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PGRContenders
PreGR.png
Years active 2021
Period active 2021
Region North America, Europe
Game(s) supported Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Producer(s) Panda

PGRContenders, also known as the Path to the PGR: Contenders Tier List and colloquially known as the PreGR, was a list of players in North America and Europe released in January and February 2022. The list was created to highlight new and upcoming players who made their debut during the COVID-19 pandemic and was a pseudo-ranking in the form of a tier list.[1] The list was planned to release in January 2022 alongside the return of the MPGR and PGRU; however, due to the rise of the Omicron variant during the COVID-19 pandemic, both rankings were postponed, leaving PGRContenders to release by itself.[2]

Methodology[edit]

The list was decided by panelists, who considered both a player's 2021 performance and their potential in the new year. Instead of a traditional ranking, a tier list is used instead in order to account for uncertainty in the scene. Each game received 2 lists: one for North America and one for Europe. Japan was excluded from PGRContenders as requested by the Japanese TOs, who believed it was too uncertain to properly rank their players in a tier list.

For the Melee rankings and Ultimate's North American ranking, 50 players were chosen for the tier list, with 30 of those players being on the final list. Panelists for each game and region gave each player a rating between 10 and 4, using the following as a reference: 10-9.6 for players they believed were S+, 9.4-8.6 for S, 8.4-7.6 for A, 7.4-6.6 for B, 6.4-5.6 for C, and 5.4-4.0 for untiered. Panelists who believed a player belonged between two tiers marked the player with "x.5," and panelists were allowed to abstain from rating a player they weren't too familiar with in 2021; although the latter did not have an effect on the final score, if enough panelists abstained from rating a player, the player would be disqualified (this only happened to moky). The scores were then normalized and the final score was calculated using a weighted average. These final scores were analyzed through K-means clustering to determine the final tiers for the list, with some tiers combined into a single tier if applicable.

The Ultimate European ranking has a different methodology. Instead of creating the tiers at the end of the entire process, tiers were created before the process began, with each tier having a set number of players and players in each tier assumed to be tied. 32 players will be on the final list. Instead of using a balloting process like the other rankings, the Ultimate European ranking was created from a consensus in a group chat.

Panelists[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

North America (17) - USA Aura, USA Cool Lime, USA DarkGenex, USA Dawson, USA EdwinBudding, USA Faceroll, Canada Faust, USA GimmeDatWheat, USA Kaiju, Mexico Metakill, Canada Mosh, USA Nickemwit, USA Tuesday, USA Weis, USA Wills, USA Zamu, Canada Zedreo
Europe (15) - Finland Acke, Germany big irf, UK GG, Switzerland Jah Ridin', Denmark King Funk, Spain Liax, Ireland Luan, UK max, UK Moby, Germany Nicki, Netherlands Noxxa, Netherlands Nuckels, Sweden Pipsqueak, Sweden Reverb, Norway Rich

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

North America (15) - Mexico 5ebas, USA Barnard's Loop, USA Cagt, Canada Dexy, USA EazyFreezie, USA FinallyRJ, USA Grayola, Canada Kantrip, USA kenniky, USA L4st, Canada Mistrals, USA moxi, Mexico Ripka, USA Stuart98, Mexico Toon
Europe (7) - UK Burning, Spain El_Bardo, UK G-P, Norway Lunner, Netherlands Muk, France Nives, Germany Rinor

Rankings[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

North America[edit]

Mango's player card

Mango was named #1 in addition to being in S+ tier.

Tier Smasher Character(s)
S+ USA Mango Falco (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
USA iBDW Fox (SSBM)
USA Zain Marth (SSBM)
S Japan aMSa Yoshi (SSBM)
USA Plup Sheik (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
USA Wizzrobe Captain Falcon (SSBM)
A USA Ginger Falco (SSBM)
USA Hungrybox Jigglypuff (SSBM)
USA KoDoRiN Marth (SSBM)
USA Polish Peach (SSBM)
USA SFAT Fox (SSBM)
B USA Aklo Fox (SSBM)
USA Axe Pikachu (SSBM)
USA Faceroll Sheik (SSBM)
USA Fiction Falco (SSBM)
USA Gahtzu Captain Falcon (SSBM)
USA lloD Peach (SSBM)
USA Magi Falco (SSBM)
Canada n0ne Captain Falcon (SSBM)
USA S2J Captain Falcon (SSBM)
C USA Albert Falco (SSBM)
USA Ben Sheik (SSBM)
USA Colbol Fox (SSBM)
USA Kalamazhu Peach (SSBM)
USA Logan Marth (SSBM)
USA Lucky Fox (SSBM)
USA Medz Fox (SSBM)Marth (SSBM)
USA SluG Ice Climbers (SSBM)
Australia Sora Fox (SSBM)
USA Zamu Fox (SSBM)
Hidden boss[edit]

moky did not make the list due to several panelists abstaining from voting on him.

Smasher Character(s)
Canada moky Fox (SSBM)

Europe[edit]

Leffen's player card

Leffen was named #1 in addition to being in S+ tier.

Tier Smasher Character(s)
S+ Sweden Leffen Fox (SSBM)
Sweden Pipsqueak Fox (SSBM)
Spain Trif Peach (SSBM)
S UK Frenzy Falco (SSBM)
Germany Ice Fox (SSBM)
Germany Nicki Fox (SSBM)
UK Professor Pro Fox (SSBM)Samus (SSBM)
Finland Solobattle Jigglypuff (SSBM)
A Switzerland Jah Ridin' Luigi (SSBM)
Germany Kins0 Falco (SSBM)
Finland Levingy Falco (SSBM)Marth (SSBM)
Sweden Meady Marth (SSBM)
UK MINT Fox (SSBM)
B UK Kingu Jigglypuff (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
France Mahie Marth (SSBM)Fox (SSBM)
UK max Sheik (SSBM)
France Raoul Fox (SSBM)
Germany Rikzz Fox (SSBM)
Sweden Sharp Peach (SSBM)
Netherlands skullbro Dr. Mario (SSBM)
Austria Timi Falco (SSBM)
C Sweden abbearv Marth (SSBM)
UK Fat Tino Falco (SSBM)
Netherlands Fout NL Peach (SSBM)
UK Fuzzyness Fox (SSBM)
Sweden Humpe Falco (SSBM)
Netherlands Jeapie Captain Falcon (SSBM)
Norway Niklas2912 Young Link (SSBM)
Norway NintendOrk Ice Climbers (SSBM)
Netherlands Renzo Marth (SSBM)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

North America[edit]

MkLeo's player card

MkLeo was named #1 in addition to being in S+ tier.

Tier Smasher Character(s)
S+ Mexico MkLeo Byleth (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)
Mexico Sparg0 PyraMythra (SSBU)Cloud (SSBU)
USA Tweek Diddy Kong (SSBU)
S USA Dabuz Olimar (SSBU)Rosalina & Luma (SSBU)Min Min (SSBU)
USA Kola Roy (SSBU)
USA Light Fox (SSBU)
Mexico Maister Mr. Game & Watch (SSBU)
A Mexico Chag Palutena (SSBU)
USA Cosmos PyraMythra (SSBU)Inkling (SSBU)Corrin (SSBU)
USA Elegant Luigi (SSBU)
USA ESAM Pikachu (SSBU)
USA Lui$ Palutena (SSBU)Fox (SSBU)
USA Marss Zero Suit Samus (SSBU)
B USA Fatality Captain Falcon (SSBU)
USA Goblin Roy (SSBU)
USA LeoN Bowser (SSBU)
USA MuteAce Peach (SSBU)
USA MVD Snake (SSBU)
USA Myran Olimar (SSBU)
Canada Riddles Kazuya (SSBU)Terry (SSBU)
Dominican Republic Sonix Sonic (SSBU)
USA Tilde Falco (SSBU)
USA WaDi Mewtwo (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)
USA Zomba ROB (SSBU)
C USA Aaron Diddy Kong (SSBU)Sora (SSBU)ROB (SSBU)
USA Anathema ROB (SSBU)
USA Charliedaking Wolf (SSBU)
USA Jakal Wolf (SSBU)
USA Scend Ness (SSBU)
USA Wrath Sonic (SSBU)
Hidden bosses[edit]
Smasher Character(s)
Mexico Cloudy PyraMythra (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)Cloud (SSBU)Sephiroth (SSBU)
USA loaf Wario (SSBU)
USA Quidd Pokémon Trainer (SSBU)
USA VoiD Sheik (SSBU)

Europe[edit]

Glutonny's player card
Tier Smasher Character(s)
S+ France Glutonny Wario (SSBU)
S UK Bloom4Eva Bayonetta (SSBU)Random (SSB4)
France Leon Lucina (SSBU)Chrom (SSBU)
Netherlands Mr.R Chrom (SSBU)Sheik (SSBU)Snake (SSBU)
France Oryon Wolf (SSBU)Dr. Mario (SSBU)
Spain sisqui Dark Samus (SSBU)
Germany Tarik Greninja (SSBU)Kazuya (SSBU)
A Spain AndresFn Ken (SSBU)Ryu (SSBU)Terry (SSBU)
France Flow Roy (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
Netherlands iStudying Greninja (SSBU)Banjo & Kazooie (SSBU)
France Neeroz Pikachu (SSBU)
UK Peli Sonic (SSBU)King Dedede (SSBU)
France Raflow Palutena (SSBU)
Netherlands Space Inkling (SSBU)PyraMythra (SSBU)
Netherlands Supahsemmie Young Link (SSBU)
B Germany DarkThunder Bowser (SSBU)
Switzerland Jaka Isabelle (SSBU)
Finland Lancelot Chrom (SSBU)
UK Luugi Luigi (SSBU)
France Mezcaul Ridley (SSBU)
France Nitox Lucas (SSBU)
Netherlands Ramses Shulk (SSBU)
France RyuKai Wolf (SSBU)Fox (SSBU)
Germany Samuuu Bayonetta (SSBU)
C Saudi Arabia eMass Joker (SSBU)
France Homika Rosalina (SSBU)Pikachu (SSBU)
Spain MVL Diddy Kong (SSBU)Wolf (SSBU)
UK OwlBBs Banjo & Kazooie (SSBU)
France PeW Ness (SSBU)
Germany Rinor Roy (SSBU)Min Min (SSBU)Chrom (SSBU)
Austria Sintro ROB (SSBU)
France TriM Mega Man (SSBU)Joker (SSBU)

Trivia[edit]

  • Glutonny is the only player to be placed in a tier by themselves (namely, S+ Tier for PGRUContenders Europe) out of all 4 lists.

References[edit]

External links[edit]