PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2009

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2009 — all five hundred places, as published. Triple H took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2009 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Triple H	98.94	Calibrated
2	Chris Jericho	97.96	Calibrated
3	John Cena	99.37	Calibrated
4	Adam Copeland	66.43	Provisional
5	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
6	Nigel McGuinness	56.57	Provisional
7	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
8	CM Punk	98.11	Calibrated
9	Sting	98.80	Calibrated
10	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
11	The Undertaker	99.38	Calibrated
12	Kurt Angle	97.99	Calibrated
13	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
14	Shawn Michaels	99.86	Calibrated
15	Keiji Mutoh	62.34	Provisional
16	Batista	95.98	Calibrated
17	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
18	Jack Swagger	58.37	Provisional
19	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
20	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
21	Jeff Jarrett	64.80	Provisional
22	Blue Demon, Jr.	53.64	Provisional
23	Austin Aries	56.57	Provisional
24	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
25	Big Show	60.36	Provisional
26	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
27	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
28	Christian Cage	95.07	Calibrated
29	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
30	Suicide	49.32	Provisional
31	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
32	Alex Shelley	55.61	Provisional
33	Montel Vontavious Porter	53.04	Provisional
34	Mick Foley	97.63	Calibrated
35	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
36	Místico	59.71	Provisional
37	Kane	79.65	Provisional
38	Booker T	95.05	Calibrated
39	El Mesias	52.54	Provisional
40	Jerry Lynn	54.89	Provisional
41	William Regal	55.80	Provisional
42	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
43	Brother Ray	51.17	Provisional
44	Ted DiBiase, Jr.	52.14	Provisional
45	Mark Henry	78.57	Provisional
46	John Morrison	53.56	Provisional
47	Finlay	51.84	Provisional
48	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
49	Brother Devon	52.83	Provisional
50	Jimmy Jacobs	52.71	Provisional
51	Adam Pearce	52.78	Provisional
52	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
53	Vladimir Kozlov	50.58	Provisional
54	Kensuke Sasaki	58.55	Provisional
55	Robert Roode	51.97	Provisional
56	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
57	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
58	Christopher Daniels	59.71	Provisional
59	James Storm	55.89	Provisional
60	Yoshihiro Takayama	51.85	Provisional
61	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
62	Brian Kendrick	54.90	Provisional
63	Evan Bourne	50.37	Provisional
64	Carlito	53.58	Provisional
65	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
66	Hernandez	52.17	Provisional
67	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
68	Rhino	54.60	Provisional
69	Manabu Nakanishi	53.03	Provisional
70	Chris Hero	52.95	Provisional
71	Scott Steiner	80.36	Provisional
72	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
73	Tyson Kidd	51.59	Provisional
74	Hideo Itami	54.59	Provisional
75	Chessman	51.14	Provisional
76	Primo Colon	50.20	Provisional
77	Davey Richards	57.31	Provisional
78	Eric Escobar	48.48	Provisional
79	Homicide	53.39	Provisional
80	R-Truth	65.47	Provisional
81	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
82	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
83	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
84	Steve Corino	53.27	Provisional
85	Sheik Abdul Bashir	48.01	Provisional
86	Matt Morgan	53.62	Provisional
87	Mike Knox	50.27	Provisional
88	Dos Caras, Jr.	50.99	Provisional
89	Brent Albright	50.74	Provisional
90	JTG	50.80	Provisional
91	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
92	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
93	Consequences Creed	48.47	Provisional
94	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
95	Shad Gaspard	49.75	Provisional
96	Abyss	56.24	Provisional
97	Santino Marella	52.14	Provisional
98	Tyson Dux	51.86	Provisional
99	Blue Panther	52.50	Provisional
100	Takeshi Morishima	55.16	Provisional
101	Umaga	52.30	Provisional
102	Petey Williams	54.38	Provisional
103	Tiger Mask IV	54.77	Provisional
104	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
105	Kevin Nash	79.85	Provisional
106	Rhett Titus	51.23	Provisional
107	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
108	Negro Casas	54.49	Provisional
109	La Parka	52.47	Provisional
110	Averno	52.04	Provisional
111	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
112	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
113	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
114	CIMA	53.03	Provisional
115	Bison Smith	49.82	Provisional
116	Chavo Guerrero	55.67	Provisional
117	Necro Butcher	50.24	Provisional
118	The Great Khali	53.39	Provisional
119	Kaz Hayashi	52.28	Provisional
120	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
121	Cibernetico	53.02	Provisional
122	Charlie Haas	54.17	Provisional
123	Paul Burchill	49.08	Provisional
124	Marco Corleone	50.52	Provisional
125	Drew McIntyre	75.43	Provisional
126	Jamie Noble	51.01	Provisional
127	Erick Stevens	49.00	Provisional
128	Naruki Doi	52.23	Provisional
129	Ricky Ortiz	46.86	Provisional
130	D. H. Smith	47.58	Provisional
131	Delirious	51.12	Provisional
132	Suwama	55.45	Provisional
133	Joe Doering	51.96	Provisional
134	Doug Williams	52.40	Provisional
135	Martin Stone	48.49	Provisional
136	Perro Aguayo, Jr.	56.31	Provisional
137	PAC	63.25	Provisional
138	Festus	49.34	Provisional
139	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	56.66	Provisional
140	Joe E. Legend	50.23	Provisional
141	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
142	Ezekiel Jackson	49.93	Provisional
143	Zorro	49.99	Provisional
144	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
145	Alex Koslov	49.82	Provisional
146	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
147	Konnan	77.87	Provisional
148	Hector Garza	54.54	Provisional
149	Sonjay Dutt	52.12	Provisional
150	Sim Snuka	46.47	Provisional
151	Kiyoshi	47.25	Provisional
152	Jethro Holliday	46.46	Provisional
153	The Amazing Red	51.78	Provisional
154	Giant Bernard	50.90	Provisional
155	Ray Gonzalez	51.69	Provisional
156	Tyler Reks	48.16	Provisional
157	Afa Jr.	48.54	Provisional
158	Orlando Colon	49.09	Provisional
159	Johnny Curtis	49.19	Provisional
160	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
161	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
162	Paul London	53.62	Provisional
163	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
164	Idol Stevens	46.26	Provisional
165	Jesse	47.33	Provisional
166	Yujiro	47.66	Provisional
167	Jack Evans	51.63	Provisional
168	Cody Deaner	59.71	Provisional
169	Jimmy Wang Yang	48.93	Provisional
170	El Elegido	46.15	Provisional
171	Kenta Kobashi	67.08	Provisional
172	Juventud Guerrera	54.14	Provisional
173	Brutus Magnus	46.36	Provisional
174	Tommy Diablo	46.91	Provisional
175	Joey Ryan	51.01	Provisional
176	Rob Eckos	49.70	Provisional
177	Matt Cross	51.55	Provisional
178	Drake Younger	48.99	Provisional
179	Human Tornado	48.15	Provisional
180	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
181	Jimmy Rave	50.23	Provisional
182	D. J. Gabriel	46.01	Provisional
183	Atlantis	53.67	Provisional
184	Devon Storm	51.18	Provisional
185	Kizarny	45.92	Provisional
186	Chuck Taylor	51.02	Provisional
187	Billy Bax	48.33	Provisional
188	Shannon Moore	52.05	Provisional
189	Rick Fuller	47.20	Provisional
190	Curt Hawkins	50.49	Provisional
191	La Sombra	51.40	Provisional
192	Sebastian Slater	45.80	Provisional
193	Hurricane Helms	51.30	Provisional
194	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
195	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
196	Trik Davis	46.52	Provisional
197	Teddy Hart	49.29	Provisional
198	Kaval	46.50	Provisional
199	Zack Ryder	52.96	Provisional
200	Shawn Spears	54.89	Provisional
201	D-Lo Brown	52.05	Provisional
202	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
203	Ruckus	49.07	Provisional
204	Shinjiro Otani	52.60	Provisional
205	Tomko	51.00	Provisional
206	B-Boy	48.76	Provisional
207	Alan Stone	49.08	Provisional
208	Mr. Mac	45.59	Provisional
209	Mike DiBiase	47.54	Provisional
210	Christopher Gray	46.30	Provisional
211	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
212	2 Cold Scorpio	52.99	Provisional
213	Vampiro	52.03	Provisional
214	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
215	Chad Collyer	49.81	Provisional
216	Tommy Taylor	46.79	Provisional
217	Nick Gage	51.41	Provisional
218	Brodie Lee	47.19	Provisional
219	Yoshi Tatsu	50.42	Provisional
220	Super Crazy	52.81	Provisional
221	Joe Hennig	47.88	Provisional
222	Scott Lost	47.81	Provisional
223	Mike Mondo	50.13	Provisional
224	Zodiac	45.30	Provisional
225	Rory McAllister	48.23	Provisional
226	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
227	Rey Bucanero	53.05	Provisional
228	El Hijo del Santo	59.35	Provisional
229	Matt Jackson	63.20	Provisional
230	Rob Terry	50.79	Provisional
231	Ryouji Sai	47.82	Provisional
232	Robbie McAllister	49.17	Provisional
233	Zokre	46.50	Provisional
234	Daisuke Sekimoto	51.17	Provisional
235	Nick Jackson	63.22	Provisional
236	Dark Ozz	45.11	Provisional
237	Stevie Richards	51.81	Provisional
238	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
239	Phil Shatter	48.73	Provisional
240	Kid Kash	52.05	Provisional
241	Chicky Starr	46.38	Provisional
242	Taiyo Kea	52.83	Provisional
243	Jason Hades	46.49	Provisional
244	Milano Collection A. T.	50.98	Provisional
245	B. J.	45.77	Provisional
246	Ricky Reyes	50.06	Provisional
247	Mike Quackenbush	51.44	Provisional
248	Pepper Parks	49.11	Provisional
249	Lince Dorado	50.37	Provisional
250	Jason Blade	47.40	Provisional
251	Johnny Devine	50.02	Provisional
252	Bam Neely	45.67	Provisional
253	Gran Akuma	48.81	Provisional
254	Electro Shock	51.29	Provisional
255	El Bronco	48.78	Provisional
256	Al Snow	53.13	Provisional
257	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
258	Nicho El Millonario	51.46	Provisional
259	Ace Steel	49.52	Provisional
260	Johnny Kashmere	47.44	Provisional
261	Helios	45.49	Provisional
262	Riki Choshu	51.84	Provisional
263	Mr. Niebla	52.79	Provisional
264	Icarus	48.76	Provisional
265	Hallowicked	49.21	Provisional
266	Christian York	50.70	Provisional
267	Osamu Nishimura	51.25	Provisional
268	Texano, Jr.	50.64	Provisional
269	Ikuto Hidaka	50.18	Provisional
270	Aden Chambers	47.31	Provisional
271	Josh Prohibition	47.85	Provisional
272	Tommy Suede	45.89	Provisional
273	Sangre Azteca	48.90	Provisional
274	Kobain	45.87	Provisional
275	Ricky Landell	45.87	Provisional
276	Chase Del Monte	46.61	Provisional
277	Brain Damage	45.80	Provisional
278	Josh Daniels	49.00	Provisional
279	Matt Logan	46.91	Provisional
280	Bobby Fish	53.35	Provisional
281	Brandon Cutler	45.19	Provisional
282	Masaaki Mochizuki	51.31	Provisional
283	Shocker	54.27	Provisional
284	Glen Osbourne	50.88	Provisional
285	C. W. Anderson	51.49	Provisional
286	Francisco Ciatso	45.67	Provisional
287	Deranged	44.30	Provisional
288	Bryan Logan	48.57	Provisional
289	Ultramantis Black	46.41	Provisional
290	A. J. Istria	46.07	Provisional
291	Dustin Cutler	45.19	Provisional
292	Shane Sewell	44.27	Provisional
293	Dylan Klein	44.20	Provisional
294	Arrick Andrews	45.57	Provisional
295	Acid Jaz	45.56	Provisional
296	Sterling James Keenan	47.56	Provisional
297	Togi Makabe	52.18	Provisional
298	El Comandante	44.17	Provisional
299	Toru Yano	50.69	Provisional
300	Ryan Braddock	44.10	Provisional
301	Tommy Thunda	44.88	Provisional
302	Grizzly Redwood	45.87	Provisional
303	Vin Gerard	44.07	Provisional
304	Cute Kip	44.07	Provisional
305	Hurricane Castillo, Jr.	46.78	Provisional
306	APOC	44.00	Provisional
307	Silver King	52.39	Provisional
308	Danny Doring	50.58	Provisional
309	Brett DiBiase	47.04	Provisional
310	Nate Webb	43.97	Provisional
311	Truitt Fields	45.28	Provisional
312	Prince Mustafa Ali	43.96	Provisional
313	Vaughn Lilas	43.90	Provisional
314	Jigsaw	49.18	Provisional
315	Jushin Liger	63.16	Provisional
316	Andy Douglas	49.55	Provisional
317	Mike Reed	44.66	Provisional
318	Kenny Omega	95.35	Calibrated
319	Dysfunction	43.80	Provisional
320	J. D. Maverick	45.17	Provisional
321	Shark Boy	50.91	Provisional
322	Mahoney	44.56	Provisional
323	King V.	43.77	Provisional
324	Ric Converse	45.50	Provisional
325	Brad Attitude	44.49	Provisional
326	Dal Knox	44.48	Provisional
327	Mike Kruel	48.75	Provisional
328	Chase Stevens	49.64	Provisional
329	Super Hentai	46.17	Provisional
330	Sean Waltman	48.35	Provisional
331	Arik Cannon	50.17	Provisional
332	Thunder	48.75	Provisional
333	Pat Buck	44.96	Provisional
334	The Atomic Dogg	44.36	Provisional
335	Lightning	47.71	Provisional
336	Jag	45.87	Provisional
337	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	50.37	Provisional
338	Kahagas	49.81	Provisional
339	Tank Toland	49.54	Provisional
340	Maverick Darsow	43.49	Provisional
341	BxB Hulk	51.62	Provisional
342	Tim Donst	47.64	Provisional
343	Damien Slater	44.79	Provisional
344	Jalil Salaam	43.46	Provisional
345	Obie Cartel	43.40	Provisional
346	Michael Elgin	54.32	Provisional
347	Flash Flanagan	50.34	Provisional
348	Max Bauer	44.56	Provisional
349	Bobby Dempsey	45.17	Provisional
350	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
351	Joe Lider	47.85	Provisional
352	Shaggy 2 Dope	46.03	Provisional
353	Victor Jovica	43.29	Provisional
354	Steve Boz	46.73	Provisional
355	Amasis	44.16	Provisional
356	T. J. Perkins	51.82	Provisional
357	Ophidian	44.76	Provisional
358	Qenaan Creed	45.91	Provisional
359	The Boogeyman	48.89	Provisional
360	The Bruiser	46.03	Provisional
361	Mason Childs	43.96	Provisional
362	La Mascara	51.02	Provisional
363	Keith Walker	45.80	Provisional
364	Madman Pondo	47.42	Provisional
365	Val Venis	53.90	Provisional
366	Nicky Benz	44.08	Provisional
367	Kafu	43.86	Provisional
368	Alex Arion	47.23	Provisional
369	Cheech	44.39	Provisional
370	Fallah	43.06	Provisional
371	Lance Cade	51.09	Provisional
372	David Young	49.83	Provisional
373	Sal Rinauro	47.96	Provisional
374	Ace Rockwell	45.00	Provisional
375	Rasche Brown	46.79	Provisional
376	Shiima Xion	47.95	Provisional
377	Sabian	44.70	Provisional
378	Chasyn Rance	47.79	Provisional
379	Asylum	47.35	Provisional
380	Cloudy	45.01	Provisional
381	Sexxxy Eddie	46.05	Provisional
382	B. G. James	50.07	Provisional
383	G. Q. Gallo	43.60	Provisional
384	Trent Acid	47.22	Provisional
385	Egotistico Fantastico	44.26	Provisional
386	Dan Eckos	44.16	Provisional
387	Antonio Thomas	49.22	Provisional
388	Jim Duggan	51.69	Provisional
389	Matt Burns	47.04	Provisional
390	Kung Fu Naki	42.70	Provisional
391	Nate Bash	43.48	Provisional
392	Kevin Grace	45.11	Provisional
393	Chris Masters	51.05	Provisional
394	Danny Daniels	48.77	Provisional
395	Ryan McBride	45.17	Provisional
396	Sabu	58.98	Provisional
397	Zachary Springate III	43.56	Provisional
398	John McChesney	48.28	Provisional
399	Jerry Lawler	78.48	Provisional
400	Benjamin Sailor	43.36	Provisional
401	Darin Corbin	48.69	Provisional
402	Greg Spitz	44.31	Provisional
403	Iceberg	46.69	Provisional
404	Sean Royal	43.87	Provisional
405	Phil Atlas	45.99	Provisional
406	Leslie Leatherman	44.61	Provisional
407	Mark Mercedes	43.40	Provisional
408	Kirby Mack	45.48	Provisional
409	Brad Martin	42.47	Provisional
410	Colin Delaney	47.87	Provisional
411	Ryan Cruz	45.57	Provisional
412	Johnny Puma	42.39	Provisional
413	Vance Nevada	49.01	Provisional
414	Freak Nasty	44.68	Provisional
415	Robin Knightwing	46.93	Provisional
416	T. J. Mack	45.00	Provisional
417	The Stro	47.87	Provisional
418	Frederick of Hollywood	44.66	Provisional
419	Conrad Kennedy III	44.19	Provisional
420	Zach Gowen	48.45	Provisional
421	Joey Knight	46.96	Provisional
422	Rocco	42.27	Provisional
423	Tommy Trouble	42.21	Provisional
424	The Sheik	50.86	Provisional
425	Grim Reefer	42.19	Provisional
426	Andrew Ryker	45.17	Provisional
427	Silas Young	51.56	Provisional
428	Kory Chavis	48.15	Provisional
429	Brandon Thomaselli	44.30	Provisional
430	Papadon	49.74	Provisional
431	King Kahlua	47.21	Provisional
432	Jon Davis	49.20	Provisional
433	Jake O'Reilly	47.04	Provisional
434	John E. Bravo	42.07	Provisional
435	Azrieal	47.88	Provisional
436	Havok	59.71	Provisional
437	Micah Taylor	43.56	Provisional
438	Sal	41.99	Provisional
439	Hiram Tua	48.27	Provisional
440	Jon Bolen	41.97	Provisional
441	Pinkie Sanchez	45.08	Provisional
442	Jimmy Olsen	42.70	Provisional
443	Z-Barr	43.76	Provisional
444	Jeremy Wyatt	44.80	Provisional
445	Brandon Espinosa	46.92	Provisional
446	Brandon Locke	45.69	Provisional
447	Spanish Angel	46.62	Provisional
448	Xtremo	44.88	Provisional
449	Tim Storm	49.52	Provisional
450	Danny Havoc	47.62	Provisional
451	Trent Beretta	49.72	Provisional
452	Slim J	44.50	Provisional
453	Chance Prophet	48.58	Provisional
454	Wildside	41.78	Provisional
455	Sean Davis	42.50	Provisional
456	Way Cool	41.71	Provisional
457	Corporal Robinson	43.70	Provisional
458	Tony Kozina	49.39	Provisional
459	Prince Nana	48.06	Provisional
460	Eric Everlast	44.90	Provisional
461	Ron Falco	44.64	Provisional
462	John Cutler	41.61	Provisional
463	Phil Davis	42.39	Provisional
464	Igotta Brewski	42.37	Provisional
465	Byron Saxton	46.69	Provisional
466	Robby Starr	42.37	Provisional
467	Cha Cha Chance	41.58	Provisional
468	Ken Steel	43.50	Provisional
469	Mega	45.44	Provisional
470	Jamie Jay	41.50	Provisional
471	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
472	Hook Bomberry	44.50	Provisional
473	Johnny Dynamo	41.48	Provisional
474	Dan Maff	47.75	Provisional
475	Shawn Christopher	45.71	Provisional
476	Donovan Ruddick	41.41	Provisional
477	Luke Hawx	49.84	Provisional
478	Romeo Roselli	48.87	Provisional
479	Navajo Warrior	45.58	Provisional
480	Mastiff	42.18	Provisional
481	J. T. Flash	41.32	Provisional
482	Mike Sydal	45.37	Provisional
483	Josef Von Schmidt	46.53	Provisional
484	Chris Lexxus	41.30	Provisional
485	Gordon P. Samsonite	41.28	Provisional
486	Notorious T. I. D.	44.30	Provisional
487	Strangler Diego Corleone	41.28	Provisional
488	ACCW Viper	42.00	Provisional
489	Peter B. Beautiful	42.58	Provisional
490	Bobby Sanford	41.20	Provisional
491	Marc Mandrake	43.63	Provisional
492	Larry Zbyszko	51.26	Provisional
493	Brian Jennings	44.58	Provisional
494	Barry Hardy	44.53	Provisional
495	Matt Boyce	41.12	Provisional
496	Crazzy Steve	52.27	Provisional
497	Matt Riviera	50.45	Provisional
498	Mikal Judas	48.24	Provisional
499	Lawman Williams	41.09	Provisional
500	Shockwave the Robot	42.78	Provisional

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