Jesper Svensson

Jesper Svensson (; born 15 February 1995) is a Swedish professional tenpin bowler. He has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 2014, and also competes on the European Bowling Tour (EBT). He has won fourteen PBA Tour titles overall, including two major titles at the 2016 and 2025 PBA Tournament of Champions. He also owns six EBT titles and one PBA Regional title. He is known for using the two-handed shovel style delivery with a dominant left hand. He uses non-reactive urethane bowling balls almost exclusively. Svensson is a member of the Storm and Vise Grips pro staffs.

During the 2017 PBA season, ESPN and CBS Sports Network bowling analyst Randy Pedersen gave Svensson the nickname Iceman for the Swede's cool, calm demeanor under pressure.

Amateur accomplishments Before turning pro, Svensson was the 2014 World Youth Masters champion, and won numerous other medals in World Youth competition.

2016 season Having qualified for his very first PBA Tournament of Champions, Svensson won the event held in Shawnee, Oklahoma on February 7, 2016. In doing so at age 20, he became the youngest-ever winner in this PBA major tournament, which dates back to 1962. Marshall Holman had previously held this distinction when he won the 1976 Tournament of Champions at age 21. Svensson won two more PBA titles in 2016, at the Brunswick Euro Challenge (Munich) and the World Bowling Tour Thailand event (Bangkok), giving him five PBA titles overall. As one of the top eight money leaders from the start of the 2015 season through the 2017 USBC Masters, Svensson was invited to participate in the inaugural Main Event PBA Tour Finals in May, 2017. Jesper placed third in the event. On November 19, Svensson won his seventh PBA Tour title in the PBA Cheetah Championship, part of the World Series of Bowling in Reno, NV.

2018 season Svensson qualified as the #1 seed in the 2018 PBA Tournament of Champions, but finished runner-up after losing the title match to Matt O'Grady. He was a member of the Go Bowling! Silver Lake Atom Splitters team, which won the PBA League event on April 22, 2018.

2019 season Svensson won his eighth PBA Tour title at the PBA-WBT Thailand Open. After qualifying as the top seed, Jesper defeated American Sean Rash in the final match.

2020 season On February 29, Svensson won his ninth PBA Tour title at the 2020 Roth-Holman Doubles Championship held in Indianapolis with doubles partner Kyle Troup. This was the second doubles title for the Svensson-Troup duo, who previously won the event in 2017. Later that day, Svensson won the 2020 PBA Indianapolis Open. As the #1 seed for the stepladder finals, he defeated Shawn Maldonado in the championship match 245–226 to claim his tenth PBA Tour title, which made him title-eligible for the PBA Hall of Fame.

2021 season Svensson was winless in the 2021 PBA Tour season, though his consistency helped him top $100,000 in only 12 events.

2022 season On February 9, 2022, Svensson won his eleventh PBA Tour title in the David Small's Best of the Best Championship, held in Jackson, Michigan. Having qualified as the top seed, he defeated fellow lefty Packy Hanrahan in his lone finals match by a score of 248–216 to claim the victory.

In the 2022 PBA Playoffs, the 14th-seeded Svensson stunned #3 seed E. J. Tackett two points to one to advance to the Round of 8. He was then defeated by #6 seed Tommy Jones, also by a two points to one score.

2023 season Svensson made four match play rounds and one championship round appearance in a winless 2023 PBA Tour season.

2024 season Svensson qualified as the #10 seed for the 2024 PBA Playoffs. He defeated #7 seed Matt Russo, #2 seed Marshall Kent and #6 seed Kyle Troup to make it to the final match against #9 seed David Krol. The two players each won one game in the "race to two points" final, but Krol won the ninth/tenth frame roll-off, 48–40, to deny Svensson the title.

On September 1, 2024, Svensson earned his 12th PBA Tour title, winning the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters in Helsingborg, Sweden.

On September 17 (broadcast October 27 on Fox in the US), Svensson won the PBA Elite League Strike Derby. Svensson defeated Andrew Anderson in the final round, rolling 12 strikes in two minutes to top Anderson's 11 strikes.

For the season, Svensson finished tenth in Tour points and cashed a career-high $168,636.

2025 season After a slow start to the 2025 season (no top-ten finishes in the first five events), Svensson made the top 25 in all five PBA World Series of Bowling events. His earnings put him over the $1 million mark for his career.

On April 20, 2025, Svensson earned his 13th PBA Tour title and second major championship, winning the PBA Tournament of Champions as he did for his first major back in 2016. Qualifying as the top seed, Svensson defeated fellow lefty Jakob Butturff in his lone finals match, 221–197, to take the title and $100,000 top prize.

On May 24, 2025, Svensson claimed his second $100,000 prize check of the season, winning the PBA Playoffs. He climbed from the #7 seed in the bracketed format, eventually defeating top seed E. J. Tackett in the "race to three points" final round, three games to one.

Despite his slow start, Svensson finished the season second in earnings ($271,100) and seventh in points.

Despite being just 4 years old at the turn of the century, Svensson ranked #15 on the PBA's 2025 "Best 25 PBA Players of the Last 25 Seasons" list. The ranking was based on a points system that took into account standard titles, major titles, top-five finishes and Player of the Year awards.

2026 season On February 15, 2026, Svensson was named a captain's selection by Jason Belmonte for the USA vs. The World team match on April 4.

Professional wins PBA Tour wins (14) LegendMajor championships (2)Japan Invitational (0)World Series of Bowling (2)PBA Tour standard events (10)

Non-title PBA wins 2024 PBA Elite League Strike Derby 2025 PBA Elite League Battle of the Brands Championship (member of champions Team Storm)

Professional accomplishments and records 2015 PBA Rookie of the Year Youngest-ever winner in the PBA Tournament of Champions (20 years, 357 days) First player to have five PBA Tour titles by age 21 (joined by Anthony Simonsen in 2018) Named Sweden's 2016 Rookie Sportsman of the Year 2016 PBA George Young High Average Award winner (226.07 average over 324 PBA Tour games) Ranked #15 on the PBA's 2025 "Best 25 PBA Players of the Last 25 Seasons" list

World Series of Bowling Wins (2)

Results timeline Results not in chronological order.

"T" = Tied for a place

PBA career statistics Statistics are through the last complete PBA season. Season Events Cashes Match Play CRA+ PBA Titles (majors) Average Earnings ($US) 2014 5 2 0 0 0 218.17 3,150 2015 9 6 2 2 2 225.81 57,870 2016 18 11 8 5 3 (1) 226.07 138,380 2017 16 12 9 5 2 226.88 128,816 2018 15 8 4 2 0 212.95 60,323 2019 23 8 6 4 1 213.23 76,058 2020 12 10 9 3 2 223.72 88,650 2021 12 8 7 3 0 215.77 102,100 2022 13 10 7 2 1 217.50 66,900 2023 18 15 12 2 0 217.18 83,850 2024 16 15 9 5 1 225.41 168,636 2025 16 12 7 4 2 (1) 222.05 271,100 Totals 173 102 80 37 14 (2) --- 1,245,833 +CRA = Championship Round Appearances

Personal In addition to bowling, Svensson enjoys soccer and ice hockey.