Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 4/6/25
Martin Mulkerrins won his thirteenth Race 4 Eight title and fourth of the 2024/25 season at the 2025 R48LTE Hall of Fame, retaining his comfortable lead atop the standings. Two-time 2024/25 Race 4 Eight champion Lucho Cordova remained at number two after his sixth place finish at the 2025 R48LTE Hall of Fame, while Ray Ure and Leo Canales stayed at number three and four, respectively, after Ure advanced to his second final of the season and Canales finished third at the 2025 R48LTE Hall of Fame.
David Fink returned to the top five after his fifth place finish at the 2025 R48LTE Hall of Fame, leapfrogging Danos Cordova, who slid to number six. Ivan Burgos, Sam Esser, Mark Doyle, and Vic Perez round out the top ten.
See all of the updated R48 Men’s Pro, WR48, and SR48 rankings post the 2025 R48LTE Hall of Fame here:
WPH Pro Men’s Ranking Methodology PDF
WPH Pro Women’s Ranking Methodology PDF
WPH Senior 40+ Ranking Methodology PDF
WPH RACE 4 EIGHT: The World Players of Handball’s Race 4 Eight Powered by ESPN features Race 4 Eight stops around the country, all culminating with The Player’s Championship in Utah each May. Similar to NASCAR’s Nextel Cup and the FedEx PGA Playoffs, players earn points in the Race 4 Eight’s regular season stops to qualify for the season-ending Player’s Championship and bonus prizes. The top 8 elite men will receive bonus cash after the season-ending rankings are tallied up; meanwhile, the top 4 Sr 40+ and Women’s ‘Fab Four’ will also receive bonuses equal or greater to the prize money offered in Salt Lake City. Email the WPH for detailed explanations regarding the ranking system, seeds and bonus pay-outs at season’s end: info@wphlive.tv
For more information on the WPH Race 4 Eight title sponsor opportunity, please contact World Players of Handball Executive Director David Vincent at info@wphlive.tv or World Players of Handball Development Director David Fink at david.fink@wphlive.tv. For more information on the World Players of Handball, please visit wphlive.tv
Tournament seeds reflect rankings at the time of the event but are not the sole determining factor. The WPH retains the discretion to seed players based on their skill level, recent performance, and injury status.
The Executive Director will seed each tournament in a manner that respects the objectivity of the WPH rankings, while acknowledging that some unranked players are strong enough to disrupt the integrity of a draw if not seeded subjectively. Therefore, the seeding process will involve the objective constraint that no ranked player may be seeded ahead of a higher ranked player, while allowing for the subjective seeding of any unranked player the Executive Director deems strong enough to disrupt the draw.