Editing SSBMRank Summer 2023

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{{Infobox Ranking
|image          = [[File:SSBMRankSummer2023.png|250px]]
|period         = December 19th, 2022 - July 23rd, 2023
|region         = Global
|game           = ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|producer       = {{Team|Melee Stats}}
}}
The '''SSBMRank Summer 2023''' lists the world's top 50 ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' players in the first half of 2023 as compiled by [[Melee Stats]]. The rankings are being announced in a series of [[start.gg]] articles published from August 7th-11th, 2023.

==Methodology==
28 people, such as top players, community leaders, tournament seeders, and regional power rankers, were chosen to be panelists for this edition of [[SSBMRank]]. The panelists were provided with the following prompt:<br>''Based on the quality of results from December 19, 2022 to July 23, 2023 rate each player on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being best).<br> Exhibitions, online tournaments, and tournaments that did not complete are NOT to be counted.<br> You may consider results at locals and invitationals, but understand that the environment surrounding these events may not always be the most serious in nature.<br> If you as a panelist are a player who is on the ballot, you may give yourself a score as a placeholder, but any score you use for yourself will NOT be counted''<br> Panelist scores were then normalized, following which a final rating would be calculated based on a point estimate of the votes, with outliers suppressed on a percentile basis.
===Panelists===
'''Alberta''' (1) - {{Sm|Zedreo}} <br>
'''California''' (5) - {{Sm|Ambisinister}}, {{Sm|Jackzilla}}, {{Sm|Nathan Sandwich}}, {{Sm|s-f}}, {{Sm|salami}} <br>
'''Chile''' (1) - {{Sm|Chape}} <br>
'''Florida''' (2) - {{Sm|Equilateral}}, {{Sm|Quadae}} <br>
'''Georgia''' (1) - {{Sm|Wills}} <br>
'''Illinois''' (1) - {{Sm|Unsure}} <br>
'''Indiana''' (1) - {{Sm|Seal}} <br>
'''Massachusetts''' (1) - {{Sm|EdwinBudding}}<br>
'''Massachusetts/Washington''' (1) - {{Sm|Hufff}}<br>
'''Netherlands''' (2) - {{Sm|Noxxa}}, {{Sm|Nuckels}} <br>
'''New Jersey''' (1) - {{Sm|Chroma}} <br>
'''New York''' (1) - {{Sm|DarkGenex}} <br>
'''Nova Scotia''' (1) - {{Sm|NSFrog}} <br>
'''Ontario''' (1) - {{Sm|Mosh Jarcus}} <br>
'''Pennsylvania''' (2) - {{Sm|Dawson}}, {{Sm|GimmeDatWheat}} <br>
'''Sweden''' (1) - {{Sm|Sharp}} <br>
'''Texas''' (1) - {{Sm|Tuesday}} <br>
'''United Kingdom''' (1) - {{Sm|10QuidShoes}} <br>
'''Virginia''' (2) - {{Sm|Jorge}}, {{Sm|Redd}} <br>
'''Washington''' (1) - {{Sm|Silvi}} <br>

==Rankings==
{|class="wikitable"
!Ranking!!Smasher!!Previous rank!!Movement!!Character(s)!!Rating
{{PowerRankingsRow|  1 |Zain                |  1| {{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  2 |Cody Schwab         |  4| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  3 |Jmook               |  6| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  4 |Leffen              |  7| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Sweden|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  5 |moky                | 13| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Canada|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  6 |Mang0               |  3| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Dr. Mario|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  7 |aMSa                |  2| {{head|Yoshi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Japan|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  8 |Hungrybox           |  5| {{head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  9 |Plup                |  8| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  10|KoDoRiN             | 12| {{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= }}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  11|Aklo                | 16| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Link|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 83.60}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  12|lloD                | 11| {{head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 81.96}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  13|Trif                | 38| {{head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Spain|score= 80.08}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  14|Joshman             | 19| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Australia|score= 78.10}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  15|Zuppy               | 35| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Canada|score= 77.65}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  16|Magi                | 25| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 73.15}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  17|Axe                 | 10| {{head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 72.52}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  18|Salt                | 31| {{head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 71.31}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  19|Soonsay             | 22| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Canada|score= 70.32}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  20|Polish              | 23| {{head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 69.67}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  21|Spark               | 29| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 68.72}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  22|2saint              | 41| {{head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 68.44}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  23|S2J                 | 15| {{head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 66.71}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  24|Fiction             | 14| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 65.53}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  25|Zamu                | 32| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 61.91}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  26|Swift               | 40| {{head|Pikachu|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|location=Maryland|score= 61.01}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  27|Ginger              | 21| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 59.18}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  28|Chem                | 66| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 58.45}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  29|Krudo               | 24| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 57.90}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  30|SFOP                | 26| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 56.95}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  31|Ben                 | 59| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Luigi|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 47.15}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  32|Skerzo              | 39| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 46.87}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  33|SDJ                 | 62| {{head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 46.36}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  34|Panda               | 54| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 45.24|location=Florida}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  35|bobby big ballz     | 34| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 43.66}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  36|KJH                 | 65| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 42.85}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  37|Khalid              | 86| {{head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 41.70}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  38|Shroomed            |  -| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 39.20}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  39|MOF                 |  -| {{head|Ice Climbers|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 34.02}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  40|Mot$                | 68| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 33.32}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  41|CPU0                |  -| {{head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 33.08}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  42|Mekk                | 36| {{head|Ganondorf|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 32.51}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  43|Bbatts              | 58| {{head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 29.55}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  44|Frenzy              | 47| {{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|UK|score= 29.06}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  45|Junebug             |  -| {{head|Donkey Kong|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 28.91}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  46|Jflex               | 37| {{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 27.95}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  47|Matteo              |100| {{head|Captain Falcon|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Ganondorf|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|Canada|score= 27.56}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  48|Khryke              | 72| {{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 26.07}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  49|Azel                | 50| {{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Sheik|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 18.18}}
{{PowerRankingsRow|  50|mvlvchi             |  -| {{head|Peach|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|USA|score= 17.21}}
|}

==Trivia==
*{{Sm|Junebug}} became the first {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}} player to be ranked top 50 on a ''Melee'' global ranking list.
**Coincidentally, this marks the second time he has placed 45th on a seasonal ''Melee'' global ranking list, tying his [[MPGR 2018]] placement with his main ({{SSBM|Sheik}}).
*{{Sm|Mekk}} became the first {{SSBM|Ganondorf}} player to be ranked in the top 50 since {{Sm|Kage}}'s placement of 46th on the [[SSBMRank 2017]].
*Both Mekk and Junebug began playing their listed characters as "mains" the year before.
*SSBMRank Summer 2023 marks the first SSBMRank with none of the [[Five Gods]] in the Top 5, and the first time since the [[RetroSSBMRank#2006|RetroSSBMRank for 2006]].

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/MeleeStatsPod/status/1686466941223854080 Twitter Announcement]
*[https://blog.start.gg/ssbmrank-summer-2023-ccdcdd0034cf SSBMRank Summer 2023]
*SSBMRank Summer 2023 on start.gg: [https://blog.start.gg/ssbmrank-summer-2023-41-50-992eebcf18de 50-41], [https://blog.start.gg/ssbmrank-summer-2023-31-40-8117b10f2fbb 40-31], [https://blog.start.gg/ssbmrank-summer-2023-21-30-5dcbf5616361 30-21], [https://blog.start.gg/ssbmrank-summer-2023-11-20-960fd11075ec 20-11]

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