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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 list was fully revealed on January 19th, 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 2016 - 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 2017 - July 2017)

The third list will evaluate tournament results at events from Midwest Mayhem 6 to EVO 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.

Tournaments evaluated

This list is not final, and will include more tournaments throughout the PGR v3 season as they meet the TTS criteria.

List with full stats

Tournament Date Tier
Midwest Mayhem 6 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
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 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
The Arena 2017* April 8th to 9th C
CEO Dreamland* April 14th to 16th B
DreamHack Austin 2017* April 28th to 30th B
Umebura Japan Major 2017 May 6th to 7th C
Smash 'N' Splash 3* June 2nd to 4th B
Battle of BC 2* June 3rd to 4th B
SALT* June 3rd to 4th C
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Rankings

May 2016 - December 2016

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character
1 Chile ZeRo 1 0 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
2 Canada Ally 6 ▲ 4 Mario (SSB4)
3 USA Nairo 2 ▼ 1 Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)Bowser (SSB4)
4 USA Dabuz 3 ▼ 1 Rosalina (SSB4)Olimar (SSB4)
5 USA Larry Lurr 7 ▲ 2 Fox (SSB4)Donkey Kong (SSB4)
6 USA VoiD 8 ▲ 2 Sheik (SSB4)
7 Japan Abadango 5 ▼ 2 Mewtwo (SSB4)Meta Knight (SSB4)
8 Mexico MkLeo 19 ▲ 11 Marth (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)Meta Knight (SSB4)
9 USA ANTi 10 ▲ 1 Mario (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
10 Netherlands Mr.R 4 ▼ 6 Sheik (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)
11 Japan Kameme — — Mega Man (SSB4)
12 Japan komorikiri 11 ▼ 1 Cloud (SSB4)Sonic (SSB4)
13 USA Salem — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
14 Japan Ranai 9 ▼ 5 Villager (SSB4)
15 USA Marss 13 ▼ 2 Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
16 USA Zinoto 23 ▲ 7 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
17 USA Tweek 15 ▼ 2 Cloud (SSB4)
18 USA Mr.E — — Marth (SSB4)
19 Japan KEN — — Sonic (SSB4)
20 USA CaptainZack — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
21 USA WaDi — — Mewtwo (SSB4)
22 Mexico Hyuga 24 ▲ 2 Toon Link (SSB4)
23 USA Rich Brown — — Mewtwo (SSB4)
24 USA Pink Fresh 30 ▲ 6 Bayonetta (SSB4)
25 Japan Earth 33 ▲ 8 Pit (SSB4)
26 USA Mew2King 28 ▲ 2 Cloud (SSB4)
27 USA ESAM 14 ▼ 13 Pikachu (SSB4)
28 USA Fatality 41 ▲ 13 Captain Falcon (SSB4)
29 USA Samsora — — Peach (SSB4)
30 USA 6WX 20 ▼ 10 Sonic (SSB4)
31 USA ScAtt 43 ▲ 12 Mega Man (SSB4)
32 USA Dath — — Robin (SSB4)
33 USA falln 40 ▲ 7 Rosalina (SSB4)
34 USA Tyrant 22 ▼ 12 Meta Knight (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)Diddy Kong (SSB4)
35 USA Vinnie 18 ▼ 17 Sheik (SSB4)Rosalina (SSB4)
36 Japan Nietono 32 ▼ 4 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
37 USA dyr — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
38 USA Day — — Lucario (SSB4)
39 USA Pugwest — — Marth (SSB4)
40 USA Saj — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
41 USA False 35 ▼ 6 Sheik (SSB4)Marth (SSB4)Ryu (SSB4)
42 USA Trela 25 ▼ 17 Ryu (SSB4)
43 USA Wrath — — Sonic (SSB4)
44 USA Darkshad — — Ryu (SSB4)
45 Canada Locus — — Ryu (SSB4)
46 USA Ryo 45 ▼ 1 Ike (SSB4)Corrin (SSB4)Roy (SSB4)
47 USA MVD 21 ▼ 26 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
48 Japan Kirihara — — Rosalina (SSB4)
49 Japan Taiheita — — Lucas (SSB4)
50 USA Ned — — Cloud (SSB4)

X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character
1 Chile ZeRo 1 0 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
2 Canada Ally 8 ▲ 6 Mario (SSB4)
3 Mexico MkLeo 18 ▲ 15 Marth (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)Meta Knight (SSB4)
4 USA Nairo 3 ▼ 1 Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)Bowser (SSB4)
5 Japan Abadango 6 ▲ 1 Mewtwo (SSB4)Meta Knight (SSB4)
6 USA Dabuz 2 ▼ 4 Rosalina (SSB4)Olimar (SSB4)
7 USA Larry Lurr 7 0 Fox (SSB4)Donkey Kong (SSB4)
8 USA ANTi 11 ▲ 3 Mario (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
9 Japan komorikiri 9 0 Cloud (SSB4)Sonic (SSB4)
10 Netherlands Mr.R 4 ▼ 6 Sheik (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)
11 USA VoiD 10 ▼ 1 Sheik (SSB4)
12 USA Salem — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
13 Japan Ranai 5 ▼ 8 Villager (SSB4)
14 Japan Kameme — — Mega Man (SSB4)
15 USA Marss 12 ▼ 3 Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
16 Japan KEN — — Sonic (SSB4)
17 USA Tweek 15 ▼ 2 Cloud (SSB4)
18 USA Zinoto 20 ▲ 2 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
19 Mexico Hyuga 25 ▲ 6 Toon Link (SSB4)
20 USA Mr.E — — Marth (SSB4)
21 Japan Earth 22 ▲ 1 Pit (SSB4)
22 USA ESAM 16 ▼ 6 Pikachu (SSB4)
23 USA Mew2King 17 ▼ 6 Cloud (SSB4)
24 USA WaDi — — Mewtwo (SSB4)
25 USA CaptainZack — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
26 Canada Locus — — Ryu (SSB4)
27 USA Trela 27 0 Ryu (SSB4)
28 USA Tyrant 26 ▼ 2 Meta Knight (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)Diddy Kong (SSB4)
29 USA Pink Fresh 30 ▲ 1 Bayonetta (SSB4)
30 USA Samsora — — Peach (SSB4)
31 USA 6WX 29 ▼ 2 Sonic (SSB4)
32 Japan Taiheita — — Lucas (SSB4)
33 USA Rich Brown — — Mewtwo (SSB4)
34 USA Fatality 37 ▲ 3 Captain Falcon (SSB4)
35 USA Vinnie 19 ▼ 16 Sheik (SSB4)Rosalina (SSB4)
36 USA falln 47 ▲ 11 Rosalina (SSB4)
37 Japan Nietono 23 ▼ 14 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
38 USA False 42 ▲ 4 Sheik (SSB4)Marth (SSB4)Ryu (SSB4)
39 USA ScAtt 33 ▼ 6 Mega Man (SSB4)
40 USA Dath — — Robin (SSB4)
41 USA dyr — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
42 USA Darkshad — — Ryu (SSB4)
43 USA Ned — — Cloud (SSB4)
44 USA Wrath — — Sonic (SSB4)
45 USA Pugwest — — Marth (SSB4)
46 USA Day — — Lucario (SSB4)
47 USA Ryo 43 ▼ 4 Ike (SSB4)Corrin (SSB4)Roy (SSB4)
48 USA MVD 32 ▼ 16 Diddy Kong (SSB4)
49 USA Saj — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
50 Japan Kirihara — — Rosalina (SSB4)

January 2015 - May 2016

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character
1 Chile ZeRo — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)
2 USA Nairo — — Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
3 USA Dabuz — — Rosalina (SSB4)
4 Netherlands Mr.R — — Sheik (SSB4)
5 Japan Abadango — — Mewtwo (SSB4)Meta Knight (SSB4)
6 Canada Ally — — Mario (SSB4)
7 USA Larry Lurr — — Fox (SSB4)Donkey Kong (SSB4)
8 USA VoiD — — Sheik (SSB4)Fox (SSB4)
9 Japan Ranai — — Villager (SSB4)
10 USA ANTi — — Mario (SSB4)Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)
11 Japan Komorikiri — — Cloud (SSB4)Sonic (SSB4)
12 USA FOW — — Ness (SSB4)
13 USA Marss — — Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
14 USA ESAM — — Pikachu (SSB4)Corrin (SSB4)
15 USA Tweek — — Cloud (SSB4)
16 USA Shaky — — Ness (SSB4)
17 Japan 9B — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
18 USA Vinnie — — Sheik (SSB4)
19 Mexico Leo — — Meta Knight (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)Marth (SSB4)
20 USA 6WX — — Sonic (SSB4)
21 USA MVD — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
22 USA Tyrant — — Meta Knight (SSB4)
23 USA Zinoto — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
24 Mexico Hyuga — — Toon Link (SSB4)
25 USA Trela — — Ryu (SSB4)
26 Japan RAIN — — Sheik (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)
27 USA K9sbruce — — Sheik (SSB4)Diddy Kong (SSB4)
28 USA Mew2King — — Cloud (SSB4)
29 USA SlayerZ — — Peach (SSB4)
30 USA Pink Fresh — — Bayonetta (SSB4)Lucas (SSB4)
31 USA All Might — — Sonic (SSB4)Roy (SSB4)
32 Japan Nietono — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)
33 Japan Earth — — Pit (SSB4)
34 USA NAKAT — — Ness (SSB4)Fox (SSB4)Pikachu (SSB4)
35 USA False — — Sheik (SSB4)Marth (SSB4)Ryu (SSB4)
36 USA Mr. ConCon — — Luigi (SSB4)
37 USA Ito — — Meta Knight (SSB4)
38 USA Angel Cortes — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
39 USA Xzax — — Fox (SSB4)Mario (SSB4)
40 USA falln — — Rosalina (SSB4)
41 USA Fatality — — Captain Falcon (SSB4)
42 Netherlands iStudying — — Greninja (SSB4)
43 USA ScAtt — — Mega Man (SSB4)
44 USA Megafox — — Fox (SSB4)
45 USA Ryo — — Ike (SSB4)Corrin (SSB4)
46 USA Cacogen — — Sheik (SSB4)
47 USA 8BitMan — — R.O.B. (SSB4)
48 USA Seagull Joe — — Sonic (SSB4)
49 USA NickRiddle — — Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
50 USA Tearbear — — Captain Falcon (SSB4)

X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)

Ranking Smasher Previous rank Movement Character
1 Chile ZeRo — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)
2 USA Dabuz — — Rosalina (SSB4)
3 USA Nairo — — Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
4 Netherlands Mr.R — — Sheik (SSB4)
5 Japan Ranai — — Villager (SSB4)
6 Japan Abadango — — Mewtwo (SSB4)Meta Knight (SSB4)
7 USA Larry Lurr — — Fox (SSB4)Donkey Kong (SSB4)
8 Canada Ally — — Mario (SSB4)
9 Japan Komorikiri — — Cloud (SSB4)Sonic (SSB4)
10 USA VoiD — — Sheik (SSB4)Fox (SSB4)
11 USA ANTi — — Mario (SSB4)Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)
12 USA Marss — — Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
13 USA FOW — — Ness (SSB4)
14 Japan 9B — — Bayonetta (SSB4)
15 USA Tweek — — Cloud (SSB4)
16 USA ESAM — — Pikachu (SSB4)Corrin (SSB4)
17 USA Mew2King — — Cloud (SSB4)
18 Mexico Leo — — Meta Knight (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)Marth (SSB4)
19 USA Vinnie — — Sheik (SSB4)
20 USA Zinoto — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
21 Japan RAIN — — Sheik (SSB4)Cloud (SSB4)
22 Japan Earth — — Pit (SSB4)
23 Japan Nietono — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)Sheik (SSB4)
24 USA Shaky — — Ness (SSB4)
25 Mexico Hyuga — — Toon Link (SSB4)
26 USA Tyrant — — Meta Knight (SSB4)
27 USA Trela — — Ryu (SSB4)
28 USA K9sbruce — — Sheik (SSB4)Diddy Kong (SSB4)
29 USA 6WX — — Sonic (SSB4)
30 USA Pink Fresh — — Bayonetta (SSB4)Lucas (SSB4)
31 USA NAKAT — — Ness (SSB4)Fox (SSB4)Pikachu (SSB4)
32 USA MVD — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
33 USA ScAtt — — Mega Man (SSB4)
34 USA Megafox — — Fox (SSB4)
35 USA All Might — — Sonic (SSB4)Roy (SSB4)
36 USA SlayerZ — — Peach (SSB4)
37 USA Fatality — — Captain Falcon (SSB4)
38 USA Xzax — — Fox (SSB4)Mario (SSB4)
39 USA Ito — — Meta Knight (SSB4)
40 Netherlands iStudying — — Greninja (SSB4)
41 USA Mr. ConCon — — Luigi (SSB4)
42 USA False — — Sheik (SSB4)Marth (SSB4)Ryu (SSB4)
43 USA Ryo — — Ike (SSB4)Corrin (SSB4)
44 USA Angel Cortes — — Diddy Kong (SSB4)
45 USA Cacogen — — Sheik (SSB4)
46 USA NickRiddle — — Zero Suit Samus (SSB4)
47 USA falln — — Rosalina (SSB4)
48 USA Seagull Joe — — Sonic (SSB4)
49 USA 8BitMan — — R.O.B. (SSB4)
50 USA Tearbear — — Captain Falcon (SSB4)

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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