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This is a list of largest Smash tournaments based on the number of confirmed entrants for each event. It includes the top 15 largest Smash tournaments over any game in the series, as well as listings for each individual game separately (including the Project M mod). Only 1v1 singles tournaments are included. Online tournaments are not included.

To qualify for one of these lists, a tournament must have a minimum of 100 entrants.

The record for largest Smash tournament is currently held by EVO 2016, with 2,662 entrants for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 2,372 entrants for Super Smash Bros. Melee.[1]

Overall

Rank Name Game Date Entrants Winner
1 EVO 2016 [1]   July 15th-17th, 2016 2,662   Ally
2 EVO 2016 [1]   July 15th-17th, 2016 2,372   Hungrybox
3 EVO 2015 [2]   July 17th-19th, 2015 1,926   ZeRo
4 EVO 2015 [2]   July 17th-19th, 2015 1,869   Armada
5 GENESIS 3 [3]   January 15th-17th, 2016 1,828   Armada
6 GENESIS 4 [4]   January 20th-22nd, 2017 1,704   Armada
7 The Big House 6   October 7th-9th, 2016 1,563   Mango
8 Super Smash Con 2017   August 10th-13th, 2017 1,531   Nairo
9 The Big House 7   October 6th-8th, 2017 1,522   Hungrybox
10 EVO 2017   July 14th-16th, 2017 1,508   Salem
11 EVO 2017   July 14th-16th, 2017 1,428   Armada
12 GENESIS 5   January 19th-21st, 2018 1,359   Plup
13 The Big House 5 [5]   October 2nd-4th, 2015 1,317   Armada
14 Super Smash Con 2016 [6]   August 11th-14th, 2016 1,272   Nairo
15 Shine 2017   August 25th-27th, 2017 1,156   Hungrybox

By game

Super Smash Bros. 4

Rank Name Date Entrants Winner
1 EVO 2016 [1] July 15th-17th, 2016 2,662   Ally
2 EVO 2015 [2] July 17th-19th, 2015 1,926   ZeRo
3 Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 1,531   Nairo
4 EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 1,508   Salem
5 Super Smash Con 2016 [6] August 11th-14th, 2016 1,272   Nairo
6 GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 1,096   ZeRo
7 GENESIS 4 [4] January 20th-22nd, 2017 1,012   MkLeo
8 CEO 2016 June 24th-26th, 2016 906   ANTi
9 Frostbite 2018 February 9th-11th, 2018 866   Dabuz
10 Apex 2015 [7] January 30th-February 1st, 2015 837   ZeRo
11 2GG: Hyrule Saga June 23rd-24th, 2018 780   Tweek
12 The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 777   ZeRo
13 EVO Japan 2018 January 26th-28th, 2018 757   MkLeo
14 2GGC: Civil War March 24th-26th, 2017 753   Dabuz
15 Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 744   ZeRo

All tournaments listed above are currently for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Listings for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS are not displayed separately due to the two games sharing a tournament scene; for a list of Smash3DS-specific tournaments see here.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Rank Name Date Entrants Winner
1 Apex 2012[8] January 6th-8th, 2012 400   Otori
2 Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 370   Nairo
3 Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 338   Salem
4 AxisGaming[9] August 30th, 2008 303   DSF
5 GENESIS[10] July 10th-12th, 2009 292   Ally
6 Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 269   DEHF
7 MLG Columbus 2010 June 4th-6th, 2010 250   Mew2King
8 Clash of the Titans IV February 7th-8th, 2009 249   Mew2King
9 Winter Game Fest IV January 17th-18th, 2009 243   Fiction
10 Sun Rise Tournament August 10th-12th, 2012 240   RAIN

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Rank Name Date Entrants Winner
1 EVO 2016 [1] July 15th-17th, 2016 2,372   Hungrybox
2 EVO 2015 [2] July 17th-19th, 2015 1,869   Armada
3 GENESIS 3 [3] January 15th-17th, 2016 1,828   Armada
4 GENESIS 4 [4] January 20th-22nd, 2017 1,704   Armada
5 The Big House 6 October 7th-9th, 2016 1,563   Mango
6 The Big House 7 October 6th-8th, 2017 1,522   Hungrybox
7 EVO 2017 July 14th-16th, 2017 1,428   Armada
8 GENESIS 5 January 19th-21st, 2018 1,359   Plup
9 The Big House 5[5] October 2nd-4th, 2015 1,317   Armada
10 Shine 2017 August 25th-27th, 2017 1,156   Hungrybox
11 Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 1,092   Mango
12 Apex 2015 [11] January 30th-February 1st, 2015 1,037   PPMD
13 Shine 2016 August 26th-28th, 2016 989   Mew2King
14 EVO 2014 [12] July 11th-13th, 2014 970   Mango
15 Super Smash Con 2016 [6] August 11th-14th, 2016 940   Mango

Super Smash Bros.

Rank Name Date Entrants Winner
1 Super Smash Con 2016 [6] August 11-14th, 2016 314   SuPeRbOoMfAn
2 Super Smash Con 2017 August 10th-13th, 2017 256   Fukurou
3 GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 238   wario
4 Apex 2015 [13] January 30th-February 1st, 2015 188   SuPeRbOoMfAn
5 GENESIS 4 [4] January 20th-22nd, 2017 185   Alvin
6 Apex 2014 [14] January 17th-19th, 2014 157   Isai
7 Super Smash Con 2015 August 6th-9th, 2015 154   SuPeRbOoMfAn
8 Let's Go! April 28th-30th, 2017 153   Alvin
9 Kanto 2011 August 28th, 2011 140   Kikoushi
10 Kanto 2017 July 8th, 2017 135   Fukurou

Project M

Rank Name Date Entrants Winner
1 Paragon Los Angeles 2015 [15] September 5th-6th, 2015 405   MrLz
2 Apex 2014 [16] January 17th-19th, 2014 382   Armada
3 The Bigger Balc May 27th-28th, 2017 372   ThundeRzReiGN
4 Smash 'N' Splash 4 June 1st-3rd, 2018 352   Lunchables
5 The Big House 4 [17] October 4th-5th, 2014 333   ZeRo
6 Smash 'N' Splash 3 June 2nd-4th, 2017 319   Switch
7 Heir II the Throne [18] August 14th-16th, 2015 257   Professor Pro
8 SKTAR 3 [19] May 31st-June 1st, 2014 256   Emukiller
9 CEO 2014 [20] June 27th-29th, 2014 255   ZeRo
10 Smash 'N' Splash 2 [21] June 11th-12th, 2016 234   MrLz

By year

Year Name Game Entrants Winner
2018 GENESIS 5   1,359   Plup
2017 GENESIS 4 [4]   1,704   Armada
2016 EVO 2016 [1]   2,662   Ally
2015 EVO 2015 [2]   1,926   ZeRo
2014 EVO 2014 [12]   970   Mango
2013 EVO 2013 [22]   709   Mango
2012 Apex 2012 [8]   400   Otori
2011 Pound V   243   PPMD
2010 Pound 4   347   Mango
2009 GENESIS [10]   292   Ally
2008 AxisGaming [9]   303   DSF
2007 EVO World 2007   270   Ken
2006 MLG New York Playoffs 2006   208   Azen
2005 MELEE-FC3   186   Ken
2004 Tournament Go 6   112   Azen
2003 IVGF NorthWest Regionals   ~151   Recipherus

By prize payout

The following tournament placings earned the largest prize payouts for players:

Rank Tournament Date Game Player Prize Placing
1 Smash Summit 5 November 2nd-5th, 2017     Hungrybox $29,315.30 1st
2 2GG Championship December 1st-3rd, 2017     MkLeo $20,000 1st
3 Smash Summit Spring 2017 March 2nd-5th, 2017     Armada $18,006.80 1st
4 EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016     Ally $15,972 1st
5 Smash Summit 5 November 2nd-5th, 2017     Armada $15,076.44 2nd
6 DreamHack Winter 2016 November 24th-27th, 2016     Armada $15,000 1st
7 EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016     Hungrybox $14,232 1st
8 Battle of the Five Gods March 17th-19th, 2016     Hungrybox $13,000 1st
9 MLG Dallas 2010 November 5th-7th, 2010     Gnes $12,500 1st
10 GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017     Hungrybox $12,000 1st
10 GameTyrant Expo 2017 September 29th-October 1st, 2017     MkLeo $12,000 1st

By country

Rank Country Tournament Date Game Attendance Winner
1   United States EVO 2016 July 15th-17th, 2016   2,637   Ally
2   Japan EVO Japan 2018 January 26th-28th, 2018   757   MkLeo
3   Canada Get On My Level 2017 July 28th-30th, 2017   566   Leffen
4   United Kingdom Heir 4 August 17th-21st, 2017   476   Leffen
5   Sweden B.E.A.S.T 6 February 19th-21st, 2016   410   Armada
6   Mexico Smash Factor 5 July 29th-31st, 2016   358   MkLeo
7   Netherlands Syndicate 2017 September 23rd-24th, 2017   338   Mr.R
8   France Smashdown World November 26th-27th, 2016   300   Komorikiri
9   Australia Battle Arena Melbourne 8 May 13th-15th, 2016   260   Mr.R
10   Norway Eclipse 2 October 21st-23rd, 2016   247   Armada

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. It has held the record for the largest Smash tournament overall for the longest time, at 2 years and 4 months.
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.
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-present EVO 2016   2,662   Ally Current record holder for the largest Smash tournament of all time, and currently the largest Smash 4 tournament. It was the first Smash 4 tournament to break 2,000 entrants, along with Melee at the same event.

Super Smash Bros.

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.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

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.
July 10th, 2009-January 16th, 2010 GENESIS 290   Mango Known as one of the first true international "supermajors."
January 16th, 2010-July 12th, 2013 Pound 4 347   Mango Remained unbeaten as the largest Melee tournament for three years and was the longest to hold the record; 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
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.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Brawl tournament of all time.

Note: This does not include Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournaments (a circuit of four regional tournaments between February 16th-March 8th, 2008 where 256 entrants could register for each) due to being held before Brawl's release in North America.[23][24]

Dates held Tournament Entrants Winner Notes
July 5th-17th, 2008 Critical Hit 3 112   Mew2King First Brawl tournament to reach 100 entrants.
July 17th-August 30th, 2008 FAST 1 122   Mew2King Fastest to beat the record for the largest Brawl tournament at just 12 days after Critical Hit 3, and the fastest to beat the record for the largest tournament in a Smash game out of any Smash game overall.
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 181 more entrants than FAST 1, which was over twice the entrants. 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.

Super Smash Bros. 4

This table lists the historical timeline of the records for the largest Smash 4 tournament of all time.

Note: All tournaments listed below are for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, unless specified as for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Dates held Tournament Entrants Winner Notes
September 23rd-October 12th, 2014 Umebura 8
(Smash 3DS)		 170   Nietono First Smash 4 tournament to reach 100 entrants.
October 12th-December 22nd, 2014 Umebura 9
(Smash 3DS)		 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, and currently the largest Smash tournament of all time. It was the first Smash 4 tournament to break 2,000 entrants. Because no Smash 4 tournament has beaten the record since, it has held the record for the longest time.

See also

References

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