Masterpoint Ranks — Effective January 1, 2010
These rules apply to you if you joined the ACBL after January 1, 2010 or let your membership lapse after that date. If you joined prior to January 1, 2010 and have maintained continuous membership, click here to see the rules that apply to you.
| Title | Masterpoints Earned*** |
| Rookie | Fewer than 5 |
| Junior Master | 5 |
| Club Master | 20 |
| Sectional Master | 50 (5 must be silver) |
| Regional Master | 100 (15 silver, 5 red or gold) |
| NABC Master | 200 (with at least 5 gold, 15 red or gold and 25 silver) |
| Advanced NABC Master | 300 (25 gold or platinum, 25 red, gold or platinum, 50 silver, 50 black) |
| Life Master | 500 (50 gold or platinum, 50 red, gold or platinum, 75 silver, 75 black)* |
| Silver Life Master | 1000 |
| Gold Life Master | 2500 |
| Diamond Life Master | 5000 |
| Emerald Life Master | 7500 |
| Platinum Life Master | 10,000 |
| Grand Life Master | 10,000 and see below** |
*These requirements do not apply to people who are ACBL members as of December 31, 2009 and maintain continuous membership in the ACBL until they achieve Life Master status. These players will attain Life Master status upon earning 300 points, of which 150 must be pigmented as follows: 25 gold, 25 red or gold, 50 silver and 50 black. A member who had red masterpoints or a fraction thereof prior to Jan. 1, 1969, is required to possess at least 50 red or gold masterpoints in any combination. Any new member or player in an unpaid status for six months or more after Jan. 1, 1999, will be required to earn 50 black points to become a Life Master.
**This is the highest rank in the ACBL. It requires 10,000 masterpoints and one victory in a North American Bridge Championship with no upper masterpoint restriction or an Open Team Trials or its equivalent or a Women’s Team Trials or its equivalent or any of the following WBF events: Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, Rosenblum Cup, McConnell Cup, Open Pairs, Women’s Pairs, Olympiad, Women’s Team Olympiad, WBF Senior Pairs event, WBF World Swiss Teams, WBF World Mixed Teams, and WBF Senior Teams.
***Online points count towards rank advancement - however, no more than 1/3 of the requirements for a particular rank may come from online play. For example, to make Club Master requires 20 MPs - a player would need 13.33 (or more) points from face-to-face competition in addition to the 6.67 (or more) earned online - any online points over 6.67 would not count towards earning the rank.