So close...and yet so far. That's the feeling that anyone that has ever received a Most Valuable Bowler runner-up nod must be thinking. In the event of a tie, the equation is set to automatically favor the bowler with the smaller average which leaves someone who also put in a stellar win-producing week falling into the role of runner-up. Here are the top 25 bowlers that found themselves in that runner-up spot more often than anyone else in league history.Check out the Top 25 Most MVB Runner-Ups of All Time:
| Top 25 Most MVB Runner-Ups of All Time | ||
| Rank | Bowler | # Near MVBs |
| 1. | Carl Goetz | 37 |
| 2. | Scott Murdock | 33 |
| 3. | Seth Gunderson | 28 |
| 4. | Phil Schroeder | 28 |
| 5. | Ken M. Wilson | 28 |
| 6. | Dennis Laube | 28 |
| 7. | Dennis Walling | 19 |
| 8. | James Tott | 18 |
| 9. | Aaron Barber | 18 |
| 10. | Jonathan Vigliaturo | 17 |
| 11. | Michael Gordon | 16 |
| 12. | Freda Schroeder | 16 |
| 13. | David Codding | 16 |
| 14. | AJ Hofmann | 15 |
| 15. | Jeremy Varnell | 14 |
| 16. | Ian Goetz | 14 |
| 17. | Jason Carpio | 14 |
| 18. | Bob Brunker | 13 |
| 19. | Rob Kaszuba | 12 |
| 20. | Aubrey Moren | 12 |
| 21. | David Parre | 12 |
| 22. | Angela Bradford | 12 |
| 23. | Matthew Taylor | 11 |
| 24. | Ben Spencer | 11 |
| 25. | Ryan Doll | 11 |
