Editing MPGR Summer 2022

|period        = March 1st - July 11th, 2022

The '''MPGR Summer 2022''' lists the best 50 players in North America for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.  

On November 19th, PGStats announced that the rankings were to resume on January 1st, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1461786518461288455|title=The PGR Returns January 2022}}</ref> However, the starting date was postponed due to the rising cases of COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1475920289548496898|title=Reopening postponed}}</ref> On February 2nd, 2022, PGstats announced their plans on setting a new start date to March 1st and that they would be monitoring the state of the pandemic before giving a final confirmation on February 17th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1489010865042952198|title=An update on the return of the PGR}}</ref> Although the date came and passed without a confirmation, the season nevertheless began on March 1st and lasted until July 11th with {{Trn|Double Down 2022}}, a month after the end of the [[PGRU v3]]. Due to a lack of major tournaments in Europe that season, only a North American list was produced.  

===Panelists===

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*The MPGR for Summer 2022 marked a number of firsts for recognized global ''Melee'' rankings:

**{{Sm|Jmook}}'s ranking of 3rd is the highest ever debut on any recognized global rankings for ''Melee''.

**{{Sm|Swift}}'s ranking (26th) over {{Sm|Axe}} (29th) is the first time another {{SSBM|Pikachu}} player has been ranked over Axe (albeit with a {{SSBM|Fox}} secondary).

**{{Sm|Aklo}}'s ranking of 18th marks the first appearance of a player listed with {{SSBM|Link}} as a used character on a recognized global ''Melee'' ranking since {{Sm|Lord HDL}} on the [[2014 SSBMRank]]. However, listing Link as one of his characters is dubious, as Aklo was a {{SSBM|Fox}} main whose only recorded Link usage in MPGR-qualifying events during the ranking season was in losses against {{Sm|Zain}} at {{Trn|Pound 2022}} and Swift at {{Trn|The Function 2}}. Since Lord HDL being listed as a Link player on the 2014 SSBMRank was similarly dubious, as he dropped Link in favor of Marth by 2014, there still hasn't been a legitimate Link user that made a recognized global ''Melee'' ranking.  Although he doesn't have any wins in the season, Aklo does use Link as a legitimate counterpick for FD.

**{{Sm|Azel}} became the first player to make the "Honorable Mention" list for two consecutive recognized global ''Melee'' rankings, as he was also listed as an Honorable Mention on the [[2019 MPGR|previous MPGR]].

*Fox main {{Sm|Pipsqueak}} had {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} as a listed character, despite not winning any sets with Falcon at MPGR-qualifying events during the ranking season.

*[https://www.pgstats.com/articles/mpgr-early-2022-area-51-50-31 Area 51 and 50-31], [https://www.pgstats.com/articles/mpgr-early-2022-30-11 30-11], [https://www.pgstats.com/articles/mpgr-early-2022-top-10 10-1]