Summer 2019 MPGR

Summer 2019 MPGR
Period active	December 17th, 2018 - June 30th, 2019
Region	Global
Game(s) supported	Super Smash Bros. Melee
Producer(s)	Panda Global

The Summer 2019 MPGR lists the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. Melee smashers during the first half of 2019 as compiled by Panda Global's PG Stats division. They were announced in a series of Red Bull eSports articles published from July 23rd, 2019 to August 2nd, 2019.

Methodology

PG Stats asked 44 panelists from across the world, including top players, community leaders, tournament organizers and analysts, to rate the quality of play for each of the 69 qualified players during the first half of 2019 on a scale of 2 to 10 based on the quality and quantity of results. In addition to this, they were also prompted with the following question:

"A tournament is held every weekend during the ranking period, and all players on the list are able to attend every event. Over the course of the season, who performs the best? You may give the benefit of the doubt to players who attended more events during the ranking period if you so choose."

Panelists were allowed to abstain from scoring a particular player if they did not know enough about them. This had no effect on the player's score, unless enough panelists abstained from rating a particular player in which case the player would be disqualified. This did not occur to any players during this ranking season. Once the scores were obtained, they would be normalized for consistency. Afterwards, each player's score would be calculated using a weighted average with higher weights given to an individual rating the closer it is to the interquartile mean of the given player's scores.

Panelists

Central U.S. (9) - Juggleguy, Penicillin Krillin, Swanner, Unsure, Zamu, Critius. Kaiju, Tuesday, Snowy
Northeastern U.S. (16) - Ambisinister, bambi, DarkGenex, Pikachu492, GimmeDatWheat, Ryobeat, SaveAsUntitled, iBDW, Thorsmiles, Dawson, Redd, Cool Lime, Bitts, EdwinBudding, Jackzilla, Kalvar
Southeastern U.S. (5) - Causter, Weis, Wily, Wills, Hungrybox
Western U.S. (5) - DiplomaticTucan, Chroma, S2J, Fat Goku, BeyondFables
International (9) - Mosh, Ovenn, Zedreo, Moby, Reverb, Teroz, Metakill, Fairfax, Sora

Rankings

Hungrybox's player card

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Rating
1	Hungrybox	1	0		99.8
2	Wizzrobe	8	▲ 6		98.7
3	Axe	10	▲ 7		97.0
4	Leffen	3	▼ 1		96.7
5	Mango	5	0		95.5
6	Zain	7	▲ 1		93.4
7	Plup	4	▼ 3		92.5
8	aMSa	9	▲ 1		91.3
9	S2J	11	▲ 2		88.6
10	iBDW	34	▲ 24		88.5
11	SFAT	12	▲ 1		87.4
12	Trif	35	▲ 23		85.7
13	Swedish Delight	13	0		83.5
14	moky	52	▲ 38		82.9
15	Fiction	28	▲ 13		81.2
16	PewPewU	15	▼ 1		80.7
17	Captain Faceroll	33	▲ 16		80
18	Ginger	40	▲ 22		77.2
19	Duck	14	▼ 5		76.2
20	Bananas	19	▼ 1		75.5
21	KJH	25	▲ 4		75.3
22	Gahtzu	27	▲ 5		74.3
23	Lucky	18	▼ 5		71.7
24	ARMY	20	▼ 4		71.5
25	Hax$	38	▲ 13		71.2
26	Westballz	22	▼ 4		71
27	Medz	—	—		67.6
28	ChuDat	46	▲ 18		67.2
29	n0ne	16	▼ 13		66.9
30	Shroomed	29	▼ 1		62.9
31	MikeHaze	43	▲ 12		62.8
32	Santi	48	▲ 16		62.2
33	Spud	47	▲ 14		61.6
34	Rishi	26	▼ 8		60.5
35	Stango	62	▲ 27		57.9
36	FatGoku	69	▲ 33		57
37	La Luna	32	▼ 5		55
38	Colbol	30	▼ 8		54.8
39	Bimbo	—	—		53.9
40	Kalamazhu	37	▼ 3		53
41	Spark	53	▲ 12		52.6
42	Drephen	60	▲ 18		51.9
43	Jakenshaken	88	▲ 45		49.9
44	2saint	49	▲ 5		48.9
45	Slox	50	▲ 5		48.6
46	Jerry	55	▲ 9		47.2
47	Michael	41	▼ 6		45.3
48	Magi	97	▲ 49		44.9
49	Squid	54	▲ 5		43.6
50	HugS	23	▼ 27		42.5

Trivia

• Notably, this is the first time since Global Melee Power Rankings began in 2013 (starting with SSBMRank and then succeeded by Melee Panda Global Rankings) that a Fox main or secondary has not been in top 3 of the rankings. This ranking period also has the high-water marks for a Pikachu main and a Captain Falcon main in the global rankings, with Axe reaching 3rd and Wizzrobe reaching 2nd with their respective mains.
• This ranking can be seen as a mark of the end of the "Era of The Five Gods".
  • It is the first SSBMRank/Melee Panda Global Rankings ranking without Mew2King and Armada.
  • It is the first time since 2009 in the Global Melee Power Rankings (RetroSSBMRank, SSBMRank, Melee Panda Global Rankings) where the top 5 contains players other than the Five Gods, Leffen, and Plup.
  • Since Summer 2014 SSBMRank and the rise of Leffen the top 6 had only featured 7 different players - until Summer 2019 which featured 3 new players.
• This ranking marks the highest ranking a European outside of Sweden has ever achieved, With Trif being ranked #12.

External links

• Summer 2019 MPGR
• Summer 2019 MPGR: FAQ and List of Panelists
• Summer 2019 MGPR on Red Bull eSports: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1