The 2016 SSBMRank lists the world's top 100 Super Smash Bros. Melee smashers, as compiled by Melee It On Me. They were announced in a series of Red Bull eSports articles that were published from December 26th, 2016 to January 12th, 2017.
Methods
Over 50 people, such as professional smashers, tournament organizers, community leaders and volunteers, were chosen to be panelists for this edition of SSBMRank. The panelists were asked to rate players based on the following criterion:
Given the quality and quantity of work in 2016 (from GENESIS 3 to UGC Smash Open), if everyone entered 100 tournaments, who on average would place the best?
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 two lowest and two highest ratings before taking the average were removed in order to reduce the variance.
Panelists
Europe (7) - Professor Pro, Mobiusman, Usleon, King Funk, Ice, BrTarolg, Utto/Marc (shared a ballot)
Midwest (7) - 2Shadez, Prince Abu, Duck, Fendrick Lamar, KJH, Webs, Juggleguy
Southern California (6) - D1, Tafokints, Kira, HugS, Chroma, Reno
Northern California (5) - TL343, Zhu, dizzkidboogie, Nintendude, NMW
New England (5) - Edwinbudding, Crush, Dingus, Gtown Tom, Jacob Wolf
South (4) - Jake13, SleepyK, KPan, Tuesday
Tri-State (4) - Swedish Delight, Catastrophe, Ryobeat, Subtle
Maryland/Virginia (4) - Redd, Chillin, SmashG0D, CurlyW
Pacific Northwest (4) - Calvin, Iceman, Rustin, Vish
Florida (3) - Gahtzu, drunksloth, Hungrybox
Southwest (1) - Tai
Canada (1) - Coastward
Mountain Region (1) - Appel
Rankings
| Ranking | Smasher | Previous rank | Movement | Character(s) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Armada |
1 | 0 |   |
10.000 |
| 2 |  Hungrybox |
2 | 0 |  |
9.892 |
| 3 | Mango |
4 | ▲ 1 |    |
9.781 |
| 4 | Mew2King |
5 | ▲ 1 |  |
9.643 |
| 5 | Leffen |
3 | ▼ 2 | |
9.576 |
| 6 | Plup |
7 | ▲ 1 |  |
9.379 |
| 7 | SFAT |
13 | ▲ 6 | |
9.219 |
| 8 | Westballz |
8 | 0 | |
9.031 |
| 9 | Axe |
9 | 0 |   |
8.969 |
| 10 | Shroomed |
10 | 0 | |
8.917 |
| 11 | Swedish Delight |
31 | ▲ 20 | |
8.878 |
| 12 | Wizzrobe |
23 | ▲ 11 | |
8.820 |
| 13 |  Ice |
17 | ▲ 4 | |
8.812 |
| 14 | PewPewU |
14 | 0 | |
8.607 |
| 15 | Duck |
22 | ▲ 7 | |
8.586 |
| 16 | S2J |
16 | 0 | |
8.585 |
| 17 | Nintendude |
25 | ▲ 8 |  |
8.340 |
| 18 |  n0ne |
58 | ▲ 40 |  |
8.299 |
| 19 | Lucky |
12 | ▼ 7 | |
8.296 |
| 20 | Silent Wolf |
11 | ▼ 9 | |
8.261 |
| 21 | The Moon |
28 | ▲ 7 | |
8.211 |
| 22 | ChuDat |
35 | ▲ 13 | |
8.063 |
| 23 | Druggedfox |
18 | ▼ 5 | |
8.044 |
| 24 |  Professor Pro |
34 | ▲ 10 | |
8.036 |
| 25 | Colbol |
21 | ▼ 4 | |
7.920 |
| 26 | MacD |
15 | ▼ 11 | |
7.822 |
| 27 | dizzkidboogie |
84 | ▲ 57 | |
7.734 |
| 28 | MikeHaze |
40 | ▲ 12 | |
7.720 |
| 29 | KirbyKaze |
27 | ▼ 2 | |
7.668 |
| 30 | Wobbles |
32 | ▲ 2 | |
7.664 |
| 31 | Zhu |
29 | ▼ 2 | |
7.650 |
| 32 |  aMSa |
24 | ▼ 8 |  |
7.482 |
| 33 | Laudandus |
59 | ▲ 26 | |
7.473 |
| 34 | KJH |
46 | ▲ 12 | |
7.363 |
| 35 | Gahtzu |
45 | ▲ 10 | |
7.164 |
| 36 | Chillin |
54 | ▲ 18 | |
7.124 |
| 37 |  Javi |
26 | ▼ 11 | |
6.914 |
| 38 | HugS |
20 | ▼ 18 | |
6.874 |
| 39 | Bladewise |
39 | 0 | |
6.850 |
| 40 | Abate |
33 | ▼ 7 |  |
6.804 |
| 41 | Gravy |
62 | ▲ 21 | |
6.788 |
| 42 | Prince Abu |
55 | ▲ 13 | |
6.699 |
| 43 | Santiago |
42 | ▼ 1 | |
6.617 |
| 44 |  Trif |
— | — | |
6.611 |
| 45 | Captain Faceroll |
— | — | |
6.607 |
| 46 | CDK |
72 | ▲ 26 | |
6.586 |
| 47 | InfiniteNumbers |
— | — | |
6.560 |
| 48 | Ryan Ford |
51 | ▲ 3 | |
6.484 |
| 49 | Crush |
96 | ▲ 47 | |
6.419 |
| 50 | Mafia |
91 | ▲ 41 | |
6.397 |
| 51 | Slox |
69 | ▲ 18 | |
6.385 |
| 52 | Rudolph |
88 | ▲ 36 | |
6.367 |
| 53 | Overtriforce |
47 | ▼ 6 | |
6.321 |
| 54 | lloD |
78 | ▲ 24 | |
6.199 |
| 55 | Kels |
50 | ▼ 5 | |
6.147 |
| 56 | Eddy Mexico |
36 | ▼ 20 | |
6.066 |
| 57 | Azusa |
89 | ▲ 32 | |
6.051 |
| 58 |  Amsah |
53 | ▼ 5 | |
6.003 |
| 59 | Redd |
70 | ▲ 11 | |
5.984 |
| 60 | Cactuar |
37 | ▼ 23 | |
5.924 |
| 61 | Zgetto |
73 | ▲ 12 | |
5.902 |
| 62 | SmashG0D |
— | — | |
5.861 |
| 63 | Android |
48 | ▼ 15 | |
5.854 |
| 64 | Captain Smuckers |
99 | ▲ 35 | |
5.838 |
| 65 | DJ Nintendo |
41 | ▼ 24 | |
5.806 |
| 66 | Zain |
— | — | |
5.717 |
| 67 | Syrox |
— | — | |
5.591 |
| 68 | ESAM |
81 | ▲ 13 | |
5.588 |
| 69 | Squid |
— | — | |
5.571 |
| 70 | Kage |
44 | ▼ 26 | |
5.566 |
| 71 | Kalamazhu |
57 | ▼ 14 | |
5.4734 |
| 72 | Darkatma |
56 | ▼ 16 | |
5.430 |
| 73 | Lovage |
— | — | |
5.261 |
| 74 | Tai |
90 | ▲ 16 | |
5.240 |
| 75 | Drephen |
— | — | |
5.2178 |
| 76 | Ka-Master |
— | — | |
5.139 |
| 77 | Trulliam |
— | — | |
5.109 |
| 78 | Frootloop |
49 | ▼ 29 | |
5.107 |
| 79 | Alex19 |
67 | ▼ 12 | |
5.104 |
| 80 | HomeMadeWaffles |
64 | ▼ 16 | |
5.066 |
| 81 | Milkman |
— | — | |
5.021 |
| 82 | Arc |
87 | ▲ 5 | |
5.010 |
| 83 | Reno |
74 | ▼ 9 | |
4.993 |
| 84 | Tafokints |
80 | ▼ 4 | |
4.886 |
| 85 | Fuzzyness |
— | — | |
4.864 |
| 86 | Kira |
60 | ▼ 26 | |
4.771 |
| 87 | Ken |
52 | ▼ 35 | |
4.717 |
| 88 | Mojo |
— | — | |
4.661 |
| 89 | Medz |
— | — | |
4.632 |
| 90 | Zanguzen |
68 | ▼ 22 | |
4.607 |
| 91 | Phil |
92 | ▲ 1 | |
4.547 |
| 92 | Darrell |
83 | ▼ 9 | |
4.518 |
| 93 | NMW |
— | — | |
4.505 |
| 94 | Porkchops |
93 | ▼ 1 | |
4.365 |
| 95 | JFlex |
— | — | |
4.354 |
| 96 | Vanity Angel |
— | — | |
4.331 |
| 97 | $mike |
85 | ▼ 12 | |
4.326 |
| 98 | Nightmare |
— | — | |
4.314 |
| 99 | 4% |
— | — | |
4.299 |
| 100 | drunksloth |
— | — | |
4.261 |
| 101 | Cyrain |
— | — | |
<4.261 (may not be exact) |
| 102 | Vro |
— | — | |
<4.261 (may not be exact) |
Trivia
- Cyrain is ranked 101st. He was featured in a special article as a preview for the rankings.
- 2016 SSBMRank is the first SSBMRank since its inception in 2013 to not include PPMD, who is considered one of the Five Gods of Melee. This is due to PPMD's low attendance that year due to health issues.
- 2016 SSBMRank is the first SSBMRank where that year's EVO champion (in this case, Hungrybox) wasn't ranked 1st.