Even a pro sport that's just getting started can have a GOAT (greatest of all time), and for the sport of pickleball that man is Ben Johns.
Johns is only 23, but no one has had as much success at the pro level as he has.
He has more than 50 Professional Pickleball Association titles. On nine different occasions, he's pulled off the triple crown at a tournament (winning singles, doubles and mixed doubles). He's been the No. 1-ranked player in all three disciplines for most of the last three years, and the jewel of his GOAT crown is an insane 108-match winning streak in singles.
His mixed doubles partner, uber-talented 15-year-old pickleball star Anna Leigh Waters weighed in on what makes Johns the best around.
"It's his pickleball IQ, definitely," she said. "He knows what shot to hit at the right time always. He knows when to speed it up, he knows when to dink it. Just getting to play with him and see the way his mind works is really cool because his mind works way different than any other player." - Desert Sun
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