Friday Five - Most all-time PBA Player of the Year awards

Friday Five, December 20, 2024 - The five players who have won the PBA Player of the Year award more than anyone else in PBA Tour history.
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EJ Tackett's back-to-back wins in 2023 and 2024 made him the fifth player to win at least three Player of the Year awards. Shown here is the 2016 PBA World Championship, Tackett's first major title.
Mark Roth won the award four times. Shown here is the 1978 Quaker State Open, one of a still-record eight titles in that season alone.
Earl Anthony won six Player of the Year awards in two streaks of three consecutive. Shown here is the 1982 PBA National Championship, which made Anthony the first player ever to earn over a million dollars in PBA Tour prize money.
Walter Ray Williams Jr.'s record of seven set in 2010 (shown here is the 2010 USBC Masters) was matched by Jason Belmonte in 2022 (shown here is the 2022 PBA Players Championship).

[@iamtheODB]

Love the vids keep them comin!!!

[@andrewphillips2179]

PbaBowling, That was a fantastic upload of the Friday 5 Moments from the Pba that features 5 Bowlers that have won the Player of the Year more than once on the Pba Tour. Also, The Bowlers that stood out are Jason Belmonte, Walter Ray Williams Jr, and E.J. Tackett. It was also a tribute to both Mark Roth and Earl Anthony.

[@KingDerek24]

PBA one of my favorite sports.

[@lonewolfx499]

That's crazy how Walter won POTY in four different decades.

[@lanceschaina3084]

Compare Mark Roth's reaction to winning to Jason Belmonte's reaction to winning. Mark Roth didn't yell, didn't beat his chest, he had total sportsmanship toward Marshall Holman. I guess the 70s and 80s were a different era than the "low popularity" era of 2000 - 2015.

[@SnappyFox19]

That baby crying on the 1st shot of the 10th frame almost screwed Mark... Im surprised it didn't. Bowlers of that era were more mellow with emotions towards the fans because you know someone from now would've said or done something...He would've won the award anyways but still. He almost didn't have a record title count because of it

[@user-mkys708ds]

Both are young.😅😅

[@Slinginghotlead007]

Let’s start this off right now. The PBA has made it official and will be using “string pins” during the PBA All-Star Weekend. The string pins will be sponsored by AMF. And who owns AMF? Bowlero, also the owner of the PBA. This is such a conflict of interest and it’s masquerading as “modernizing the game”. When really it’s about cutting costs at local centers. Bowlero will be the absolute death of the sport in its efforts to cut costs at its local centers by installing string pins. Because open bowl players don’t usually care about the pins. And what better way to convince the cattle that these pins are okay, than by having the PBA bowl with them and at the same time stipulate that they can’t say anything wrong about bowling with string pins. How’s that for rigging the game. This might be the future, but don’t pretend there’s no difference in pin action from “free fall” to “string pin” when there’s literally and added element to the pin. Pins bounce everywhere when they’re hit at 18 miles per hour with a ball spinning at 450-550 revs. Yeah, now way the strings don’t get in the way of those pins and their natural reactions. There it’s out there. The PBA has fallen a long way from its glory days. What they needed to do was to bring in more money and bigger sponsorships.