Panda Global Rankings

The Panda Global Rankings (PGR) is a biannual list compiled by Panda Global Gaming's PG Stats team ranking the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U smashers. The first list was released on May 27th, 2016, the second on January 19th, 2017, and the third on July 7th, 2017.

Methods

PGR v1 (January 2015 - May 2016)

The first list was compiled by 48 panelists and the PG Stats team -- Dom, suar, and Zan and took into account tournament results from Apex 2015 to 2GGT: Fresh Saga. The players' rankings are purely based on tournament placings and set counts, with a heavy emphasis on 7 major events: Apex 2015, CEO 2015, EVO 2015, Paragon Los Angeles 2015, The Big House 5, GENESIS 3 and Pound 2016.

It also includes a separate and subjective metric voted on by the panelists referred to as "X-Factor", which follows a more similar approach to Melee It On Me's SSBMRank. A player's X-Factor is the difference between their PGR ranking and their spot on the list that the surveyors rated them at. A player with a very positive X-Factor would theoretically be a notable figure in the community feared by top players but would not have the results to back them up. On the other hand, a player with a negative X-Factor would be somewhat of a "hidden boss" showing impressive results and wins with a lack of acknowledgement from the community. The full list was revealed after LVL UP EXPO 2016 and Get On My Level 2016, but was created before those tournaments started, making some of the set records and notable wins exclusive to the time beforehand.

Tournaments evaluated

Bolded tournaments signify majors, and non-bolded tournaments are defined as nationals by the PG Stats team.

• Apex 2015 - January 30th to February 1st, 2015
• CEO 2015 - June 26th to 28th, 2015
• EVO 2015 - July 17th to 19th, 2015
• Smash Factor 4 - July 24th to 26th, 2015
• Super Smash Con 2015 - August 6th to 9th, 2015
• PAX Prime 2015 - August 28th to 30th, 2015
• Paragon Los Angeles 2015 - September 5th to 6th, 2015
• Umebura F.A.T. - September 21st to 22nd, 2015
• The Big House 5 - October 2nd to 4th, 2015
• MLG World Finals 2015 - October 16th to 18th, 2015
• 2GGT: ESAM Saga - January 9th, 2016
• GENESIS 3 - January 15th to 17th, 2016
• PAX Arena - January 29th to 31st, 2016
• 2GGT: The False Awakens - January 30th, 2016
• B.E.A.S.T 6 - February 19th to 21st, 2016
• Shots Fired 2 - March 5th to 6th, 2016
• Glitch - March 12th, 2016
• 2GGT: FOW Saga - March 26th, 2016
• Pound 2016 - April 2nd to 3rd, 2016
• Midwest Mayhem 2 - April 30th, 2016
• NEW FISH - May 7th, 2016
• 2GGT: Fresh Saga - May 7th, 2016

Panelists

The subjective components used to determine the X-Factors were derived from a survey that was sent to over 50 community members from around the world.

The United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Europe, and Australia were represented among the 48 individuals who were surveyed that answered back.

Tristate (8) - ANTi, Dabuz, Dom, False, Gunblade, Nairo, NAKAT, Tweek
Japan (7) - 9B, Abadango, Earth, komorikiri, Mr.II, Nietono, RAIN
Florida (6)- Diamond Overstreet, Sol, Master Raven, MVD, saj, suar
Europe (6) - Luigi player, Mr.R, Risuno, Rito, Tetra, vyQ
SoCal (5) - falln, Larry Lurr, VoiD, Zan, ZeRo
Maryland/Virginia (3) - Mister Eric, Remzi, Seagull Joe
Mexico (2) - Hyuga, MkLeo
Australia (2) - KuroganeHammer, Shaya
Midwest (2) - Ori, Vayseth
Southwest (1) - Bear
Northwest (1) - Big D
Southeast (1) - Fatality
New England (1) - Pugwest
NorCal (1) - Shaky
Canada (1) - Toronto Joe
South (1) - Trela

PGR v2 (May - December 2016)

The second list took into account results from LVL UP EXPO 2016 to 2GGT: ZeRo Saga included. Spike, juddy, and Giant were added to the PG Stats team to more accurately cover the Japanese, European, and Mexican scenes. The tournaments included were classified into tiers according to the number of ranked players attending and the number of entrants in general, with tier 1 including major events and tier 4 locals. Just like the first rankings, a heavy emphasis was put on 6 tier 1 tournaments: CEO 2016, EVO 2016, Super Smash Con 2016, The Big House 6, UGC Smash Open, and 2GGT: ZeRo Saga. The X-Factor metric made its return as well.

Tournaments evaluated

Bolded tournaments signify tier 1 events, and non-bolded tournaments are defined as tier 2 events by the PG Stats team.

• Battle Arena Melbourne 8 - May 13th to 15th
• LVL UP EXPO 2016 - May 14th to 15th
• Umebura 23 - May 21st
• Get On My Level 2016 - May 20th to 22nd
• MomoCon 2016 - May 26th to 29th
• Sumabato 10 - May 29th
• TGC 8 - June 4th
• Midwest Mayhem 3 - June 4th
• 2GGT: Mexico Saga - June 4th
• KTAR XVIII - June 11th
• Smash 'N' Splash 2 - June 11th to 12th
• Sumabato 11 - June 17th
• Apex 2016 - June 17th to 19th
• Low Tier City 4 - June 18th to 19th
• CEO 2016 - June 24th to 26th
• WTFox 2 - July 1st to 3rd
• Neokan Party 2 - July 2nd to 3rd
• Midwest Mayhem 4 - July 9th
• EVO 2016 - July 15th to 17th
• 2GGT: KTAR Saga - July 23rd
• Umebura 24 - July 24th
• Smash Factor 5 - July 29th to 31st
• Sumabato for THE BIG HOUSE - July 30th to 31st
• Clutch City Clash - August 6th to 7th
• Super Smash Con 2016 - August 11th to 14th
• Rio de Janeiro eGames Showcase 2016 - August 15th to 16th
• Umebura S.A.T. - August 20th to 21st
• Endgame - August 20th to 21st
• Sumabato 12 - August 27th
• Shine 2016 - August 26th to 28th
• Collision XIV - September 3rd
• Umebura 25 - September 10th
• Syndicate 2016 - September 10th to 11th
• 2GGT: Abadango Saga - September 24th
• Glitch 2 - September 24th to 25th
• Sumabato 13 - September 25th
• Little Big House 2 - October 6th
• The Big House 6 - October 7th to 9th
• Sumabato 14 - October 22nd
• Eclipse 2 - October 21st to 23rd
• Olympus - October 28th to 30th
• Canada Cup 2016 - October 28th to 30th
• Midwest Mayhem 5 - November 5th
• Aftershock 2016 - November 5th to 6th
• KTAR XIX - November 19th
• Smashdown World - November 26th to 27th
• UGC Smash Open - December 2nd to 4th
• Showdown: Battle Royale - December 10th to 11th
• 2GGT: ZeRo Saga - December 16th to 18th

Panelists

The number of panelists was reduced from 48 to 30. The survey used was similar to the first one.

Tristate (7) - Tweek, Dabuz, Austy, ANTi, Gunblade, Max Ketchum, Dom
SoCal (5) - Larry Lurr, NAKAT, Keitaro, VoiD, Zan
New England (4) - Pugwest, TMPR, Rorec, suar
Europe (3) - Tetra, SilentDoom, vyQ
Midwest (2) - Zinoto, Vayseth
South (2) - CaptainZack, Samsora
Canada (2) - Toronto Joe, juddy
Maryland/Virginia (2) - EE, Tantalus
Southwest (1) - Bear
Florida (1) - ESAM
Japan (1) - Haruki

PGR v3 (January - June 2017)

The third list will evaluate tournament results at events from Midwest Mayhem 6 to CEO 2017, and will feature a larger panelist group compared to the previous rankings. As a response to feedback concerning previous tournament classifying methods, a new system will be implemented, called the Tournament Tier System (TTS). The TTS ranks tournaments based on four factors in their singles tournaments: entrant numbers, PGR v2 attendees, top 20 PGR v2 attendees and prize pool, and categorizes them into S, A, B and C tiers, with S signifying tournaments of the largest caliber. In order to account for and provide more balance towards tournament scenes such as Japan, which generally do not feature prize money in their tournaments, the TTS algorithm rewards top player density over prize money. Weekly and bi-weekly events will be ignored by TTS as not to affect local environments with the pressure of global rankings, and not to skew the PGR towards specific regions. The X-Factor returns, but unlike the previous lists, players outside the Top 50 were counted for the X-Factor list. Additionally, the panelist survey took place before MomoCon 2017, so many X-Factors appear inaccurate, or in one instance, non-existent. The video for ranks 11 to 20 was delayed due to technical difficulties, according to Panda Global's statistics director suar.

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament	Date	Tier
Midwest Mayhem 6: SoCal Invasion	January 7th	B
Smash Conference LXIX	January 7th	B
Kumite in Tennessee 2017	January 6th to 8th	C
PPT Winter	January 6th to 8th	C
Single Game Championships: Umebura X Single-Chu	January 7th to 8th	B
2GGC: GENESIS Saga	January 14th	A
NHSmash 3	January 14th	C
Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers	January 15th	C
GENESIS 4	January 20th to 22nd	S
Frosty Faustings IX	January 27th to 28th	C
Sumabato 15	January 28th	C
Smash Valley	January 27th to 29th	C
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers	February 4th	B
Midwest Mayhem 7: Mexico Invasion	February 4th	C
King of the Springs 2	February 4th	C
Invasion 12	February 4th	C
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga	February 11th	A
GUMS 13	February 11th	C
Austin's Really Feeling It 16	February 11th	C
Gwinnett Brawl (February 2017)	February 11th	C
Niconico Tokaigi 2017	February 11th to 12th	B
B.E.A.S.T 7	February 17th to 19th	B
Sumabato 16	February 25th	C
Tampa Never Sleeps 7	February 24th to 26th	C
Frostbite 2017	February 25th to 26th	A
No Fun Allowed	March 4th	C
Choctaw Festival of Gaming	March 3rd to 5th	C
FINAL ROUND 20	March 10th to 12th	C
Smash 4 at KI Con	March 10th to 12th	C
PAX Arena at PAX East 2017	March 12th	B
GUMS 14	March 18th	C
Frame Perfect Series 2	March 18th to 19th	A
Rise 2017	March 18th to 19th	C
Umebura 26	March 20th	C
2GGC: Civil War	March 24th to 26th	S
Welcome to the Oven	April 1st	C
Tupelo Titans Throwdown	April 1st	C
KTAR XX	April 1st to 2nd	B
Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour	April 8th	B
Undiscovered Realm Comic Con	April 8th	C
Kawaii Kon 2017	April 7th to 9th	C
The Arena 2017	April 8th to 9th	C
CEO Dreamland	April 14th to 16th	A
Sumabato 17	April 16th	C
Sea Crest Smash	April 22nd	C
Karisuma 13	April 23rd	C
EagleLAN 2017	April 29th	C
DreamHack Austin 2017	April 28th to 30th	A
KSB 2017	May 4th to 6th	B
Glitch 3	May 6th	B
GUMS 15	May 6th	C
Umebura Japan Major 2017	May 6th to 7th	A
ConComics May 2017	May 6th to 7th	C
Royal Flush	May 12th to 14th	A
Battle Arena Melbourne 9	May 12th to 14th	C
2GGC: Greninja Saga	May 20th	A
Shift	May 27th	C
Port Priority	May 27th	C
MomoCon 2017	May 25th to 28th	A
Combo Breaker 2017	May 26th to 28th	C
Smash 'N' Splash 3	June 2nd to 4th	A
Battle of BC 2	June 3rd to 4th	B
SALT	June 3rd to 4th	C
Saints Gaming Live	June 10th to 11th	C
2GGC: Nairo Saga	June 10th to 11th	S
CEO 2017	June 16th to 18th	S
Sumabato 18	June 18th	C

PGR v4 (July - December 2017)

The Tournament Tier System (TTS) returns and retains a similar formula to the last list, but there have been notable changes. The biggest change is that there are now two separate methods for determining the TTS score: a combination of total entrants and pot bonus, and attendance of PGR ranked players. A tournament's actual tier and score is based on whichever one of these two methods provides the highest score. This is mainly meant to prevent penalizing tournaments that have low total entrants but a high concentration of top level players, such as invitationals like Niconico Tokaigi 2017, and lower the score of tournaments with a great number of entrants but little to no top level attendees. Other changes include giving points based on the pot bonus instead of the prize pool, so as not to penalize regions that lack prize pools (such as Japan); separating PGR players into five different levels instead of the two from the previous season; and the introduction of the new S+ tier, separate from and higher than the regular S tier.

The PGR v4 season ended with 2GG Championship on December 3rd, 2017, with an off-season lasting from December 4th to January 18th.

PGR v4 was released from January 2nd to January 12th, 2017, as confirmed in a PGStats tweet.

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament	Date	Tier
Karisuma 14	June 24th	C
Smashadelphia 2017	June 23rd to 25th	C
ALPHA	July 1st	C
Midwest Mayhem 9	July 1st	B
Umebura 27	July 1st	B
UNLOCKED	July 1st	C
Albion 2	July 1st to 2nd	B
Divided	July 8th	C
2GGC: ARMS Saga	July 8th to 9th	A
EVO 2017	July 14th to 16th	S+
DreamHack Atlanta 2017	July 21st to 23rd	S
Get On My Level 2017	July 28th to 30th	B
International Gaming Expo	July 28th to 30th	C
Smash Factor 6	August 4th to 6th	B
Low Tier City 5	August 5th to 6th	B
Sumabato 19	August 12th	C
Umebura 28	August 12th	C
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th to 13th	S
2GGC: SCR Saga	August 19th to 20th	S
Dubai Dojo 2	August 25th to 26th	C
Shine 2017	August 25th to 27th	S
PAX Arena at PAX West 2017	September 1st to 4th	A
2GGC: West Side Saga	September 9th	A
DreamHack Montreal 2017	September 8th to 10th	B
Showdown: Battle Royale 2	September 23rd to 24th	B
Syndicate 2017	September 23rd to 24th	B
Sumabato 20	September 24th	C
GameTyrant Expo 2017	September 29th to October 1st	S
The Big House 7	October 6th to 8th	S
2GGC: Fire Emblem Saga	October 14th to 15th	S
DreamHack Denver 2017	October 20th to 22nd	B
Who's Your Pappy 10	October 22nd	C
Umebura 29	October 28th	B
Canada Cup 2017	October 27th to 29th	B
Clutch City Clash 2	October 28th to 29th	C
Too Hot to Handle	October 28th to 29th	B
2GGC: MkLeo Saga	November 4th	S+
GatorLAN Fall 2017	November 11th	C
Port Priority 2	November 11th	C
IBP Masters Showdown	November 11th to 12th	A
Sumabato 22	November 12th	C
Umebura 30	November 18th	B
Super FamiCon 2017	November 17th to 19th	B
Tech Republic III	November 17th to 19th	C
Midwest Mayhem 10	November 25th	B
Rikabura 8	November 25th	C
2GGC: Last Chance Qualifier*	December 1st	C
2GG Championship	December 1st-3rd, 2017	S

• Grouped together with 2GG Championship.

PGR v5 (January 2018 - TBA)

On November 10th, 2017, PGStats announced an official offseason along with the ending and beginning dates for PGRv4 and v5, respectively. The offseason lasts from December 4th, 2017 to January 18th, 2018, with GENESIS 5 being the first event of the regular PGR v5 season. As exceptions, three notable tournaments that had been scheduled prior to the offseason announcement were still counted as part of the PGRv5 season, those being Umebura T.A.T. and the Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1 and 2.

While the Tournament Tier System returned, it again featured a number of notable changes, first announced in a blog post by PGStats member PracticalTAS. Most significantly, prize pools now have no effect at all on tournament ratings. Individual tournament values were hidden, leaving only the broader tiers publicly visible. Certain tournaments with a consistent reputation of notability will now be given "pre-ratings" that serve as a bare minimum value, with the ability to rise above the pre-rating still possible. Finally, the general values necessary to reach each tier besides the C-tier were heightened; and the S+-tier was removed, with the S-tier taking its place and with a new A+-tier in between it and the A-tier.

Tournaments evaluated

List with full stats

Tournament	Date	Tier
Umebura T.A.T.	December 23rd to 24th	B
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 1	January 6th	C
Sumabato Tokaigi Qualifiers 2	January 7th	C
GENESIS 5	January 19th to 21st	A
Noods Noods Noods: Melee Edition	January 27th	C
EVO Japan 2018	January 26th to 28th	B
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 1	February 3rd	C
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifier 2	February 4th	C
Niconico Tokaigi 2018	February 10th	B
Frostbite 2018	February 10th to 11th	A
Sumabato 23	February 17th, 2018	C
King of the Springs 3	February 24th, 2018	C
Full Bloom 4	March 24th to 25th 2018	C
Collision XV	March 31st, 2018	C
Mason Versus: Mr E	April 14th, 2018	C

Rankings

PGR v4 (July - December 2017)

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	Salem	11	▲ 9
3	Nairo	3	0
4	MkLeo	2	▼ 2
5	Tweek	12	▲ 7
6	Dabuz	4	▼ 2
7	Larry Lurr	6	▼ 1
8	KEN	16	▲ 8
9	VoiD	13	▲ 4
10	Mr.R	9	▼ 1
11	Elegant	25	▲ 14
12	WaDi	46	▲ 34
13	Mistake	—	—
14	Ally	5	▼ 9
15	Abadango	10	▼ 5
16	komorikiri	8	▼ 8
17	Cosmos	—	—
18	CaptainZack	7	▼ 11
19	Marss	14	▼ 5
20	ANTi	21	▲ 1
21	ESAM	18	▼ 3
22	Samsora	24	▲ 2
23	Manny	40	▲ 17
24	Lima	—	—
25	MVD	29	▲ 4
26	Darkshad	—	—
27	Shuton	33	▲ 6
28	Mr.E	30	▲ 2
29	Kirihara	19	▼ 10
30	Konga	—	—
31	Zinoto	20	▼ 11
32	Raito	34	▲ 2
33	NAKAT	42	▲ 9
34	Tsu-	26	▼ 8
35	Charliedaking	—	—
36	Choco	49	▲ 13
37	JK	48	▲ 11
38	Fatality	15	▼ 23
39	dyr	—	—
40	Tyroy	—	—
41	falln	28	▼ 13
42	Shoyo James	51	▲ 9
43	6WX	31	▼ 12
44	Kameme	27	▼ 17
45	Ryuga	—	—
46	Vinnie	—	—
47	Light	—	—
48	K9sbruce	51	▲ 3
49	Zenyou	—	—
50	AC	45	▼ 5

v4 Area 51

The day before they began unveiling the regular top 50 rankings, PGStats released a list of the five players who most closely missed the cut for the PGRv4 top 50, known as "Area 51." They were unranked between each other, and as such are all considered to be effectively ranked #51.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
51	Eon	—	—
51	Javi	44	▼ 7
51	Locus	22	▼ 29
51	Luhtie	—	—
51	Stroder	—	—

v4 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Similar to the previous season, players outside of the official rankings top 50 were also counted for this list, making up a total of 100 players in this season's X-Factor rankings. However, unlike the previous season, voting did not start until after the season was over.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	Salem	23	▲ 21
3	MkLeo	3	0
4	Nairo	5	▲ 1
5	Dabuz	4	▼ 1
6	Tweek	12	▲ 6
7	KEN	10	▲ 3
8	Larry Lurr	7	▼ 1
9	Mr.R	6	▼ 3
10	VoiD	9	▼ 1
11	Elegant	26	▲ 15
12	komorikiri	8	▼ 4
13	WaDi	32	▲ 19
14	Abadango	14	0
15	Ally	2	▼ 13
16	Marss	18	▲ 2
17	ESAM	19	▲ 2
18	Kirihara	11	▼ 7
19	Samsora	27	▲ 8
20	CaptainZack	13	▼ 7
21	Cosmos	—	—
22	Shuton	21	▼ 1
23	ANTi	15	▼ 8
24	Mistake	—	—
25	Manny	71	▲ 46
26	MVD	41	▲ 15
27	Choco	30	▲ 3
28	Fatality	16	▼ 12
29	Tsu-	25	▼ 4
30	Lima	98	▲ 68
31	Raito	48	▲ 17
32	Ranai	20	▼ 12
33	Zinoto	24	▼ 9
34	Light	79	▲ 45
35	Charliedaking	—	—
36	Darkshad	62	▲ 26
37	HIKARU	29	▼ 8
38	falln	33	▼ 5
39	T	36	▼ 3
40	Javi	37	▼ 3
41	Mr.E	31	▼ 10
42	Zenyou	44	▲ 2
43	9B	28	▼ 15
44	Kameme	22	▼ 22
45	JK	65	▲ 20
46	6WX	39	▼ 7
47	K9sbruce	52	▲ 5
48	MattyG	—	—
49	Konga	84	▲ 35
50	Ned	42	▼ 8
51	NAKAT	46	▼ 5
53	Tyroy	75	▲ 22
54	dyr	61	▲ 7
56	Shoyo James	82	▲ 26
58	Ryuga	—	—
62	AC	60	▼ 2
65	Vinnie	—	—

PGR v3 (January - June 2017)

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	MkLeo	8	▲ 6
3	Nairo	3	0
4	Dabuz	4	0
5	Ally	2	▼ 3
6	Larry Lurr	5	▼ 1
7	CaptainZack	20	▲ 13
8	komorikiri	12	▲ 4
9	Mr.R	10	▲ 1
10	Abadango	7	▼ 3
11	Salem	13	▲ 2
12	Tweek	17	▲ 5
13	VoiD	6	▼ 7
14	Marss	15	▲ 1
15	Fatality	28	▲ 13
16	KEN	19	▲ 3
17	Ranai	14	▼ 3
18	ESAM	27	▲ 9
19	Kirihara	48	▲ 29
20	Zinoto	16	▼ 4
21	ANTi	9	▼ 12
22	Locus	45	▲ 23
23	9B	—	—
24	Samsora	29	▲ 5
25	Elegant	—	—
26	Tsu-	—	—
27	Kameme	11	▼ 16
28	falln	33	▲ 5
29	MVD	47	▲ 18
30	Mr.E	18	▼ 12
31	6WX	30	▼ 1
32	T	—	—
33	Shuton	—	—
34	Raito	—	—
35	Earth	25	▼ 10
36	HIKARU	—	—
37	Ned	50	▲ 13
38	Rich Brown	23	▼ 15
39	Myran	—	—
40	Manny	—	—
41	ScAtt	31	▼ 10
42	NAKAT	—	—
43	Nietono	36	▼ 7
44	Javi	—	—
45	AC	—	—
46	WaDi	21	▼ 25
47	Edge	—	—
48	JK	—	—
49	Choco	—	—
50	FOW	—	—

v3 Area 51

The day before they began unveiling the regular top 50 rankings, PGStats released a list of the five players who most closely missed the cut for the PGRv3 top 50, known as "Area 51." They were unranked between each other, and as such are all considered to be effectively ranked #51.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
51	K9sbruce	—	—
51	Shoyo James	—	—
51	Trela	42	▼ 9
51	Tyrant	34	▼ 17
51	Wrath	43	▼ 8

v3 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

As players outside of the official rankings's top 50 were also counted for this list, there are a total of 100 players in this season's X-Factor rankings as opposed to PGR's standard 50. The X-Factor rankings only took into account tournaments that happened prior to 2GGC: Nairo Saga; consequently, FOW was not included in the X-Factor rankings because he did not have the results to qualify for the PGR when the survey was given.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	Ally	2	0
3	MkLeo	3	0
4	Dabuz	6	▲ 2
5	Nairo	4	▼ 1
6	Mr.R	10	▲ 4
7	Larry Lurr	7	0
8	komorikiri	9	▲ 1
9	VoiD	11	▲ 2
10	KEN	16	▲ 6
11	Kirihara	50	▲ 39
12	Tweek	17	▲ 5
13	CaptainZack	25	▲ 12
14	Abadango	5	▼ 9
15	ANTi	8	▼ 7
16	Fatality	34	▲ 18
17	Locus	26	▲ 9
18	Marss	15	▼ 3
19	ESAM	22	▲ 3
20	Ranai	13	▼ 7
21	Shuton	—	—
22	Kameme	14	▼ 8
23	Salem	12	▼ 11
24	Zinoto	18	▼ 6
25	Tsu-	—	—
26	Elegant	—	—
27	Samsora	30	▲ 3
28	9B	—	—
29	HIKARU	—	—
30	Choco	—	—
31	Mr.E	20	▼ 11
32	WaDi	24	▼ 8
33	falln	36	▲ 3
34	Earth	21	▼ 13
35	Nietono	37	▲ 2
36	T	—	—
37	Javi	—	—
38	Rich Brown	33	▼ 5
39	6WX	31	▼ 8
40	Edge	—	—
41	MVD	48	▲ 7
42	Ned	43	▲ 1
43	ikep	—	—
44	Zenyou	—	—
45	Trela	27	▼ 18
46	NAKAT	—	—
47	SuperGirlKels	—	—
48	Raito	—	—
49	Some	—	—
50	Tyrant	28	▼ 22
51	Xzax	—	—
52	K9sbruce	—	—
53	Pink Fresh	29	▼ 24
54	Mew2King	23	▼ 31
55	Nicko	—	—
56	ScAtt	39	▼ 17
57	Dath	40	▼ 17
58	Sigma	—	—
59	Wrath	44	▼ 15
60	AC	—	—
61	dyr	41	▼ 20
62	Darkshad	42	▼ 20
63	Pugwest	45	▼ 18
64	Kuro	—	—
65	JK	—	—
66	Regi	—	—
67	Aarvark	—	—
68	Eim	—	—
69	Atelier	—	—
70	Chanshu	—	—
71	Manny	—	—
72	saj	49	▼ 23
73	Myran	—	—
74	cyve	—	—
75	Tyroy	—	—
76	Raffi-X	—	—
77	Lea	—	—
78	The Great Gonzales	—	—
79	Light	—	—
80	JJROCKETS	—	—
81	Chag	—	—
82	Shoyo James	—	—
83	Cashmere	—	—
84	Konga	—	—
85	S1	—	—
86	Saiki	—	—
87	DSS	—	—
88	Koolaid	—	—
89	ImHip	—	—
90	Eon	—	—
91	Ling Ling	—	—
92	Child	—	—
93	Karna	—	—
94	SS	—	—
95	Sonido	—	—
96	WormyNugget	—	—
97	AeroLink	—	—
98	Lima	—	—
99	Kogarasuma	—	—
100	Deathorse	—	—

PGR v2 (May - December 2016)

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	Ally	6	▲ 4
3	Nairo	2	▼ 1
4	Dabuz	3	▼ 1
5	Larry Lurr	7	▲ 2
6	VoiD	8	▲ 2
7	Abadango	5	▼ 2
8	MkLeo	19	▲ 11
9	ANTi	10	▲ 1
10	Mr.R	4	▼ 6
11	Kameme	—	—
12	komorikiri	11	▼ 1
13	Salem	—	—
14	Ranai	9	▼ 5
15	Marss	13	▼ 2
16	Zinoto	23	▲ 7
17	Tweek	15	▼ 2
18	Mr.E	—	—
19	KEN	—	—
20	CaptainZack	—	—
21	WaDi	—	—
22	Hyuga	24	▲ 2
23	Rich Brown	—	—
24	Pink Fresh	30	▲ 6
25	Earth	33	▲ 8
26	Mew2King	28	▲ 2
27	ESAM	14	▼ 13
28	Fatality	41	▲ 13
29	Samsora	—	—
30	6WX	20	▼ 10
31	ScAtt	43	▲ 12
32	Dath	—	—
33	falln	40	▲ 7
34	Tyrant	22	▼ 12
35	Vinnie	18	▼ 17
36	Nietono	32	▼ 4
37	dyr	—	—
38	Day	—	—
39	Pugwest	—	—
40	Saj	—	—
41	False	35	▼ 6
42	Trela	25	▼ 17
43	Wrath	—	—
44	Darkshad	—	—
45	Locus	—	—
46	Ryo	45	▼ 1
47	MVD	21	▼ 26
48	Kirihara	—	—
49	Taiheita	—	—
50	Ned	—	—

v2 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	Ally	8	▲ 6
3	MkLeo	18	▲ 15
4	Nairo	3	▼ 1
5	Abadango	6	▲ 1
6	Dabuz	2	▼ 4
7	Larry Lurr	7	0
8	ANTi	11	▲ 3
9	komorikiri	9	0
10	Mr.R	4	▼ 6
11	VoiD	10	▼ 1
12	Salem	—	—
13	Ranai	5	▼ 8
14	Kameme	—	—
15	Marss	12	▼ 3
16	KEN	—	—
17	Tweek	15	▼ 2
18	Zinoto	20	▲ 2
19	Hyuga	25	▲ 6
20	Mr.E	—	—
21	Earth	22	▲ 1
22	ESAM	16	▼ 6
23	Mew2King	17	▼ 6
24	WaDi	—	—
25	CaptainZack	—	—
26	Locus	—	—
27	Trela	27	0
28	Tyrant	26	▼ 2
29	Pink Fresh	30	▲ 1
30	Samsora	—	—
31	6WX	29	▼ 2
32	Taiheita	—	—
33	Rich Brown	—	—
34	Fatality	37	▲ 3
35	Vinnie	19	▼ 16
36	falln	47	▲ 11
37	Nietono	23	▼ 14
38	False	42	▲ 4
39	ScAtt	33	▼ 6
40	Dath	—	—
41	dyr	—	—
42	Darkshad	—	—
43	Ned	—	—
44	Wrath	—	—
45	Pugwest	—	—
46	Day	—	—
47	Ryo	43	▼ 4
48	MVD	32	▼ 16
49	Saj	—	—
50	Kirihara	—	—

PGR v1 (January 2015 - May 2016)

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	—	—
2	Nairo	—	—
3	Dabuz	—	—
4	Mr.R	—	—
5	Abadango	—	—
6	Ally	—	—
7	Larry Lurr	—	—
8	VoiD	—	—
9	Ranai	—	—
10	ANTi	—	—
11	Komorikiri	—	—
12	FOW	—	—
13	Marss	—	—
14	ESAM	—	—
15	Tweek	—	—
16	Shaky	—	—
17	9B	—	—
18	Vinnie	—	—
19	Leo	—	—
20	6WX	—	—
21	MVD	—	—
22	Tyrant	—	—
23	Zinoto	—	—
24	Hyuga	—	—
25	Trela	—	—
26	RAIN	—	—
27	K9sbruce	—	—
28	Mew2King	—	—
29	SlayerZ	—	—
30	Pink Fresh	—	—
31	All Might	—	—
32	Nietono	—	—
33	Earth	—	—
34	NAKAT	—	—
35	False	—	—
36	Mr. ConCon	—	—
37	Ito	—	—
38	Angel Cortes	—	—
39	Xzax	—	—
40	falln	—	—
41	Fatality	—	—
42	iStudying	—	—
43	ScAtt	—	—
44	Megafox	—	—
45	Ryo	—	—
46	Cacogen	—	—
47	8BitMan	—	—
48	Seagull Joe	—	—
49	NickRiddle	—	—
50	Tearbear	—	—

v1 X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character
1	ZeRo	—	—
2	Dabuz	—	—
3	Nairo	—	—
4	Mr.R	—	—
5	Ranai	—	—
6	Abadango	—	—
7	Larry Lurr	—	—
8	Ally	—	—
9	Komorikiri	—	—
10	VoiD	—	—
11	ANTi	—	—
12	Marss	—	—
13	FOW	—	—
14	9B	—	—
15	Tweek	—	—
16	ESAM	—	—
17	Mew2King	—	—
18	Leo	—	—
19	Vinnie	—	—
20	Zinoto	—	—
21	RAIN	—	—
22	Earth	—	—
23	Nietono	—	—
24	Shaky	—	—
25	Hyuga	—	—
26	Tyrant	—	—
27	Trela	—	—
28	K9sbruce	—	—
29	6WX	—	—
30	Pink Fresh	—	—
31	NAKAT	—	—
32	MVD	—	—
33	ScAtt	—	—
34	Megafox	—	—
35	All Might	—	—
36	SlayerZ	—	—
37	Fatality	—	—
38	Xzax	—	—
39	Ito	—	—
40	iStudying	—	—
41	Mr. ConCon	—	—
42	False	—	—
43	Ryo	—	—
44	Angel Cortes	—	—
45	Cacogen	—	—
46	NickRiddle	—	—
47	falln	—	—
48	Seagull Joe	—	—
49	8BitMan	—	—
50	Tearbear	—	—

Trivia

• The PGR's Area 51 is a reference to Area 51, a United States Air Force facility in Nevada that is subject to frequent conspiracy theories due to its secrecy.

External links

PGR v1

• PGR v1 Methods
• The first rankings on Panda Global's website: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
• ESAM's videos detailing the first rankings: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1

PGR v2

• PGR v2 FAQ
• PGR v2 Methods
• The second rankings on Panda Global's website: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
• Videos detailing the second rankings and narrated by Alpharad: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1

PGR v3

• The PGStats Tournament Tier System
• PGR v3 FAQ
• PGR v3 Area 51
• The third rankings on Panda Global's website: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
• Videos detailing the third rankings and narrated by D1: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
• Full Top 100 X-Factor List