PGR v5

The PGR v5 lists the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U smashers during the period of January through July 2018, as compiled by PG Stats. On November 10th, 2017, PGStats announced an official offseason along with the ending and beginning dates for PGR v4 and v5, respectively. The offseason lasts from December 4th, 2017 to January 18th, 2018, with GENESIS 5 being the first event of the regular PGR v5 season. As exceptions, three notable tournaments that had been scheduled prior to the offseason announcement were still counted as part of the PGR v5 season, those being Umebura T.A.T., the Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1, and 2. With the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it was confirmed that CEO 2018 would be the last event of the season.

Methodology

While the Tournament Tier System returned, it again featured a number of notable changes, first announced in a blog post by PGStats member PracticalTAS. Most significantly, prize pools now have no effect at all on tournament ratings. Individual tournament values were hidden, leaving only the broader tiers publicly visible. Certain tournaments with a consistent reputation of notability will now be given "pre-ratings" that serve as a bare minimum value, with the ability to rise above the pre-rating still possible. Finally, the general values necessary to reach each tier besides the C-tier were heightened; and the S+-tier was removed, with the S-tier taking its place and with a new A+-tier in between it and the A-tier.

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament	Date	Tier
Umebura T.A.T.	December 23rd-24th	B
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier 1	January 6th	C
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifier 2	January 7th	C
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st	A
Noods Noods Noods: Melee Edition	January 27th	C
Smash Fest 3	January 27th	C
EVO Japan 2018	January 26th-28th	B
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 1	February 3rd	C
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 2	February 4th	C
Niconico Tokaigi 2018	February 10th-11th	B
Frostbite 2018	February 10th-11th	A
Sumabato 23	February 17th	C
XenoSaga XIII	February 17th	C
King of the Springs 3	February 24th	C
No Fun Allowed 2	February 24th	C
Xanadu - End of an Era	February 24th-25th	C
Kawaii Kon 2018	March 2nd-4th	C
Midwest Mayhem 11	March 10th, 2018	C
EGLX 2018	March 9th-11th	B
Overclocked II	March 17th	C
Rise 2018	March 17th-18th	C
Umebura 31	March 21st	C
Sumabato 24	March 24th	C
Full Bloom 4	March 24th-25th	C
Smash Masters League: Battle for Vegas	March 24th-25th	A
Collision XV	March 31st	B
Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition	April 7th	C
Mason Versus: Mr E	April 14th	C
The Scarlet Classic IV	April 15th	C
GatorLAN Spring 2018	April 21st	C
ConComics April 2018	April 21st-22nd	C
SwitchFest	April 21st-22nd	A
Glitch 4	April 28th	B
Immortal Tech	April 28th	C
Arcane Tournaments 2018	April 27th-29th	C
Overlords of Orlando 2	April 28th-29th	C
Umeki Project	April 29th	C
Port Priority 3	May 5th	C
KVOxTSB 2018	May 4th-6th	C
Denti's Bizarre Adventure	May 12th	C
Umebura 32	May 12th	B
Unrivaled X	May 12th	C
Get On My Level 2018	May 18th-20th	A
Battle Arena Melbourne 10	May 20th	C
MomoCon 2018	May 24th-27th	A
Sumabato 25	May 27th	C
DreamHack Austin 2018	June 1st-3rd	C
Smash 'N' Splash 4	June 1st-3rd	A
ALPHA II	June 9th	C
Super Smash Fight Club 2	June 9th	C
Saints Gaming Live 2018	June 9th-10th	C
2GG: Hyrule Saga	June 23rd-June 24th	A+
Sumabato 26	June 29th	C
CEO 2018	June 29th-July 1st	A+

Rankings

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Score
1	MkLeo	4	▲ 3		100
2	Tweek	5	▲ 3		98.8
3	Dabuz	6	▲ 3		95.5
4	Nairo	3	▼ 1		92.3
5	Salem	2	▼ 3		90.6
6	Mistake	13	▲ 7		88.5
7	Cosmos	17	▲ 10		88.4
8	Mr.R	10	▲ 2		87.1
9	CaptainZack	18	▲ 9		86.2
10	komorikiri	16	▲ 6		82.0
11	VoiD	9	▼ 2		81.7
12	Samsora	22	▲ 10		78.4
13	Light	47	▲ 34		78.2
14	Fatality	38	▲ 24		77.7
15	Abadango	15	0		74.9
16	Larry Lurr	7	▼ 9		74.9
17	ANTi	20	▲ 3		72.6
18	Elegant	11	▼ 7		72.5
19	Lima	24	▲ 5		69.2
20	falln	41	▲ 21		68.7
21	ESAM	21	0		68.0
22	WaDi	12	▼ 10		66.7
23	Raito	32	▲ 9		66.5
24	Kameme	44	▲ 20		64.2
25	Marss	19	▼ 6		63.4
26	Shuton	27	▲ 1		61.0
27	SDX	—	—		59.9
28	Zinoto	31	▲ 3		59.8
29	Wrath	—	—		57.9
30	KEN	8	▼ 22		56.0
31	MVD	25	▼ 6		55.5
32	Choco	36	▲ 4		55.2
33	Ally	14	▼ 19		53.9
34	Vinnie	46	▲ 12		53.4
35	Shoyo James	42	▲ 7		51.8
36	Captain L	—	—		51.8
37	Nietono	—	—		50.1
38	AC	50	▲ 12		46.5
39	tyroy	40	▲ 1		43.3
40	Rags	—	—		41.7
41	shky	—	—		41.0
42	Ned	—	—		38.6
43	Zenyou	49	▲ 6		36.9
44	Maister	—	—		36.0
45	Darkshad	26	▼ 19		34.0
46	Tsu-	34	▼ 12		33.5
47	6WX	43	▼ 4		31.9
48	Sinji	—	—		31.6
49	Locus	51	▲ 2		31.5
50	Kirihara	29	▼ 21		30.3

Area 51

The day before they began unveiling the regular top 50 rankings, PGStats released a list of the five players who most closely missed the cut for the PGRv5 top 50, known as "Area 51." They were unranked between each other, and as such are all considered to be effectively ranked #51.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
51	Chag	—	—
51	Eim	—	—
51	Karna	—	—
51	Kome	—	—
51	Manny	23	▼ 28

X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Similar to the previous season, players outside of the official rankings top 50 were also counted for this list, making up a total of 100 players in this season's X-Factor rankings.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	MkLeo	3	▲ 2
2	Tweek	6	▲ 4
3	Nairo	4	▲ 1
4	Dabuz	5	▲ 1
5	Salem	2	▼ 3
6	Mr.R	9	▲ 3
7	Mistake	24	▲ 17
8	VoiD	10	▲ 2
9	Cosmos	21	▲ 12
10	Larry Lurr	8	▼ 2
11	CaptainZack	20	▲ 9
12	Samsora	19	▲ 7
13	komorikiri	12	▼ 1
14	Abadango	14	0
15	Elegant	11	▼ 4
16	Light	34	▲ 18
17	Fatality	28	▲ 11
18	KEN	7	▼ 11
19	Lima	30	▲ 11
20	WaDi	13	▼ 7
21	ESAM	17	▼ 4
22	Raito	31	▲ 9
23	Marss	16	▼ 7
24	falln	38	▲ 14
25	ANTi	23	▼ 2
26	Ally	15	▼ 11
27	Shuton	22	▼ 5
28	Captain L	—	—
29	MVD	26	▼ 3
30	Kameme	44	▲ 14
31	Zinoto	33	▲ 2
32	Kirihara	18	▼ 14
33	Choco	27	▼ 6
34	SDX	—	—
35	tyroy	53	▲ 18
36	Shoyo James	56	▲ 20
38	Vinnie	65	▲ 27
39	Wrath	—	—
40	Nietono	—	—
41	Maister	—	—
44	AC	62	▲ 18
45	Zenyou	42	▼ 3
46	Rags	—	—
47	Darkshad	36	▼ 11
49	Sinji	—	—
50	Tsu-	29	▼ 21
52	Locus	—	—
54	6WX	46	▼ 8
59	Ned	50	▼ 9
60	shky	—	—

External links

• FAQ
• Area 51
• PGR v5 on Red Bull's website 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1