SSBMRank 2016

The 2016 SSBMRank lists the world's top 100 Super Smash Bros. Melee smashers, as compiled by Melee It On Me. They will be announced in a series of Red Bull eSports articles that will be published from December 26th, 2016 to January 12th, 2017.

Methods

Over 50 panelists, such as professional smashers, tournament organizers, community leaders and volunteers, were chosen to be panelists for this edition of SSBMRank. The panelists were asked to rate players based on the following criterion:
Given the quality and quantity of work in 2016 (from GENESIS 3 to UGC Smash Open), if everyone entered 100 tournaments, who on average would place the best?
They voted on a 1-10 scale with the best player receiving a "10" and the worst player receiving a "1". Ballots that were not scaled properly were rescaled using an algorithm. The two lowest and two highest ratings before taking the average were removed in order to reduce the variance.

Rankings

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Score
41	Gravy	62	▲ 21	6.788
42	Prince Abu	55	▲ 13	6.699
43	Santiago	42	▼ 1	6.617
44	Trifasia	—	—	6.611
45	Captain Faceroll	—	—	6.607
46	Connor	72	▲ 26	6.586
47	InfiniteNumbers	—	—	6.560
48	Ryan Ford	51	▲ 3	6.484
49	Crush	96	▲ 47	6.419
50	Mafia	91	▲ 41	6.397
51	Slox	69	▲ 18	6.385
52	Rudolph	88	▲ 36	6.367
53	Overtriforce	47	▼ 6	6.321
54	lloD	78	▲ 24	6.199
55	Kels	50	▼ 5	6.147
56	Eddy Mexico	36	▼ 20	6.066
57	Azusa	89	▲ 32	6.051
58	Amsah	53	▼ 5	6.003
59	Redd	70	▲ 11	5.984
60	Cactuar	37	▼ 23	5.924
61	Zgetto	73	▲ 12	5.902
62	SmashG0D	—	—	5.861
63	Android	48	▼ 15	5.854
64	Captain Smuckers	99	▲ 35	5.838
65	DJ Nintendo	41	▼ 24	5.806
66	Zain	—	—	5.717
67	Syrox	—	—	5.591
68	ESAM	81	▲ 13	5.588
69	Squid	—	—	5.571
70	Kage	44	▼ 26	5.566
71	Kalamazhu	57	▼ 14	5.4734
72	Darkatma	56	▼ 16	5.430
73	Lovage	—	—	5.261
74	Tai	90	▲ 16	5.240
75	Drephen	—	—	5.2178
76	Ka-master	—	—	5.139
77	Trulliam	—	—	5.109
78	Frootloop	49	▼ 29	5.107
79	Alex19	67	▼ 12	5.104
80	HomeMadeWaffles	64	▼ 16	5.066
81	Milkman	—	—	5.021
82	Arc	87	▲ 5	5.010
83	Reno	74	▼ 9	4.993
84	Tafokints	80	▼ 4	4.886
85	Fuzzyness	—	—	4.864
86	Kira	60	▼ 26	4.771
87	Ken	52	▼ 35	4.717
88	Mojo	—	—	4.661
89	Medz	—	—	4.632
90	Zanguzen	68	▼ 22	4.607
91	Phil	92	▲ 1	4.547
92	Darrell	83	▼ 9	4.518
93	NMW	—	—	4.505
94	Porkchops	93	▼ 1	4.365
95	JFlex	—	—	4.354
96	Vanity Angel	—	—	4.331
97	$mike	85	▼ 12	4.326
98	Nightmare	—	—	4.314
99	4%	—	—	4.299
100	drunksloth	—	—	4.261