The Top 100 Melee Players of All Time is a project by Smash History creators Edwin Budding and Pikachu942 that subjectively ranks the most successful Melee players from the middle of 2004 to the beginning of 2018, up to GENESIS 5. Since the release of the original list, Pikachu942 has made yearly updates to the Top 50.

All-Time Melee Top 100: Another Year

Released on March 31st, 2020, this update to the Top 50 accounts for every major that occurred since the previous list up to Smash Summit 9.

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   Armada 1 0   
2   Hungrybox 3 ▲ 1  
3   Mango 2 ▼ 1       
4   Ken 4 0   
5   Mew2King 5 0    
6   PPMD 6 0   
7   Leffen 7 0  
8   Azen 8 0        
9   ChuDat 9 0      
10   PC Chris 10 0     
11   Isai 12 ▲ 1    
12   Plup 11 ▼ 1    
13   Axe 15 ▲ 2     
14   KoreanDJ 13 ▼ 1    
15   Zain 21 ▲ 6  
16   Wizzrobe 24 ▲ 8  
17   CaptainJack 14 ▼ 3    
18   Wobbles 16 ▼ 2  
19   SFAT 19 0  
20   Shroomed 17 ▼ 3    
21   Jman 18 ▼ 3  
22   Chillin 20 ▼ 2   
23   Westballz 22 ▼ 1   
24   Hax 23 ▼ 1   
25   S2J 27 ▲ 2  
26   Lucky 28 ▲ 2  
27   HugS 29 ▲ 2  
28   KirbyKaze 25 ▼ 3    
29   Zhu 32 ▲ 3   
30   Amsah 30 0  
31   Fly Amanita 26 ▼ 5    
32   aMSa 38 ▲ 6  
33   PewPewU 34 ▲ 1   
34   Drephen 39 ▲ 5  
35   Darkrain 36 ▲ 1  
36   Vidjogamer 37 ▲ 1  
37   Sastopher 31 ▼ 6  
38   Cort 33 ▼ 5    
39   DaShizWiz 35 ▼ 4   
40   Wes 40 0  
41   Silent Wolf 42 ▲ 1  
42   Taj 41 ▼ 1   
43   Kage 44 ▲ 1  
44   NEO 43 ▼ 1   
45   Lovage 45 0  
46   SilentSpectre 46 0  
47   JAVI 47 0  
48   Masashi 48 0  
49   Bombsoldier 49 0  
50   Swedish Delight  

All-Time Melee Top 100: One Year Later

Released on February 14th, 2019, this update to the Top 50 accounts for every major that occurred since the original list up to GENESIS 6.

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   Armada 1 0   
2   Mango 2 0       
3   Hungrybox 4 ▲ 1  
4   Ken 3 ▼ 1   
5   Mew2King 5 0    
6   PPMD 6 0   
7   Leffen 8 ▲ 1  
8   Azen 7 ▼ 1        
9   ChuDat 9 0      
10   PC Chris 10 0     
11   Plup 12 ▲ 1    
12   Isai 11 ▼ 1    
13   KoreanDJ 13 0    
14   CaptainJack 14 0    
15   Axe 15 0     
16   Wobbles 16 0  
17   Shroomed 17 0    
18   Jman 18 0  
19   SFAT 20 ▲ 1  
20   Chillin 19 ▼ 1   
21   Zain 96 ▲ 75  
22   Westballz 21 ▼ 1   
23   Hax 22 ▼ 1   
24   Wizzrobe 27 ▲ 3  
25   KirbyKaze 23 ▼ 2    
26   Fly Amanita 24 ▼ 2   
27   S2J 30 ▲ 3  
28   Lucky 26 ▼ 2  
30   Amsah 25 ▼ 5  
31   Sastopher 31 0  
32   Zhu 28 ▼ 4   
33   Cort 32 ▼ 1    
34   PewPewU 41 ▲ 7   
35   DaShizWiz 34 ▼ 1   
36   Darkrain 33 ▼ 3  
37   Vidjogamer 35 ▼ 2  
38   aMSa 64 ▲ 26  
39   Drephen 40 ▲ 1  
40   Wes 38 ▼ 2  
41   Taj 37 ▼ 4   
42   Silent Wolf 36 ▼ 6  
43   NEO 43 0   
44   Kage 39 ▼ 5  
45   Lovage 42 ▼ 3  
46   SilentSpectre 44 ▼ 2  
47   JAVI 45 ▼ 2  
48   Masashi 46 ▼ 2  
49   Bombsoldier 47 ▼ 2  
50   Duck 55 ▲ 5  

Top 100 Melee Players of All Time

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character(s)
1   Armada   
2   Mango       
3   Ken   
4   Hungrybox  
5   Mew2King    
6   PPMD   
7   Azen        
8   Leffen  
9   ChuDat      
10   PC Chris     
11   Isai    
12   Plup    
13   KoreanDJ    
14   CaptainJack    
15   Axe     
16   Wobbles  
17   Shroomed    
18   Jman  
19   Chillin   
20   SFAT  
21   Westballz   
22   Hax   
23   KirbyKaze    
24   Fly Amanita   
25   Amsah  
26   HugS  
27   Wizzrobe  
28   Zhu   
29   Lucky  
30   S2J  
31   Sastopher  
32   Cort    
33   Darkrain  
34   DaShizWiz   
35   Vidjogamer  
36   Silent Wolf  
37   Taj   
38   Wes  
39   Kage  
40   Drephen  
41   PewPewU   
42   Lovage  
43   NEO   
44   SilentSpectre  
45   JAVI  
46   Masashi  
47   Bombsoldier  
48   Cactuar   
49   Druggedfox     
50   Ice    
51   DieSuperFly  
52   Colbol  
53   MacD  
54   Nintendude  
55   Duck  
56   Darc  
57   Ek  
58   Rob$   
59   Kei     
60   La Luna  
61   Swedish Delight  
62   Forward   
63   The King  
64   aMSa  
65   n0ne   
66   Dope  
67   Ryan Ford  
68   DA Dave  
69   Scar  
70   Lambchops  
71   Mike G  
72   Mikael  
73   Tink   
74   Eddie   
75   Eggm   
76   Fiction   
77   Tope  
78   Caveman    
79   KrazyJones  
80   Husband  
81   Wife  
82   KillaOR  
83   Ka-Master  
84   Jiano  
85   Zgetto  
86   Overtriforce  
87   Abate  
88   VaNz   
89   Thunders  
90   Crush  
91   Bum  
92   Lucien  
93   Professor Pro  
94   FASTLIKETREE   
95   Kels   
96   Zain  
97   KishCubed  
98   KM   
99   Pink Shinobi  
100   Zelgadis  

Honorable Mentions:   CauthonLuck   ,   The Doug  ,   Zulu   ,   DJ Nintendo     ,   Matt Deezie   ,   Sultan of Samitude  ,   Eduardo  ,   Remen   ,   Recipherus  ,   Bladewise  

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