Summer 2018 MPGR

The Summer 2018 MPGR, officially the Summer 2018 Melee Panda Global Rankings, lists the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. Melee smashers, as compiled by Melee It On Me and PG Stats. They were announced in a series of Red Bull eSports articles that were published from July 23rd to August 2nd, 2018. The Melee Panda Global Rankings are the spiritual successor to Melee It On Me's SSBMRank.

Methodology

PG Stats asked 35 top players, community leaders, tournament organizers and analysts to rate the quality of play for each qualifying player during the first half of 2018. The panelists were asked to rate players on a scale of 1 to 10 based on the quality and quantity of results in 2018. In addition to this, each panelist was tasked with ranking players based on a hypothetical situation.

The hypothetical situation being:
"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?"

The ratings were then compiled into one overall average after suppressing the effect of outliers.

Panelists

Central US (6) - Drephen, KJH, Heartstrings, Juggleguy, Tuesday, Appel
Eastern US (14) - Gahtzu, Krudo, SleepyK, Wills, FendrickLamar, Edwin Budding, STOC$, Gtown_Tom, GimmeDatWheat, Ambisinister, Pikachu942, Ryobeat, Rishi, SaveAsUntitled
Western US (7) - algebra123230, Nintendude, DiplomaticTucan, Fire (SoCal), Captain Faceroll, HugS, Calvin
International (8) - Fairfax, Mosh, Ovenn, King Funk, Reverb, Moby, Sponge, KayB

Rankings

Ranking	Smasher	2017 SSBMRank	Movement	Character(s)	Score
1	Hungrybox	1	0		100
2	Plup	5	▲ 3		98.3
3	Armada	2	▼ 1		97.9
4	Leffen	6	▲ 2		96.1
5	Mew2King	4	▼ 1		94.5
6	Mango	3	▼ 3		94.1
7	Wizzrobe	8	▲ 1		91.4
8	aMSa	24	▲ 16		89.8
9	Zain	22	▲ 13		89.4
10	Axe	7	▼ 3		88.8
11	SFAT	9	▼ 2		86.6
12	Crush	15	▲ 3		84.0
13	S2J	10	▼ 3		83.7
14	Lucky	17	▲ 3		83.3
15	HugS	23	▲ 8		80.1
16	Swedish Delight	16	0		79.6
17	PewPewU	21	▲ 4		78.6
18	Westballz	18	0		78.4
19	n0ne	20	▲ 1		78.3
20	Duck	14	▼ 6		76.9
21	lloD	26	▲ 5		74.6
22	AbsentPage	74	▲ 52		73.3
23	Ryan Ford	32	▲ 9		72.6
24	KJH	34	▲ 10		72.5
25	Shroomed	15	▼ 10		70.1
26	ARMY	53	▲ 27		68.0
27	La Luna	19	▼ 8		67.7
28	Syrox	33	▲ 5		67.6
29	Trif	31	▲ 2		63.6
30	Captain Smuckers	47	▲ 17		62.7
31	Colbol	30	▼ 1		60.1
32	iBDW	84	▲ 52		60.0
33	Bananas	102	▲ 69		59.8
34	Ginger	49	▲ 15		58.0
35	Ice	28	▼ 7		56.8
36	Rishi	36	0		56.5
37	MikeHaze	25	▼ 12		55.0
38	Bladewise	37	▼ 1		53.7
39	Captain Faceroll	52	▲ 13		53.1
40	Junebug	54	▲ 14		52.1
41	Kalamazhu	70	▲ 29		51.3
42	2Saint	100	▲ 58		49.9
43	Slox	42	▼ 1		47.7
44	Gahtzu	43	▼ 1		46.0
45	Michael	—	—		45.5
46	Moky	96	▲ 50		45.4
47	Santiago	40	▼ 7		43.4
48	Professor Pro	41	▼ 7		43.1
49	Medz	55	▲ 6		42.6
50	Overtriforce	60	▲ 10		42.4

External links

• Summer #MPGR2018: The Evolution (Not Revolution) of SSBMRank
• Summer #MPGR2018 Frequently Asked Questions
• Summer #MPGR2018 on Red Bull Esports: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1