PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2019

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2019 — all five hundred places, as published. Seth Rollins took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2019 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
2	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
3	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
4	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
5	Kazuchika Okada	96.93	Calibrated
6	Johnny Gargano	66.22	Provisional
7	Roman Reigns	97.81	Calibrated
8	Kenny Omega	95.35	Calibrated
9	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
10	Will Ospreay	91.69	Calibrated
11	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
12	Jay White	68.30	Provisional
13	Tommaso Ciampa	65.78	Provisional
14	WALTER	52.53	Provisional
15	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
16	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
17	Kota Ibushi	63.97	Provisional
18	Adam Cole	65.91	Provisional
19	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
20	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
21	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
22	Fénix	52.24	Provisional
23	Jeff Cobb	53.06	Provisional
24	Kento Miyahara	54.05	Provisional
25	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
26	The Velveteen Dream	50.73	Provisional
27	Braun Strowman	66.35	Provisional
28	Pentagon Jr.	52.70	Provisional
29	Johnny Impact	51.53	Provisional
30	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
31	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
32	Juice Robinson	63.12	Provisional
33	Buddy Murphy	51.08	Provisional
34	Aleister Black	55.00	Provisional
35	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
36	Drew McIntyre	75.43	Provisional
37	Matt Taven	58.42	Provisional
38	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
39	Baron Corbin	53.28	Provisional
40	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
41	Nick Aldis	54.31	Provisional
42	Sanada	54.65	Provisional
43	Zack Sabre Jr.	55.34	Provisional
44	Adam Page	57.32	Provisional
45	Tony Nese	51.64	Provisional
46	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
47	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
48	Brian Cage	58.59	Provisional
49	Miro	55.29	Provisional
50	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
51	Robert Roode	51.97	Provisional
52	Marty Scurll	51.18	Provisional
53	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
54	Pete Dunne	65.34	Provisional
55	Ali	48.15	Provisional
56	R-Truth	65.47	Provisional
57	Dragon Lee	65.29	Provisional
58	Jordan Devlin	49.97	Provisional
59	Cedric Alexander	53.21	Provisional
60	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
61	EVIL	52.27	Provisional
62	Jey Uso	71.36	Provisional
63	Jimmy Uso	65.67	Provisional
64	Kaito Kiyomiya	52.01	Provisional
65	Low Ki	54.51	Provisional
66	PAC	63.25	Provisional
67	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
68	Andrade	65.30	Provisional
69	Matt Riddle	54.85	Provisional
70	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
71	PCO	60.11	Provisional
72	Big E	60.31	Provisional
73	Tomohiro Ishii	52.43	Provisional
74	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
75	Matt Jackson	63.20	Provisional
76	Nick Jackson	63.22	Provisional
77	Kushida	60.31	Provisional
78	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
79	Brody King	62.93	Provisional
80	Austin Theory	65.26	Provisional
81	Bandido	68.13	Provisional
82	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
83	Chad Gable	65.19	Provisional
84	Kyle O'Reilly	63.27	Provisional
85	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
86	Xavier Woods	54.84	Provisional
87	Drew Gulak	51.53	Provisional
88	Rich Swann	61.06	Provisional
89	Taichi	50.48	Provisional
90	Suwama	55.45	Provisional
91	Zeus	50.19	Provisional
92	Rowan	48.47	Provisional
93	Bobby Fish	53.35	Provisional
94	Tama Tonga	65.09	Provisional
95	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
96	Minoru Tanaka	53.84	Provisional
97	Tanga Loa	49.84	Provisional
98	Dash Wilder	50.20	Provisional
99	David Starr	50.07	Provisional
100	Zack Ryder	52.96	Provisional
101	Konosuke Takeshita	53.84	Provisional
102	Akira Tozawa	50.94	Provisional
103	Scott Dawson	50.15	Provisional
104	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
105	Christopher Daniels	59.71	Provisional
106	Shuji Ishikawa	50.99	Provisional
107	Tyler Bate	51.88	Provisional
108	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
109	Kalisto	53.04	Provisional
110	Elias	49.68	Provisional
111	Trent Seven	59.76	Provisional
112	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
113	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
114	Flip Gordon	49.54	Provisional
115	Ortiz	50.43	Provisional
116	Scorpio Sky	53.87	Provisional
117	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
118	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
119	Santana	50.34	Provisional
120	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
121	Killer Kross	48.30	Provisional
122	Ryusuke Taguchi	51.32	Provisional
123	Ivar	64.87	Provisional
124	Tetsuya Endo	50.18	Provisional
125	Michael Elgin	54.32	Provisional
126	Moose	68.70	Provisional
127	Erik	64.84	Provisional
128	Curt Hawkins	50.49	Provisional
129	Daisuke Sekimoto	51.17	Provisional
130	Apollo Crews	51.46	Provisional
131	Austin Aries	56.57	Provisional
132	Yuji Okabayashi	50.99	Provisional
133	Ilja Dragunov	65.35	Provisional
134	Takashi Sugiura	56.94	Provisional
135	MJF	92.80	Calibrated
136	Willie Mack	58.26	Provisional
137	Rush	63.37	Provisional
138	Travis Banks	49.29	Provisional
139	Bad Luck Fale	50.83	Provisional
140	P. J. Black	49.01	Provisional
141	HARASHIMA	49.60	Provisional
142	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
143	Jinder Mahal	56.75	Provisional
144	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
145	Vinny Marseglia	47.94	Provisional
146	El Barbaro Cavernario	48.99	Provisional
147	Primo Colon	50.20	Provisional
148	T. K. O'Ryan	47.86	Provisional
149	Eli Drake	54.50	Provisional
150	Hideki Suzuki	49.40	Provisional
151	Epico	50.44	Provisional
152	Tom Lawlor	54.75	Provisional
153	Anthony Henry	57.92	Provisional
154	Tracy Williams	50.48	Provisional
155	Mark Haskins	51.55	Provisional
156	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
157	Keith Lee	54.79	Provisional
158	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
159	Bobby Gunns	47.66	Provisional
160	Joey Janela	50.57	Provisional
161	Dalton Castle	58.67	Provisional
162	Dave Crist	50.06	Provisional
163	Bully Ray	61.20	Provisional
164	T-Hawk	50.72	Provisional
165	Joey Ryan	51.01	Provisional
166	Damian Priest	71.20	Provisional
167	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
168	Gran Metalik	48.59	Provisional
169	Bray Wyatt	59.45	Provisional
170	Lars Sullivan	48.96	Provisional
171	Joe Coffey	46.14	Provisional
172	Curtis Axel	51.88	Provisional
173	Madman Fulton	47.92	Provisional
174	Lince Dorado	50.37	Provisional
175	Eita	50.16	Provisional
176	Bo Dallas	65.09	Provisional
177	Luke Gallows	51.40	Provisional
178	Mark Coffey	47.28	Provisional
179	Otis	65.02	Provisional
180	L. A. Park	54.48	Provisional
181	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
182	Místico II	49.44	Provisional
183	Heath Slater	52.19	Provisional
184	Montez Ford	64.95	Provisional
185	Tucker	45.92	Provisional
186	Angelo Dawkins	50.24	Provisional
187	Oney Lorcan	48.99	Provisional
188	Aero Star	48.68	Provisional
189	Shane Thorne	48.68	Provisional
190	Mance Warner	51.18	Provisional
191	J. D. Drake	48.48	Provisional
192	Matt Sydal	52.10	Provisional
193	Danny Burch	48.17	Provisional
194	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
195	Joe Doering	51.96	Provisional
196	Killian Dain	48.78	Provisional
197	SHO	50.04	Provisional
198	Noam Dar	49.95	Provisional
199	Laredo Kid	60.30	Provisional
200	Sin Cara (II)	49.45	Provisional
201	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
202	Luke Harper	53.51	Provisional
203	Wolfgang	47.87	Provisional
204	YOH	49.53	Provisional
205	James Drake	47.16	Provisional
206	Naoya Nomura	46.92	Provisional
207	Zack Gibson	47.14	Provisional
208	Cameron Grimes	49.14	Provisional
209	Masato Yoshino	50.03	Provisional
210	Josh Alexander	64.40	Provisional
211	Rezar	47.77	Provisional
212	Jax Dane	50.18	Provisional
213	Eddie Dennis	48.27	Provisional
214	Mike Bailey	60.13	Provisional
215	Alexander Wolfe	47.89	Provisional
216	Silas Young	51.56	Provisional
217	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
218	Mark Andrews	49.14	Provisional
219	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
220	Angelico	58.02	Provisional
221	Crimson	51.02	Provisional
222	Kzy	49.29	Provisional
223	Akam	47.87	Provisional
224	Orange Cassidy	68.63	Provisional
225	EC3	51.36	Provisional
226	R. J. City	48.66	Provisional
227	TJP	50.85	Provisional
228	Diamante Azul	48.26	Provisional
229	Pepper Parks	49.11	Provisional
230	Timothy Thatcher	51.70	Provisional
231	Trent Barreta	49.64	Provisional
232	Tyler Breeze	51.21	Provisional
233	Shawn Spears	54.89	Provisional
234	Daisuke Harada	47.30	Provisional
235	Joseph Conners	45.12	Provisional
236	Samir Singh	45.11	Provisional
237	Fred Yehi	49.93	Provisional
238	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
239	Jack Evans	51.63	Provisional
240	Sunil Singh	45.08	Provisional
241	Chuck Taylor	51.02	Provisional
242	Drago	49.71	Provisional
243	Ace Austin	60.27	Provisional
244	Chase Owens	47.81	Provisional
245	Markus Burke	46.78	Provisional
246	Isaiah "Swerve" Scott	47.68	Provisional
247	Kip Sabian	47.64	Provisional
248	Marcos Estrada	44.91	Provisional
249	Jack Gallagher	48.35	Provisional
250	YAMATO	52.38	Provisional
251	Jimmy Jacobs	52.71	Provisional
252	Mike Rollins	49.07	Provisional
253	Shane Taylor	58.18	Provisional
254	Petey Williams	54.38	Provisional
255	Raj Singh	44.80	Provisional
256	Mojo Rawley	50.13	Provisional
257	CIMA	53.03	Provisional
258	Angel Garza	48.63	Provisional
259	Stu Grayson	48.99	Provisional
260	Lio Rush	58.31	Provisional
261	Rohit Raju	50.37	Provisional
262	Daisuke Sasaki	47.65	Provisional
263	Big R Shimizu	45.77	Provisional
264	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
265	BUSHI	50.38	Provisional
266	Bronson Reed	69.81	Provisional
267	Robbie Eagles	49.17	Provisional
268	Evil Uno	49.28	Provisional
269	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	54.70	Provisional
270	Shotaro Ashino	50.18	Provisional
271	Ligero	44.57	Provisional
272	Brian Kendrick	54.90	Provisional
273	Ben-K	48.78	Provisional
274	YOSHI-HASHI	48.54	Provisional
275	Valiente	46.28	Provisional
276	Homicide	53.39	Provisional
277	Toru Yano	50.69	Provisional
278	Yuji Hino	46.99	Provisional
279	John Klinger	45.20	Provisional
280	Jungle Boy	49.91	Provisional
281	Naruki Doi	52.23	Provisional
282	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
283	Ariya Daivari	48.13	Provisional
284	Togi Makabe	52.18	Provisional
285	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
286	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
287	Tomoaki Honma	47.40	Provisional
288	Matt Angel	47.93	Provisional
289	Koji Iwamoto	45.06	Provisional
290	Dominik Dijakovic	48.02	Provisional
291	Hideyoshi Kamitani	48.13	Provisional
292	Masa Kitamiya	47.44	Provisional
293	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
294	Atsushi Kotoge	48.68	Provisional
295	Kassius Ohno	49.44	Provisional
296	Mike Kanellis	44.96	Provisional
297	Titán	51.14	Provisional
298	Blue Demon, Jr.	53.64	Provisional
299	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
300	Kongo Kong	49.20	Provisional
301	Teddy Hart	49.29	Provisional
302	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	56.66	Provisional
303	Tyson Dux	51.86	Provisional
304	Joe Gacy	64.85	Provisional
305	Mathieu St. Jacques	47.63	Provisional
306	Jacob Fatu	70.33	Provisional
307	Dave Mastiff	45.37	Provisional
308	Aiden English	48.81	Provisional
309	A. R. Fox	51.00	Provisional
310	Jiro Kuroshio	46.00	Provisional
311	Wesley Blake	49.11	Provisional
312	Keisuke Ishii	45.87	Provisional
313	Isami Kodaka	50.19	Provisional
314	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
315	Jimmy Havoc	48.34	Provisional
316	Thomas Dubois	46.84	Provisional
317	Hechicero	50.53	Provisional
318	Steve Cutler	43.86	Provisional
319	Carístico	50.03	Provisional
320	Flash Morgan	43.79	Provisional
321	Joe Hendry	65.92	Provisional
322	Kotaro Suzuki	49.54	Provisional
323	Fabian Aichner	47.47	Provisional
324	Caleb Konley	47.94	Provisional
325	Fuminori Abe	45.07	Provisional
326	Marcel Barthel	46.27	Provisional
327	No Way Jose	47.44	Provisional
328	Tajiri	53.24	Provisional
329	Tyson T-Bone	43.67	Provisional
330	Benjamin Tull	48.15	Provisional
331	Jake Atlas	47.52	Provisional
332	Yuko Miyamoto	48.37	Provisional
333	Rey Horus	50.18	Provisional
334	Shota Umino	49.99	Provisional
335	Leon St. Giovanni	45.37	Provisional
336	Beer City Bruiser	45.98	Provisional
337	KAGETORA	45.00	Provisional
338	Shaheem Ali	44.87	Provisional
339	Jake Lee	52.83	Provisional
340	Hi-69	44.28	Provisional
341	Flamita	48.23	Provisional
342	Psycho Clown	52.17	Provisional
343	Wrecking Ball Legursky	44.26	Provisional
344	Brian Milonas	46.61	Provisional
345	Susumu Yokosuka	47.02	Provisional
346	Niebla Roja	49.19	Provisional
347	Kohei Sato	49.48	Provisional
348	Mikey Nicholls	48.06	Provisional
349	Wes Brisco	50.04	Provisional
350	Travis Toxic	45.10	Provisional
351	Dragon Kid	51.24	Provisional
352	El Hijo del Fantasma	48.16	Provisional
353	Jake Something	59.66	Provisional
354	Chris Brookes	50.72	Provisional
355	TAKA Michinoku	53.82	Provisional
356	Yoshitatsu	47.22	Provisional
357	Jushin Thunder Liger	51.16	Provisional
358	Sonny Kiss	48.99	Provisional
359	Humberto Carrillo	48.82	Provisional
360	Manabu Soya	49.62	Provisional
361	TARIK	47.52	Provisional
362	El Cuatrero	47.09	Provisional
363	Cody Deaner	59.71	Provisional
364	Ryouji Sai	47.82	Provisional
365	Luke Hawx	49.84	Provisional
366	Jordan Myles	43.09	Provisional
367	Jason Kincaid	47.33	Provisional
368	Jonathan Gresham	60.65	Provisional
369	Arik Cannon	50.17	Provisional
370	Jaxson Ryker	43.06	Provisional
371	J. T. Dunn	47.19	Provisional
372	Rey Escorpion	50.57	Provisional
373	Rory Coyle	42.99	Provisional
374	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
375	Gran Guerrero	51.00	Provisional
376	Alexander Hammerstone	52.71	Provisional
377	Brad Hollister	43.69	Provisional
378	Sebastian Suave	47.25	Provisional
379	PB Smooth	46.48	Provisional
380	Atlantis	53.67	Provisional
381	Sammy Guevara	63.29	Provisional
382	Dezmond Xavier	45.60	Provisional
383	Super Tiger	43.60	Provisional
384	Xix Xavant	42.80	Provisional
385	Soberano Jr.	49.33	Provisional
386	Andy Brown	42.79	Provisional
387	Lucky Kid	42.77	Provisional
388	Slex	45.98	Provisional
389	Zachary Wentz	59.58	Provisional
390	John Silver	47.95	Provisional
391	Facade	48.69	Provisional
392	Templario	49.34	Provisional
393	Alex Reynolds	47.21	Provisional
394	Darby Allin	71.44	Provisional
395	Lance Anoa'i	46.44	Provisional
396	Colin Delaney	47.87	Provisional
397	Hajime Ohara	46.82	Provisional
398	Nick Gage	51.41	Provisional
399	David Finlay	52.62	Provisional
400	Kevin Bennett	46.34	Provisional
401	Audaz	42.57	Provisional
402	Fallah Bahh	43.88	Provisional
403	Artemis Spencer	43.29	Provisional
404	Stone Rockwell	45.39	Provisional
405	Brandon Thurston	45.66	Provisional
406	Puma King	44.16	Provisional
407	Chris Dickinson	50.18	Provisional
408	Sinn Bodhi	44.17	Provisional
409	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
410	Bill Collier	48.36	Provisional
411	Brian Pillman Jr.	48.49	Provisional
412	Carlito	53.58	Provisional
413	Texano, Jr.	50.64	Provisional
414	Stockade	44.57	Provisional
415	Hallowicked	49.21	Provisional
416	Josh Briggs	54.71	Provisional
417	Ace Romero	42.30	Provisional
418	Kazuhiro Tamura	43.08	Provisional
419	Crazzy Steve	52.27	Provisional
420	Cheeseburger	46.27	Provisional
421	Franky the Mobster	44.88	Provisional
422	Masamune	42.27	Provisional
423	Cezar Bononi	42.99	Provisional
424	Brent Banks	46.48	Provisional
425	Chris Bey	59.87	Provisional
426	Papadon	49.74	Provisional
427	Cam Zagami	42.97	Provisional
428	Dimes	42.17	Provisional
429	Marshall Von Erich	57.53	Provisional
430	Daichi Hashimoto	46.31	Provisional
431	Space Monkey	42.88	Provisional
432	Mike Hitchman	42.09	Provisional
433	Andy Williams	42.87	Provisional
434	Luchasaurus	50.02	Provisional
435	Matt Lee	42.07	Provisional
436	Ross Von Erich	57.53	Provisional
437	Ty Awesome	42.00	Provisional
438	El Terrible	53.50	Provisional
439	Jordan Oliver	49.82	Provisional
440	Jeff Parker	41.97	Provisional
441	Mansoor	57.81	Provisional
442	Channing Decker	43.28	Provisional
443	Frankie Feathers	43.70	Provisional
444	Dante Caballero	41.90	Provisional
445	Kekoa	45.09	Provisional
446	Hangman Hughes	44.19	Provisional
447	Ray Rosas	45.00	Provisional
448	Joe Keys	41.87	Provisional
449	Eli Everfly	42.59	Provisional
450	Victor Benjamin	42.59	Provisional
451	Roy Knight	46.90	Provisional
452	Ryota Hama	51.91	Provisional
453	David Arquette	41.78	Provisional
454	Chip Chambers	41.78	Provisional
455	Tony Gunn	42.50	Provisional
456	B-Boy	48.76	Provisional
457	Ricky Knight	41.70	Provisional
458	Tyler Bateman	43.89	Provisional
459	Trent Gibson	43.17	Provisional
460	Lee Moriarty	62.97	Provisional
461	Mark Angelosetti	41.68	Provisional
462	Joey Ace	46.42	Provisional
463	Super Astro Jr.	41.60	Provisional
464	Zak Knight	46.80	Provisional
465	Anthony Gaines	42.37	Provisional
466	Joaquin Wilde	41.58	Provisional
467	Orlando Christopher	42.89	Provisional
468	Covey Christ	41.51	Provisional
469	Jake Manning	46.89	Provisional
470	Sean Carr	45.48	Provisional
471	Kevin Blackwood	50.14	Provisional
472	Kona Reeves	44.56	Provisional
473	Daniel Garcia	63.05	Provisional
474	Bobby Sharp	45.64	Provisional
475	Mustang Mike	41.41	Provisional
476	Chasyn Rance	47.79	Provisional
477	Charlie Winston	41.40	Provisional
478	Breaux Keller	43.88	Provisional
479	Robin Lekime	41.38	Provisional
480	Jake Parnell	48.16	Provisional
481	Carter Mason	41.32	Provisional
482	K. C. Navarro	48.68	Provisional
483	Arturo Ruas	43.66	Provisional
484	Jock Samson	41.30	Provisional
485	Puf	42.08	Provisional
486	Gino	42.08	Provisional
487	King Khash	41.28	Provisional
488	Jimmy Lloyd	47.51	Provisional
489	Vince Valor	41.21	Provisional
490	Adrian Quest	41.20	Provisional
491	Shane Mercer	45.57	Provisional
492	Jamie Senegal	44.59	Provisional
493	James Sayga	41.18	Provisional
494	Mark Wheeler	41.12	Provisional
495	Eddie Osbourne	41.12	Provisional
496	Anthony Greene	54.39	Provisional
497	Mikey Everynite	41.10	Provisional
498	Steve Rivers	43.77	Provisional
499	Foxx Vinyer	41.09	Provisional
500	Corey Storm	41.08	Provisional

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