Team:Panda

Panda, formerly Panda Global (PG), was a professional eSports organization based in the United States. It was co-founded by Alan Bunney and David Wu  in June 2015 as a player-centric organization looking to help their players' careers, facilitate their goals, and promote the growth of the players' esports scene.

Panda entered the Smash scene on June 24th, 2015 after sponsoring top Super Smash Bros. 4 players and, as well as. Since then, the company signed a multitude of other players for Smash 4, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Smash 64, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as commentators, content creators, video editors, and statisticians, becoming one of the most prominent Smash organizations.

Aside from their competitive team, Panda had a division, known as PGStats, that handled tournament data, including running global power rankings for Smash 4 (PGR), Melee (MPGR), and Ultimate (PGRU). The PGStats team also ran a website, PGStats.com, which acted as a player database and hub for Smash news.

On November 18th, 2021, Panda announced a partnership with Nintendo to create the first officially-licensed North American competitive circuit. This circuit was officially announced as the on May 26th, 2022, and was meant to take place from June 24th to December 18th, 2022. However, due to Alan Bunney's role in the Smash World Tour 2022 cancellation controversy, the Panda Cup was boycotted, leading to its eventual cancellation. In the aftermath of the controversy, Panda paused all competitive and content activities, releasing its last player,, on January 16th, 2023.

On December 4th, 2023, the Panda Twitter account posted a link redirecting to a webpage. This page contained a merch section, where they sold the jackets (that were supposed to launch alongside the event) and a single blog post informing the community of the Panda team's current situation, in which they confirmed that employees in the contents, stat and hardware divisions left, alongside most others, the whole staff being now composed of only eight members.

Current smashers

 * (Merchandise coordinator)
 * (Merchandise coordinator)

Other smashers

 * (content director, joined June 30th, 2016)
 * (Team manager, tournament director, FGC manager)
 * (PG Stats director, joined May 7th, 2016)
 * (PG Stats analyst, joined May 7th, 2016)
 * (PG Stats, joined June 2nd, 2016)
 * (PG Stats statistician, joined June 2nd, 2016)
 * (Actor Asa Butterfield, content creator)
 * (Rivals of Aether player)
 * (Joined May 5th, 2020)
 * (Mario 64 speedrunner, content creator)
 * (PG Tournament Organizer)
 * (Content creator)
 * (Video editor)
 * (Commentator, content creator)
 * (Commentator, content creator)
 * (Creative Lead, commentator)
 * (PGstats mathematician)
 * (Commentator, content creator)
 * (PGstats director)
 * (PGstats Melee Content Writer)
 * (Social media manager)
 * (Community organizer, player manager)
 * (Content creator)
 * (PG Hardware Engineer)
 * (Influencer; joined May 2020, left December 2022 )
 * (PGstats designer)
 * (PGstats writer, joined May 7th, 2016)
 * (content creator, joined June 2nd, 2016)
 * (lead graphics artist, project manager)
 * (graphics artist)

Other famous players

 * Justin Wong (JWong) FGC
 * Kyohei Lehr (MarlinPie) GGXrd
 * Alexandre Dub-Bilodeau (Hayatei) MK11
 * Bryant Benzing (Kitana Prime) MK11
 * Jachin Harte (SKD) BBCF, BBTag
 * Stephen Stafford (Speedkicks) Tekken 7
 * Evan Towne (Rocketek) Splatoon
 * Derek Bruscas (Nakkiel) Dragon Ball FighterZ
 * Victor Woodley (Punk) SF5
 * Keenan Kizzie (Kizzie Kay) GGXrd, SamSho19
 * Faye Mata Voice Actor
 * Anna Cramling Chess
 * Wolfe Glick (WolfeyVGC) Pokémon

PG Key
PG Key was an online tournament series organized by PG and directed by. Each entry was a qualifier dedicated to a major offline tournament, with the winner being flown out as an honorary player temporarily sponsored by the organization.


 * Cosmos and Wrath were both unable to attend, so the key was passed down to the 3rd place finisher,.
 * Cosmos was unable to attend, so the key was passed down to the runner-up, Zage.
 * Sonix and lapis lazuli both declined their keys, so it was passed down to the 3rd place finisher,.