Buhr keeps dominant lead atop PDGA MPO world rankings
Buhr’s 132.3-point average left Wysocki 54.7 points back, with the rest of MPO packed tightly behind a runaway No. 1.
Gannon Buhr did more than hold No. 1 in the PDGA’s June 10 MPO world rankings. He widened the sport’s clearest divide, sitting at 132.3 average points while Richard Wysocki, the next man in line, stood at 77.6. That 54.7-point gap made Buhr’s lead look less like a narrow edge than a statement: the men’s field still has plenty of contenders, but the standard is being set by one player.
The chase group behind him was crowded, but not close enough to threaten the top spot yet. Wysocki remained second, Calvin Heimburg was third at 73.2, Niklas Anttila climbed to fourth at 68.6, and Isaac Robinson followed in fifth at 68.3. Anthony Barela, Paul McBeth, Kyle Klein, Adam Hammes and Sullivan Tipton rounded out the top 10, a list that mixed established champions with younger players still trying to crack the division’s top tier.
What stood out most in the rankings was how tightly packed the rest of the elite remained once Buhr was removed from the equation. The distance from second to fifth was just 9.3 points, and the top 10 included several players with the résumé to win on any given weekend. That made the rankings look less like a static pecking order and more like a live snapshot of a division where a single strong event could still reorder the front of the board.
The depth extended beyond the top 10. Eagle McMahon moved up to 20th with 28.6 points, while Paul Krans was 29th at 21.5. Those placements reinforced the larger picture in MPO: a long list of recognizable names remained close enough to the threshold that one hot stretch could shift the shape of the rankings quickly, even if Buhr’s grip at the top stayed firm.
The PDGA bases the Official Disc Golf World Rankings on results from the previous 104 weeks, with more recent finishes weighted more heavily and Majors carrying extra value. The rankings were relaunched on February 21, 2024 after a hiatus since 2019, using a new calculation system developed with Mark Broadie and Dylan Bierne of SportEdge. Updates come each Wednesday after an Elite Series event or PDGA Major, and the next event to count was the 2026 PDGA European Open in Tallinn, Estonia, from June 18-21.
Buhr’s player profile added another layer to the dominance. The Urbandale, Iowa player was listed at a 1062 rating as of June 9, 2026, with 193 career events, 60 wins and $673,902 in career earnings. In a division loaded with familiar names, the numbers still pointed to the same conclusion: the real race now is for the spot behind him.
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