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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 on January 19th, 2017, the third on July 7th, 2017, the fourth on January 12th, 2018, and the fifth on August 3rd, 2018.

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 them 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.

Tournament Date
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015
Smash Factor 4 July 24th-26th, 2015
Super Smash Con 2018 August 6th-9th, 2015
PAX Prime 2015 August 28th-30th, 2015
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015
Umebura F.A.T. September 21st-22nd, 2015
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015
MLG World Finals 2015 October 16th-18th, 2015
2GGT: ESAM Saga January 9th, 2016
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016
PAX Arena January 29th-31st, 2016
2GGT: The False Awakens January 30th, 2016
B.E.A.S.T 6 February 19th-21st, 2016
Shots Fired 2 March 5th-6th, 2016
Glitch March 12th, 2016
2GGT: FOW Saga March 26th, 2016
Pound 2016 April 2nd-3rd, 2016
Midwest Mayhem 2 April 30th, 2016
NEW FISH May 7th, 2016
2GGT: Fresh Saga May 7th, 2016

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.

Tristate (8) - ANTi, Dabuz, Dom, False, Gunblade, Nairo, NAKAT, Tweek
Japan (7) - 9B, Abadango, Earth, komorikiri, Mr.II, Nietono, RAIN
Florida (6)- Diamond Overstreet, Sol, Master Raven, MVD, saj, suar
Europe (6) - Luigi player, Mr.R, Risuno, Rito, Tetra, vyQ
SoCal (5) - falln, Larry Lurr, VoiD, Zan, ZeRo
Maryland/Virginia (3) - Mister Eric, Remzi, Seagull Joe
Mexico (2) - Hyuga, MkLeo
Australia (2) - KuroganeHammer, Shaya
Midwest (2) - Ori, Vayseth
Southwest (1) - Bear
Northwest (1) - Big D
Southeast (1) - Fatality
New England (1) - Pugwest
NorCal (1) - Shaky
Canada (1) - Toronto Joe
South (1) - Trela

PGR v2 (May - December 2016)

The second list took 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 were 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 was 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 made its return as well. [2]

Tournaments evaluated

Bolded tournaments signify tier 1 events, and non-bolded tournaments are defined as tier 2 events by the PG Stats team.

Tournament Date
Battle Arena Melbourne 8 May 13th-15th
LVL UP EXPO 2016 May 14th-15th
Umebura 23 May 21st
Get On My Level 2016 May 20th-22nd
MomoCon 2016 May 26th-29th
Sumabato 10 May 29th
TGC 8 June 4th
Midwest Mayhem 3 June 4th
2GGT: Mexico Saga June 4th
KTAR XVIII June 11th
Smash 'N' Splash 2 June 11th-12th
Sumabato 11 June 17th
Apex 2016 June 17th-19th
Low Tier City 4 June 18th-19th
CEO 2016 June 24th-26th
WTFox 2 July 1st-3rd
Neokan Party 2 July 2nd-3rd
Midwest Mayhem 4 July 9th
EVO 2016 July 15th-17th
2GGT: KTAR Saga July 23rd
Umebura 24 July 24th
Smash Factor 5 July 29th-31st
Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE July 30th-31st
Clutch City Clash August 6th-7th
Super Smash Con 2016 August 11th-14th
Rio de Janeiro eGames Showcase 2016 August 15th-16th
Umebura S.A.T. August 20th-21st
Endgame August 20th-21st
Sumabato 12 August 27th
Shine 2016 August 26th-28th
Collision XIV September 3rd
Umebura 25 September 10th
Syndicate 2016 September 10th-11th
2GGT: Abadango Saga September 24th
Glitch 2 September 24th-25th
Sumabato 13 September 25th
Little Big House 2 October 6th
The Big House 6 October 7th-9th
Sumabato 14 October 22nd
Eclipse 2 October 21st-23rd
Olympus October 28th-30th
Canada Cup 2016 October 28th-30th
Midwest Mayhem 5 November 5th
Aftershock 2016 November 5th-6th
KTAR XIX November 19th
Smashdown World November 26th-27th
UGC Smash Open December 2nd-4th
Showdown: Battle Royale December 10th-11th
2GGT: ZeRo Saga December 16th-18th

Panelists

The number of panelists was reduced from 48 to 30. The survey used was similar to the first one.

Tristate (7) - Tweek, Dabuz, Austy, ANTi, Gunblade, Max Ketchum, Dom
SoCal (5) - Larry Lurr, NAKAT, Keitaro, VoiD, Zan
New England (4) - Pugwest, TMPR, Rorec, suar
Europe (3) - Tetra, SilentDoom, vyQ
Midwest (2) - Zinoto, Vayseth
South (2) - CaptainZack, Samsora
Canada (2) - Toronto Joe, juddy
Maryland/Virginia (2) - EE, Tantalus
Southwest (1) - Bear
Florida (1) - ESAM
Japan (1) - Haruki

PGR v3 (January - June 2017)

The third list will evaluate tournament results at events from Midwest Mayhem 6 to CEO 2017, and will feature a larger panelist group compared to the previous rankings. [3][4] As a response to feedback concerning previous tournament classifying methods, a new system will be implemented, called the Tournament Tier System (TTS). The TTS ranks tournaments based on four factors in their singles tournaments: entrant numbers, PGR v2 attendees, top 20 PGR v2 attendees and prize pool, and categorizes them into S, A, B and C tiers, with S signifying tournaments of the largest caliber. In order to account for and provide more balance towards tournament scenes such as Japan, which generally do not feature prize money in their tournaments, the TTS algorithm rewards top player density over prize money. Weekly and bi-weekly events will be ignored by TTS as not to affect local environments with the pressure of global rankings, and not to skew the PGR towards specific regions. The X-Factor returns, but unlike the previous lists, players outside the Top 50 were counted for the X-Factor list. Additionally, the panelist survey took place before MomoCon 2017, so many X-Factors appear inaccurate, or in one instance, non-existent. The video for ranks 11 to 20 was delayed due to technical difficulties, according to Panda Global's statistics director suar.

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament Date Tier
Midwest Mayhem 6: SoCal Invasion January 7th B
Smash Conference LXIX January 7th B
Kumite in Tennessee 2017 January 6th-8th C
PPT Winter January 6th-8th C
Single Game Championships: Umebura X Single-Chu January 7th-8th B
2GGC: GENESIS Saga January 14th A
NHSmash 3 January 14th C
Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers January 15th C
GENESIS 4 January 20th-22nd S
Frosty Faustings IX January 27th-28th C
Sumabato 15 January 28th C
Smash Valley January 27th-29th C
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers February 4th B
Midwest Mayhem 7: Mexico Invasion February 4th C
King of the Springs 2 February 4th C
Invasion 12 February 4th C
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga February 11th A
GUMS 13 February 11th C
Austin's Really Feeling It 16 February 11th C
Gwinnett Brawl (February 2017) February 11th C
Niconico Tokaigi 2017 February 11th-12th B
B.E.A.S.T 7 February 17th-19th B
Sumabato 16 February 25th C
Tampa Never Sleeps 7 February 24th-26th C
Frostbite 2017 February 25th-26th A
No Fun Allowed March 4th C
Choctaw Festival of Gaming March 3rd-5th C
FINAL ROUND 20 March 10th-12th C
Smash 4 at KI Con March 10th-12th C
PAX Arena at PAX East 2017 March 12th B
GUMS 14 March 18th C
Frame Perfect Series 2 March 18th-19th A
Rise 2017 March 18th-19th C
Umebura 26 March 20th C
2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th S
Welcome to the Oven April 1st C
Tupelo Titans Throwdown April 1st C
KTAR XX April 1st-2nd B
Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour April 8th B
Undiscovered Realm Comic Con April 8th C
Kawaii Kon 2017 April 7th-9th C
The Arena 2017 April 8th-9th C
CEO Dreamland April 14th-16th A
Sumabato 17 April 16th C
Sea Crest Smash April 22nd C
Karisuma 13 April 23rd C
EagleLAN 2017 April 29th C
DreamHack Austin 2017 April 28th-30th A
KSB 2017 May 4th-6th B
Glitch 3 May 6th B
GUMS 15 May 6th C
Umebura Japan Major 2017 May 6th-7th A
ConComics May 2017 May 6th-7th C
Royal Flush May 12th-14th A
Battle Arena Melbourne 9 May 12th-14th C
2GGC: Greninja Saga May 20th A
Shift May 27th C
Port Priority May 27th C
MomoCon 2017 May 25th-28th A
Combo Breaker 2017 May 26th-28th C
Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th A
Battle of BC 2 June 3rd-4th B
SALT June 3rd-4th C
Saints Gaming Live June 10th-11th C
2GGC: Nairo Saga June 10th-11th S
CEO 2017 June 16th-18th S
Sumabato 18 June 18th C

PGR v4 (July - December 2017)

The Tournament Tier System (TTS) returns and retains a similar formula to the last list, but there have been notable changes. The biggest change is that there are now two separate methods for determining the TTS score: a combination of total entrants and pot bonus, and attendance of PGR ranked players. A tournament's actual tier and score is based on whichever one of these two methods provides the highest score. This is mainly meant to prevent penalizing tournaments that have low total entrants but a high concentration of top level players, such as invitationals like Niconico Tokaigi 2017, and lower the score of tournaments with a great number of entrants but little to no top level attendees. Other changes include giving points based on the pot bonus instead of the prize pool, so as not to penalize regions that lack prize pools (such as Japan); separating PGR players into five different levels instead of the two from the previous season; and the introduction of the new S+ tier, separate from and higher than the regular S tier.

The PGR v4 season ended with 2GG Championship on December 3rd, 2017, with an off-season lasting from December 4th to January 18th.

PGR v4 was released from January 2nd to January 12th, 2018, as confirmed in a PGStats tweet.[5]

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament Date Tier
Karisuma 14 June 24th C
Smashadelphia 2017 June 23rd-25th C
ALPHA July 1st C
Midwest Mayhem 9 July 1st B
Umebura 27 July 1st B
UNLOCKED July 1st C
Albion 2 July 1st-2nd B
Divided July 8th C
2GGC: ARMS Saga July 8th-9th A
EVO 2017 July 14th-16th S+
DreamHack Atlanta 2017 July 21st-23rd S
Get On My Level 2017 July 28th-30th B
International Gaming Expo July 28th-30th C
Smash Factor 6 August 4th-6th B
Low Tier City 5 August 5th-6th B
Sumabato 19 August 12th C
Umebura 28 August 12th C
Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th S
2GGC: SCR Saga August 19th-20th S
Dubai Dojo 2 August 25th-26th C
Shine 2017 August 25th-27th S
PAX Arena at PAX West 2017 September 1st-4th A
2GGC: West Side Saga September 9th A
DreamHack Montreal 2017 September 8th-10th B
Showdown: Battle Royale 2 September 23rd-24th B
Syndicate 2017 September 23rd-24th B
Sumabato 20 September 24th C
GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st S
The Big House 7 October 6th-8th S
2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga October 14th-15th S
DreamHack Denver 2017 October 20th-22nd B
Who's Your Pappy 10 October 22nd C
Umebura 29 October 28th B
Canada Cup 2017 October 27th-29th B
Clutch City Clash 2 October 28th-29th C
Too Hot to Handle October 28th-29th B
2GGC: MkLeo Saga November 4th S+
GatorLAN Fall 2017 November 11th C
Port Priority 2 November 11th C
IBP Masters Showdown November 11th-12th A
Sumabato 22 November 12th C
Umebura 30 November 18th B
Super FamiCon 2017 November 17th-19th B
Tech Republic III November 17th-19th C
Midwest Mayhem 10 November 25th B
Rikabura 8 November 25th C
2GGC: Last Chance Qualifier* December 1st C
2GG Championship December 1st-3rd S
  • Grouped together with 2GG Championship.

PGR v5 (January 2018 - July 2018)

On November 10th, 2017, PGStats announced an official offseason along with the ending and beginning dates for PGRv4 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 PGRv5 season, those being Umebura T.A.T. and the Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1 and 2.

With the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it has been confirmed that CEO 2018 will be the last event of the season, and that the season will end on July 1st. [6]

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+

PGR 100

PGR 100 is the ranking of the best 100 players of all time for Smash 4. The TTS this season has once again been changed, with the removal of the A+ tier and a point system that decides what tier a tournament is.

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament Date Tier
Salt Lake Gaming Con July 7th, 2018 C
Smash Sounds July 7th-8th, 2018 A
Albion 3 July 14th-15th, 2018 C
Showdown: Battle Royale 3 July 14th-15th, 2018 B
Smash Factor 7 July 20th-22nd, 2018 B
Umebura 33 July 28th, 2018 B
Low Tier City 6 July 27th-29th, 2018 B
EVO 2018 August 3rd-5th, 2018 S
Super Smash Con 2018 August 9th-12th, 2018 S
Sumabato 27 August 12, 2018 C
Clash of the Carolinas II August 18th, 2018 C
Super Smash Fight Club 3 August 18th, 2018 C
Umebura 33 July 28th, 2018 B
Shine 2018 August 24th-26th, 2018 A
DreamHack Montreal 2018 September 7th-9th 2018 B
Sumabato 28 September 15 C
Rebirth X September 15th, 2018 C
SoCal Regionals 2018 September 14th-16th 2018 C
The Big House 8 October 5th-7th 2018 A

Rankings

PGR v5 (January - June 2018)

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
v5 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  
v5 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.

PGR v4 (July - December 2017)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s) Score
1   ZeRo 1 0   100
2   Salem 11 ▲ 9   96.3
3   Nairo 3 0     94.2
4   MkLeo 2 ▼ 2     93.4
5   Tweek 12 ▲ 7     92.5
6   Dabuz 4 ▼ 2    88.6
7   Larry Lurr 6 ▼ 1    85.5
8   KEN 16 ▲ 8   84.3
9   VoiD 13 ▲ 4    79.7
10   Mr.R 9 ▼ 1    75.0
11   Elegant 25 ▲ 14   74.8
12   WaDi 46 ▲ 34    71.9
13   Mistake — —    71.6
14   Ally 5 ▼ 9   70.1
15   Abadango 10 ▼ 5     69.6
16   komorikiri 8 ▼ 8     69.3
17   Cosmos — —   67.3
18   CaptainZack 7 ▼ 11    65.6
19   Marss 14 ▼ 5    65.4
20   ANTi 21 ▲ 1     65.1
21   ESAM 18 ▼ 3    64.4
22   Samsora 24 ▲ 2   63.5
23   Manny 40 ▲ 17   63.4
24   Lima — —   59.7
25   MVD 29 ▲ 4   56.8
26   Darkshad — —   56.5
27   Shuton 33 ▲ 6    55.3
28   Mr.E 30 ▲ 2    49.6
29   Kirihara 19 ▼ 10   48.5
30   Konga — —   48.3
31   Zinoto 20 ▼ 11   48.1
32   Raito 34 ▲ 2   47.5
33   NAKAT 42 ▲ 9     46.8
34   Tsu- 26 ▼ 8    45.5
35   Charliedaking — —   45.4
36   Choco 49 ▲ 13   44.2
37   JK 48 ▲ 11   43.6
38   Fatality 15 ▼ 23   42.3
39   dyr — —   42.2
40   tyroy — —    40.2
41   falln 28 ▼ 13   39.6
42   Shoyo James 51 ▲ 9    39.2
43   6WX 31 ▼ 12   38.3
44   Kameme 27 ▼ 17     36.2
45   Ryuga — —    35.9
46   Vinnie — —    35.5
47   Light — —   35.1
48   K9sbruce 51 ▲ 3    34.3
49   Zenyou — —   34.1
50   AC 45 ▼ 5    32.6

v4 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 PGRv4 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(s)
51   Eon — —  
51   Javi 44 ▼ 7   
51   Locus 22 ▼ 29   
51   Luhtie — —  
51   Stroder — —   

v4 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. However, unlike the previous season, voting did not start until after the season was over.

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   ZeRo 1 0  
2   Salem 23 ▲ 21  
3   MkLeo 3 0    
4   Nairo 5 ▲ 1    
5   Dabuz 4 ▼ 1  
6   Tweek 12 ▲ 6    
7   KEN 10 ▲ 3  
8   Larry Lurr 7 ▼ 1  
9   Mr.R 6 ▼ 3  
10   VoiD 9 ▼ 1  
11   Elegant 26 ▲ 15  
12   komorikiri 8 ▼ 4    
13   WaDi 32 ▲ 19   
14   Abadango 14 0    
15   Ally 2 ▼ 13  
16   Marss 18 ▲ 2   
17   ESAM 19 ▲ 2   
18   Kirihara 11 ▼ 7  
19   Samsora 27 ▲ 8  
20   CaptainZack 13 ▼ 7   
21   Cosmos — —  
22   Shuton 21 ▼ 1   
23   ANTi 15 ▼ 8    
24   Mistake — —   
25   Manny 71 ▲ 46  
26   MVD 41 ▲ 15  
27   Choco 30 ▲ 3  
28   Fatality 16 ▼ 12  
29   Tsu- 25 ▼ 4   
30   Lima 98 ▲ 68  
31   Raito 48 ▲ 17  
32   Ranai 20 ▼ 12  
33   Zinoto 24 ▼ 9  
34   Light 79 ▲ 45  
35   Charliedaking — —  
36   Darkshad 62 ▲ 26  
37   HIKARU 29 ▼ 8  
38   falln 33 ▼ 5  
39   T 36 ▼ 3  
40   Javi 37 ▼ 3   
41   Mr.E 31 ▼ 10   
42   Zenyou 44 ▲ 2  
43   9B 28 ▼ 15  
44   Kameme 22 ▼ 22    
45   JK 65 ▲ 20  
46   6WX 39 ▼ 7  
47   K9sbruce 52 ▲ 5   
48   MattyG — —  
49   Konga 84 ▲ 35  
50   Ned 42 ▼ 8  
51   NAKAT 46 ▼ 5    
53   tyroy 75 ▲ 22   
54   dyr 61 ▲ 7  
56   Shoyo James 82 ▲ 26   
58   Ryuga — —   
62   AC 60 ▼ 2   
65   Vinnie — —   

PGR v3 (January - June 2017)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s) Score
1   ZeRo 1 0     100
2   MkLeo 8 ▲ 6     84.6
3   Nairo 3 0     78.6
4   Dabuz 4 0    78.4
5   Ally 2 ▼ 3   78.0
6   Larry Lurr 5 ▼ 1    73.7
7   CaptainZack 20 ▲ 13     70.8
8   komorikiri 12 ▲ 4     70.0
9   Mr.R 10 ▲ 1    68.2
10   Abadango 7 ▼ 3     66.2
11   Salem 13 ▲ 2    65.6
12   Tweek 17 ▲ 5     65.3
13   VoiD 6 ▼ 7    63.5
14   Marss 15 ▲ 1    61.7
15   Fatality 28 ▲ 13    61.3
16   KEN 19 ▲ 3   58.3
17   Ranai 14 ▼ 3    57.3
18   ESAM 27 ▲ 9     57.2
19   Kirihara 48 ▲ 29   56.5
20   Zinoto 16 ▼ 4   54.6
21   ANTi 9 ▼ 12     53.6
22   Locus 45 ▲ 23   53.3
23   9B — —   53.2
24   Samsora 29 ▲ 5    51.7
25   Elegant — —     51.3
26   Tsu- — —    49.4
27   Kameme 11 ▼ 16     48.6
28   falln 33 ▲ 5    47.9
29   MVD 47 ▲ 18     47.3
30   Mr.E 18 ▼ 12     46.1
31   6WX 30 ▼ 1   45.8
32   T — —   45.7
33   Shuton — —   44.5
34   Raito — —   43.8
35   Earth 25 ▼ 10    43.6
36   HIKARU — —    43.2
37   Ned 50 ▲ 13   42.9
38   Rich Brown 23 ▼ 15    42.8
39   Myran — —   42.4
40   Manny — —    42.0
41   ScAtt 31 ▼ 10    41.4
42   NAKAT — —     41.2
43   Nietono 36 ▼ 7    41.1
44   Javi — —    40.6
45   AC — —    40.0
46   WaDi 21 ▼ 25    39.9
47   Edge — —    39.8
48   JK — —   39.7
49   Choco — —   39.2
50   FOW — —   38.8

v3 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 PGRv3 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(s)
51   K9sbruce — —   
51   Shoyo James — —   
51   Trela 42 ▼ 9  
51   Tyrant 34 ▼ 17    
51   Wrath 43 ▼ 8  

v3 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

As players outside of the official rankings's top 50 were also counted for this list, there are a total of 100 players in this season's X-Factor rankings as opposed to PGR's standard 50. The X-Factor rankings only took into account tournaments that happened prior to 2GGC: Nairo Saga; consequently, FOW was not included in the X-Factor rankings because he did not have the results to qualify for the PGR when the survey was given.

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   ZeRo 1 0    
2   Ally 2 0  
3   MkLeo 3 0    
4   Dabuz 6 ▲ 2   
5   Nairo 4 ▼ 1    
6   Mr.R 10 ▲ 4   
7   Larry Lurr 7 0   
8   komorikiri 9 ▲ 1   
9   VoiD 11 ▲ 2   
10   KEN 16 ▲ 6  
11   Kirihara 50 ▲ 39  
12   Tweek 17 ▲ 5    
13   CaptainZack 25 ▲ 12    
14   Abadango 5 ▼ 9    
15   ANTi 8 ▼ 7    
16   Fatality 34 ▲ 18   
17   Locus 26 ▲ 9  
18   Marss 15 ▼ 3   
19   ESAM 22 ▲ 3    
20   Ranai 13 ▼ 7   
21   Shuton — —  
22   Kameme 14 ▼ 8    
23   Salem 12 ▼ 11   
24   Zinoto 18 ▼ 6  
25   Tsu- — —   
26   Elegant — —    
27   Samsora 30 ▲ 3   
28   9B — —  
29   HIKARU — —   
30   Choco — —  
31   Mr.E 20 ▼ 11    
32   WaDi 24 ▼ 8   
33   falln 36 ▲ 3   
34   Earth 21 ▼ 13   
35   Nietono 37 ▲ 2   
36   T — —  
37   Javi — —   
38   Rich Brown 33 ▼ 5   
39   6WX 31 ▼ 8  
40   Edge — —   
41   MVD 48 ▲ 7  
42   Ned 43 ▲ 1  
43   ikep — —  
44   Zenyou — —  
45   Trela 27 ▼ 18  
46   NAKAT — —    
47   SuperGirlKels — —  
48   Raito — —  
49   Some — —  
50   Tyrant 28 ▼ 22    
51   Xzax — —  
52   K9sbruce — —   
53   Pink Fresh 29 ▼ 24  
54   Mew2King 23 ▼ 31   
55   Nicko — —  
56   ScAtt 39 ▼ 17  
57   Dath 40 ▼ 17  
58   Sigma — —  
59   Wrath 44 ▼ 15  
60   AC — —   
61   dyr 41 ▼ 20  
62   Darkshad 42 ▼ 20  
63   Pugwest 45 ▼ 18  
64   Kuro — —  
65   JK — —  
66   Regi — —  
67   Aarvark — —  
68   Eim — —  
69   Atelier — —  
70   Chanshu — —  
71   Manny — —   
72   saj 49 ▼ 23  
73   Myran — —  
74   cyve — —    
75   Tyroy — —   
76   Raffi-X — —  
77   Lea — —  
78   The Great Gonzales — —  
79   Light — —  
80   JJROCKETS — —  
81   Chag — —  
82   Shoyo James — —   
83   Cashmere — —  
84   Konga — —  
85   S1 — —  
86   Saiki — —  
87   DSS — —  
88   Koolaid — —   
89   ImHip — —   
90   Eon — —  
91   Ling Ling — —  
92   Child — —  
93   Karna — —  
94   SS — —   
95   Sonido — —   
96   WormyNugget — —  
97   AeroLink — —  
98   Lima — —  
99   Kogarasuma — —  
100   Deathorse — —  

PGR v2 (May - December 2016)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   ZeRo 1 0  
2   Ally 6 ▲ 4  
3   Nairo 2 ▼ 1   
4   Dabuz 3 ▼ 1   
5   Larry Lurr 7 ▲ 2   
6   VoiD 8 ▲ 2  
7   Abadango 5 ▼ 2   
8   MkLeo 19 ▲ 11    
9   ANTi 10 ▲ 1    
10   Mr.R 4 ▼ 6   
11   Kameme — —  
12   komorikiri 11 ▼ 1   
13   Salem — —  
14   Ranai 9 ▼ 5  
15   Marss 13 ▼ 2  
16   Zinoto 23 ▲ 7  
17   Tweek 15 ▼ 2  
18   Mr.E — —  
19   KEN — —  
20   CaptainZack — —  
21   WaDi — —  
22   Hyuga 24 ▲ 2  
23   Rich Brown — —  
24   Pink Fresh 30 ▲ 6  
25   Earth 33 ▲ 8  
26   Mew2King 28 ▲ 2  
27   ESAM 14 ▼ 13  
28   Fatality 41 ▲ 13  
29   Samsora — —  
30   6WX 20 ▼ 10  
31   ScAtt 43 ▲ 12  
32   Dath — —  
33   falln 40 ▲ 7  
34   Tyrant 22 ▼ 12    
35   Vinnie 18 ▼ 17   
36   Nietono 32 ▼ 4  
37   dyr — —  
38   Day — —  
39   Pugwest — —  
40   Saj — —  
41   False 35 ▼ 6    
42   Trela 25 ▼ 17  
43   Wrath — —  
44   Darkshad — —  
45   Locus — —  
46   Ryo 45 ▼ 1    
47   MVD 21 ▼ 26  
48   Kirihara — —  
49   Taiheita — —  
50   Ned — —  

v2 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   ZeRo 1 0  
2   Ally 8 ▲ 6  
3   MkLeo 18 ▲ 15    
4   Nairo 3 ▼ 1   
5   Abadango 6 ▲ 1   
6   Dabuz 2 ▼ 4   
7   Larry Lurr 7 0   
8   ANTi 11 ▲ 3    
9   komorikiri 9 0   
10   Mr.R 4 ▼ 6   
11   VoiD 10 ▼ 1  
12   Salem — —  
13   Ranai 5 ▼ 8  
14   Kameme — —  
15   Marss 12 ▼ 3  
16   KEN — —  
17   Tweek 15 ▼ 2  
18   Zinoto 20 ▲ 2  
19   Hyuga 25 ▲ 6  
20   Mr.E — —  
21   Earth 22 ▲ 1  
22   ESAM 16 ▼ 6  
23   Mew2King 17 ▼ 6  
24   WaDi — —  
25   CaptainZack — —  
26   Locus — —  
27   Trela 27 0  
28   Tyrant 26 ▼ 2    
29   Pink Fresh 30 ▲ 1  
30   Samsora — —  
31   6WX 29 ▼ 2  
32   Taiheita — —  
33   Rich Brown — —  
34   Fatality 37 ▲ 3  
35   Vinnie 19 ▼ 16   
36   falln 47 ▲ 11  
37   Nietono 23 ▼ 14  
38   False 42 ▲ 4    
39   ScAtt 33 ▼ 6  
40   Dath — —  
41   dyr — —  
42   Darkshad — —  
43   Ned — —  
44   Wrath — —  
45   Pugwest — —  
46   Day — —  
47   Ryo 43 ▼ 4    
48   MVD 32 ▼ 16  
49   Saj — —  
50   Kirihara — —  

PGR v1 (January 2015 - May 2016)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   ZeRo — —   
2   Nairo — —  
3   Dabuz — —  
4   Mr.R — —  
5   Abadango — —    
6   Ally — —  
7   Larry Lurr — —   
8   VoiD — —   
9   Ranai — —  
10   ANTi — —    
11   Komorikiri — —   
12   FOW — —  
13   Marss — —  
14   ESAM — —   
15   Tweek — —  
16   Shaky — —  
17   9B — —  
18   Vinnie — —  
19   Leo — —    
20   6WX — —  
21   MVD — —  
22   Tyrant — —  
23   Zinoto — —  
24   Hyuga — —  
25   Trela — —  
26   RAIN — —   
27   K9sbruce — —   
28   Mew2King — —  
29   SlayerZ — —  
30   Pink Fresh — —   
31   All Might — —   
32   Nietono — —   
33   Earth — —  
34   NAKAT — —    
35   False — —    
36   Mr. ConCon — —  
37   Ito — —  
38   Angel Cortes — —  
39   Xzax — —   
40   falln — —  
41   Fatality — —   
42   iStudying — —  
43   ScAtt — —   
44   Megafox — —  
45   Ryo — —   
46   Cacogen — —  
47   8BitMan — —  
48   Seagull Joe — —  
49   NickRiddle — —  
50   Tearbear — —  

v1 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   ZeRo — —   
2   Dabuz — —  
3   Nairo — —  
4   Mr.R — —  
5   Ranai — —  
6   Abadango — —    
7   Larry Lurr — —   
8   Ally — —  
9   Komorikiri — —   
10   VoiD — —   
11   ANTi — —    
12   Marss — —  
13   FOW — —  
14   9B — —  
15   Tweek — —  
16   ESAM — —   
17   Mew2King — —  
18   Leo — —    
19   Vinnie — —  
20   Zinoto — —  
21   RAIN — —   
22   Earth — —  
23   Nietono — —   
24   Shaky — —  
25   Hyuga — —  
26   Tyrant — —  
27   Trela — —  
28   K9sbruce — —   
29   6WX — —  
30   Pink Fresh — —   
31   NAKAT — —    
32   MVD — —  
33   ScAtt — —   
34   Megafox — —  
35   All Might — —   
36   SlayerZ — —  
37   Fatality — —   
38   Xzax — —   
39   Ito — —  
40   iStudying — —  
41   Mr. ConCon — —  
42   False — —    
43   Ryo — —   
44   Angel Cortes — —  
45   Cacogen — —  
46   NickRiddle — —  
47   falln — —  
48   Seagull Joe — —  
49   8BitMan — —  
50   Tearbear — —  

Trivia

  • The PGR's Area 51 is a reference to Area 51, a United States Air Force facility in Nevada that is subject to frequent conspiracy theories due to its secrecy.

External links

PGR v1

PGR v2

PGR v3

PGR v4

PGR v5

References

  1. ^ http://panda.gg/articles/features/Unknown/24/pgr-methods
  2. ^ http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spdqce
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/PandaGlobalPG/status/820702623972130817
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/ThePGstats/status/827193133356179458
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/ThePGstats/status/938948605968338944
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/ThePGstats/status/1007322220719468545
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