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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[1].

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.

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. [2]

Tournaments evaluated

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

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 - July 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. [3][4] 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 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.

Tournaments evaluated

This list is not final, and will include more tournaments throughout the PGR v4 season as they meet the TTS criteria.

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
TGL Presents: 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
Smash Factor 6* August 4th to 6th B
Low Tier City 5* August 5th to 6th B
Umebura 28* August 12 C
Sumabato 19* August 12th C
Super Smash Con 2017* August 10th to 13th S
2GGC: SCR Saga* August 19th to 20th B
Dubai Dojo 2* August 25th to 26th C
Shine 2017* August 25th to 27th S
DreamHack Montreal 2017* September 8th to 10th C
GameTyrant Expo 2017* September 29th to October 1st A
The Big House 7* October 6th to 8th TBD
  • Registration still open.

Rankings

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 — —  

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  

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   LingLing — —  
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 — —  

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 — —  

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

  • PGR v3'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 v2

PGR v3

References

  1. ^ http://panda.gg/articles/features/Unknown/24/pgr-methods
  2. ^ http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spdqce
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/PandaGlobalPG/status/820702623972130817
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/ThePGstats/status/827193133356179458
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