The Co-Angler AOY race only counts tournaments where the angler fished as a non-boater, but each tournament's points are based on their finish against the entire field (boaters and co-anglers together) — not just against other co-anglers. An angler's total = top 8 placement points + capped meeting points + capped debrief points. Tournament points are 50 − (Place − 1) (1st = 50, 2nd = 49, …).

If two anglers tie, the tiebreakers are applied in order:

1. AOY total points
2. Points accumulated from best 8 finishes (without debrief points)
3. Total weight caught during the same best 8 finishes
4. Largest bass caught
5. Total weight caught during all tournaments fished for that year
6. Total fish count weighed in that year
7. Display name (alphabetical) — last-resort tie-breaker