Rankings in the American Contract Bridge League

RANK         MASTERPOINTS
Rookie 0 - 4.99
Junior Master 5 - 19.99
Club Master 20 - 49.99
Sectional Master 50 or more with at least 5 silver points
Regional Master 100 or more with at least 15 silver points and 5 red or gold points
NABC Master 200 or more with at least 50 pigmented points of which 5 must be gold, 15 more must be red or gold, and 25 must be silver
Life Master 300 to 499.99 of which 50 must be silver, 25 must be gold, and 25 more which may be red or gold
Bronze Life Master 500 - 999.99 plus Life Master status
Silver Life Master 1000 - 2499.99 plus Life Master status
Gold Life Master 2500 - 4999.99 plus Life Master status
Diamond Life Master 5000 - 7499.99 plus Life Master status
Emerald Life Master 7500 - 9999.99 plus Life Master status
Platinum Life Master 10,000 plus Life Master status
Grand Life Master 10,000 plus Life Master status and at least one North American championship or its equivalent

Black Points:
Black Points are awarded at club and unit games. Also referred to as club masterpoints, 100 club masterpoints are the equivalent of one (1.00) masterpoint. An open club game awards 0.1 MP per table in play.

Silver Points:
Silver Points are awarded at sectional tournaments, progressive sectionals and STaCs (sectional tournament at clubs).

Red Points:
Red Points are awarded at regional tournaments and the three annual NABCs
(North American Bridge Championships).

Gold Points:
Gold Points are awarded at regionals and NABCs for topping a section or placing overall in an event of two or more sessions with an upper masterpoint limit of 750 mps or more.

Platinum Points:
platinum points are awarded for NABC+ events (which are national-rated events with no upper masterpoint limit) and include the national-rated senior and women's events.

MASTERPOINT CONTESTS
ACBL conducts the annual MINI-MCKENNEY and ACE OF CLUBS contests for players in each rank.
The Bridge Bulletin recognizes leaders ACBL-wide. At the unit level, winners in each cetegory receive recognition and special medallions.
The Mini-McKenney tallies all points won within a calendar year while the Ace of Clubs contest is limited to points won in club games within a calendar year.
In addition to the regular ranks, players in other categories - Youth (age 20 and younger), Junior (age 26 and younger), and Senior (age 55 and older) - are recognized.

OTHER MASTERPOINT PLANS
Comparable masterpoint plans are in effect in many other bridge-playing countries, although rankings and requirements differ from country to country. In addition, the World bridge Federation (WBF) has adopted its own masterpoint plan for the ranking of players of international calibre.