Over the past 18 years, there have been 9 different PAPA World Champions.

One Time Champion (6) - Joey Cartegena, Rick Stetta, Paul Madison, Jorian Engelbrektsson, Andrei Massenkoff, Cayle George
Three Time Champion (2) - Lyman Sheats, Bowen Kerins
Six Time Champion (1) - Keith Elwin

Three players, Lyman, Bowen & Keith, have more combined titles than the other six.
These three men destroy the idea that pinball is mostly luck. While a small amount of luck does indeed happen in pinball, the best players in the world use far more skill than luck to win multiple World Championships.

http://papa.org/papa-tournaments/papa-world-championships/

PAPA 1 - World Champion Joey Cartegena
PAPA 2 - World Champion Rick Stetta
PAPA 3 - World Champion Lyman Sheats
PAPA 4 - World Champion Bowen Kerins
PAPA 5 - World Champion Paul Madison
PAPA 6 - World Champion Keith Elwin
PAPA 7 - World Champion Lyman Sheats
PAPA 8 - World Champion Bowen Kerins
PAPA 9 - World Champion Lyman Sheats
PAPA 10 - World Champion Jorian Engelbrektsson
PAPA 11 - World Champion Keith Elwin
PAPA 12 - World Champion Keith Elwin
PAPA 13 - World Champion Keith Elwin
PAPA 14 - World Champion Andrei Massenkoff
PAPA 15 - World Champion Keith Elwin
PAPA 16 - World Champion Bowen Kerins
PAPA 17 - World Champion Cayle George
PAPA 18 - World Champion Keith Elwin

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