| 10 |
Smash Ultimate Summit 3 |
August 26th-29th, 2021 |
 |
 Sparg0 |
$19,076.52 |
3rd
|
}
By country
| Rank
|
Country
|
Tournament
|
Date
|
Game
|
Attendance
|
Winner
|
| 1 |
 United States |
EVO 2019 |
August 2nd-4th, 2019 |
|
3,534 |
MkLeo
|
| 2 |
 Japan |
EVO Japan 2020 |
January 24th-26th, 2020 |
|
1,819 |
Shuton
|
| 3 |
 United Kingdom |
Albion 4 |
July 6th-7th, 2019 |
|
896 |
 Glutonny
|
| 4 |
France |
Temple: Hermès Edition |
September 1st-5th, 2021 |
|
863 |
Tea
|
| 5 |
 Canada |
Get On My Level 2019 |
May 17th-19th, 2019 |
|
847 |
Tweek
|
| 6 |
 Netherlands |
Syndicate 2019 |
October 25th-27th, 2019 |
|
640 |
Glutonny
|
| 7 |
Mexico |
Smash Factor 8 |
July 26th-28th, 2019 |
|
532 |
Marss
|
| 8 |
 Austria |
VCA 2021 |
November 20th-21st, 2021 |
|
512 |
Peli
|
| 9 |
 Sweden |
B.E.A.S.T 6 |
February 19th-21st, 2016 |
 |
410 |
Armada
|
| 10 |
 Australia |
Battle Arena Melbourne 11 |
May 17th-19th, 2019 |
|
340 |
Ben Gold
|
Record progression
Overall
This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Smash tournament of all time overall.
Note: Due to a lack of data, records from 2003 and earlier remain unclear.
| Dates held
|
Tournament
|
Game
|
Entrants
|
Winner
|
Notes
|
| March 3rd, 2003-July 10th, 2005 |
IVGF NorthWest Regionals |
|
~151 |
Recipherus |
Due to the US's patchy Smash scene at the time, combined with an underdeveloped Internet, this is probably one of the earliest known records of a tournament with a large number of entrants. The exact number of entrants is also unclear, with claims of the entrant numbers being unsourced.
|
| July 10th, 2005-July 13th, 2006 |
MELEE-FC3 |
|
186 |
Ken |
|
| July 13th-October 13th, 2006 |
MELEE-FC6 |
|
205 |
PC Chris |
|
| October 13th, 2006-July 12th, 2007 |
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 |
|
208 |
Azen |
Beat the record for the largest Smash tournament overall by the smallest margin, at just 3 more entrants than Melee at MELEE-FC6.
|
| July 12th-August 24th, 2007 |
MELEE-FC Diamond |
|
256 |
Mew2King |
|
| August 24th, 2007-August 30th, 2008 |
EVO World 2007 |
|
270 |
Ken |
Fastest to beat the record for the largest Smash tournament overall at 41 days after MELEE-FC Diamond, if Melee and Smash 4 breaking the record at the same tournament at both EVO 2015 and EVO 2016 are not counted.
|
| August 30th, 2008-January 16th, 2010 |
AxisGaming |
 |
303 |
DSF |
First time a game other than Melee has beaten the record for the largest Smash tournament overall. Largest Smash tournament of the 2000s.
|
| January 16th, 2010-January 6th, 2012 |
Pound 4 |
|
347 |
Mango |
Largest Melee tournament in the pre-EVO 2013 era.
|
| January 6th, 2012-July 12th, 2013 |
Apex 2012 |
|
400 |
Otori |
Current record holder for the largest Brawl tournament.
|
| July 12th, 2013-July 11th, 2014 |
EVO 2013 |
|
709 |
Mango |
This tournament is considered the beginning of the Platinum Age, and despite an unprecedented number of entrants, it would be followed by even larger tournaments in the years to come.
|
| July 11th, 2014-January 30th, 2015 |
EVO 2014 |
|
970 |
Mango |
|
| January 30th-July 17th, 2015 |
Apex 2015 |
|
1,037 |
PPMD |
First tournament to reach 1,000 entrants, and, since EVO 2013, the only non-EVO tournament to ever hold the record as the largest Smash tournament overall. However, due to the tournament's venue change, a significant number of players are suspected to have been unable to show up to the new venue. Thus, based on actual attendance, it is disputable whether Apex 2015 can be considered as holding the title of the largest Smash tournament of all time. It would also break the record for the largest tournament in the most Smash games at three: Smash 64, Melee, and Smash Wii U.
|
| July 17th-19th, 2015 |
EVO 2015 |
|
1,869 |
Armada |
While Melee at EVO 2015 broke the record for the largest Smash tournament overall, Smash Wii U had more entrants at the same event.
|
| July 17th, 2015-July 15th, 2016 |
EVO 2015 |
 |
1,926 |
 ZeRo |
Beat the record for the largest Smash tournament overall by the largest margin, at 889 more entrants than Melee at Apex 2015.
|
| July 15th-17th, 2016 |
EVO 2016 |
|
2,372 |
Hungrybox |
Current record holder for the largest Melee tournament; first Smash tournament to break 2,000 entrants, along with Smash Wii U at the same event. Just like the previous EVO, Melee at EVO 2016 broke the record for the largest Smash tournament overall, but Smash Wii U had more entrants at the same event.
|
| July 15th, 2016-August 2nd, 2019 |
EVO 2016 |
|
2,662 |
Ally |
Current record holder for the largest Smash 4 tournament. It was the first Smash tournament to break 2,000 entrants, along with Melee at the same event. It held the record for the largest Smash tournament overall for the longest time at three years.
|
| August 2nd, 2019-present |
EVO 2019 |
|
3,534 |
MkLeo |
Current record holder for the largest Smash tournament of all time, and currently the largest Ultimate tournament. It is the first Smash tournament to break 3,000 entrants.
|
This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Smash 64 tournament of all time.
| Dates held
|
Tournament
|
Entrants
|
Winner
|
Notes
|
| November 6th, 2010-March 19th, 2011 |
Osaka University 2010 |
100 |
Ruoka Dancho |
First Smash 64 tournament to reach 100 entrants.
|
| March 19th-August 28th, 2011 |
Kansai 2011 |
110 |
Moyashi |
|
| August 28th, 2011-January 17th, 2014 |
Kanto 2011 |
140 |
Kikoushi |
|
| January 17th, 2014-January 30th, 2015 |
Apex 2014 |
157 |
Isai |
|
| January 30th, 2015-January 15th, 2016 |
Apex 2015 |
188 |
SuPeRbOoMfAn |
Due to the tournament's venue change, a significant number of players are suspected to have been unable to show up to the new venue, and Smash 64 had 68 DQs. Thus, based on actual attendance, it is disputable whether Apex 2015 can be considered as holding the title of the largest Smash 64 tournament of all time. It would also break the record for the largest tournament in the most Smash games at three: Smash 64, Melee, and Smash Wii U.
|
| January 15th-August 11th, 2016 |
GENESIS 3 |
238 |
wario |
|
| August 11th, 2016-present |
Super Smash Con 2016 |
314 |
SuPeRbOoMfAn |
Current record holder, and beat the record for the largest Smash 64 tournament by the largest margin at 76 more than GENESIS 3. It has held the record for the longest time in Smash 64.
|
This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Melee tournament of all time.
Note: Due to a lack of data, records from 2003 and earlier remain unclear.
| Dates held
|
Tournament
|
Entrants
|
Winner
|
Notes
|
| March 3rd, 2003-July 10th, 2005 |
IVGF NorthWest Regionals |
~151 |
Recipherus |
Due to the US's patchy Smash scene at the time, combined with an underdeveloped Internet, this is probably one of the earliest known records of a tournament with a large number of entrants. The exact number of entrants is also unclear, with claims of the entrant numbers being unsourced.
|
| July 10th, 2005-July 13th, 2006 |
MELEE-FC3 |
186 |
Ken |
|
| July 13th-October 13th, 2006 |
MELEE-FC6 |
205 |
PC Chris |
|
| October 13th, 2006-July 12th, 2007 |
MLG New York Playoffs 2006 |
208 |
Azen |
Beat the record for the largest Melee tournament by the smallest margin, at just 3 more entrants than MELEE-FC6, which is also the smallest margin for a record for a largest Smash tournament out of any Smash game overall.
|
| July 12th-August 24th, 2007 |
MELEE-FC Diamond |
256 |
Mew2King |
|
| August 24th, 2007-July 10th, 2009 |
EVO World 2007 |
270 |
Ken |
Fastest to beat the record for the largest Melee tournament at 41 days after MELEE-FC Diamond. Largest pre-Brawl tournament.
|
| July 10th, 2009-January 16th, 2010 |
GENESIS |
290 |
Mango |
Known as one of the first true international "supermajors". Largest Melee tournament of the 2000s.
|
| January 16th, 2010-July 12th, 2013 |
Pound 4 |
347 |
Mango |
Remained unbeaten as the largest Melee tournament for three and a half years; was the largest Melee tournament in the pre-EVO 2013 era.
|
| July 12th, 2013-July 11th, 2014 |
EVO 2013 |
709 |
Mango |
Beat Pound 4's record with twice the amount of entrants. This tournament is considered the beginning of the Platinum Age, and despite an unprecedented number of entrants, it would be followed by even larger tournaments in the years to come.
|
| July 11th, 2014-January 30th, 2015 |
EVO 2014 |
970 |
Mango |
Largest pre-Smash 4 tournament.
|
| January 30th-July 17th, 2015 |
Apex 2015 |
1,037 |
PPMD |
First tournament to reach 1,000 entrants, and, since EVO 2013, the only non-EVO tournament to ever hold the record as the largest Melee tournament. However, due to the tournament's venue change, a significant number of players are suspected to have been unable to show up to the new venue. Thus, based on actual attendance, it is disputable whether Apex 2015 can be considered as holding the title of the largest Melee tournament of all time. It would also break the record for the largest tournament in the most Smash games at three: Smash 64, Melee, and Smash Wii U.
|
| July 17th, 2015-July 15th, 2016 |
EVO 2015 |
1,869 |
Armada |
Beat the record for the largest Melee tournament by the largest margin, at 832 more entrants than Apex 2015.
|
| July 15th, 2016-present |
EVO 2016 |
2,372 |
Hungrybox |
Current record holder, first Melee tournament to break 2,000 entrants, and has held the record for the largest Melee tournament for the longest time.
|
This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Brawl tournament of all time.
Note: This does not include the Super Smash Bros. Brawl American Circuit due to being held before Brawl's release in North America.
| Dates held
|
Tournament
|
Entrants
|
Winner
|
Notes
|
| May 18th-August 30th, 2008 |
UCLA VI: A New Hope |
192 |
Futile |
First Brawl tournament to reach 100 entrants.
|
| August 30th, 2008-January 6th, 2012 |
AxisGaming |
303 |
DSF |
Held the record for the largest Brawl tournament for three years, and beat the record by the largest margin at 111 more entrants than UCLA VI: A New Hope. It beat the record for the largest Smash tournament overall, beating 270 entrants for Melee at EVO World 2007.
|
| January 6th, 2012-present |
Apex 2012 |
400 |
Otori |
Current record holder, and the only record for the largest Brawl tournament set outside of 2008. It beat the record for the largest Smash tournament overall, beating 347 entrants for Melee at Pound 4. Because no Brawl tournament has beaten the record since, it has held the record for the largest tournament for the longest out of Brawl or any Smash game overall.
|
This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Smash 4 tournament of all time.
| Dates held
|
Tournament
|
Version
|
Entrants
|
Winner
|
Notes
|
| September 23rd-October 12th, 2014 |
Umebura 8 |
 |
170 |
Nietono |
First Smash 4 tournament to reach 100 entrants.
|
| October 12th-December 22nd, 2014 |
Umebura 9 |
|
192 |
Choco |
Last Smash 3DS tournament to hold the record for the largest Smash 4 tournament, and has beaten the record by the smallest margin at 22 more entrants than Umebura 8.
|
| December 22nd, 2014-January 17th, 2015 |
Double Vegas Down Attack 5 |
|
220 |
ZeRo |
First tournament to beat the Smash 4 record on the Wii U version, and no Smash 3DS tournament has beaten the record since.
|
| January 17th-30th, 2015 |
Final Battle |
|
252 |
ZeRo |
|
| January 30th-July 17th, 2015 |
Apex 2015 |
|
837 |
ZeRo |
Fastest to beat the record for the largest Smash 4 tournament at just 13 days after Final Battle. Due to the tournament's venue change, a significant number of players are suspected to have been unable to show up to the new venue, and Smash 4 had 103 DQs. If it was the largest tournament in both Smash 64 and Melee, it would break the record for the largest tournament in the most Smash games at three: Smash 64, Melee, and Smash Wii U. It would also have more than triple the attendants than Final Battle.
|
| July 17th, 2015-July 15th, 2016 |
EVO 2015 |
|
1,926 |
ZeRo |
First Smash 4 tournament to reach 1,000 entrants; has beaten the record by the largest margin out of any largest Smash tournament record at 1,089 more entrants than Apex 2015, which is more than twice the entrants. It beat the record for the largest Smash tournament overall, beating 1,037 entrants for Melee at Apex 2015 and 1,826 entrants for Melee at EVO 2015, the same event.
|
| July 15th, 2016-present |
EVO 2016 |
|
2,662 |
Ally |
Current record holder. It was the first Smash 4 tournament to break 2,000 entrants. It has held the record for the longest time in both Smash 4 and the series overall.
|
This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Ultimate tournament of all time.
| Dates held
|
Tournament
|
Entrants
|
Winner
|
Notes
|
| December 8th-15th, 2018 |
Torneo Redragon - Smash Ultimate en Open Arena |
141 |
MK~IoRi |
Being held on the same day, these five tournaments tied for the first Ultimate tournament to reach 100 entrants. Note that while NEW GAME PLUS started on December 7th, Ultimate singles started on December 8th. This is also by far the fastest a Smash game has had a tournament with 100 entrants or more post-release, only a day after its launch on December 7th, 2018. Although EVO 2015 and EVO 2016 broke entrant records simultaneously in different games, this is the first time a record has been held on the same day within one game.
|
| Smash Ultimate Launch Event |
141 |
PkChris
|
| Launch |
166 |
ZD
|
| NEW GAME PLUS: The ULTIMATE Overnight Experience |
196 |
Ned
|
| SLGC Smash Ultimate Release Tournament |
243 |
VaLoR
|
| December 15th, 2018 |
Smash Out 2018 |
357 |
yeti |
Both tied from being held on the same day. Don't Park on the Grass 2018 was one of the first national Ultimate tournaments. With Umebura SP the following day, or because of Don't Park on the Grass 2018's and Umebura SP's Ultimate singles starting eight and a half hours apart due to time zones, this is the shortest time a tournament has held the record for the largest Smash tournament out of any game.
|
| Don't Park on the Grass 2018 |
581 |
MVD
|
| December 16th, 2018-February 1st, 2019 |
Umebura SP |
746 |
Shuton |
First Ultimate major in Japan.
|
| February 1st, 2019-August 2nd, 2019 |
GENESIS 6 |
2,105 |
MkLeo |
The first Ultimate supermajor, the first Ultimate tournament to reach 1,000 entrants, and the first to reach 2,000 entrants, making it the first time a thousand milestone has been skipped.
|
| August 2nd, 2019-Present |
EVO 2019 |
3,534 |
MkLeo |
Current record holder, and currently the largest Smash tournament of all time. It is the first Smash tournament to break 3,000 entrants. EVO 2019 also broke the record by the largest margin out of any largest Smash tournament record, with over 1,300 more than the last record. It has held the record for the largest Ultimate tournament for the longest time, at two years, coincidentally passing GENESIS 6 on the same day one year after GENESIS 6 was held.
|
See also
References
|
MkLeo
Ally
Hungrybox
ZeRo
Armada
Shuton
Alvin
Professor Pro
