The Dancing With the Stars premiere is a little over a week away and we cannot wait for the season to start. ABC has only given us a few morsels about the season from a new Art Deco set to the fact that the judges will have some extra power during Season 28.
To tide us over, DWTS released the pros' Season 28 photos on Thursday and we are here to give you the full roster roll call. Here are all of the stats you need to know about the DWTS pros for Season 28.
Cheryl Burke
Seasons: 22
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 2
Fun Fact: Cheryl has a reputation of getting paired up with athletes, but she's only had nine athletes in her 22 seasons. In Season 28, she's partnered up with former NFL star Ray Lewis.
Val Chmerkovskiy
Seasons: 15
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 2 (Rumer Willis in Season 20 and Laurie Hernandez in Season 23)
Fun Fact: Val is the only current male pro who has won the show, not only once, but twice!
Peta Murgatroyd
Seasons: 13 (12 as a pro, 1 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 2 (Donald Driver in Season 14 and Nyle DiMarco in Season 22)
Fun Fact: Peta was the first former troupe member to ever win a Mirrorball Trophy.
Sasha Farber
Seasons: 15 (7 as a pro, 8 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: Sasha has worked with 2.5 gymnasts during his time on the show. Season 24 with Simone Biles, Season 27 with Mary Lou Retton and he filled in when Derek Hough was injured in Season 20 with Nastia Liukin.
Emma Slater
Seasons: 14 (11 as a pro, 3 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 1 (Rashad Jennings in Season 24)
Fun Fact: Emma played Hen in the 2008 feature film Mamma Mia!
Witney Carson
Seasons: 13 (11 as a pro, 2 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 1 (Alfonso Ribeiro in Season 19)
Fun Fact: Witney was nominated in 2015 for Outstanding Choreography for her work on Season 19. She is the most current pro to have earned an Emmy nomination for the show.
Lindsay Arnold
Seasons: 13 (9 as a pro, 4 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 1 (Jordan Fisher in Season 25)
Fun Fact: Lindsay was paired up with the tallest contestant to ever appear on DWTS, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who stands 7-feet, 2-inches tall. She also came up with the most creative Salsa choreography to showcase his height in Season 26.
Seasons: 10 (4 as a pro, 6 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 1 (Adam Rippon in Season 26.)
Fun Fact: Jenna appeared simultaneously on two dance shows on the same night in 2016. She was in taped segments on the finale of So You Think You Can Dance in Season 13 while making her pro debut just down the hallway on Season 23 of DWTS.
Seasons: 9 (8 as a pro, 1 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: Besides being the king of kindness, Keo is also a real-life prince of a region in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Seasons: 9 (4 as a pro, 5 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: He hasn't won an MBT on DWTS yet, but he's currently the only pro with a win as a mentor on Dancing With the Stars: Juniors. Since the show is on permanent hiatus, it's a win for the record books.
Seasons: 7 (6 as a pro, 1 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: Gleb has appeared on the U.S., U.K. (Strictly Come Dancing), Russian and Australian versions of DWTS.
Brandon Armstrong
Seasons: 5 (2 as a pro, 3 in troupe)
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: There's nothing cuter than his Season 6 DWTS performances with Brittany Cherry. He manifested his career back in 2008!
Pasha Pashkov
Seasons: 1 as a pro
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: Pasha was the one who encouraged his wife and new DWTS pro, Daniella Karagach, to take the Derek Hough Live Tour.
Daniella Karagach
Seasons: 1 as a pro
Mirrorball Trophy wins: 0
Fun Fact: Daniella and Pasha's ballroom competition stats are pretty impressive. The duo is known as the seven-time United States 10-Dance Champions and Latin Champions.
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