
10David Martínez1807▲11
- Form65▬
- Consistency86%
- AVG1.683
- This event2 matches · 2–0+18
- Rank#23
- HR11
- Streak4 W
- Latest11/10 W 3–1 David Zapata
11Cho Jae-ho1795▼16
- Form51▬
- Consistency84%
- AVG1.717
- This event3 matches · 1–2−21
- Rank#4
- HR15
- Streak2 L
- Peak1852
- Latest08/10 L 2–3 Lee Young-hoon
12Dani Sanchez1790▼15
- Form46▬
- Consistency65%
- AVG1.847
- This event3 matches · 2–1+7
- Rank#36▼35
- HR18
- Streak3 L
- Peak1834
- Latest08/10 L 1–3 Jung Gyeong-seop
13Kim Hyun-woo1757
- Form53▬
- Consistency61%
- AVG1.479
- This event2 matches · 0–2−21
- Rank#16
- HR13
- Peak1778
- Latest01/08 L 2–3 Cho Keon-hwi
14Kang Min-gu1755
- Form57▬
- Consistency63%
- AVG1.620
- This event2 matches · 0–2−31
- Rank#14
- HR12
- Streak2 L
- Peak1787
- Latest29/07 L 2–3 Kim Gyu-jun
15Kang Dong-koong1754▼14
- Form46▬
- Consistency85%
- AVG1.836
- This event3 matches · 1–2−14
- Rank#19
- HR14
- Streak2 L
- Peak1801
- Latest08/10 L 2–3 Shin Dae-kwon
16Eom Sang-pill1745
- Form57▬
- Consistency58%
- AVG1.473
- This event2 matches · 0–2−22
- Rank#17
- HR14
- Streak2 L
- Peak1764
- Latest28/07 L 1–3 Oh Seong-uk
17Lee Choong-bok1737▼4
- Form58▬
- Consistency69%
- AVG1.603
- This event3 matches · 1–2−11
- Rank#22
- HR17
- Peak1752
- Latest10/10 L 2–3 Cho Keon-hwi
18Kim Jae-geun1735▼12
- Form49▬
- Consistency58%
- AVG1.595
- This event3 matches · 2–1+9
- Rank#24
- HR13
- Streak3 L
- Peak1773
- Latest08/10 L 0–3 Thon Viet Hoang Minh
19Murat Naci Coklu1732▼14
- Form59▬
- Consistency58%
- AVG1.577
- This event3 matches · 2–1+12
- Rank#18
- HR15
- Streak2 L
- Peak1759
- Latest08/10 L 1–3 Ko Sang-woon
20Lee Seung-jin1731▼4
- Form55▬
- Consistency83%
- AVG1.478
- This event3 matches · 1–2−25
- Rank#45
- HR14
- Peak1772
- Latest11/10 L 0–3 Cho Keon-hwi

By country

Country	Titles	Champions	Span
South Korea	1	1	2026

Hosts

Host	Editions	Cities	Span
South KoreaJeju	1	Jeju	2026

Runners-up who never won

Player	Finals lost	Final years
Cho Geon-hwi	1	2026

Source: Figures from sourced results on banhnho. · newspim.com