Aus/NZ Pro Circuit Championship 26/27 – Brisbane Masters - FlipperStats | A deeper dive into IFPA pinball player rankings

Welcome to the inaugural Australia & New Zealand Pro Circuit Championship!

The Australia & New Zealand Pro Circuit Championship brings together the biggest pinball tournaments across both countries into a single season-long competition. Players earn Circuit Points at each qualifying event, with the top 64 players at the end of the season earning a place in the Circuit Championship Final.

FlipperStats is proud to be the official rankings site for the Pro Circuit, and throughout the season we’ll be tracking every event, publishing the latest standings, highlighting the biggest movers, and keeping an eye on the race for Championship qualification.

The 2026/27 season got underway with the Brisbane Masters, the largest pinball event in the Southern Hemisphere with a record 224 players. A strong performance here can provide the perfect platform for a run at Championship qualification.

		Rank	TOTAL	BM
1	Escher Lefkoff	3	182.69	182.69
2	Andrew Priest	2552	164.87	164.87
3	Alexander Hennriksen	453	154.38	154.38
4	Sarah Stamp	2386	145.8	145.8
5	Matthew Owen	92	138.37	138.37
6	Ash Retzlaff	406	131.73	131.73
7	Tim Craig	258	125.7	125.7
8	Michael Dodt	162	120.15	120.15
9	Laurence Smith	1622	115.02	115.02
10	Zaylarni Matesich	1796	110.23	110.23
11	Jason Lambert	60	105.73	105.73
12	Tom Casey	63	101.5	101.5
13	Andrew Gliatis	186	97.52	97.52
14	Mark Baraldi	621	93.75	93.75
15	James Chalki	465	90.17	90.17
16	Anthony Cirillo	76	86.78	86.78
17	Christopher Gomm	1903	83.54	83.54
18	Nigel Grypstra	987	80.46	80.46
19	Kieran Braden	247	77.52	77.52
20	Brett Dellavedova	600	74.72	74.72
21	Gordon MacMaster	331	72.03	72.03
22	Brett Smith WA	978	69.47	69.47
23	Ben Piercy	1810	67.01	67.01
24	Pierakim Lambda	869	64.65	64.65
25	Gino Thimios	181	62.39	62.39
26	Emily Cosson	476	60.23	60.23
27	Joshua Hesketh	1155	58.15	58.15
28	Jessica De Mercurio	2994	56.16	56.16
29	Matt Kemp	2118	54.24	54.24
30	Marc Bell	7774	52.39	52.39
31	Naiomi Goodwin	11714	50.63	50.63
32	Stuart Thornton	211	48.93	48.93
33	Pat Nichols	113	47.3	47.3
34	Tony Fischer	1205	45.73	45.73
35	Jason Matesich	1759	44.22	44.22
36	Gary Regan	3950	42.76	42.76
37	Michael Hagarty	741	41.36	41.36
38	Joe Doran	729	31.94	31.94
38	Luke Marburg	208	31.94	31.94
38	Aidan Kersley	685	31.94	31.94
38	Justin Thompson	2450	31.94	31.94
38	Eric Henderson	1056	31.94	31.94
38	Jared Morgan	1232	31.94	31.94
38	Josh Burke	285	31.94	31.94
38	Gareth Hughes	294	31.94	31.94
38	Nicolas Noben	159	31.94	31.94
38	Zac Veron	1368	31.94	31.94
38	Grant Quinn	321	31.94	31.94
38	Joe Wade AUS	682	31.94	31.94
38	Paul Chamberlin	691	31.94	31.94
38	Steve Chalki	1567	31.94	31.94
38	Tom Fletcher AUS	480	31.94	31.94
38	Richard Rhodes	115	31.94	31.94
54	Paul Clifford	4380	20.59	20.59
54	Tas Paraskevas	2669	20.59	20.59
54	Jimmy Nails	523	20.59	20.59
54	Nicolas Aizier	871	20.59	20.59
54	Shane Haining	689	20.59	20.59
54	Michelle O'Flanagan	4207	20.59	20.59
54	Michael Holden	651	20.59	20.59
54	Tim Chapman	900	20.59	20.59
54	Rob Milla	212	20.59	20.59
54	Adam Newton	3562	20.59	20.59
54	Mark Robinson AUS	10787	20.59	20.59
54	Daniel Greenwood	897	20.59	20.59
54	Stacey Borg	220	20.59	20.59
54	Jack Wade	2105	20.59	20.59
68	David Clarke	916	14.8	14.8
68	Anthony Benger	414	14.8	14.8
68	Ronan Wolfe	1028	14.8	14.8
68	Esther Ahronheim	910	14.8	14.8
68	Jordan Tredaway	122	14.8	14.8
68	Micheal Watson	3798	14.8	14.8
68	Ian Curd	3397	14.8	14.8
68	James Searby	327	14.8	14.8
68	Brett Goodwin	4430	14.8	14.8
68	Justine Cadell	4851	14.8	14.8
68	David Clark AUS	254	14.8	14.8
68	Robert Britos	830	14.8	14.8
68	Luke Gallow	15994	14.8	14.8
81	Wes Keys	2521	11.71	11.71
81	Nigel Coates	1318	11.71	11.71
81	Robert Macauley	442	11.71	11.71
81	David Robertson	3629	11.71	11.71
81	Steve O'Bryan	1212	11.71	11.71
81	John Cosson	1870	11.71	11.71
81	Bobby Rein	2184	11.71	11.71
81	Thomas Priest	4600	11.71	11.71
81	Dane Stotschek	809	11.71	11.71
81	Rose Burgess	3006	11.71	11.71
81	Jack Kirk	941	11.71	11.71
81	Thibaut Allender	1393	11.71	11.71
81	Gavin Drogemuller	3244	11.71	11.71
81	Ben Byrne	1426	11.71	11.71
81	James Drury	912	11.71	11.71
96	David Barlow	3742	9.97	9.97
96	Isaiah Peters	1347	9.97	9.97
96	David Gifford-Moore	3731	9.97	9.97
96	Michael Pires	3313	9.97	9.97
96	Tim Bragg	5420	9.97	9.97
96	Chris Sommerville AUS	913	9.97	9.97
96	Alexander Blundell	4442	9.97	9.97
96	Mark Clifford	5114	9.97	9.97
96	Tash Anderson	1942	9.97	9.97
96	Jason Williams AUS	7685	9.97	9.97
96	Tyler Dipper	261	9.97	9.97
96	Jan Saurbrey	3901	9.97	9.97
96	Paul Eliseo	440	9.97	9.97
96	Michael Searston	5295	9.97	9.97
96	Russell Dagger	771	9.97	9.97
111	Adam Wilson	489	8.73	8.73
111	Matt Elms	4032	8.73	8.73
111	Mike Burke NZ	373	8.73	8.73
111	Andrew JF Clark	1677	8.73	8.73
111	Simon Peel	160	8.73	8.73
111	Brodie Dixon	1398	8.73	8.73
111	Jason Lynch AUS	156	8.73	8.73
111	Chris Murphy AUS	1266	8.73	8.73
111	Josef Kurrle	1772	8.73	8.73
111	Tony Woods	387	8.73	8.73
111	Paul Raynham	4932	8.73	8.73
111	Phillip De Bortoli	2213	8.73	8.73
111	Robert Lambert SA	3065	8.73	8.73
111	Grant Clements	2739	8.73	8.73
111	Sean Fausett	3543	8.73	8.73
126	Gabriella Panucci	6868	7.59	7.59
126	Erik Veland	2960	7.59	7.59
126	Brett Cooke	5405	7.59	7.59
126	Mary-Ann Urquhart	7410	7.59	7.59
126	Thomas Chamberlin	3004	7.59	7.59
126	Hamish Stirrett	4783	7.59	7.59
126	Jason Bull	1811	7.59	7.59
126	Nathan Brant	2767	7.59	7.59
126	Theo Charalambous	1788	7.59	7.59
126	Tammy Paton	2268	7.59	7.59
126	Jimmy Giddings	4592	7.59	7.59
126	B-Rock Slater	3382	7.59	7.59
126	Ben Reeves	2269	7.59	7.59
126	McKenna Bates	2721	7.59	7.59
140	Robert Niksic	3763	6.36	6.36
140	Dan Olejniczak	2533	6.36	6.36
140	Dave Edwards AUS	2095	6.36	6.36
140	Valentino Brkic	4663	6.36	6.36
140	Paul Debortoli	12086	6.36	6.36
140	Mags Craze	4473	6.36	6.36
140	Amity Wells	7662	6.36	6.36
140	Mike Pascale	601	6.36	6.36
140	Sierra Charalambous	628	6.36	6.36
140	Drew Van Dyk	4525	6.36	6.36
140	Amber Piper	3514	6.36	6.36
140	Andre Thomson	710	6.36	6.36
140	Rob Douma	1965	6.36	6.36
140	Connor Weekes	1411	6.36	6.36
140	Scott Piper	517	6.36	6.36
140	Rory Guy	21827	6.36	6.36
156	Stuart Rice	2949	5.22	5.22
156	Fiona Goss	6964	5.22	5.22
156	Will Stinson	9788	5.22	5.22
156	Petra Saurbrey	4446	5.22	5.22
156	Douglas Lewis	359	5.22	5.22
156	Renae Bates	5135	5.22	5.22
156	Livi Lange	19515	5.22	5.22
156	Rhi Coolican	5426	5.22	5.22
156	Matthew Broderick	498	5.22	5.22
156	Wes Fleiner	2838	5.22	5.22
156	Jarod Cornish	1141	5.22	5.22
156	George Jeffrey	8061	5.22	5.22
168	Caitlan Christie	14766	4.16	4.16
168	Carl Rhodes	2827	4.16	4.16
168	Alex Ciminelli	1644	4.16	4.16
168	Maya Clark	3644	4.16	4.16
168	Aubrey Walker	677	4.16	4.16
168	Jesse Holt	2428	4.16	4.16
168	Ivy Macario Oliveira	6547	4.16	4.16
168	Brett Paton	3372	4.16	4.16
168	Craig Stanford	5271	4.16	4.16
168	George Choimes	660	4.16	4.16
168	Kim Piercy	3893	4.16	4.16
168	Ashleigh Dixon	5492	4.16	4.16
168	Julian Gostelow	669	4.16	4.16
168	Dino Yerkovich	29098	4.16	4.16
182	David Jansons	10378	3.51	3.51
183	Lana Pellowe	4360	3.02	3.02
183	Jamie Vasales	7707	3.02	3.02
183	Hayley Drummond	5323	3.02	3.02
183	Valerio Cassimatis	1833	3.02	3.02
183	Meg Hamilton	2619	3.02	3.02
183	Aidan Mischke	3895	3.02	3.02
183	David Sanders AUS	7027	3.02	3.02
183	Dirk Booy	1961	3.02	3.02
183	Caitlyn Apthorpe	6084	3.02	3.02
183	Alan Goss	5391	3.02	3.02
183	Lisa Conroy	2198	3.02	3.02
183	Tommy Josey	10845	3.02	3.02
195	Dannielle Tarlinton	18571	2.45	2.45
196	Matthew Hetherington	2546	2.12	2.12
196	Rob Franco	5852	2.12	2.12
196	Kate Saint George	8264	2.12	2.12
196	Alix Mclean	19655	2.12	2.12
196	Douglas Waterman	5533	2.12	2.12
196	Shane Redfern	1460	2.12	2.12
196	Stephen Bardell	2374	2.12	2.12
196	Daniel McGorum	403	2.12	2.12
204	Pete Davidson	3074	1.71	1.71
205	Heidi Byrne	2808	1.63	1.63
205	Mon Ejneberg	4710	1.63	1.63
207	Dan Walker AUS	22296	1.47	1.47
207	Derek Perrott	34396	1.47	1.47
209	Todd Guy	14989	1.22	1.22
209	Daniel Craze	2950	1.22	1.22
209	David Irving	3979	1.22	1.22
212	Rev Altman	8268	1.06	1.06
213	David Stavleu	2285	0.9	0.9
213	Mitchell Walker	47329	0.9	0.9
213	Angeline Lynch	10842	0.9	0.9
216	Paul Franco	48827	0.73	0.73
217	Sharlene Green	8980	0.65	0.65
218	Adrian (ACE) Evans	5184	0.57	0.57
219	Jeremy Kellar	12464	0.41	0.41
219	Hayden Walker	47572	0.41	0.41
219	Angela Clarke	23613	0.41	0.41
222	Daniel Johnson	5702	0.24	0.24
223	Jonathan Chabowski	281	0.16	0.16
224	Gail Muir	6847	0.08	0.08

The Highlights…

If the inaugural Pro Circuit event proved one thing, it’s that world rankings only tell part of the story.

Andrew Priest was undoubtedly the surprise package of Brisbane Masters. Ranked 2,552nd in the world, he stormed all the way to second place to bank 165 Circuit Points and immediately establish himself as a genuine Championship contender. That’s a performance few would have predicted before the first ball was plunged.

Another player to exceed expectations was Sarah Stamp. Despite arriving as the world’s 2,386th-ranked player, she put together a superb tournament to finish fourth, ahead of a host of Australian and New Zealand stars ranked well above her.

From a New Zealand perspective, Laurence Smith also made the trip count. Ranked 1,622nd in the world, a ninth-place finish sees him return home with over 115 Circuit Points and an early place inside the Championship qualification positions.

At the pointy end, Escher Lefkoff did exactly what the world No. 3 is expected to do, claiming the inaugural Pro Circuit victory and taking an early lead in the standings. But with plenty of circuit events still to come, Brisbane Masters is just the opening chapter. Next up is the Illawarra Pinball Open on August 8-9, see https://www.illawarrapinball.com/schedule for the schedule and tickets!

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