Ben Johns

Ben Johns is an American professional pickleball player, born on March 18, 1999 and raised in Laytonsville, Maryland. As of April 2026 the Pro Pickleball Association ranked him number one in the world for mixed doubles and for men's doubles, and thirteenth for singles. He first played pickleball in 2016 at the age of seventeen while on vacation in Florida, and within months took fifth place in men's pro singles at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships. In 2019 he became the first male professional to win a triple crown at one of the sport's three major events, and he has accumulated over 80 titles on the PPA Tour, 15 of them triple crowns. His elder brother Collin is also a highly ranked professional and his former doubles partner. Johns graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in materials science and engineering.