Top 100 Melee Players of All Time

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. Also it is not reflected but worth mentioning Zain Naghmi is currently the best player in the world.

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 ,  Wevans 

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• Honorable Mentions
• All-Time Melee Top 100: One Year Later
• All-Time Melee Top 100: Another Year