The photographers below were the top award winning photographer from the AG|WPJA contests in 2009.
| Photographer | State/Province | Country | Points | |
| 1. | Marcin Labedzki | Gdansk | Poland | 50 |
| 2. | Juliana Mozart | Sao Paulo | Brazil | 44 |
| 3. | Emin Kuliyev | New York | United States | 35 |
| 4. | Shane Snider | North Carolina | United States | 30 |
| 5. | Stephen Loh | Singapore | Singapore | 28 |
| 6. | Marcin Rusinowski | Warsaw | Poland | 27 |
| 7. | Marc Pagani | Louisiana | United States | 25 |
| 8. | Dino Lara | Manila | Philippines | 24 |
| 9. | Kelvin Koh | Singapore | Singapore | 23 |
| 10. | Ron Storer | Washington | United States | 22 |
| 11. | Justin Graddy | Minnesota | United States | 21 |
| 12. | Mauro Pozzer | Vicenza | Italy | 20 |
| 13. | Ricky Salim | Bali | Indonesia | 19 |
| 14. | Derrick Ong | Singapore | Singapore | 18 |
| 15. | Elaine Soong | Alberta | Canada | 17 |
| Liliya Gorlanova | Kishenev | Moldova | 17 | |
| 17. | Matthias Richter | Niedersachsen | Germany | 16 |
| Roger Tan Pin Hwa | Sabah | Malaysia | 16 | |
| Luigi Rota | Lecco | Italy | 16 | |
| 20. | Anginet Page | Colorado | United States | 15 |
| Brooke Mayo | North Carolina | United States | 15 | |
| Nikos Gogas | Thessaloniki | Greece | 15 | |
| Apresh Chavda | Midddlesex | England | 15 | |
| Dan Hale | South Carolina | United States | 15 | |
| Rafal Oglaza | Zachodniopomorskie | Poland | 15 | |
| Bartosz Jastal | Silesia | Poland | 15 | |
| Patrick Low | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 15 | |
| 28. | Katherine Birkbeck | Tennessee | United States | 14 |
| 29. | Bryan Kit F. | Singapore | Singapore | 13 |
| 30. | Kori Hudson | Arkansas | United States | 12 |
| Edoardo Agresti | Firenze | Italy | 12 | |
| 32. | Todd Reichman | Illinois | United States | 11 |
| Ashley Garmon | Texas | United States | 11 | |
| John Hudetz | Colorado | United States | 11 | |
| Erich Campling | New York | United States | 11 | |
| Sol Tamargo | Quintana Roo | Mexico | 10 | |
| Agnieszka Matuszewska | New York | United States | 10 | |
| Sascha Gluck | Quintana Roo | Mexico | 10 | |
| Marc Douglas | Ontario | Canada | 10 | |
| Edmund Tham | Selangor | Malaysia | 10 | |
| 41. | Dean Dampney | New South Wales | Australia | 9 |
| Julie Ambos | Florida | United States | 9 | |
| 43. | Ryan Browne | South Yorkshire | England | 8 |
| Leigh Taylor | Florida | United States | 8 | |
| 45. | Krzysztof Tkacz | Warsaw | Poland | 7 |
| 46. | Alex Tan | Singapore | Singapore | 6 |
| Jeffrey Neal | California | United States | 6 | |
| 48. | Rene Gaviola | Manila | Philippines | 5 |
| David Christensen | Georgia | United States | 5 | |
| Melia Sorenson | British Columbia | Canada | 5 | |
| Stephen Low | Selangor | Malaysia | 5 | |
| Robert Maj | Lubelskie | Poland | 5 | |
| Marcin Szwarc | Pomorskie | Poland | 5 |