School matters. Family vacations matter. Pickleball matters, too. But chasing points by attending every single event while traveling around the country isn’t sustainable.
NJP Tour Rankings recognize talent and growth, not just attendance.
Rankings are a powerful new feature—but at its core, the NJP Tour is about friends, community, and growth: meeting partners, cheering each other on, and playing lots of high-quality pickleball together. NJP Tour celebrates sportsmanship, attitude, and improvement right alongside medals and rankings.
Rewarding performance.
Families, coaches, and sponsors have been asking for a credible, juniors-only ranking that rewards performance without points-chasing. NJP Tour Rankings answer that call.
Built for development.
NJP Rankings give every player a way to measure personal improvement — independent of how others are doing. As you move up in division and improve medal placement, your points rise accordingly.
Shaping the future.
Sponsors, training programs and recruiters now have an apples-to-apples signal for junior performance across the nation for athletes to showcase progress.
Juniors-only results.
Calculated exclusively from age- and skill-based junior competition at NJP Tour events.
Smart points curve.
Higher divisions and podium finishes earn more, reflecting true performance and rewarding quality over quantity.
Rolling twelve months.
Rankings update after each event, using the prior year of results.
Best Four results.
Rankings accumulate from your top four NJP Tour results in each event, Singles and Doubles, so you can find a schedule that works for you and still be competitive. When you level up (higher division or better medal placement), those results replace lower ones and your ranking will rise.
Open-entry promise.
NJP Tour Regionals and the NJP Tour Championship remain open-entry to everyone — no gate keeping.
NJP Tour Rankings provide the development pathway juniors have needed—recognizing excellence, encouraging healthy balance, and giving the whole ecosystem a reliable standard for recruitment and sponsorships.
Built to be fair, transparent, and reliable, NJP Tour Rankings are the gold standard in junior pickleball. NJP Tour Ranking Points measure your performance in junior-only NJP Tour events, giving a consistent, comparable metric across age, gender, and skill levels. They help you track progress over time and see where you stand among your peers.
Each player’s ranking is calculated by adding their Best Four tournament point earnings within the rolling twelve-month period, ensuring the rankings reflect current performance while maintaining consistency over time. Rankings are published separately for Singles and Doubles, divided by gender and age division (10U, 11–12, 13–14, 15–18).
Every NJP Tour Regional tournament awards these fixed point values:
Placement | Elite | Advanced | Intermediate | Recreational | |
Gold | 1500 | 1000 | 620 | 300 | |
Silver | 1330 | 870 | 510 | 210 | |
Bronze | 1200 | 770 | 420 | 150 | |
4th Place | 1090 | 690 | 350 | 100 | |
Participation | 1000 | 620 | 300 | 80 | |
NJP Tour Rankings are the common scorecard for junior performance. They power recognition, selection, and discovery across the pickleball ecosystem. Rankings are used for recognition on leaderboards, awards, invitational experiences and for recruitment and sponsorship conversations. Players and families can track improvement over time, set clear targets (e.g., replace an expiring result, earn a higher-level medal), and understand individual player progress.
Rankings are public. Players and families can follow progress on the website and socials. At the same time, college coaches, sponsors, and program directors use them as a fair and transparent juniors-only performance signal. Media partners also reference season leaderboards in coverage and promotions.
Yes. NJP Tour Rankings provide a national metric to validate potential and align recruitment and sponsorship opportunities with players who are progressing. NJP Tour Rankings creates an apples-to-apples benchmark that spotlights true performance and reduces attendance bias—so talent, not itinerary, leads the conversation.
Yes—play as much as you like. Only your Best Four NJP Tour results in the last twelve months count toward your NJP Tour Ranking. When you level up (higher division or better medal placement), those results can replace lower ones and your ranking will rise.
Rankings are calculated on a rolling twelve-month basis and update after each NJP Tour event using your Best Four results within that window.
Only NJP Tour Regional and NJP Tour Championship events count. All NJP Tour events use the same points scale so there is no pressure to make a specific event if it conflicts with school or other commitments.
Great! As you compete at higher levels or medal more often, your points typically increase because the scale rewards both division and placement—a built-in reflection of your growth.
Your points still count for you. NJP Tour Ranking Points earned while playing doubles in an older age division apply to your personal NJP Tour Ranking and appear under your own age-band leaderboard. The points scale is the same across age bands; your points are driven by division (skill level) and placement, not by the age band you competed in.
No. To maintain our inclusive, community-focused atmosphere, NJP Tour Regionals and the NJP Tour Championship are open-entry—no ranking required. NJP Tour Rankings power recognition, leaderboards, and invitational events, but they do not gate participation in core NJP Tour events.
Watch your points. As you move up in division and improve medal placement, your points rise—independent of others. For example, a Recreational player might be at 400 points in January then climb to around 900 points within a few months with podium finishes and a division bump. That’s visible progress at every level.
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