Ultiworld’s 2025 Throw Of The Year Bracket (Round 1)

Round 1 to decide the 2025 Throw of the Year!

January 16, 2026 by Ultiworld in Awards, Opinion

Ultiworld’s 2025 Throw of the Year bracket is presented by Spin Ultimate; all opinions are those of the author(s). Find out how Spin can get you, and your team, looking your best this season.

One of our most popular series to begin each year, it’s time to look back at last year and let our readers decide some of the top plays of 2025. We narrowed to the final sixteen (eight from MMP and eight from WMP) in our Subscriber Selection. Now it’s time for the wider public to decide which play is the best of the best.

Round 1 starts now and closes on Monday, January 19th at noon Eastern!

Woman-Matching Players

Matchup 1: Krebs vs. Stone

Jolie Krebs – New York XIST (USAU Club)

Jolie Krebs

Krebs is not your usual player, so the only thing unsurprising about this strange throw is that she released it. A bending IO forehand huck to a streaking receiver for the game-winner at Nationals is the type of statement play that has become her reputation.

Caroline Stone – Vermont Ruckus (USAU College)

Caroline Stone

Caroline Stone’s game is many things, and boring ain’t one of ’em. She flashed her sparkling brand of confident play with this quick-release no-look backhand assist, beating the defense and aura farming all at once.

Matchup 2: Jezierski vs. Cárdenas

Sadie Jezierski – BUFA (International Beach Club)

Sadie Jezierski

Very few players can claim a signature throw, but the off-hand high-release flick practically should be called “The Sadie” at this point. And this was not some trick throw — check out how it erases the defense.

Valeria Cárdenas – Denver Molly Brown (USAU Club)

Valeria Cardenas

Would it even be the Throw of the Year bracket without Valeria Cardenas? Look at her jersey, whipping in the opposite direction. That tells you just how impressive this huge low-side backhand over two defenders off a stopped disc is.

Matchup 3: Cárdenas vs. Soo

Manuela Cárdenas – Denver Molly Brown (USAU Club)

Manuela Cárdenas

Manu is one of the greatest highlight reel players of all time and it comes in all phases of the game! This massive backhand huck is well setup and even more well-executed, striking past the defense.

Lindsay Soo – Raleigh Phoenix (USAU Club)

Lindsay Soo

What young player hasn’t dreamed of it: universe point, elimination game at Nationals, the chance to send it. Lindsay Soo lived it, and rose to the moment with a massive backhand huck that hits their receiver in stride to call game.

Matchup 4: Walczak vs. Beeman-Weber

Levke Walczak – Team Germany (International Club/World Games)

Levke Walczak

There are four or five pairs of players that Levke Walczak bypasses with this creative cross-field assist. Neither she nor her receiver are on the sideline where it ends, but a beautiful blend of strength and control gets the disc to where it needed to be.

Mia Beeman-Weber – Carleton Syzygy (USAU College)

Mia Beeman-Weber

This throw is just majestic, an actual perfect pull. Like bowling 300, you just can’t get better the placing it in the back corner while the offense struggles to even get the disc back into play.

Man-Matching Players

Matchup 1: Fuzat vs. Chatha

Xavier Fuzat – Texas Tuff (USAU College)

Xavier Fuzat

“Thumber! Thumber! Thumber!” cried the sideline, and sometimes, that’s all you need to know. Of course, the daring Fuzat’s thumber was also a pretty breakside assist that sends the defense to the sideline feeling hopeless, too.

Gagan Chatha – Team Canada (World Games)

Gagan Chatha

Chatha has a way of making the game look easy, and he does it again with this IO forehand across the field from behind the brick mark. The throw to space leaves the defense out of the picture, both subtle edge and good pace applied by Chatha.

Matchup 2: Piper vs. Olson

Ian Piper – Pittsburgh Port Authority (USAU Club)

Ian Piper

This is the type of delectable thing you can only do with a disc. From power position, Ian Piper uncorks an IO forehand to beat a pair or defenders to the opposite side of the field for a long and pretty assist.

Axel Olson – Carleton CUT (USAU College)

Axel Olson

You don’t see a lot of 20-yard or so hucks attract attention, but Axel Olson used his floaty IO forehand as a get out of jail free card during the national championship final. The yardage gained is just the cherry on top.

Matchup 3: Pollard vs. Edelmayer

James Pollard – Minneapolis Drag’n Thrust (USAU Club)

James Pollard

Ignore Pollard’s highlight catch and focus on the topic at hand: this cross-field forehand. It takes poise and touch to release the disc nearly even with your target, but still curve around the defense and land just so for an easy score.

Cody Edelmayer – Green Canyon (High School)

Cody Edelmayer

Sometimes you hear the term “full field” thrown around casually, but this one more than earned it. From the front line to the backline, from a set position, this towering forehand was a kaiju blast from Edelmayer.

Matchup 4: Arters vs. Bosworth

Paul Arters – Chicago Machine (USAU Club)

Paul Arters

Big game? Check, it’s the Pro Championship final. Big air? Check, this one practically cuts into a cloud. Big range? Check, Arters’ hammer hits in the end zone from over 40 yards away.

Callahan Bosworth – Oregon State (USAU College)

Callahan Bosworth

Who doesn’t love a throw that leaves the defense with their face in their shirt? Bosworth’s lifts this sharp scoober just enough to get it there, but with enough pace to take advantage of the defense.