Gates, James
Current rating: 1949 (#305)
Record: 74-42-2 (GP) / 15-16 (professional)
Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005Grand Prix Phoenix 2006Grand Prix Dallas 2007Pro Tour Hollywood 2008Grand Prix Los Angeles 2009Grand Prix Minneapolis 2009Grand Prix Oakland 2010Grand Prix San Diego 2011Pro Tour Avacyn RestoredGrand Prix Denver 2013Grand Prix San Diego 2013Grand Prix Portland 2013Grand Prix Los Angeles 2016Grand Prix Reno 2020Regional Championships Atlanta 2023
| Regional Championships Atlanta 2023 (pioneer) | starting rating: 1849 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1pioneer | 70 | Sylvester, Nicholas (1552) | Won 2-1 | +131862 |
| 2pioneer | 73 | Black, Nathaniel (1616) | Won 2-1 | +131875 |
| 3pioneer | 137 | Mahr, Philip (1747) | Won 2-0 | +161891 |
| 4pioneer | 65 | Darcy, Michael (1535) | Won 2-0 | +121903 |
| 5pioneer | 11 | Weller-Gordon, Brian (1916) | Won 2-0 | +181921 |
| 6pioneer | 12 | Wolbers, Andrew (1926) | Won 2-1 | +181939 |
| 7pioneer | 7 | Zeoli, Benny (1859) | Lost 1-2 | -191920 |
| 8pioneer | 7 | Braatz, Samuel (1746) | Lost 0-2 | -211899 |
| 9pioneer | 33 | Litfin, Robert (1620) | Won 2-1 | +131912 |
| 10pioneer | 31 | Wellman, Julian (1875) | Won 2-1 | +171929 |
| 11pioneer | 9 | Heise, William (1671) | Lost 1-2 | -231906 |
| 12pioneer | 51 | Lee, Russell (1695) | Won 2-0 | +151921 |
| 13pioneer | 32 | Curry, Larry (1656) | Won 2-0 | +131934 |
| 14pioneer | 13 | Spartz, Michael (1754) | Won 2-0 | +151949 |
| top | average opponent: 1726record: 11-3 | new rating: 1949 | ||
| Grand Prix Reno 2020 (THB limited) | starting rating: 1736 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 201 | Mathison, John (1467) | Won 2-0 | +131749 |
| 2sealed | 150 | Miknus, Robb (1629) | Lost 1-2 | -201729 |
| 3sealed | 189 | Valenzuela, Rudy (1499) | Won 2-1 | +141743 |
| 4sealed | 114 | Bernat, Michael (1835) | Won 2-1 | +201763 |
| 5sealed | 77 | Bradley, Patrick (1521) | Won 2-1 | +131776 |
| 6sealed | 49 | Huey, Zach (1539) | Lost 1-2 | -221754 |
| 7sealed | 80 | Levy, Justin (1575) | Won 2-0 | +151769 |
| 8sealed | 73 | Pence, Matthew (1679) | Won 2-1 | +161785 |
| 9sealed | 145 | Lannan, Jason (1656) | Won 2-1 | +161801 |
| 10draft | 131 | Kubo, Eric (1560) | Won 2-1 | +141815 |
| 11draft | 157 | Landon, Eric (1933) | Won 2-0 | +201835 |
| 12draft | 154 | Huang, Hao-Shan (1820) | Won 2-0 | +181853 |
| 13draft | 163 | Gorham, Jimmy (1805) | Lost 0-2 | -191834 |
| 14draft | 157 | Gadzinski, Grae (1691) | Won 2-0 | +151849 |
| 15draft | 143 | Hayden, Maxwell (1874) | ID | 01849 |
| top | average opponent: 1672record: 11-3-1 | new rating: 1849 | ||
| Grand Prix Los Angeles 2016 (modern) | starting rating: 1731 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 526 | Ruttle, Wesley (1503) | Won 2-0 | +141745 |
| 2modern | 303 | Copeland, Michael (1518) | Won 2-1 | +141759 |
| 3modern | 195 | Yuen, William (1539) | Lost 1-2 | -221737 |
| 4modern | 699 | Thomason, Joshua (1519) | Lost 0-2 | -221715 |
| 5modern | 735 | Howa, Levi (1467) | Lost 1-2 | -231692 |
| 6modern | 709 | Hall, Kenneth [USA] (1484) | Won 2-0 | +151707 |
| 7modern | 552 | Gonzalez, Jaime (1502) | Won 2-1 | +141721 |
| 8modern | 548 | Dalisa, Conner (1518) | Won 2-0 | +141735 |
| 9modern | 352 | Roa, Michael (1530) | Won 2-1 | +151750 |
| 10modern | 289 | Cotter, Jamie (1561) | Won 2-1 | +141764 |
| 11modern | 133 | Lee, William7525 (1572) | Lost 0-2 | -211743 |
| 12modern | 188 | Jerome, Alec (1558) | Won 2-1 | +141757 |
| 13modern | 193 | Donovan, William (1579) | Lost 1-2 | -211736 |
| top | average opponent: 1527record: 8-5 | new rating: 1736 | ||
| Grand Prix Portland 2013 (modern) | starting rating: 1661 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 32 | Finkbeiner, Edward J (1526) | Won 2-0 | +161677 |
| 3modern | 87 | Adams, Jeremy E (1536) | Won 2-0 | +151692 |
| 4modern | 125 | Levy, Raphael (2010) | Won 2-1 | +241716 |
| 5modern | 45 | Ivey, Greg (1473) | Won 2-0 | +131729 |
| 6modern | 98 | Janz, Carl (1626) | Won 2-1 | +171746 |
| 7modern | 19 | de Jesus Freitas, Marcos Paulo (1564) | Lost 1-2 | -221724 |
| 8modern | 44 | Stern, Jon (2051) | Lost 1-2 | -121712 |
| 9modern | 39 | Thibeau, Markus (1572) | Won 2-1 | +151727 |
| 10modern | 44 | Albergo, Patrick (1542) | Won 2-0 | +151742 |
| 11modern | 20 | Bemrose, Ryan (1606) | Won 2-1 | +161758 |
| 12modern | 12 | Stihle, Julien (1673) | Won 2-1 | +161774 |
| 13modern | 8 | Shiels, David (2041) | Lost 0-2 | -131761 |
| 14modern | 17 | Juza, Martin (1938) | Lost 0-2 | -151746 |
| 15modern | 34 | Sperling, Matthew (1900) | Lost 0-2 | -151731 |
| top | average opponent: 1718record: 9-5 | new rating: 1731 | ||
| Grand Prix San Diego 2013 (modern) | starting rating: 1683 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 52 | Garcia Rosas, Jose Daniel (1705) | Won 2-1 | +191702 |
| 3modern | 102 | Yep, Phillip (1483) | Won 2-0 | +141716 |
| 4modern | 10 | Stern, Jon (2016) | Lost 0-2 | -131703 |
| 5modern | 121 | Medeiros, Kevin (1539) | Lost 1-2 | -211682 |
| 6modern | 194 | Suen, Orry Yeu Arng (1513) | Lost 1-2 | -211661 |
| top | average opponent: 1651record: 2-3 | new rating: 1661 | ||
| Grand Prix Denver 2013 (legacy) | starting rating: 1701 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2legacy | 109 | [anonymous] | Won 2-0 | +131714 |
| 3legacy | 14 | Gorman, Vivian (1611) | Lost 1-2 | -191695 |
| 4legacy | 128 | Curfman, Charles (1501) | Lost 1-2 | -221673 |
| 5legacy | 258 | Manternach, Jim (1510) | Won 2-0 | +151688 |
| 6legacy | 132 | Keeth, Christian (1658) | Won 2-0 | +181706 |
| 7legacy | 146 | Severs, Shane (1521) | Won 2-0 | +141720 |
| 8legacy | 80 | Utter-Leyton, Josh (2005) | Won 2-1 | +231743 |
| 9legacy | 50 | Minard, Darin (1698) | Lost 1-2 | -191724 |
| 10legacy | 73 | Morawski, Jonathan (1605) | Lost 1-2 | -201704 |
| 11legacy | 69 | Trujillo, Larri C (1544) | Lost 1-2 | -211683 |
| top | average opponent: 1612record: 5-5 | new rating: 1683 | ||
| Pro Tour Avacyn Restored (Innistrad block) | starting rating: 1734 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 31 | Blohon, Lukas (1902) | Lost 1-2 | -151719 |
| 2block | 147 | Thor, Patrik (1776) | Won 2-0 | +191738 |
| 3block | 92 | Ahia, Alex (1507) | Won 2-0 | +141752 |
| 4block | 81 | Sondag, Guido (1763) | Lost 0-2 | -181734 |
| 5block | 129 | Dipsar, Sureyya (1699) | Won 2-0 | +181752 |
| 6draft | 77 | van den Oever, Roy (1646) | Won 2-0 | +161768 |
| 7draft | 152 | Nassif, Gabriel (1912) | Lost 1-2 | -161752 |
| 8draft | 53 | Gleicher, David (1974) | Won 2-1 | +221774 |
| 9draft | 26 | Montoya, Brandon (1584) | Lost 0-2 | -211753 |
| 10draft | 88 | Edwards, Mick (1611) | Lost 0-2 | -211732 |
| 11draft | 84 | Mcclain, Josh (1765) | Lost 0-2 | -171715 |
| 12block | 100 | Hampton, Jesse (1914) | Lost 1-2 | -141701 |
| top | average opponent: 1754record: 5-7 | new rating: 1701 | ||
| Grand Prix San Diego 2011 (ISD limited) | starting rating: 1568 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 61 | Paul G., (1518) | Won 2-0 | +171585 |
| 3sealed | 9 | Tyler, Andrew (1551) | Won 2-1 | +171602 |
| 4sealed | 14 | Einwiller, Jeff (1548) | Won 2-1 | +171619 |
| 5sealed | 19 | Huang, Hao-Shan (1878) | Lost 1-2 | -131606 |
| 6sealed | 23 | Hoaen, Rich (2033) | Won 2-1 | +251631 |
| 7sealed | 45 | Kelly, Gregory D (1583) | Won 2-0 | +171648 |
| 8sealed | 22 | Boling, Cannon (1488) | Won 2-1 | +151663 |
| 9sealed | 8 | Yoo, Bradley (1707) | Won 2-0 | +191682 |
| 10draft | 65 | Sacher, AJ (1843) | Won 2-0 | +211703 |
| 11draft | 10 | Hsu, Mike (1683) | Won 2-0 | +181721 |
| 12draft | 31 | Brumby, Gene (1898) | Won 2-1 | +211742 |
| 13draft | 49 | Turtenwald, Owen (2118) | Lost 0-2 | -121730 |
| 14draft | 43 | Cho, Jeong Woo (1668) | Won 2-0 | +171747 |
| 15draft | 5 | Rietzl, Paul (2033) | Lost 1-2 | -131734 |
| top | average opponent: 1753record: 11-3 | new rating: 1734 | ||
| Grand Prix Oakland 2010 (extended) | starting rating: 1588 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3extended | 38 | Christopher, Lou (1540) | Lost 1-2 | -191569 |
| 4extended | 202 | Kaminek, Petr (1633) | Won 2-0 | +191588 |
| 5extended | 71 | Janz, Carl (1593) | Lost 1-2 | -181570 |
| 6extended | 145 | Boothby, Kasandra L (1522) | Won 2-1 | +171587 |
| 7extended | 90 | Corwood, James (1487) | Lost 1-2 | -191568 |
| top | average opponent: 1555record: 2-3 | new rating: 1568 | ||
| Grand Prix Minneapolis 2009 (ZEN limited) | starting rating: 1587 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 63 | Priest, Clint (1500) | Won 2-0 | +171604 |
| 3sealed | 132 | Hahn, Kurtis (1636) | Won 2-0 | +181622 |
| 4sealed | 128 | Felske, David (1785) | Lost 0-2 | -151607 |
| 5sealed | 170 | Klatt, Rylan (1523) | Won 2-0 | +171624 |
| 6sealed | 113 | Nelson, Brad (1636) | Lost 0-2 | -181606 |
| 7sealed | 110 | Holle, Ben (1508) | Won 2-1 | +161622 |
| 8sealed | 82 | Balling, Victor (1555) | Lost 1-2 | -191603 |
| 9sealed | 144 | Severa, Matt (1756) | Lost 0-2 | -151588 |
| top | average opponent: 1612record: 4-4 | new rating: 1588 | ||
| Grand Prix Los Angeles 2009 (extended) | starting rating: 1550 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2extended | 114 | Hawkins, Jesse (1626) | Lost 1-2 | -161534 |
| 3extended | 254 | Foland, Shea (1501) | Lost 0-2 | -191515 |
| 4extended | 312 | Kossonogi, Ori (1589) | Won 2-0 | +191534 |
| 5extended | 288 | Cole, Daniel (1500) | Won 2-1 | +181552 |
| 6extended | 232 | Clark, Dan (1472) | Won 2-0 | +161568 |
| 7extended | 136 | Emami, Kevan (1618) | Won 2-0 | +191587 |
| 8extended | 61 | Hoang, Joey (1504) | Won 2-1 | +171604 |
| 9extended | 55 | Nezin, Alec (1699) | Lost 1-2 | -171587 |
| top | average opponent: 1564record: 5-3 | new rating: 1587 | ||
| Pro Tour Hollywood 2008 (SHM standard) | starting rating: 1601 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 152 | Jacko, Robert (1686) | Lost 1-2 | -171584 |
| 2standard | 160 | DeTora, Melissa (1808) | Lost 1-2 | -141570 |
| 3standard | 158 | Stratton, Zachary (1470) | Lost 1-2 | -201550 |
| top | average opponent: 1654record: 0-3 | new rating: 1550 | ||
| Grand Prix Dallas 2007 (extended) | starting rating: 1620 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3extended | 79 | Goolsby, Curtis (1536) | Lost 0-0 | -191601 |
| top | record: 0-1 | new rating: 1601 | ||
| Grand Prix Phoenix 2006 (CSP limited) | starting rating: 1599 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 40 | Trudeau, Nick (1581) | Won 2-1 | +181617 |
| 3sealed | 20 | Luttmann, Alexander (1542) | Draw 1-1 | -21615 |
| 4sealed | 55 | Scales, Zach (1491) | Lost 0-2 | -201595 |
| 5sealed | 85 | Halvorsen, Fredrick (1474) | Won 2-1 | +161611 |
| 6sealed | 60 | Lindler, Zac (1536) | Won 2-0 | +171628 |
| 7sealed | 34 | Tabak, Matt (1503) | Won 2-1 | +151643 |
| 8sealed | 22 | Bulkowski, Jason M (1574) | Won 2-0 | +171660 |
| 9draft | 30 | Benedict, Michael (1581) | Draw 1-1 | -11659 |
| 10draft | 5 | Pagliocco, Anthony (1566) | Won 2-0 | +161675 |
| 11draft | 18 | Lund, Martin (1595) | Lost 0-2 | -191656 |
| 12draft | 26 | Benedict, Michael (1588) | Lost 1-2 | -201636 |
| 13draft | 30 | Swarowski, Peter (1733) | Lost 1-2 | -161620 |
| top | average opponent: 1564record: 6-4-2 | new rating: 1620 | ||
| Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005 (extended) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 90 | Synakh, Kostyantyn (1512) | Lost 1-2 | -181482 |
| 2extended | 116 | King, James (1426) | Won 2-0 | +171499 |
| 3extended | 51 | Ogo, Yoshinori (1511) | Lost 1-2 | -181481 |
| 4extended | 117 | Groves, Michael (1537) | Won 2-1 | +191500 |
| 5extended | 57 | Hanaoka, Toshifumi (1405) | Won 2-1 | +171517 |
| 6extended | 78 | Tautic, Raymond (1551) | Lost 0-2 | -181499 |
| 7extended | 75 | Davis, Christopher (1493) | Won 2-1 | +181517 |
| 8extended | 82 | Hamon, Yann (1858) | Won 2-0 | +241541 |
| 9extended | 36 | Ootsuka, Koutarou (1817) | Won 2-0 | +231564 |
| 10extended | 30 | Tormos, Ervin (1685) | Lost 0-2 | -161548 |
| 11extended | 35 | Lo Moro, Raffaele (1875) | Lost 1-2 | -121536 |
| 12extended | 54 | Failla, Andrea (1588) | Won 2-0 | +191555 |
| 13extended | 45 | Wright, Stuart (1793) | Won 2-1 | +221577 |
| 14extended | 24 | Stark, William (1656) | Won 2-1 | +201597 |
| 15extended | 17 | Kawamura, Akihiro (1599) | Lost 0-2 | -181579 |
| 16extended | 34 | Perez Paez, Oscar (1716) | Won 2-0 | +201599 |
| top | average opponent: 1626record: 10-6 | new rating: 1599 | ||