SSBMRank 2017

The 2017 SSBMRank lists the world's top 100 Super Smash Bros. Melee smashers, as compiled by Melee It On Me. They are being announced in a series of Red Bull eSports articles that are published from January 3rd, 2018 to January 16th, 2018.

Methods

Roughly 60 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 asked to rate players based on the following criterion:
Based on quality and quantity of results in 2017, rate each player on a scale of 1-10. Imagine if everyone entered a tournament, one hundred times. Who would perform the best?
The tournaments were from Eden to (only top 30 could be edited at this point) The Holiday Bash Smash Invitational. They voted on a 1-10 scale with the best player receiving a "10" and the worst player receiving a "1". Ballots that were not scaled properly were rescaled using an algorithm. The three lowest and three highest ratings before taking the average were removed in order to reduce the variance.

Panelists

Canada (4) - Nate$, TO Joe, Mosh, PracticalTAS
Europe (6) - King Funk, Mobiusman, Flippy, Reverb, solariiii, Mahie
South Korea (1) - KayB
Maryland/Virginia (4) - Redd, Chillin, Rishi, Fendrick Lamar
Midwest (5) - Juggleguy, Duck, Vro, Redd, Gamero
Mountain Area (2) - Appel, MattDotZeb
New England (3) - EdwinBudding, Gtown Tom, Crush
Northern California (5) - Reno, DestinyFan21, Nintendude, dizzkidboogie, Algebra123230/Dingus (dual ballot)
Pacific Northwest (3) - Aiden, Rustin, Fat Goku
Southern California (4) - Captain Faceroll, Chroma, HugS, S2J
South (5) - Gimme, Tuesday, Sleepyk, Zhea, Jake13
Arizona (1) - Tai
Tri-State (6) - Pikachu942/Ambisinister (dual ballot), Swedish Delight, Ryobeat, Slox, GimmeDatWheat, SaveasUntitled

Rankings

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Rating
51	Kels	55	▲ 4	57.6
52	Captain Faceroll	45	▼ 7	57.4
53	ARMY	—	—	57.3
54	Junebug	—	—	55.3 {{PowerRankingsRow\| 55\|Medz \| 89\| \|USA\|score= 55.1}
56	Abate	40	▼ 16	53.8
57	Chillin	36	▼ 21	50.9
58	Squid	69	▲ 11	50.8
59	Azusa	57	▼ 2	50.3
60	Overtriforce	53	▼ 7	49.7
61	Spark	—	—	48.9
62	Ka-Master	76	▲ 14	48.5
63	Trulliam	77	▲ 14	48.0
64	Cactuar	60	▼ 4	47.9
65	Redd	59	▼ 6	47.2
66	Zhu	31	▼ 35	46.6
67	Darkatma	72	▲ 5	46.5
68	Drephen	75	▲ 7	46.3
69	FatGoku	—	—	45.9
70	Kalamazhu	71	▲ 1	45.8
71	Eddy Mexico	56	▼ 15	45.0
72	drunksloth	100	▲ 28	44.9
73	Cal	—	—	44.9
74	AbsentPage	—	—	44.2
75	King Momo	—	—	43.7
76	DJ Nintendo	65	▼ 11	43.6
77	HomeMadeWaffles	80	▲ 3	43.6
78	Lovage	73	▼ 5	42.6
79	MilkMan	81	▲ 2	41.9
80	Tai	74	▼ 6	41.7
81	Rik	—	—	41.6
82	Rocky	—	—	41.4
83	Jerry	—	—	41.3
84	iBDW	—	—	41.2
85	KPAN	—	—	41.1
86	Mojo	88	▲ 2	40.7
87	$mike	97	▲ 10	38.1
88	Darktooth	—	—	37.4
89	Zgetto	61	▼ 28	36.8
90	Blea Gelo	—	—	36.6
91	Kaeon	—	—	36.1
92	Bobby Frizz	—	—	35.9
93	Iceman	—	—	35.3
94	L	—	—	35.3
95	NMW	93	▼ 2	33.2
96	Moky	—	—	32.9
97	Legend	—	—	32.6
98	Zealous5000	—	—	32.3
99	Ralph	—	—	31.8
100	2Saint	—	—	31.4
101	Reeve	—	—	31.2
102	Bananas	—	—	31.0
103	Nightmare	98	▼ 5	30.4
104	Vro	102	▼ 2	30.1

Hidden Bosses

The Hidden Bosses were divided into two lists. The first list includes players that made it into the final ballot for SSBMRank and the second list includes the list of players who made it to the first nomination list, but were removed due to a lack of activity or a low likelihood of making the top 100 cut.

List of Final Nominees

Initial Nominee List (Players that were noted, but were not on the final ballots)

External links

SSBMRank 2017 Returns to Red Bull
SSBMRank2017: The Process
SSBMRank2017: Hidden Bosses
SSBMRank 2017: The List of Panelists
SSBMRank2017: FAQ
SSBMRank 2017: Just Barely Missed The Cut (104-101) (published after, but on the same day as 80-71)
SSBMRank 2017: 100-91
SSBMRank 2017: 90-81
SSBMRank 2017: 80-71
SSBMRank 2017: 70-61