SCRABBLE HALL OF FAME
Adam Logan (b. 1975)
2005 World Scrabble Champion
1996 National Scrabble Champion
5x Canadian Scrabble Champion
2014 North American CSW Champion
Peak rating 2208
69.4% career win percentage
From Ontario, Canada
Brian Cappelletto (b. 1969)
2001 World Scrabble Champion
1991 World Scrabble Runner-Up
1998 National Scrabble Champion
Peak rating 2124
69.4% career win percentage
From United States
Chuck Armstrong (b. 1948)
Peak rating 2150
73.8% career win percentage
#1 Ranked player in 1984-1985
From United States
Dave Wiegand (b. 1974)
2005 National Scrabble Champion
2009 National Scrabble Champion
2017 Niagara Falls Tournament Champion (21-1 record, $5,000 prize with Nigel in field)
2022 Word Cup CSW Champion
Peak rating 2273
68.1% career win percentage
From Oregon, United States
David Eldar (b. 1990)
2017 World Scrabble Champion
2023 World Scrabble Champion
2016 North American CSW Champion
Peak rating 2204
68.5% career win percentage
From Australia
David Boys (b. 1964)
1995 World Scrabble Champion
2003 Canadian National Champion
Peak rating 2134
66.4% career win percentage
From Quebec, Canada
David Gibson (1951-2019)
1994 National Scrabble Champion
2016 National Scrabble Champion
2 time winner of $50,000 prize at the "Superstars Showdown" (1995) and "All Stars Championship" (2003)
Term for clinching a tournament named after him ("Gibsonization")
Peak rating 2205
76.6% career win percentage
From United States
Joe Edley (b. 1947)
1980 National Scrabble Champion
1992 National Scrabble Champion
2000 National Scrabble Champion
Peak rating 2146
64.3% career win percentage
From United States
Joel Sherman (b. 1962)
1997 World Scrabble Champion
2002 National Scrabble Champion
2016 National Scrabble Champion
Peak rating 2098
64.1% career win percentage
From United States
Joel Wapnick (b. 1946)
1999 World Scrabble Champion
World Scrabble Runner-Up (1993 and 2001)
1983 National Scrabble Champion
2x Canadian National Champion (1998, 2011)
Peak rating 2145
62.7% career win percentage
From Quebec, Canada
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Mark Nyman (b. 1966)
1993 World Scrabble Champion
2 time World Scrabble Runner-Up (1999, 2016)
Peak rating 2116
68.3% career win percentage
From England
Nigel Richards (b. 1967)
5 time World Scrabble Champion (2007, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019) and runner-up in 2009
5 time National Scrabble Champion (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and 3 time runner-up (2002, 2009, 2018)
Peak rating 2380
74.9% career win percentage
The unanimous greatest Scrabble player of all-time.
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (b. 1975)
2009 World Scrabble Champion
2 time World Scrabble Runner-Up (2003, 2005)
4 time King's Cup Champion
Peak rating 2210
64% career win percentage
From Thailand
Peter Morris (b. 1962)
1989 National Scrabble Champion
1991 World Scrabble Champion (the inaugural worlds)
Peak rating 2142
69.4% career win percentage
From United States
Rita Norr Provost (1943-2010)
1987 National Scrabble Champion
Only ever female winner
Peak rating 2005
From United States
Robert Felt (1953-2002)
1990 National Scrabble Champion
Peak rating 2151
64.0% career win percentage
From United States
Ron Tiekert (1947-2023)
1985 National Scrabble Champion
Peak rating 2168
64.4% career win percentage
Wellington Jighere (b. 1983)
2015 World Scrabble Champion
2023 North American CSW Scrabble Champion
Peak rating 2171
65% career win percentage
From Nigeria
Will Anderson (b. 1984)
2017 National Scrabble Champion
2022-23 NASPA Person of the Year
2018 Niagara Falls CSW Champion ($5,000 prize, Nigel in field)
Peak rating 2163
65.6% career win percentage
From United States