PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2018

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2018 — all five hundred places, as published. Kenny Omega took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2018 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Kenny Omega	95.35	Calibrated
2	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
3	Kazuchika Okada	96.93	Calibrated
4	Brock Lesnar	99.08	Calibrated
5	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
6	Braun Strowman	66.35	Provisional
7	Roman Reigns	97.81	Calibrated
8	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
9	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
10	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
11	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
12	Will Ospreay	91.69	Calibrated
13	Andrade "Cien" Almas	51.25	Provisional
14	Jinder Mahal	56.75	Provisional
15	Dalton Castle	58.67	Provisional
16	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
17	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
18	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
19	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
20	John Cena	99.37	Calibrated
21	Adam Cole	65.91	Provisional
22	Bobby Roode	65.92	Provisional
23	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
24	Zack Sabre Jr.	55.34	Provisional
25	Austin Aries	56.57	Provisional
26	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
27	Hiromu Takahashi	52.48	Provisional
28	Cedric Alexander	53.21	Provisional
29	Kota Ibushi	63.97	Provisional
30	Pentagon Jr.	52.70	Provisional
31	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
32	Eli Drake	54.50	Provisional
33	Pete Dunne	65.34	Provisional
34	Johnny Gargano	66.22	Provisional
35	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
36	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
37	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
38	Nick Jackson	63.22	Provisional
39	Marty Scurll	51.18	Provisional
40	Matt Jackson	63.20	Provisional
41	Aleister Black	55.00	Provisional
42	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
43	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
44	Jay White	68.30	Provisional
45	Kushida	60.31	Provisional
46	Matt Riddle	54.85	Provisional
47	Johnny Mundo	51.65	Provisional
48	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
49	Kento Miyahara	54.05	Provisional
50	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
51	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
52	Nick Aldis	54.31	Provisional
53	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
54	Miro	55.29	Provisional
55	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
56	Baron Corbin	53.28	Provisional
57	Bray Wyatt	59.45	Provisional
58	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
59	Keith Lee	54.79	Provisional
60	Jimmy Uso	65.67	Provisional
61	Fénix	52.24	Provisional
62	Sanada	54.65	Provisional
63	Hangman Page	50.27	Provisional
64	Joe Doering	51.96	Provisional
65	Jey Uso	71.36	Provisional
66	Matt Sydal	52.10	Provisional
67	Travis Banks	49.29	Provisional
68	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
69	Elias	49.68	Provisional
70	Big E	60.31	Provisional
71	EVIL	52.27	Provisional
72	Drew McIntyre	75.43	Provisional
73	Silas Young	51.56	Provisional
74	Rey Wagner	47.79	Provisional
75	Kyle O'Reilly	63.27	Provisional
76	Tomohiro Ishii	52.43	Provisional
77	WALTER	52.53	Provisional
78	Alberto El Patron	55.58	Provisional
79	The Velveteen Dream	50.73	Provisional
80	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
81	Luke Harper	53.51	Provisional
82	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
83	EC3	51.36	Provisional
84	Lars Sullivan	48.96	Provisional
85	Jeff Cobb	53.06	Provisional
86	Marco Corleone	50.52	Provisional
87	Jason Jordan	50.67	Provisional
88	Erick Rowan	54.77	Provisional
89	Xavier Woods	54.84	Provisional
90	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
91	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
92	Akira Tozawa	50.94	Provisional
93	Chad Gable	65.19	Provisional
94	Bobby Fish	53.35	Provisional
95	Drew Gulak	51.53	Provisional
96	Christopher Daniels	59.71	Provisional
97	Tommaso Ciampa	65.78	Provisional
98	Tyler Bate	51.88	Provisional
99	Bad Luck Fale	50.83	Provisional
100	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
101	Takashi Sugiura	56.94	Provisional
102	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
103	Kalisto	53.04	Provisional
104	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
105	Shuji Ishikawa	50.99	Provisional
106	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
107	Luke Gallows	51.40	Provisional
108	Moose	68.70	Provisional
109	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
110	Masaaki Mochizuki	51.31	Provisional
111	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
112	Mustafa Ali	65.15	Provisional
113	Ilja Dragunov	65.35	Provisional
114	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
115	Daisuke Sekimoto	51.17	Provisional
116	Scorpio Sky	53.87	Provisional
117	Taichi	50.48	Provisional
118	Brian Cage	58.59	Provisional
119	Killian Dain	48.78	Provisional
120	Joey Ryan	51.01	Provisional
121	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
122	Hideki Suzuki	49.40	Provisional
123	Trevor Lee	51.54	Provisional
124	Ortiz	50.43	Provisional
125	Dragon Lee	65.29	Provisional
126	Santana	50.34	Provisional
127	Alexander Wolfe	47.89	Provisional
128	Kassius Ohno	49.44	Provisional
129	BUSHI	50.38	Provisional
130	Gran Metalik	48.59	Provisional
131	Timothy Thatcher	51.70	Provisional
132	Rich Swann	61.06	Provisional
133	Hideo Itami	54.59	Provisional
134	Kongo Kong	49.20	Provisional
135	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
136	ACH	51.07	Provisional
137	Tony Nese	51.64	Provisional
138	Enzo Amore	49.55	Provisional
139	Rhyno	54.12	Provisional
140	Dave Crist	50.06	Provisional
141	Matt Taven	58.42	Provisional
142	Kane	79.65	Provisional
143	Heath Slater	52.19	Provisional
144	Flip Gordon	49.54	Provisional
145	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
146	El Desperado	51.32	Provisional
147	Zeus	50.19	Provisional
148	Mark Haskins	51.55	Provisional
149	Tye Dillinger	49.22	Provisional
150	Bully Ray	61.20	Provisional
151	Ryusuke Taguchi	51.32	Provisional
152	Titus O'Neil	51.26	Provisional
153	Sin Cara (II)	49.45	Provisional
154	PAC	63.25	Provisional
155	Vinny Marseglia	47.94	Provisional
156	El Hijo del Fantasma	48.16	Provisional
157	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
158	Jimmy Havoc	48.34	Provisional
159	Andrew Everett	50.41	Provisional
160	Apollo Crews	51.46	Provisional
161	Michael Elgin	54.32	Provisional
162	El Terrible	53.50	Provisional
163	SHO	50.04	Provisional
164	Brian Kendrick	54.90	Provisional
165	The Bodyguard	46.24	Provisional
166	Alex Shelley	55.61	Provisional
167	Juice Robinson	63.12	Provisional
168	Trent Seven	59.76	Provisional
169	Yujiro Takahashi	48.33	Provisional
170	Dash Wilder	50.20	Provisional
171	Austin Theory	65.26	Provisional
172	Tama Tonga	65.09	Provisional
173	Aero Star	48.68	Provisional
174	Tiger Mask IV	54.77	Provisional
175	Scott Dawson	50.15	Provisional
176	Tanga Loa	49.84	Provisional
177	YOSHI-HASHI	48.54	Provisional
178	Lio Rush	58.31	Provisional
179	Willie Mack	58.26	Provisional
180	Abyss	56.24	Provisional
181	T. K. O'Ryan	47.86	Provisional
182	YOH	49.53	Provisional
183	Drago	49.71	Provisional
184	TJP	50.85	Provisional
185	Rey Escorpion	50.57	Provisional
186	Chuck Taylor	51.02	Provisional
187	Punishment Martinez	45.91	Provisional
188	Yoshitatsu	47.22	Provisional
189	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
190	Bo Dallas	65.09	Provisional
191	Beretta	45.83	Provisional
192	Raymond Rowe	49.53	Provisional
193	Aiden English	48.81	Provisional
194	Petey Williams	54.38	Provisional
195	Hanson	48.75	Provisional
196	Curtis Axel	51.88	Provisional
197	Psycho Clown	52.17	Provisional
198	Rush	63.37	Provisional
199	Joey Janela	50.57	Provisional
200	No Way Jose	47.44	Provisional
201	Rey Horus	50.18	Provisional
202	Carístico	50.03	Provisional
203	Tim Storm	49.52	Provisional
204	Akam	47.87	Provisional
205	Big Cass	48.75	Provisional
206	El Mesias	52.54	Provisional
207	Suwama	55.45	Provisional
208	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
209	Místico II	49.44	Provisional
210	Fandango	50.77	Provisional
211	Rezar	47.77	Provisional
212	Zack Ryder	52.96	Provisional
213	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
214	Tyler Breeze	51.21	Provisional
215	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
216	HARASHIMA	49.60	Provisional
217	Mojo Rawley	50.13	Provisional
218	Pepper Parks	49.11	Provisional
219	KAI	50.99	Provisional
220	El Texano Jr.	50.91	Provisional
221	Shane Strickland	47.82	Provisional
222	Togi Makabe	52.18	Provisional
223	Konosuke Takeshita	53.84	Provisional
224	Gedo	51.24	Provisional
225	Hernandez	52.17	Provisional
226	Tomoaki Honma	47.40	Provisional
227	Jack Gallagher	48.35	Provisional
228	Jiro Kuroshio	46.00	Provisional
229	Homicide	53.39	Provisional
230	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
231	Ariya Daivari	48.13	Provisional
232	Luster The Legend	48.55	Provisional
233	Shotaro Ashino	50.18	Provisional
234	Buddy Murphy	51.08	Provisional
235	El Ligero	46.48	Provisional
236	Tyson Dux	51.86	Provisional
237	Absolute Andy	45.88	Provisional
238	Adam Thornstowe	48.46	Provisional
239	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
240	A. R. Fox	51.00	Provisional
241	Eita	50.16	Provisional
242	Mark Andrews	49.14	Provisional
243	Masa Kitamiya	47.44	Provisional
244	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
245	Chris Dickinson	50.18	Provisional
246	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
247	David Starr	50.07	Provisional
248	Atsushi Kotoge	48.68	Provisional
249	Jaka	44.90	Provisional
250	Toa Henare	44.89	Provisional
251	Lince Dorado	50.37	Provisional
252	Matt Cross	51.55	Provisional
253	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	54.70	Provisional
254	Kenou	44.81	Provisional
255	Otis Dozovic	45.59	Provisional
256	James Storm	55.89	Provisional
257	Angelico	58.02	Provisional
258	Toru Yano	50.69	Provisional
259	Fred Yehi	49.93	Provisional
260	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
261	Tucker Knight	45.49	Provisional
262	Noam Dar	49.95	Provisional
263	Mike Bailey	60.13	Provisional
264	Jushin Thunder Liger	51.16	Provisional
265	R. J. City	48.66	Provisional
266	Mike Rollins	49.07	Provisional
267	Jax Dane	50.18	Provisional
268	Stone Rockwell	45.39	Provisional
269	Zack Gibson	47.14	Provisional
270	Chase Owens	47.81	Provisional
271	Nick Miller	47.75	Provisional
272	Markus Burke	46.78	Provisional
273	Crimson	51.02	Provisional
274	James Drake	47.16	Provisional
275	Jack Swagger	58.37	Provisional
276	Shane Thorne	48.68	Provisional
277	Da Mack	45.27	Provisional
278	BLK Jeez	47.65	Provisional
279	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
280	Doug Williams	52.40	Provisional
281	Ryota Hama	51.91	Provisional
282	YAMATO	52.38	Provisional
283	Big Magic	45.17	Provisional
284	Kahagas	49.81	Provisional
285	John Klinger	45.20	Provisional
286	Brent Banks	46.48	Provisional
287	Matt Riviera	50.45	Provisional
288	Pagano	50.26	Provisional
289	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
290	Mathieu St. Jacques	47.63	Provisional
291	Christopher Dijak	44.27	Provisional
292	KAGETORA	45.00	Provisional
293	Sebastian Suave	47.25	Provisional
294	DJ Z	47.52	Provisional
295	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	56.66	Provisional
296	TARIK	47.52	Provisional
297	Arik Cannon	50.17	Provisional
298	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
299	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
300	Flash Morgan Webster	46.56	Provisional
301	Matt Angel	47.93	Provisional
302	Niebla Roja	49.19	Provisional
303	Jimmy Jacobs	52.71	Provisional
304	T-Hawk	50.72	Provisional
305	L. A. Park	54.48	Provisional
306	Koji Doi	44.00	Provisional
307	Manabu Soya	49.62	Provisional
308	Dragon Kid	51.24	Provisional
309	Kumagoro	43.97	Provisional
310	Isami Kodaka	50.19	Provisional
311	Atlantis	53.67	Provisional
312	Atsushi Aoki	48.24	Provisional
313	Rhett Titus	51.23	Provisional
314	Thomas Dubois	46.84	Provisional
315	Blue Demon, Jr.	53.64	Provisional
316	Jason Kincaid	47.33	Provisional
317	Cody Hall	45.61	Provisional
318	Titus	43.86	Provisional
319	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
320	Marko Estrada	49.70	Provisional
321	Naruki Doi	52.23	Provisional
322	El Cuatrero	47.09	Provisional
323	Primo Colon	50.20	Provisional
324	Kona Reeves	44.56	Provisional
325	Will Ferrara	46.70	Provisional
326	Takao Omori	51.69	Provisional
327	Dylan James	43.69	Provisional
328	Konnor	48.93	Provisional
329	Ryouji Sai	47.82	Provisional
330	Jack Evans	51.63	Provisional
331	Garza Jr.	44.39	Provisional
332	Tajiri	53.24	Provisional
333	Cibernetico	53.02	Provisional
334	Takashi Iizuka	47.00	Provisional
335	Stu Grayson	48.99	Provisional
336	Yuko Miyamoto	48.37	Provisional
337	Rickey Shane Page	49.96	Provisional
338	Fabian Aichner	47.47	Provisional
339	Viktor	48.89	Provisional
340	TAKA Michinoku	53.82	Provisional
341	Evil Uno	49.28	Provisional
342	Anthony Henry	57.92	Provisional
343	Sonjay Dutt	52.12	Provisional
344	Joe Gacy	64.85	Provisional
345	Papadon	49.74	Provisional
346	Cody Deaner	59.71	Provisional
347	Teddy Hart	49.29	Provisional
348	Rory Gulak	44.46	Provisional
349	T. K. Cooper	47.05	Provisional
350	David Finlay	52.62	Provisional
351	Jonah Rock	44.09	Provisional
352	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	50.31	Provisional
353	Daisuke Harada	47.30	Provisional
354	Funny Bone	43.28	Provisional
355	Azrieal	47.88	Provisional
356	Killer Kross	48.30	Provisional
357	Mephisto	51.72	Provisional
358	Yusaku Obata	43.20	Provisional
359	Mike Kanellis	44.96	Provisional
360	Kzy	49.29	Provisional
361	Scott Parker	46.92	Provisional
362	Wrecking Ball Legursky	44.26	Provisional
363	Greg Anthony	47.03	Provisional
364	Beer City Bruiser	45.98	Provisional
365	Minoru Tanaka	53.84	Provisional
366	Negro Casas	54.49	Provisional
367	Hi-69	44.28	Provisional
368	Seiki Yoshioka	43.86	Provisional
369	R-Truth	65.47	Provisional
370	Danny Burch	48.17	Provisional
371	Epico	50.44	Provisional
372	Simon Grimm	42.99	Provisional
373	Chuck Mambo	44.58	Provisional
374	Bestia 666	47.64	Provisional
375	Shocker	54.27	Provisional
376	Brad Alekxis	42.97	Provisional
377	Zak Knight	46.80	Provisional
378	Adam Brooks	49.73	Provisional
379	Idris Abraham	43.68	Provisional
380	Oney Lorcan	48.99	Provisional
381	Josh Alexander	64.40	Provisional
382	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
383	Joe Coleman	43.60	Provisional
384	Robbie E.	51.90	Provisional
385	Roy Knight	46.90	Provisional
386	Luke Hawx	49.84	Provisional
387	Yuji Hino	46.99	Provisional
388	Nick Gage	51.41	Provisional
389	Matt Tremont	51.02	Provisional
390	Robbie Eagles	49.17	Provisional
391	Scotty O'Shea	45.48	Provisional
392	Jonathan Gresham	60.65	Provisional
393	Caleb Konley	47.94	Provisional
394	Grado	46.70	Provisional
395	Dezmond Xavier	45.60	Provisional
396	Franky the Mobster	44.88	Provisional
397	PCO	60.11	Provisional
398	Shaheem Ali	44.87	Provisional
399	Joe Hendry	65.92	Provisional
400	Juicy Gambino	42.57	Provisional
401	Jon Davis	49.20	Provisional
402	Badd Blood	42.57	Provisional
403	Leon St. Giovanni	45.37	Provisional
404	Alex Reynolds	47.21	Provisional
405	Channing Decker	43.28	Provisional
406	Zachary Wentz	59.58	Provisional
407	Wesley Blake	49.11	Provisional
408	Tito Escondido	43.26	Provisional
409	Bill Collier	48.36	Provisional
410	Chris Adonis	47.54	Provisional
411	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
412	Wolfgang	47.87	Provisional
413	Trent Gibson	43.17	Provisional
414	Curt Hawkins	50.49	Provisional
415	Jake Manning	46.89	Provisional
416	Chris Brookes	50.72	Provisional
417	Kevin Bennett	46.34	Provisional
418	Angelo Dawkins	50.24	Provisional
419	Jody Fleisch	48.89	Provisional
420	Dave McCall	43.07	Provisional
421	Cheeseburger	46.27	Provisional
422	Montez Ford	64.95	Provisional
423	Phil Atlas	45.99	Provisional
424	Tom Lawlor	54.75	Provisional
425	Nate Carter	42.19	Provisional
426	Tony Storm	42.17	Provisional
427	Tomoyuki Oka	42.17	Provisional
428	Dave Mastiff	45.37	Provisional
429	Gregory Iron	46.14	Provisional
430	Crazzy Steve	52.27	Provisional
431	Tracy Williams	50.48	Provisional
432	Colin Delaney	47.87	Provisional
433	Darby Allin	71.44	Provisional
434	Shigehiro Irie	50.42	Provisional
435	J.R. Kratos	49.63	Provisional
436	Bobby Shields	45.81	Provisional
437	Mark Davis	62.38	Provisional
438	Richard Holliday	49.93	Provisional
439	Keisuke Ishii	45.87	Provisional
440	Peter Avalon	46.41	Provisional
441	Sean Carr	45.48	Provisional
442	Raul Mendoza	45.30	Provisional
443	Brandon Thurston	45.66	Provisional
444	KM	46.29	Provisional
445	Jason Cade	45.10	Provisional
446	Fallah Bahh	43.88	Provisional
447	Mr. 450	47.83	Provisional
448	Brody Steele	41.87	Provisional
449	Facade	48.69	Provisional
450	Brad Hollister	43.69	Provisional
451	Dick Justice	43.90	Provisional
452	Greg Excellent	46.11	Provisional
453	Jordan Devlin	49.97	Provisional
454	Kekoa	45.09	Provisional
455	Jason Gory	45.97	Provisional
456	Frankie Feathers	43.70	Provisional
457	Stockade	44.57	Provisional
458	Shane Taylor	58.18	Provisional
459	Josh Briggs	54.71	Provisional
460	Cezar Bononi	42.99	Provisional
461	Brody King	62.93	Provisional
462	Star Roger	41.61	Provisional
463	Sammy Guevara	63.29	Provisional
464	Danny Duggan	44.77	Provisional
465	Brandon Scott	45.33	Provisional
466	Kevin Blackwood	50.14	Provisional
467	Brian Milonas	46.61	Provisional
468	Tyler Bateman	43.89	Provisional
469	Space Monkey	42.88	Provisional
470	Sonny Kiss	48.99	Provisional
471	Juan Francisco de Coronado	42.87	Provisional
472	Kobe Durst	44.19	Provisional
473	Matthew Justice	48.54	Provisional
474	Mike Hughes	43.76	Provisional
475	James Ellsworth	43.19	Provisional
476	Conor Claxton	43.47	Provisional
477	Anthony Greene	54.39	Provisional
478	N8 Mattson	48.90	Provisional
479	Anthony Gaines	42.37	Provisional
480	Cam Zagami	42.97	Provisional
481	Tyler James	41.32	Provisional
482	Darius Lockhart	44.48	Provisional
483	John Greed	43.79	Provisional
484	Jake O'Reilly	47.04	Provisional
485	Chasyn Rance	47.79	Provisional
486	Daniel Evans	41.28	Provisional
487	Mattick	42.01	Provisional
488	Daniel Garcia	63.05	Provisional
489	Bobby Sharp	45.64	Provisional
490	Vaughn Vertigo	44.89	Provisional
491	Thomas Brewington	42.51	Provisional
492	Keith Youngblood	41.18	Provisional
493	Chris Perish	43.81	Provisional
494	Eric Emanon	42.48	Provisional
495	Humphrey Jacobs I	41.12	Provisional
496	Steve Rivers	43.77	Provisional
497	Breaker Morant	45.71	Provisional
498	Jamie Senegal	44.59	Provisional
499	Gino	42.08	Provisional
500	Puf	42.08	Provisional

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