# Ben Johns

Pickleballer player card, 2026–27 series (card 003)

- Tour: PPA
- Events: Singles, Doubles, Mixed
- Page: https://pickleballer.world/players/ben-johns/
- Card image: https://pickleballer.world/assets/cards/ben-johns.png

## Card stats

- Wins: 820
- Losses: 119
- World rank: #1
- Nations Cup: GOLD
- Chicago XD: GOLD
- Hong Kong XD: GOLD

Record: Career pro matches, as of 2026-10 (https://www.picklewave.com/players/367397-ben-johns). World rank: World Pickleball Rankings, Nov. 2, 2025 to Nov. 1, 2026 (https://www.ppatour.com/rankings/).

## Season highlights

- Won the inaugural MLP Nations Cup with Team USA, sweeping Latin America 3-0 in the final (November 1, 2026) — [source](https://pickleball.com/news/team-usa-sweeps-team-latin-america-for-mlp-nations-cup-crown)
- Won Hong Kong Slam mixed with Anna Leigh Waters, 11-4, 11-3 over Bright and Patriquin; took men's doubles silver with Gabe Tardio (October 25, 2026) — [source](https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/hong-kong-slam-recap-waters-wins-twice-staksrud-and-patriquin-stun-johns-and-tardio/)
- Won Chicago Cup mixed with Waters, 11-4, 11-4 over the Johnsons (October 11, 2026) — [source](https://www.ppatour.com/championship-sunday-standout-stats-from-the-veolia-chicago-cup/)
- Reached the Las Vegas Open finals in singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles (October 4, 2026) — [source](https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/hunter-johnson-dominates-alshon-and-daescu-get-revenge-and-bright-and-patriquin-stun-top-seeds-at-ppa-las-vegas-open/)
- Won National Championships men's doubles with Gabe Tardio; the pair went 45-0 with nine golds from January to May, per The Kitchen (September 6, 2026) — [source](https://thekitchenpickle.com/blogs/news/ppa-tour-2026-pickleball-national-championships-recap/)

## Pickleballer coverage

- [Five world titles, one week: what’s at stake in Dallas](https://pickleballer.world/stories/worlds-2026-preview/) (November 2, 2026)
- [Hunter Johnson is the man to beat in Dallas](https://pickleballer.world/stories/hunter-johnson-form-worlds/) (November 2, 2026)
- [Bright and Patriquin vs. Johns and Waters: the rivalry that will decide mixed at Worlds](https://pickleballer.world/stories/bright-patriquin-mixed-rise/) (November 2, 2026)
- [Team USA sweeps Latin America to win the first Nations Cup](https://pickleballer.world/stories/team-usa-sweeps-nations-cup/) (November 1, 2026)
- [Johnson and Dikosavljevic go back to back in Hong Kong](https://pickleballer.world/stories/hong-kong-slam-recap/) (October 25, 2026)
- [Waters wins her 200th title with a Chicago triple crown](https://pickleballer.world/stories/ppa-chicago-cup-recap/) (October 12, 2026)
- [Johnson routs Johns, Bright wins twice in Las Vegas](https://pickleballer.world/stories/ppa-las-vegas-open-recap/) (October 5, 2026)