The Panda Global Rankings (PGR) is a biannual list compiled by Panda Global Gaming's PG Stats team ranking the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U smashers. The first list was released on May 27th, 2016.
The second list will be fully revealed on January 13th, 2017.
Methods
PGR v1 (January 2015 - May 2016)
The first list was compiled by 48 panelists and the PG Stats team -- Dom, suar, and Zan and took into account tournament results from Apex 2015 to 2GGT: Fresh Saga. The players' rankings are purely based on tournament placings and set counts, with a heavy emphasis on 7 major events: Apex 2015, CEO 2015, EVO 2015, Paragon Los Angeles 2015, The Big House 5, GENESIS 3 and Pound 2016[1].
It also includes a separate and subjective metric voted on by the panelists referred to as "X-Factor", which follows a more similar approach to Melee It On Me's SSBMRank. A player's X-Factor is the difference between their PGR ranking and their spot on the list that the surveyors rated them at. A player with a very positive X-Factor would theoretically be a notable figure in the community feared by top players but would not have the results to back him up. On the other hand, a player with a negative X-Factor would be somewhat of a "hidden boss" showing impressive results and wins with a lack of acknowledgement from the community. The full list was revealed after LVL UP EXPO 2016 and Get On My Level 2016, but was created before those tournaments started, making some of the set records and notable wins exclusive to the time beforehand.
Tournaments evaluated
Bolded tournaments signify majors, and non-bolded tournaments are defined as nationals by the PG Stats team.
- Apex 2015 - January 30th to February 1st, 2015
- CEO 2015 - June 26th to 28th, 2015
- EVO 2015 - July 17th to 19th, 2015
- Smash Factor 4 - July 24th to 26th, 2015
- Super Smash Con 2015 - August 6th to 9th, 2015
- PAX Prime 2015 - August 28th to 30th, 2015
- Paragon Los Angeles 2015 - September 5th to 6th, 2015
- Umebura F.A.T. - September 21st to 22nd, 2015
- The Big House 5 - October 2nd to 4th, 2015
- MLG World Finals 2015 - October 16th to 18th, 2015
- 2GGT: ESAM Saga - January 9th, 2016
- GENESIS 3 - January 15th to 17th, 2016
- PAX Arena - January 29th to 31st, 2016
- 2GGT: The False Awakens - January 30th, 2016
- B.E.A.S.T 6 - February 19th to 21st, 2016
- Shots Fired 2 - March 5th to 6th, 2016
- Glitch - March 12th, 2016
- 2GGT: FOW Saga - March 26th, 2016
- Pound 2016 - April 2nd to 3rd, 2016
- Midwest Mayhem 2 - April 30th, 2016
- NEW FISH - May 7th, 2016
- 2GGT: Fresh Saga - May 7th, 2016
PGR v2 (May 2016 - December 2016)
The second list will take into account results from LVL UP EXPO 2016 to 2GGT: ZeRo Saga included. Spike, juddy, and Giant were added to the PG Stats team to more accurately cover the Japanese, European, and Mexican scenes. The tournaments included are classified into tiers according to the number of ranked players attending and the number of entrants in general, with tier 1 including major events and tier 4 locals. Just like the first rankings, a heavy emphasis is put on 6 tier 1 tournaments: CEO 2016, EVO 2016, Super Smash Con 2016, The Big House 6, UGC Smash Open, and 2GGT: ZeRo Saga. The X-Factor metric will make its return as well[2].
Panelists
The subjective components used to determine the X-Factors were derived from a survey that was sent to over 50 community members from around the world.
The United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Europe, and Australia were represented among the 48 individuals who were surveyed that answered back.
Rankings
January 2015 - May 2016
| Ranking | Smasher | Previous rank | Movement | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ZeRo |
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| 2 |  Nairo |
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| 3 | Dabuz |
— | — | 
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| 4 |  Mr. R |
— | — |
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| 5 |  Abadango |
— | — |  
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| 6 |  Ally |
— | — | 
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| 7 | Larry Lurr |
— | — |  
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| 8 | VoiD |
— | — |  
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| 9 | Ranai |
— | — | 
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| 10 | ANTi |
— | — |  
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| 11 | Komorikiri |
— | — |  
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| 12 | FOW |
— | — | 
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| 13 | Marss |
— | — | 
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| 14 | ESAM |
— | — | 
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| 15 | Tweek |
— | — | 
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| 16 | Shaky |
— | — | 
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| 17 | 9B |
— | — | 
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| 18 | Vinnie |
— | — | 
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| 19 |  Leo |
— | — |   
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| 20 | 6WX |
— | — |
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| 21 | MVD |
— | — | 
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| 22 | Tyrant |
— | — | 
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| 23 | Zinoto |
— | — | 
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| 24 | Hyuga |
— | — | 
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| 25 | Trela |
— | — | 
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| 26 | RAIN |
— | — |  
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| 27 | K9sbruce |
— | — | 
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| 28 | Mew2King |
— | — |
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| 29 | SlayerZ |
— | — | 
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| 30 | Pink Fresh |
— | — | 
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| 31 | All Might |
— | — |  
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| 32 | Nietono |
— | — |
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| 33 | Earth |
— | — | 
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| 34 | NAKAT |
— | — |   
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| 35 | False |
— | — |  
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| 36 | Mr. ConCon |
— | — | 
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| 37 | Ito |
— | — | 
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| 38 | Angel Cortes |
— | — |
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| 39 | Xzax |
— | — | 
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| 40 | falln |
— | — | 
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| 41 | Fatality |
— | — | 
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| 42 | iStudying |
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| 43 | ScAtt |
— | — | 
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| 44 | Megafox |
— | — | 
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| 45 | Ryo |
— | — |  
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| 46 | Cacogen |
— | — |
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| 47 | 8BitMan |
— | — | 
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| 48 | Seagull Joe |
— | — |
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| 49 | NickRiddle |
— | — | 
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| 50 | Tearbear |
— | — | 
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X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)
| Ranking | Smasher | Previous rank | Movement | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZeRo |
— | — |
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| 2 | Dabuz |
— | — |
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| 3 | Nairo |
— | — |
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| 4 | Mr. R |
— | — |
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| 5 | Ranai |
— | — |
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| 6 | Abadango |
— | — |
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| 7 | Larry Lurr |
— | — |
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| 8 | Ally |
— | — |
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| 9 | Komorikiri |
— | — |
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| 10 | VoiD |
— | — |
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| 11 | ANTi |
— | — |
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| 12 | Marss |
— | — |
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| 13 | FOW |
— | — |
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| 14 | 9B |
— | — |
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| 15 | Tweek |
— | — |
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| 16 | ESAM |
— | — |
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| 17 | Mew2King |
— | — |
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| 18 | Leo |
— | — |
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| 19 | Vinnie |
— | — |
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| 20 | Zinoto |
— | — |
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| 21 | RAIN |
— | — |
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| 22 | Earth |
— | — |
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| 23 | Nietono |
— | — |
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| 24 | Shaky |
— | — |
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| 25 | Hyuga |
— | — |
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| 26 | Tyrant |
— | — |
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| 27 | Trela |
— | — |
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| 28 | K9sbruce |
— | — |
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| 29 | 6WX |
— | — |
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| 30 | Pink Fresh |
— | — |
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| 31 | NAKAT |
— | — |
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| 32 | MVD |
— | — |
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| 33 | ScAtt |
— | — |
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| 34 | Megafox |
— | — |
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| 35 | All Might |
— | — |
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| 36 | SlayerZ |
— | — |
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| 37 | Fatality |
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| 38 | Xzax |
— | — |
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| 39 | Ito |
— | — |
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| 40 | iStudying |
— | — |
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| 41 | Mr. ConCon |
— | — |
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| 42 | False |
— | — |
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| 43 | Ryo |
— | — |
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| 44 | Angel Cortes |
— | — |
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| 45 | Cacogen |
— | — |
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| 46 | NickRiddle |
— | — |
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| 47 | falln |
— | — |
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| 48 | Seagull Joe |
— | — |
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| 49 | 8BitMan |
— | — |
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| 50 | Tearbear |
— | — |
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