WPJA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE YEAR FOR 2021
The WPJA proudly recognizes the Photographer of the Year (POY), that member holding the most contest points at the end of each year.
| Photographer | Location | Points | |
| POY 2021 | William Lambelet | Occitanie, France | 876 |
| 1st Runner Up | Johnny Shryock | Virginia, United States | 846 |
| 2nd Runner Up | Sanne De Block | Antwerpen, Belgium | 800 |
WPJA TOP 150 INTERNATIONAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS OF 2021
| Photographer | Location | Points | |
| 1. | William Lambelet | Occitanie, France | 876 |
| 2. | Johnny Shryock | Virginia, United States | 846 |
| 3. | Sanne De Block | Antwerpen, Belgium | 800 |
| 4. | Jacob Hannah | Vermont, United States | 768 |
| 5. | Patrick Mateer | Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 691 |
| 6. | Leonard Walpot | Utrecht, Netherlands | 689 |
| 7. | Patrick Lombaert | Brittany, France | 682 |
| 8. | Lyndsey Goddard | London, United Kingdom | 634 |
| 9. | David Clumpner | Montana, United States | 600 |
| 10. | JD Land | Pennsylvania, United States | 599 |
| 11. | Thomas Jongbloed | Utrecht, Netherlands | 593 |
| 12. | Pierrick Roland | Hauts-de-Seine, France | 580 |
| 13. | Marion Pomes | Hautes-Pyrenees, France | 567 |
| 14. | Mehdi Djafer | Nord, France | 535 |
| 15. | Stacy Gillespie | Colorado, United States | 525 |
| 16. | Michelle Arlotta | New Jersey, United States | 511 |
| 17. | Luan Nguyen | Paris, France | 467 |
| Brittany Diliberto | Virginia, United States | 467 | |
| 19. | Xiaoqi Li | Virginia, United States | 458 |
| 20. | Emil Boczek | West Midlands, United Kingdom | 456 |
| 21. | Kate Crabtree | Maine, United States | 425 |
| 22. | Jean Baptiste Chauvin | Yvelines, France | 424 |
| 23. | Ludovic Lieffrig | Occitanie, France | 411 |
| 24. | David Pullum | Devon, United Kingdom | 401 |
| Paolo Blocar | Veneto, Italy | 401 | |
| Freek Nagtzaam | Noord Brabant, Netherlands | 401 | |
| 27. | Jesse La Plante | Colorado, United States | 400 |
| 28. | Matteo Reni | Varese, Italy | 390 |
| Ian Bursill | Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 390 | |
| 30. | Lea Torrieri | Paris, France | 389 |
| 31. | Mark Creery | Colorado, United States | 379 |
| Lisa De Domenico Pacor | Trieste, Italy | 379 | |
| 33. | Chris Werner | California, United States | 378 |
| 34. | Nikhol Esteras | Oaxaca, Mexico | 369 |
| 35. | Robin Goodlad | Dorset, United Kingdom | 357 |
| 36. | Alex Paul | Massachusetts, United States | 356 |
| Annie Bang | California, United States | 356 | |
| 38. | Autumn Parry | Colorado, United States | 355 |
| Michael Freas | North Carolina, United States | 355 | |
| 40. | Nilufer Nalbantoglu | Istanbul, Turkey | 346 |
| 41. | Gaelle Caré | Indre, France | 335 |
| 42. | Cristina Tanase | Bucharest, Romania | 323 |
| Daniel Monteiro | Porto, Portugal | 323 | |
| 44. | Ufuk Sarisen | Istanbul, Turkey | 322 |
| 45. | Victoria Sprung | Illinois, United States | 322 |
| 46. | Serenay Lokcetin | Istanbul, Turkey | 312 |
| 47. | Emre Nesli | Istanbul, Turkey | 302 |
| 48. | Shaun Baker | California, United States | 301 |
| 49. | Ankita Asthana | Maharashtra, India | 300 |
| 50. | Justin Edmonds | Colorado, United States | 299 |
| 51. | Milan Lazic | Illinois, United States | 289 |
| 52. | Salvo Moroni | Catania, Italy | 279 |
| Jeremie Sangare | Vendee, France | 279 | |
| 54. | Martin Beddall | West Sussex, United Kingdom | 278 |
| Tom Beynon | Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom | 278 | |
| Petrica Tanase | Bucharest, Romania | 278 | |
| 57. | Isabelle Bazin | Occitanie, France | 277 |
| 58. | Sean Lara | Colorado, United States | 268 |
| Brett Butterstein | California, United States | 268 | |
| Tsvetelina Deliyska | Sofia, Bulgaria | 268 | |
| 61. | Fille Roelants | Antwerpen, Belgium | 267 |
| Bertrand Roguet | Cher, France | 267 | |
| Ilana Bar av | Wisconsin, United States | 267 | |
| Julien Maria | Grand Est, France | 267 | |
| Piotr Maksa | Lodzkie, Poland | 267 | |
| 66. | Cheng Guo | Sichuan, China | 266 |
| Matt Wilson | Colorado, United States | 266 | |
| 68. | Damion Mower | Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom | 257 |
| Andy Griffiths | Lancashire, United Kingdom | 257 | |
| Ken Pak | District Of Columbia, United States | 257 | |
| 71. | Shea McGrath | Colorado, United States | 256 |
| 72. | Trent Gillespie | Colorado, United States | 245 |
| Jerome Villard | Ardeche, France | 245 | |
| Annie Kheffache | Dublin, Ireland | 245 | |
| 75. | Steven Herrschaft | Hessen, Germany | 234 |
| Renan Radici | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 234 | |
| 77. | Lauren Lindley | California, United States | 233 |
| 78. | Catherine Hudson Paturet | Occitanie, France | 224 |
| 79. | Henri Deroche | Centre-Val de Loire, France | 223 |
| 80. | Marco Colonna | Taranto, Italy | 221 |
| 81. | Paul Tansley | Hampshire, United Kingdom | 212 |
| Erica Hawkins | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom | 212 | |
| Danielle Gardner | New York, United States | 212 | |
| 84. | Coralie Castillo | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 211 |
| 85. | Franck Petit | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | 201 |
| 86. | Valerie Teppe | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | 200 |
| Sarah V. Martinez | New Hampshire, United States | 200 | |
| Qi Xiang | Fujian, China | 200 | |
| 89. | Lucy Schultz | Colorado, United States | 199 |
| 90. | Jonathan Ryder | County Antrim, United Kingdom | 190 |
| 91. | Megan Hannah | Vermont, United States | 189 |
| Nathan Walker | Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom | 189 | |
| 93. | Zsofia Rebicek | Terni, Italy | 188 |
| 94. | Oliver Saillard | Haute-Marne, France | 179 |
| 95. | Chris Shum | California, United States | 178 |
| Ben Schaefer | Massachusetts, United States | 178 | |
| Sylvain Bouzat | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 178 | |
| 98. | Alessandro Iasevoli | Lazio, Italy | 167 |
| Castille Alma | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 167 | |
| Hong Phuc Bui | Cotes-d'Armor, France | 167 | |
| Alex Gordeev | Massachusetts, United States | 167 | |
| Anastasiia Polyakov | Virginia, United States | 167 | |
| Donatella Barbera | Tuscany, Italy | 167 | |
| Kenneth Clapp | Maryland, United States | 167 | |
| 105. | Vincent Mu | Beijing, China | 166 |
| Ian Chin | California, United States | 166 | |
| Kevin Sawyer | California, United States | 166 | |
| 108. | Caroline Elenbaas | Noord Brabant, Netherlands | 157 |
| Audrey Morisson | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | 157 | |
| 110. | Deanna Johnson | Missouri, United States | 156 |
| Loic Bourniquel | Tarn, France | 156 | |
| Rebekah Sampson | Arizona, United States | 156 | |
| 113. | Penny McCoy | Minnesota, United States | 155 |
| 114. | Nicholas Haigh | Lincolnshire, United Kingdom | 145 |
| Janina Brocklesby | Lancashire, United Kingdom | 145 | |
| Wojciech Marzec | Malopolskie, Poland | 145 | |
| Francesca Vitulano | Perugia, Italy | 145 | |
| 118. | Nicky Byrnes | California, United States | 144 |
| Julian Kanz | Genova, Italy | 144 | |
| Roger Kenny | Wicklow, Ireland | 144 | |
| 121. | Mohamed Jameer | Maharashtra, India | 135 |
| Kate Hampson | California, United States | 135 | |
| 123. | Johanna Marjoux | Occitanie, France | 134 |
| Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne | Paris, France | 134 | |
| Kristian Leven | London, United Kingdom | 134 | |
| Hao Pan | Zhejiang, China | 134 | |
| 127. | Nicola Genati | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy | 133 |
| Simi Rabinowitz | Massachusetts, United States | 133 | |
| 129. | Kari Bellamy | London, United Kingdom | 133 |
| 130. | Orlando Suarez | Georgia, United States | 122 |
| Lori Anne Crewe | Ontario, Canada | 122 | |
| Kuan Yu | Hunan, China | 122 | |
| 133. | Elodie Gentit | Morbihan, France | 112 |
| David Cliff | London, United Kingdom | 112 | |
| Michela Bocciarelli | Milano, Italy | 112 | |
| Luca Fabbian | Vicenza, Italy | 112 | |
| Ray Iavasile | Michigan, United States | 112 | |
| Charles Sng | Singapore | 112 | |
| Massimiliano Esposito | Terni, Italy | 112 | |
| 140. | Cedric Derbaise | Oise, France | 111 |
| Philip Thomas | Texas, United States | 111 | |
| Natalja van Ommeren | Zuid Holland, Netherlands | 111 | |
| Rocio Sanchez | Jaen, Spain | 111 | |
| Madi Ellis | Illinois, United States | 111 | |
| Fabrizio Demasi | Mantova, Italy | 111 | |
| Teun Bakker | Noord Holland, Netherlands | 111 | |
| Massimiliano Beccati | Milan, Italy | 111 | |
| 148. | Bozhidar Krastev | Ruse, Bulgaria | 110 |
| Sylvain Garderes | Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | 110 | |
| Eric Corbacho | São Paulo, Brazil | 110 |
WPJA POY and TOP 150 International Wedding Photographers for 2020
