PGR v1

PGR v1
Period active	January 30th, 2015 - May 7th, 2016
Region	Global
Game(s) supported	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Producer(s)	Panda Global

The PGR v1 lists the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U smashers during the period of January 2015 through May 2016, as compiled by PG Stats.

Methodology

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 rankings were purely based on tournament placings and set counts at 22 events, 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. All but 3 events considered were located in the United States, and as such many notable events were excluded from the rankings, including various Umebura and Sumabato events, Niconico Tokaigi 2016 and its qualifiers, Mexican events Thunderstruck 2015 and True Combo, and the European event DAT BlastZone 7. In addition, every considered event were at least at a superregional/national level, and as such many smaller superregionals and regionals were not included.

The rankings also included a separate and subjective metric voted on by the panelists referred to as "X-Factor", which followed 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.

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

Tournaments evaluated

Bolded tournaments signify majors, and non-bolded tournaments are defined as nationals by the PG Stats team.

Tournament	Date
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015
CEO 2015	June 26th-28th, 2015
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015
Smash Factor 4	July 24th-26th, 2015
Super Smash Con 2015	August 6th-9th, 2015
PAX Prime 2015	August 28th-30th, 2015
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015
Umebura F.A.T.	September 21st-22nd, 2015
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015
MLG World Finals 2015	October 16th-18th, 2015
2GGT: ESAM Saga	January 9th, 2016
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016
PAX Arena	January 29th-31st, 2016
2GGT: The False Awakens	January 30th, 2016
B.E.A.S.T 6	February 19th-21st, 2016
Shots Fired 2	March 5th-6th, 2016
Glitch	March 12th, 2016
2GGT: FOW Saga	March 26th, 2016
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016
Midwest Mayhem 2	April 30th, 2016
NEW FISH	May 7th, 2016
2GGT: Fresh Saga	May 7th, 2016

Rankings

ZeRo's player card

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)
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(s)
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	—	—

External links

• PGR v1 Methods
• PGR v1 on Panda Global's website: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
• ESAM's videos detailing the rankings: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1