Boooooooom News:
A list of the top ranked pinball players in the world can be found at https://www.ifpapinball.com/. This site measures over 53,500 active pinball competitors. The player in the video below is currently ranked #11. His name is David (D_J) Riel. In this video he is playing 'The Addams Family' at Victory Pointe in the South Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His achievements in this game include 4 mansion tours and 99+ bear kicks. But, it is more important to look at his amazing defense against draining that he displays throughout. Here is an 11 minute clip of his second mansion tour, which takes his score from 200 million to 700 million:
Some of the highlights include
1:36 DJ defends against a drain on the left outlane
2:10 DJ makes several quick flips after missing a shot to the chair and gets the ball back under control
7:01 DJ makes a nudge that saves the ball from the right outlane
7:14 DJ gets his second tour of the mansion (and you hear a Boooooooom)
He finished the game with over 1,800,000,000 points and put up the highest score on this particular game:
So, to answer the question - how good are the top ranked pinball players? Pretty good, if you ask me.