2008 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGS
Congratulations to Aaron Nicastri, the 2008 Rookie of the Year!
The player with the most Pro Points at the end of a tournament season that has not participated in a Pro Tour or World Championship tournament in any previous season is identified as the Rookie of the Year. In addition to the title, the Rookie of the Year receives travel and accommodations to his or her choice of one of the next season’s Pro Tour events (for which that player has an invitation) or to the World Championships.
The list below includes all candidates with five or more Pro Points this season.
| First | Last | Pro Points | Country |
| Aaron | Nicastri | 33 | Australia |
| Hannes | Kerem | 28 | Estonia |
| Luiz Guilherme | De Michielli | 26 | Brazil |
| Tyler | Mantey | 25 | United States |
| Tim | Landale | 22 | United States |
| Petr | Brozek | 20 | Czech Republic |
| Patrizio | Golia | 20 | Italy |
| Dan | Lanthier | 20 | Canada |
| JONATHAN | RANDLE | 20 | Great Britain |
| Tsz Yeung | Lam | 19 | Hong Kong |
| Pascal | Vieren | 19 | Belgium |
| Aj | Sacher | 17 | United States |
| Christopher | Wolf | 17 | Austria |
| Rune Martens | Andersen | 16 | Denmark |
| Adam | Katz | 16 | South Africa |
| shi tian | lee | 16 | Hong Kong |
| Tero | Niemi | 16 | Finland |
| Carlos | Pal | 16 | Costa Rica |
| Ming | Xu | 16 | China |
| Iurii | Babych | 15 | Ukraine |
| Michal | Hebky | 15 | Czech Republic |
| Filippo | Kratter | 15 | Italy |
| Olaf | Krzikalla | 15 | Germany |
| Marko | Stokelj | 15 | Slovenia |
| Joaquin | Alvarez Rivera | 14 | Argentina |
| janus | bossow | 14 | Denmark |
| Kin Leong | Chong | 14 | Malaysia |
| Alexander | Privalov | 14 | Russian Federation |
| Denis | Sinner | 14 | Germany |
| Hironobu | Sugaya | 14 | Japan |
| Evelio | Barrios | 13 | Colombia |
| Jose | Carvajal | 13 | Panama |
| plato | chan | 13 | Hong Kong |
| Kai Yip | Lee | 13 | Hong Kong |
| Sebastian | Pozzo | 13 | Argentina |
| Fabian | Sjöblom | 13 | Sweden |
| Stjepan | Sucic | 13 | Croatia (Hrvatska) |
| Tom | van Lamoen | 13 | Netherlands |
| Emir | Alimoglu | 12 | Turkey |
| Giancarlo | Arbulú | 12 | Peru |
| Mark | Conkle | 12 | United States |
| Carlos | Fernandez Baillo | 12 | Spain |
| Andres | Higuera | 12 | Colombia |
| Conor | Kerr | 12 | Northern Ireland |
| Dmitry | Kholyavko | 12 | Ukraine |
| André | Moshølen | 12 | Norway |
| Ferenc | Nagy | 12 | Hungary |
| manisa | njegomir | 12 | Croatia (Hrvatska) |
| Danilo | Prieto | 12 | Puerto Rico |
| Pedro | Rodriguez | 12 | Puerto Rico |
| Mark | Schwass | 12 | Switzerland |
| Daniel | Sheppard | 12 | Slovenia |
| Anders | Bjv?rkheim | 11 | Norway |
| Marcello | Calvetto | 11 | Italy |
| Ziming | Chen | 11 | Netherlands |
| Jason | Chung | 11 | New Zealand |
| Giusti | Emanuele | 11 | Italy |
| Bayani | Manansala | 11 | Philippines |
| Matthew | Ogier | 11 | New Zealand |
| Alejandro | Rico Bleda | 11 | Spain |
| Krzysiek | Rozycki | 11 | Poland |
| Takayuki | Takagi | 11 | Japan |
| Sami | Tuomi | 11 | Finland |
| Marsh | Usary | 11 | United States |
| Josh | Utter-Leyton | 11 | United States |
| Juan | Veliz | 11 | Chile |
| Marcel | Arndt | 10 | Switzerland |
| Frantisek | Bina | 10 | Czech Republic |
| Dinis | Binnema | 10 | Portugal |
| Nikolay | Bogdev | 10 | Bulgaria |
| Sirichai | Chaisuthamporn | 10 | Thailand |
| Robert | Darnhofer | 10 | Germany |
| Hugo | de Jong | 10 | Netherlands |
| Romain | Fenaux-briot | 10 | France |
| Dale | Fienberg | 10 | South Africa |
| Rolando | Flores | 10 | Bolivia |
| Alvise | Gorghetto | 10 | Italy |
| Brian | Grady | 10 | Chile |
| Marvin | Hsiao | 10 | South Africa |
| RUDDY IVAN | JIMENEZ | 10 | Dominican Republic |
| Csaba | Lampert | 10 | Hungary |
| Isidor | Nikolic | 10 | Serbia |
| Maciej | Pasek | 10 | Poland |
| Tadas | Savicius | 10 | Lithuania |
| Kiril | Stoichkov | 10 | Bulgaria |
| Francis | Toussaint | 10 | Canada |
| Nick | Tung | 10 | New Zealand |
| CHARLES | VELAZQUEZ | 10 | Puerto Rico |
| Zheng Yan | Yang | 10 | China |
| Ding | Yi | 10 | China |
| Corey | Baumeister | 9 | United States |
| Sacha | Bonroy | 9 | Belgium |
| Cristian | Broens | 9 | Spain |
| Russ | Davies | 9 | Great Britain |
| Jan | De Coster | 9 | Belgium |
| Serdar | Demir | 9 | Turkey |
| Samuele | Estratti | 9 | Italy |
| Nikola | Fercek | 9 | Croatia (Hrvatska) |
| brian | grouiller | 9 | France |
| David | Hernandez | 9 | Mexico |
| Steve | Locke | 9 | United States |
| Jeremy | Neeman | 9 | Australia |
| Petras | Ratkevicius | 9 | Lithuania |
| Socratis | Rozakeas | 9 | Greece |
| Matija | Vlahovic | 9 | Croatia (Hrvatska) |
| Hiroshi | Yoshida | 9 | Japan |
| Mattias | Anderson | 8 | Sweden |
| Joel Enrique | Arauz | 8 | Panama |
| Jean | Baez | 8 | Puerto Rico |
| Nicolas | Bevacqua | 8 | Argentina |
| hakim | boudaoud | 8 | France |
| Hee-jae | Choi | 8 | Korea (South) |
| Jurgen | Cleuren | 8 | Belgium |
| Adrien | Degaspare | 8 | Brazil |
| Goran | Elez | 8 | Croatia (Hrvatska) |
| Victor | Elizalde | 8 | Chile |
| Juan | Evans | 8 | Panama |
| Luis | Geara Reyes | 8 | Dominican Republic |
| Santiago | Guzzetti | 8 | Argentina |
| pongsiri | hiranyasiri | 8 | Thailand |
| Daisuke | Hirayama | 8 | Japan |
| Carlos | Honores Wong | 8 | Peru |
| Jakub | Jahoda | 8 | Czech Republic |
| Lee | Jim Tim | 8 | Taiwan |
| Aurimas | Juodis | 8 | Lithuania |
| Donald | Kastner | 8 | United States |
| Michal | Krzyzyk | 8 | Poland |
| Paul Ernest | Lazaro | 8 | Philippines |
| Alexander | Lefterov | 8 | Bulgaria |
| Jan | Lorenz | 8 | Germany |
| Ryousuke | Masuno | 8 | Japan |
| Paul | Mathews | 8 | United States |
| Patrick | Mc Donagh | 8 | Ireland |
| Alfredo | Mendizabal | 8 | Bolivia |
| Nikola | Mislov | 8 | Panama |
| Andris | Nagy | 8 | Hungary |
| Felipe Alves | Penegrini | 8 | Brazil |
| Simon | Ritzka | 8 | Germany |
| Matias | Rodriguez | 8 | Argentina |
| Eugene | Rozanov | 8 | Russian Federation |
| Sergio | Salas Martinez | 8 | Spain |
| Rostyslav | Savchuk | 8 | Ukraine |
| Vitezslav | Smid | 8 | Czech Republic |
| Kalle | Sundberg | 8 | Finland |
| Ryouta | Takasugi | 8 | Japan |
| Masayasu | Tanahashi | 8 | Japan |
| alfredo | torres | 8 | Venezuela |
| Katsuya | Ueda | 8 | Japan |
| Scott | Barrentine | 7 | United States |
| Michael | Catapano | 7 | United States |
| Taichi | Fujimoto | 7 | Japan |
| Alp | Koklu | 7 | Turkey |
| Alexis | Martinez | 7 | Spain |
| Sung-wook | Nam | 7 | Korea (South) |
| Pedja | Slankamenac | 7 | Serbia |
| Joshua | Yang | 7 | Singapore |
| Wojciech | Zuber | 7 | Poland |
| You | Akaike | 6 | Japan |
| Cristhian Joel | Alcoba Romero | 6 | Bolivia |
| Nedim Cem | Aytekin | 6 | Turkey |
| Arved | Bartuska | 6 | Austria |
| Adolfo | Berrios | 6 | Panama |
| Scott | Bielick | 6 | United States |
| Martin | Bisterfeld | 6 | Germany |
| Omar | Bonilla | 6 | Dominican Republic |
| Marco | Branes Rojas | 6 | Costa Rica |
| Jean Baptiste | Canonici | 6 | France |
| Walter | Castro Garcia | 6 | Mexico |
| Thirawat | Chaovarindr | 6 | Thailand |
| earl | cirujales | 6 | Philippines |
| Filipe | Constâncio | 6 | Portugal |
| xue tong | du | 6 | China |
| Ilya | Fedorov | 6 | Russian Federation |
| david | Forcadell | 6 | Spain |
| Konstantin | Grozev | 6 | Bulgaria |
| Sam | Hopkins | 6 | United States |
| Marek | Jania | 6 | Poland |
| Christian | Kunwald | 6 | Austria |
| Jun-young | Lee | 6 | Korea (South) |
| Gerald | Leitzinger | 6 | Austria |
| Amit | Lipitz | 6 | Israel |
| Luis Antonio | Magisa | 6 | Philippines |
| Pavel | Martinek | 6 | Czech Republic |
| Korey | McDuffie | 6 | United States |
| Martin | mede | 6 | Czech Republic |
| Dmitry | Moiseev | 6 | Russian Federation |
| Clayton | Mooney | 6 | United States |
| Alec | Nezin | 6 | United States |
| Emilio Alejandro | Nigro Guerrero | 6 | Venezuela |
| Fondas | Papadatos | 6 | Greece |
| Emil | Polak | 6 | Slovak Republic |
| Suttipong | Popitukgul | 6 | Thailand |
| Philip Christopher | Rama | 6 | Philippines |
| Pierre | Rensonnet | 6 | Belgium |
| Felix Osvaldo | Rodriguez Acosta | 6 | Dominican Republic |
| Gerardo | Rodriguez Ulloa | 6 | Peru |
| Marcus | Rokman | 6 | Australia |
| Williams | Ruiz Gonzalez | 6 | Costa Rica |
| Cristian Francisco | Sanchez Walton | 6 | Chile |
| Thiago | Saporito | 6 | Brazil |
| Basil | Sasorov | 6 | Russian Federation |
| Are | Saxrud | 6 | Norway |
| Jeremy | Shapiro | 6 | United States |
| Jesus Enrique | Somaza Mendoza | 6 | Venezuela |
| Diego | Sotomayor | 6 | Peru |
| michael | strauss | 6 | South Africa |
| Shougo | Sunada | 6 | Japan |
| Nico | Surinindran | 6 | Malaysia |
| Ralph | Tay | 6 | Singapore |
| Russell | Thio | 6 | Singapore |
| Derek | Tsang | 6 | Hong Kong |
| Jason | Yap | 6 | Malaysia |
| Shou | Yoshimori | 6 | Japan |
| Jose Alejandro | Balado Bradarich | 5 | Argentina |
| Tarýk | Bayar | 5 | Turkey |
| James | Beltz | 5 | United States |
| Aaron | Bleackley | 5 | Canada |
| Marc | Bonnefoy | 5 | Canada |
| GERARDO | BRUNO | 5 | Italy |
| Kyle | Bundgaard | 5 | United States |
| paul | carson-wenmoth | 5 | New Zealand |
| Supakit | Charoenkul | 5 | Thailand |
| Keiichi | Chijimi | 5 | Japan |
| Standish | Choi | 5 | United States |
| Akira | Dan | 5 | Japan |
| Todd | Davis | 5 | United States |
| Kyle | Dembinski | 5 | United States |
| Arick | Dickerman | 5 | Costa Rica |
| Eric | Franklin | 5 | United States |
| Krzysztof | Ginter | 5 | Poland |
| Matthew | Griffin | 5 | New Zealand |
| Yoel | Izsak | 5 | United States |
| Jeremy | Klein | 5 | United States |
| Tyler | Kozal | 5 | United States |
| Keng Yin | Lee | 5 | Singapore |
| Ken | Lim | 5 | Malaysia |
| Jiayang | Liu | 5 | Taiwan |
| Vasicek | Martin | 5 | Slovak Republic |
| Ryan | Messick | 5 | United States |
| Bram | Meulders | 5 | Belgium |
| Colin | Miller | 5 | Canada |
| Carlos | Moral | 5 | Spain |
| Tu | Nan | 5 | China |
| Brandon | Nelson | 5 | United States |
| Luiz | Oliveira | 5 | Brazil |
| Viroj | phanchaicharoen | 5 | Thailand |
| Elliot Spencer | Que | 5 | Philippines |
| Csaba | Racz | 5 | Hungary |
| Raul | Ricart | 5 | Spain |
| Koutarou | Senba | 5 | Japan |
| Ricky | Sidher | 5 | United States |
| Brian | Six | 5 | United States |
| Ivan | Taroshi | 5 | Brazil |
| Alejandro | Van Mourik | 5 | Bolivia |
| Chris | Wall | 5 | Canada |
| Lucas | Wong | 5 | Singapore |
| Ian | Woodley | 5 | Canada |
| Yasushi | Yamada | 5 | Japan |
| Marcel Angelo | Zafra | 5 | Canada |