PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2016

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2016 — all five hundred places, as published. Roman Reigns took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2016 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Roman Reigns	97.81	Calibrated
2	Kazuchika Okada	96.93	Calibrated
3	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
4	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
5	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
6	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
7	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
8	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
9	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
10	John Cena	99.37	Calibrated
11	Drew Galloway	54.50	Provisional
12	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
13	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
14	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
15	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
16	Will Ospreay	91.69	Calibrated
17	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
18	Michael Elgin	54.32	Provisional
19	Brock Lesnar	99.08	Calibrated
20	Ethan Carter III	56.99	Provisional
21	Chris Jericho	97.96	Calibrated
22	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
23	Kenny Omega	95.35	Calibrated
24	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
25	Kalisto	53.04	Provisional
26	Bobby Fish	53.35	Provisional
27	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
28	Zack Sabre Jr.	55.34	Provisional
29	Alberto Del Rio	66.23	Provisional
30	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
31	Ryback	53.08	Provisional
32	Kyle O'Reilly	63.27	Provisional
33	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
34	Miro	55.29	Provisional
35	Katsuyori Shibata	52.87	Provisional
36	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
37	Tomohiro Ishii	52.43	Provisional
38	Big E	60.31	Provisional
39	Kento Miyahara	54.05	Provisional
40	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
41	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
42	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
43	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
44	Takashi Sugiura	56.94	Provisional
45	Adam Cole	65.91	Provisional
46	Matt Jackson	63.20	Provisional
47	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
48	Kushida	60.31	Provisional
49	Nick Jackson	63.22	Provisional
50	The Monster Matanza Cueto	48.44	Provisional
51	Mike Bennett	58.27	Provisional
52	Kane	79.65	Provisional
53	Baron Corbin	53.28	Provisional
54	Austin Aries	56.57	Provisional
55	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
56	Bray Wyatt	59.45	Provisional
57	El Texano Jr.	50.91	Provisional
58	Xavier Woods	54.84	Provisional
59	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
60	Yuji Okabayashi	50.99	Provisional
61	Trevor Lee	51.54	Provisional
62	Johnny Mundo	51.65	Provisional
63	Daisuke Sekimoto	51.17	Provisional
64	Máximo Sexy	48.79	Provisional
65	Luke Gallows	51.40	Provisional
66	PAC	63.25	Provisional
67	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
68	Pentagon Jr.	52.70	Provisional
69	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
70	Bobby Roode	65.92	Provisional
71	Timothy Thatcher	51.70	Provisional
72	Apollo Crews	51.46	Provisional
73	Kota Ibushi	63.97	Provisional
74	ACH	51.07	Provisional
75	Togi Makabe	52.18	Provisional
76	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
77	Mil Muertes	50.73	Provisional
78	Jax Dane	50.18	Provisional
79	James Storm	55.89	Provisional
80	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
81	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
82	BUSHI	50.38	Provisional
83	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
84	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
85	Luke Harper	53.51	Provisional
86	Christopher Daniels	59.71	Provisional
87	Abyss	56.24	Provisional
88	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
89	Fénix	52.24	Provisional
90	Jey Uso	71.36	Provisional
91	Isami Kodaka	50.19	Provisional
92	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
93	Crazzy Steve	52.27	Provisional
94	Eli Drake	54.50	Provisional
95	Cage	47.86	Provisional
96	Nick Aldis	54.31	Provisional
97	Raymond Rowe	49.53	Provisional
98	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	54.70	Provisional
99	Jimmy Uso	65.67	Provisional
100	Rockstar Spud	49.92	Provisional
101	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
102	Big Show	60.36	Provisional
103	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
104	Moose	68.70	Provisional
105	Tommaso Ciampa	65.78	Provisional
106	Noam Dar	49.95	Provisional
107	Trent Beretta	49.72	Provisional
108	Hanson	48.75	Provisional
109	Zack Ryder	52.96	Provisional
110	Shuji Ishikawa	50.99	Provisional
111	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
112	Rey Bucanero	53.05	Provisional
113	Ryusuke Taguchi	51.32	Provisional
114	Johnny Gargano	66.22	Provisional
115	Bram	49.26	Provisional
116	Cedric Alexander	53.21	Provisional
117	King Cuerno	48.79	Provisional
118	Drew Gulak	51.53	Provisional
119	Jason Jordan	50.67	Provisional
120	Big Cass	48.75	Provisional
121	Rob Conway	52.40	Provisional
122	Enzo Amore	49.55	Provisional
123	Chad Gable	65.19	Provisional
124	Angelico	58.02	Provisional
125	Chris Hero	52.95	Provisional
126	Tigre Uno	48.64	Provisional
127	Davey Richards	57.31	Provisional
128	Drago	49.71	Provisional
129	Matt Sydal	52.10	Provisional
130	Tyson Dux	51.86	Provisional
131	Andrade "Cien" Almas	51.25	Provisional
132	Dash Wilder	50.20	Provisional
133	Sin Cara (II)	49.45	Provisional
134	Tyrus	50.23	Provisional
135	Scott Dawson	50.15	Provisional
136	Rich Swann	61.06	Provisional
137	Tony Nese	51.64	Provisional
138	Matt Cross	51.55	Provisional
139	Robbie E.	51.90	Provisional
140	Alex Shelley	55.61	Provisional
141	P. J. Black	49.01	Provisional
142	Wade Barrett	53.53	Provisional
143	Jessie Godderz	50.64	Provisional
144	Sanada	54.65	Provisional
145	Mike Bailey	60.13	Provisional
146	Matt Riviera	50.45	Provisional
147	Shane Thorne	48.68	Provisional
148	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
149	Bubba Ray Dudley	77.84	Provisional
150	Kohei Sato	49.48	Provisional
151	Erick Rowan	54.77	Provisional
152	Atsushi Aoki	48.24	Provisional
153	D-Von Dudley	77.80	Provisional
154	Nick Miller	47.75	Provisional
155	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
156	Andrew Everett	50.41	Provisional
157	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
158	Joey Ryan	51.01	Provisional
159	Braxton Sutter	47.44	Provisional
160	Rhett Titus	51.23	Provisional
161	Titus O'Neil	51.26	Provisional
162	Oney Lorcan	48.99	Provisional
163	Braun Strowman	66.35	Provisional
164	Jack Swagger	58.37	Provisional
165	Mark Andrews	49.14	Provisional
166	Epico	50.44	Provisional
167	Atlantis	53.67	Provisional
168	Brian Kendrick	54.90	Provisional
169	DJ Z	47.52	Provisional
170	Primo	49.86	Provisional
171	Aiden English	48.81	Provisional
172	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
173	R-Truth	65.47	Provisional
174	Tommy End	47.62	Provisional
175	Simon Gotch	47.66	Provisional
176	Dalton Castle	58.67	Provisional
177	Akira Tozawa	50.94	Provisional
178	HARASHIMA	49.60	Provisional
179	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
180	Lio Rush	58.31	Provisional
181	YAMATO	52.38	Provisional
182	Curtis Axel	51.88	Provisional
183	Matt Taven	58.42	Provisional
184	Hikaru Sato	47.31	Provisional
185	El Hijo del Fantasma	48.16	Provisional
186	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
187	Mike Rollins	49.07	Provisional
188	Dragon Rojo Jr.	50.81	Provisional
189	Darren Young	50.49	Provisional
190	Mahabali Shera	47.63	Provisional
191	Adam Page	57.32	Provisional
192	Zeus	50.19	Provisional
193	Mojo Rawley	50.13	Provisional
194	Baron Dax	45.80	Provisional
195	Dragon Azteca Jr.	45.80	Provisional
196	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
197	Mark Henry	78.57	Provisional
198	BxB Hulk	51.62	Provisional
199	Bo Dallas	65.09	Provisional
200	Mr. 450	47.83	Provisional
201	Basile Baraka	45.70	Provisional
202	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
203	Elias Samson	47.23	Provisional
204	Marty Scurll	51.18	Provisional
205	CIMA	53.03	Provisional
206	Tye Dillinger	49.22	Provisional
207	Jack Evans	51.63	Provisional
208	Cody Deaner	59.71	Provisional
209	Tyler Breeze	51.21	Provisional
210	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
211	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
212	Heath Slater	52.19	Provisional
213	Silas Young	51.56	Provisional
214	Kahagas	49.81	Provisional
215	Aero Star	48.68	Provisional
216	Viktor	48.89	Provisional
217	Wesley Blake	49.11	Provisional
218	Daga	49.97	Provisional
219	Hideki Suzuki	49.40	Provisional
220	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	56.66	Provisional
221	Chavo Guerrero Jr.	51.11	Provisional
222	Jeff Jarrett	64.80	Provisional
223	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	50.37	Provisional
224	Fandango	50.77	Provisional
225	La Mascara	51.02	Provisional
226	Konnor	48.93	Provisional
227	Buddy Murphy	51.08	Provisional
228	Cibernetico	53.02	Provisional
229	EVIL	52.27	Provisional
230	Mephisto	51.72	Provisional
231	Carlito	53.58	Provisional
232	Yuji Hino	46.99	Provisional
233	A. R. Fox	51.00	Provisional
234	T. J. Perkins	51.82	Provisional
235	Chuck Taylor	51.02	Provisional
236	Carístico	50.03	Provisional
237	Jason Kincaid	47.33	Provisional
238	KAI	50.99	Provisional
239	B.J. Whitmer	50.58	Provisional
240	Mark Haskins	51.55	Provisional
241	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
242	Sonjay Dutt	52.12	Provisional
243	Caprice Coleman	50.35	Provisional
244	Tim Storm	49.52	Provisional
245	Big R Shimizu	45.77	Provisional
246	Rey Cometa	46.29	Provisional
247	Daisuke Harada	47.30	Provisional
248	Tajiri	53.24	Provisional
249	Papadon	49.74	Provisional
250	Kenoh	52.11	Provisional
251	Dragon Lee	65.29	Provisional
252	Bad Luck Fale	50.83	Provisional
253	Rush	63.37	Provisional
254	Kohei Suwama	50.28	Provisional
255	Hajime Ohara	46.82	Provisional
256	Marko Estrada	49.70	Provisional
257	TARIK	47.52	Provisional
258	Shane Strickland	47.82	Provisional
259	Caleb Konley	47.94	Provisional
260	L. A. Park	54.48	Provisional
261	Jushin Thunder Liger	51.16	Provisional
262	Bestia 666	47.64	Provisional
263	Facade	48.69	Provisional
264	David Starr	50.07	Provisional
265	Charlie Haas	54.17	Provisional
266	Manabu Soya	49.62	Provisional
267	Tiger Mask IV	54.77	Provisional
268	Masato Yoshino	50.03	Provisional
269	Kamaitachi	44.59	Provisional
270	Rey Escorpion	50.57	Provisional
271	Yoshi Tatsu	50.42	Provisional
272	Konosuke Takeshita	53.84	Provisional
273	Jack Gallagher	48.35	Provisional
274	T-Hawk	50.72	Provisional
275	Stevie Richards	51.81	Provisional
276	Tomoaki Honma	47.40	Provisional
277	Clement Petiot	44.47	Provisional
278	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
279	Roy Knight	46.90	Provisional
280	Ariya Daivari	48.13	Provisional
281	Matt Riddle	54.85	Provisional
282	Euforia	49.11	Provisional
283	Fabian Aichner	47.47	Provisional
284	Daisuke Sasaki	47.65	Provisional
285	Yukio Sakaguchi	45.16	Provisional
286	Will Ferrara	46.70	Provisional
287	Zak Knight	46.80	Provisional
288	The Mack	46.21	Provisional
289	MAYBACH Taniguchi	46.94	Provisional
290	Ryota Hama	51.91	Provisional
291	Máscara Dorada	58.50	Provisional
292	Masaaki Mochizuki	51.31	Provisional
293	Grado	46.70	Provisional
294	Lince Dorado	50.37	Provisional
295	Shinjiro Otani	52.60	Provisional
296	Hallowicked	49.21	Provisional
297	Axel Dieter Jr.	44.17	Provisional
298	Matt Tremont	51.02	Provisional
299	Tama Tonga	65.09	Provisional
300	Da Mack	45.27	Provisional
301	Arik Cannon	50.17	Provisional
302	Kazushi Sakuraba	45.88	Provisional
303	Yujiro Takahashi	48.33	Provisional
304	Ricky Reyes	50.06	Provisional
305	Yuko Miyamoto	48.37	Provisional
306	Chase Owens	47.81	Provisional
307	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
308	Masada	50.81	Provisional
309	Raul Mendoza	45.30	Provisional
310	Chris Dickinson	50.18	Provisional
311	Angel Cotto	43.97	Provisional
312	Hideyoshi Kamitani	48.13	Provisional
313	Mike Mendoza	43.90	Provisional
314	YOSHI-HASHI	48.54	Provisional
315	Big Daddy Walter	43.88	Provisional
316	Naoya Nomura	46.92	Provisional
317	Takao Omori	51.69	Provisional
318	Donovan Dijak	54.28	Provisional
319	Dan Maff	47.75	Provisional
320	El Cuervo	43.79	Provisional
321	Damian El Terrible	43.79	Provisional
322	Brandon Espinosa	46.92	Provisional
323	Eita	50.16	Provisional
324	Tanga Roa	43.76	Provisional
325	Monsta Mack	46.41	Provisional
326	Joey Daddiego	43.70	Provisional
327	Asylum	47.35	Provisional
328	Doug Williams	52.40	Provisional
329	Al Snow	53.13	Provisional
330	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
331	Blue Demon, Jr.	53.64	Provisional
332	Daichi Hashimoto	46.31	Provisional
333	Psycho Clown	52.17	Provisional
334	No Way Jose	47.44	Provisional
335	Greg Anthony	47.03	Provisional
336	BLK Jeez	47.65	Provisional
337	Taichi	50.48	Provisional
338	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
339	Luke Hawx	49.84	Provisional
340	Flamita	48.23	Provisional
341	Jun Kasai	46.99	Provisional
342	John McChesney	48.28	Provisional
343	Bull James	44.26	Provisional
344	Yosuke Santa Maria	43.46	Provisional
345	Dave Mastiff	45.37	Provisional
346	Toru Yano	50.69	Provisional
347	TAKA Michinoku	53.82	Provisional
348	Big Damo	54.38	Provisional
349	Matt Burns	47.04	Provisional
350	Angelo Dawkins	50.24	Provisional
351	Kotoka	43.36	Provisional
352	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
353	Bill Collier	48.36	Provisional
354	Famous B	46.17	Provisional
355	Mathieu St. Jacques	47.63	Provisional
356	Chasyn Rance	47.79	Provisional
357	Alejandro Saez	43.99	Provisional
358	Valiente	46.28	Provisional
359	Cody Hall	45.61	Provisional
360	Manjimura	43.19	Provisional
361	Brian Myers	59.69	Provisional
362	Damian Slater	43.17	Provisional
363	Jay White	68.30	Provisional
364	Sean Maluta	43.16	Provisional
365	BJ Darden	43.10	Provisional
366	Hitoshi Kumano	43.09	Provisional
367	Americos	44.66	Provisional
368	Shane Matthews	47.10	Provisional
369	Jason Lee	47.53	Provisional
370	Yohei Nakajima	43.06	Provisional
371	Markus Burke	46.78	Provisional
372	Gzim Selmani	42.99	Provisional
373	Colin Delaney	47.87	Provisional
374	Anthony Bennett	43.76	Provisional
375	Masakatsu Funaki	50.66	Provisional
376	Sunny Dhinsa	42.97	Provisional
377	Cheeseburger	46.27	Provisional
378	Andy Dalton	44.27	Provisional
379	Minoru Tanaka	53.84	Provisional
380	Stuka Jr.	46.81	Provisional
381	Wes Brisco	50.04	Provisional
382	R. J. City	48.66	Provisional
383	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
384	Houston Carson	44.89	Provisional
385	Scotty O'Shea	45.48	Provisional
386	Gregory Iron	46.14	Provisional
387	J. T. Dunn	47.19	Provisional
388	Joe Black	45.39	Provisional
389	Alex Colon	48.47	Provisional
390	Sebastian Suave	47.25	Provisional
391	Morgan Webster	42.70	Provisional
392	Matt Angel	47.93	Provisional
393	Danny Havoc	47.62	Provisional
394	Aaron Epic	46.23	Provisional
395	William Huckaby	43.46	Provisional
396	Pete Dunne	65.34	Provisional
397	Evil Uno	49.28	Provisional
398	Tracy Williams	50.48	Provisional
399	Gedo	51.24	Provisional
400	Thomas Dubois	46.84	Provisional
401	Hugo Knox	42.57	Provisional
402	Napalm Bomb	44.88	Provisional
403	Zach Gowen	48.45	Provisional
404	Ali M. Shabazz	43.66	Provisional
405	Harv Sihra	46.48	Provisional
406	Lance Anoa'i	46.44	Provisional
407	Josh Bodom	43.26	Provisional
408	John Greed	43.79	Provisional
409	Gurv Sihra	46.40	Provisional
410	Jado	50.49	Provisional
411	Hellcat	45.91	Provisional
412	Jake Lee	52.83	Provisional
413	Kenneth Johnson	42.37	Provisional
414	Scott Parker	46.92	Provisional
415	Fred Yehi	49.93	Provisional
416	Hartley Jackson	48.48	Provisional
417	Franky the Mobster	44.88	Provisional
418	Kongo Kong	49.20	Provisional
419	John Saxon	44.66	Provisional
420	Dave Crist	50.06	Provisional
421	Corey Hollis	46.81	Provisional
422	Sammy Guevara	63.29	Provisional
423	Scorpio Sky	53.87	Provisional
424	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
425	Iestyn Rees	42.97	Provisional
426	Bobby Sharp	45.64	Provisional
427	Peter Avalon	46.41	Provisional
428	Ashley Sixx	47.23	Provisional
429	Negro Casas	54.49	Provisional
430	Dick Justice	43.90	Provisional
431	David Finlay	52.62	Provisional
432	Johnny Yuma	45.98	Provisional
433	Kevin Martenson	42.07	Provisional
434	Jesus Rodriguez	42.07	Provisional
435	Rickey Shane Page	49.96	Provisional
436	J.R. Kratos	49.63	Provisional
437	Hornet	43.37	Provisional
438	Johnny Devine	50.02	Provisional
439	Jervis Cottonbelly	43.30	Provisional
440	Brent Banks	46.48	Provisional
441	Brian Fury	45.17	Provisional
442	Danny Ramons	42.99	Provisional
443	Kevin Bennett	46.34	Provisional
444	Chance Prophet	48.58	Provisional
445	Devon Moore	48.28	Provisional
446	"Boxcar Superstar" Hobo	43.20	Provisional
447	Punisher Martinez	43.96	Provisional
448	Adam Thornstowe	48.46	Provisional
449	D. J. Hyde	47.33	Provisional
450	Alessandro Del Bruno	42.59	Provisional
451	Sasa Keel	41.80	Provisional
452	Conor Claxton	43.47	Provisional
453	Colby Corino	49.96	Provisional
454	Alex Reynolds	47.21	Provisional
455	Tyler Bateman	43.89	Provisional
456	Hammerstone	46.70	Provisional
457	Luster The Legend	48.55	Provisional
458	John Silver	47.95	Provisional
459	Josef Von Schmidt	46.53	Provisional
460	Ron Falco	44.64	Provisional
461	Colin Cutler	44.80	Provisional
462	Danny Duggan	44.77	Provisional
463	Jody Kristofferson	43.28	Provisional
464	Sean Carr	45.48	Provisional
465	Levi Shapiro	42.37	Provisional
466	Tyler Colton	41.58	Provisional
467	Greg Excellent	46.11	Provisional
468	Buddy Royal	42.30	Provisional
469	Slim J	44.50	Provisional
470	Shaheem Ali	44.87	Provisional
471	Mike Posey	46.29	Provisional
472	Bob Evans	47.34	Provisional
473	John Skyler	45.91	Provisional
474	Jaxon Jarvis	42.91	Provisional
475	Shane Sabre	43.20	Provisional
476	Brandon Scott	45.33	Provisional
477	Jake O'Reilly	47.04	Provisional
478	George Gatton	42.18	Provisional
479	Cory Kastle	41.38	Provisional
480	Leon St. Giovanni	45.37	Provisional
481	N8 Mattson	48.90	Provisional
482	Mr. Juicy	43.70	Provisional
483	Artemis Spencer	43.29	Provisional
484	Anthony Henry	57.92	Provisional
485	The Space Monkey	42.78	Provisional
486	Anthony Darko	45.68	Provisional
487	Will Calrissian	43.27	Provisional
488	John Campbell	42.70	Provisional
489	Chrisifix	44.44	Provisional
490	Raphael King	41.20	Provisional
491	Coconut Jones	42.37	Provisional
492	Brandon Thurston	45.66	Provisional
493	Jonny Puma	44.80	Provisional
494	Mattick	42.01	Provisional
495	Chris Perish	43.81	Provisional
496	Frankie Feathers	43.70	Provisional
497	Thomas Brewington	42.51	Provisional
498	Wolfgang Danger	41.09	Provisional
499	Eric Emanon	42.48	Provisional
500	Timmy Lou Retton	45.47	Provisional

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