The 2026 CNPL season is built on a foundation that was years in the making: a deep pool of high-level Canadian doubles talent, drafted across eight franchises and now suiting up under team colours. DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating)* tells one slice of the story about how that talent shakes out.
Here's a look at the league's top 10 doubles-rated players, plus the highest-rated male and female on every roster.
The CNPL Top 10 (by doubles DUPR)
The league has three players above the 6.0 threshold, all of them spread across just two franchises.
Ryan Torresin (London Smash), 6.106
Marie-Christine Salvas (Grand River Rapids), 6.076
Bruno Faletto (Grand River Rapids), 6.018
Aibika Kalsarieva (London Smash), 5.854
Kyle Hermetz (York Yeti), 5.804
Ben Davis (Northern Lights), 5.790
Louis-Charles Amyot (Montreal Lions), 5.775
Mark Cleminson (London Smash), 5.729
Lucas Wong (Grand River Rapids), 5.723
Maria Klokotzky (Toronto United), 5.703
A few things stand out.
Grand River Rapids and London Smash dominate the top 10, accounting for six of the ten spots between them. Rapids got there with depth across both categories, placing the league's top-rated female (Salvas) alongside two 6.0+ Open players. London built theirs around Torresin, whose 6.106 sits comfortably ahead of everyone else in the league.
The more telling story is who isn't on the list. The Montreal Lions went 6-0 at the Club Med Season Opener with just one player in the top 10. DUPR captures individual talent on paper. It doesn't capture what happens when eight players show up together on a Saturday morning.
What This Tells Us Heading Into Event 2
The Season Opener already made the point clearly: DUPR and team performance are two different things. The Lions went undefeated without a single player in the top five. The Rapids had the strongest ratings sheet in the league and finished third.
That's what makes Event 2 worth watching. Every roster has a different identity, a different strength, and a different way of winning. The names above will shape the storylines. The standings will sort out the rest.
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*DUPR rankings are from May 12th, 2026.