PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2021

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2021 — all five hundred places, as published. Kenny Omega took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2021 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Kenny Omega	95.35	Calibrated
2	Roman Reigns	97.81	Calibrated
3	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
4	Drew McIntyre	75.43	Provisional
5	Kota Ibushi	63.97	Provisional
6	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
7	Will Ospreay	91.69	Calibrated
8	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
9	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
10	Rich Swann	61.06	Provisional
11	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
12	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
13	Big E	60.31	Provisional
14	Darby Allin	71.44	Provisional
15	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
16	Karrion Kross	65.49	Provisional
17	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
18	Suwama	55.45	Provisional
19	Chris Jericho	97.96	Calibrated
20	Jonathan Gresham	60.65	Provisional
21	Orange Cassidy	68.63	Provisional
22	Laredo Kid	60.30	Provisional
23	Keiji Muto	51.62	Provisional
24	Keith Lee	54.79	Provisional
25	Kazuchika Okada	96.93	Calibrated
26	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	50.31	Provisional
27	Braun Strowman	66.35	Provisional
28	WALTER	52.53	Provisional
29	EVIL	52.27	Provisional
30	Nick Aldis	54.31	Provisional
31	Jacob Fatu	70.33	Provisional
32	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
33	PAC	63.25	Provisional
34	Adam Page	57.32	Provisional
35	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
36	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
37	Adam Cole	65.91	Provisional
38	Miro	55.29	Provisional
39	Jay White	68.30	Provisional
40	Moose	68.70	Provisional
41	Dragon Lee	65.29	Provisional
42	El Hijo Del Vikingo	56.36	Provisional
43	Johnny Gargano	66.22	Provisional
44	Trish Adora	58.21	Provisional
45	Jey Uso	71.36	Provisional
46	Jake Lee	52.83	Provisional
47	Lee Moriarty	62.97	Provisional
48	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
49	A. J. Gray	49.24	Provisional
50	Kyle O'Reilly	63.27	Provisional
51	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
52	Hiromu Takahashi	52.48	Provisional
53	Lio Rush	58.31	Provisional
54	Alexander Hammerstone	52.71	Provisional
55	Rey Fenix	72.77	Provisional
56	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
57	Pagano	50.26	Provisional
58	Shun Skywalker	50.95	Provisional
59	Tom Lawlor	54.75	Provisional
60	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
61	Nick Gage	51.41	Provisional
62	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
63	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
64	Tony Deppen	50.42	Provisional
65	Apollo Crews	51.46	Provisional
66	Sammy Guevara	63.29	Provisional
67	Takashi Sugiura	56.94	Provisional
68	Carístico	50.03	Provisional
69	Jungle Boy	49.91	Provisional
70	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
71	Sanada	54.65	Provisional
72	Rohit Raju	50.37	Provisional
73	Bronson Reed	69.81	Provisional
74	Bray Wyatt	59.45	Provisional
75	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
76	Riddle	49.38	Provisional
77	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
78	Trevor Murdoch	50.90	Provisional
79	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
80	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
81	Santos Escobar	65.02	Provisional
82	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
83	Brian Cage	58.59	Provisional
84	Myron Reed	50.07	Provisional
85	Damian Priest	71.20	Provisional
86	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
87	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
88	Aron Stevens	47.55	Provisional
89	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
90	Tracy Williams	50.48	Provisional
91	TJP	50.85	Provisional
92	Chris Dickinson	50.18	Provisional
93	Powerhouse Hobbs	67.72	Provisional
94	Chris Bey	59.87	Provisional
95	Effy	51.04	Provisional
96	Wheeler Yuta	63.02	Provisional
97	Warhorse	49.15	Provisional
98	Da Pope	47.34	Provisional
99	Black Taurus	49.13	Provisional
100	Pete Dunne	65.34	Provisional
101	Zack Sabre Jr.	55.34	Provisional
102	El Desperado	51.32	Provisional
103	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
104	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
105	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
106	Joey Janela	50.57	Provisional
107	Josh Alexander	64.40	Provisional
108	Brody King	62.93	Provisional
109	Fred Yehi	49.93	Provisional
110	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
111	Allie Katch	49.55	Provisional
112	Richard Holliday	49.93	Provisional
113	Scorpio Sky	53.87	Provisional
114	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
115	Pentagon Jr.	52.70	Provisional
116	Matt Jackson	63.20	Provisional
117	Nick Jackson	63.22	Provisional
118	A-Kid	47.01	Provisional
119	Místico II	49.44	Provisional
120	Eita	50.16	Provisional
121	Josh Woods	48.77	Provisional
122	Ricky Starks	50.95	Provisional
123	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
124	J.R. Kratos	49.63	Provisional
125	Kaito Kiyomiya	52.01	Provisional
126	Tommaso Ciampa	65.78	Provisional
127	Bandido	68.13	Provisional
128	Mustafa Ali	65.15	Provisional
129	Q. T. Marshall	49.81	Provisional
130	Kzy	49.29	Provisional
131	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
132	Kushida	60.31	Provisional
133	Xavier Woods	54.84	Provisional
134	Calvin Tankman	49.86	Provisional
135	Brian Pillman Jr.	48.49	Provisional
136	Konosuke Takeshita	53.84	Provisional
137	J. D. Drake	48.48	Provisional
138	Shane Taylor	58.18	Provisional
139	Jeff Cobb	53.06	Provisional
140	Montez Ford	64.95	Provisional
141	EC3	51.36	Provisional
142	Dexter Lumis	64.80	Provisional
143	Yuki Ueno	49.38	Provisional
144	Cara Noir	49.60	Provisional
145	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
146	Mance Warner	51.18	Provisional
147	Dominik Mysterio	70.05	Provisional
148	Tetsuya Endo	50.18	Provisional
149	Jake Something	59.66	Provisional
150	Cameron Grimes	49.14	Provisional
151	Otis	65.02	Provisional
152	Angelo Dawkins	50.24	Provisional
153	Cedric Alexander	53.21	Provisional
154	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
155	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
156	Ace Austin	60.27	Provisional
157	Great O-Khan	48.87	Provisional
158	Preston Vance	47.14	Provisional
159	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
160	Toru Yano	50.69	Provisional
161	Euforia	49.11	Provisional
162	Shuji Ishikawa	50.99	Provisional
163	Marius Al-Ani	47.62	Provisional
164	Trey Baxter	46.26	Provisional
165	Leon Ruff	47.46	Provisional
166	Arez	48.36	Provisional
167	Logan Creed	47.02	Provisional
168	Willie Mack	58.26	Provisional
169	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
170	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
171	Danhausen	64.81	Provisional
172	Rickey Shane Page	49.96	Provisional
173	Gran Guerrero	51.00	Provisional
174	Kenoh	52.11	Provisional
175	Ilja Dragunov	65.35	Provisional
176	Andrade El Idolo	48.78	Provisional
177	Flamita	48.23	Provisional
178	Doc Gallows	50.27	Provisional
179	Jordynne Grace	65.65	Provisional
180	Kento Miyahara	54.05	Provisional
181	Mansoor	57.81	Provisional
182	Luke Jacobs	50.53	Provisional
183	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
184	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	54.70	Provisional
185	Isaiah "Swerve" Scott	47.68	Provisional
186	Ortiz	50.43	Provisional
187	Santana	50.34	Provisional
188	Evil Uno	49.28	Provisional
189	Billy Dixon	47.64	Provisional
190	Chessman	51.14	Provisional
191	Stu Grayson	48.99	Provisional
192	Edith Surreal	47.13	Provisional
193	Tyler Rust	45.80	Provisional
194	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
195	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
196	L. A. Park	54.48	Provisional
197	Chuck Taylor	51.02	Provisional
198	O'Shay Edwards	48.15	Provisional
199	Hideo Itami	54.59	Provisional
200	Sanson	45.70	Provisional
201	Forastero	45.70	Provisional
202	Timothy Thatcher	51.70	Provisional
203	R-Truth	65.47	Provisional
204	Luchasaurus	50.02	Provisional
205	Mysterious Q	47.40	Provisional
206	Ethan Allen	45.60	Provisional
207	T-BAR	45.59	Provisional
208	El Hijo de L.A. Park	47.27	Provisional
209	Jordan Oliver	49.82	Provisional
210	Adam Brooks	49.73	Provisional
211	Mace	47.30	Provisional
212	Psycho Clown	52.17	Provisional
213	HARASHIMA	49.60	Provisional
214	Alex Colon	48.47	Provisional
215	Trent	46.79	Provisional
216	Shotaro Ashino	50.18	Provisional
217	Elias	49.68	Provisional
218	Wardlow	63.09	Provisional
219	Dak Draper	46.71	Provisional
220	Trey Miguel	60.37	Provisional
221	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
222	Tomohiro Ishii	52.43	Provisional
223	Bobby Gunns	47.66	Provisional
224	Chris Brookes	50.72	Provisional
225	El Cuatrero	47.09	Provisional
226	Brian Johnson	47.40	Provisional
227	Chase Holliday	45.28	Provisional
228	Yuma Aoyagi	49.88	Provisional
229	Titán	51.14	Provisional
230	Laynie Luck	49.58	Provisional
231	Darius Carter	49.07	Provisional
232	El Phantasmo	49.95	Provisional
233	Daniel Garcia	63.05	Provisional
234	El Lindaman	49.44	Provisional
235	Killian McMurphy	47.30	Provisional
236	Fred Rosser	48.60	Provisional
237	El Texano Jr.	50.91	Provisional
238	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
239	Mil Muertes	50.73	Provisional
240	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
241	David Finlay	52.62	Provisional
242	El Soberano Jr.	45.80	Provisional
243	Mo Atlas	45.00	Provisional
244	Taichi	50.48	Provisional
245	Erica Leigh	47.24	Provisional
246	Flip Gordon	49.54	Provisional
247	John Silver	47.95	Provisional
248	Parrow	46.48	Provisional
249	Tre Lamar	47.03	Provisional
250	CIMA	53.03	Provisional
251	Bryan Keith	49.44	Provisional
252	DMT Azul	46.69	Provisional
253	Rey Escorpion	50.57	Provisional
254	Dax Harwood	62.81	Provisional
255	Cash Wheeler	62.63	Provisional
256	Carmelo Hayes	70.43	Provisional
257	La Hiedra	44.78	Provisional
258	Jimmy Lloyd	47.51	Provisional
259	Kid Lykos	49.30	Provisional
260	Murder Clown	44.77	Provisional
261	Sonny Kiss	48.99	Provisional
262	PB Smooth	46.48	Provisional
263	Kid Lykos II	44.69	Provisional
264	Cabana Man Dan	45.47	Provisional
265	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
266	Max the Impaler	50.60	Provisional
267	Adam Priest	50.23	Provisional
268	Jake Hager	47.84	Provisional
269	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
270	Shawn Spears	54.89	Provisional
271	L.A. Knight	51.50	Provisional
272	A. C. Mack	50.77	Provisional
273	MV Young	46.69	Provisional
274	Tama Tonga	65.09	Provisional
275	Rey Horus	50.18	Provisional
276	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
277	2 Cold Scorpio	52.99	Provisional
278	Valiente	46.28	Provisional
279	Matt Makowski	46.62	Provisional
280	Griff Garrison	57.64	Provisional
281	Tanga Loa	49.84	Provisional
282	Octagon Jr.	49.56	Provisional
283	Trevor Aeon	44.37	Provisional
284	John Morrison	53.56	Provisional
285	Juice Robinson	63.12	Provisional
286	Arik Royal	45.67	Provisional
287	Karl Fredericks	45.67	Provisional
288	Brian Myers	59.69	Provisional
289	Yuji Okabayashi	50.99	Provisional
290	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
291	Charli Evans	49.13	Provisional
292	Toru Sugiura	46.83	Provisional
293	Bobby Roode	65.92	Provisional
294	Chad Gable	65.19	Provisional
295	Max Caster	62.62	Provisional
296	Myzteziz Jr.	44.96	Provisional
297	Matt Cardona	65.57	Provisional
298	MVP	49.95	Provisional
299	Kez Evans	47.03	Provisional
300	Mike Bennett	58.27	Provisional
301	John Wayne Murdoch	48.13	Provisional
302	Keisuke Okuda	44.08	Provisional
303	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
304	Anthony Bowens	62.62	Provisional
305	Jake Atlas	47.52	Provisional
306	Francesco Akira	47.83	Provisional
307	Koji Iwamoto	45.06	Provisional
308	Devon Monroe	47.40	Provisional
309	Isaiah Broner	46.93	Provisional
310	Dominic Garrini	47.30	Provisional
311	A Very Good Professional Wrestler	43.97	Provisional
312	Joe Doering	51.96	Provisional
313	JTG	50.80	Provisional
314	Delmi Exo	44.68	Provisional
315	Lee Johnson	57.88	Provisional
316	Ritchie Taylor	43.87	Provisional
317	Alex Reynolds	47.21	Provisional
318	Ashley Vox	44.60	Provisional
319	Atticus Cogar	49.33	Provisional
320	Crazzy Steve	52.27	Provisional
321	Yuji Hino	46.99	Provisional
322	Masa Kitamiya	47.44	Provisional
323	Eric Ryan	45.57	Provisional
324	Davienne	44.56	Provisional
325	Ikemen Jiro	43.76	Provisional
326	Dante Martin	48.19	Provisional
327	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
328	Chris Ridgeway	45.57	Provisional
329	James Storm	55.89	Provisional
330	Atsushi Kotoge	48.68	Provisional
331	Nash Carter	44.12	Provisional
332	Wes Lee	55.02	Provisional
333	Kevin Ku	47.94	Provisional
334	Isiah Kassidy	47.23	Provisional
335	1 Called Manders	50.67	Provisional
336	Zeus	50.19	Provisional
337	Angelico	58.02	Provisional
338	Marq Quen	46.70	Provisional
339	Anthony Greene	54.39	Provisional
340	Rhino	54.60	Provisional
341	Jon Davis	49.20	Provisional
342	Angel Garza	48.63	Provisional
343	Darius Martin	43.46	Provisional
344	Flyer	43.46	Provisional
345	Cody Deaner	59.71	Provisional
346	Jody Himself	43.39	Provisional
347	Masaaki Mochizuki	51.31	Provisional
348	Caveman Ugg	47.13	Provisional
349	Jordan Clearwater	45.57	Provisional
350	Ashton Starr	45.48	Provisional
351	Alan Angels	54.42	Provisional
352	Matthew Justice	48.54	Provisional
353	Clark Connors	48.80	Provisional
354	Atlantis Jr.	50.16	Provisional
355	T-Hawk	50.72	Provisional
356	Matt Sydal	52.10	Provisional
357	Danny Limelight	46.48	Provisional
358	Odinson	43.20	Provisional
359	Daisuke Harada	47.30	Provisional
360	World Famous CB	43.19	Provisional
361	Chris Adonis	47.54	Provisional
362	Kaito Ishida	47.33	Provisional
363	Drew Gulak	51.53	Provisional
364	Norman Harras	43.16	Provisional
365	Arik Cannon	50.17	Provisional
366	Yasufumi Nakanoue	47.01	Provisional
367	Dalton Castle	58.67	Provisional
368	Ray Rosas	45.00	Provisional
369	Ken Broadway	43.86	Provisional
370	Slice Boogie	44.76	Provisional
371	Frontman Jah	43.78	Provisional
372	Tyler Bate	51.88	Provisional
373	Akira Tozawa	50.94	Provisional
374	Jordan Cruz	46.28	Provisional
375	Mike Outlaw	44.19	Provisional
376	Rhett Titus	51.23	Provisional
377	Ricky South	46.99	Provisional
378	SLAPJACK	42.90	Provisional
379	Joey Ace	46.42	Provisional
380	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
381	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
382	Mei Suruga	42.87	Provisional
383	Baliyan Akki	44.27	Provisional
384	Jamie Tagataese	42.80	Provisional
385	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
386	Damo	42.79	Provisional
387	Royce Chambers	42.77	Provisional
388	Kylie Rae	52.12	Provisional
389	LSG	44.51	Provisional
390	Mickie Knuckles	43.58	Provisional
391	Joshua Bishop	45.78	Provisional
392	Troy Hollywood	43.48	Provisional
393	Jack Evans	51.63	Provisional
394	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
395	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
396	Matt Taven	58.42	Provisional
397	Naruki Doi	52.23	Provisional
398	Jordan Blade	47.61	Provisional
399	The Dark Sheik	48.37	Provisional
400	Eel O'Neal	46.89	Provisional
401	Murphy	48.88	Provisional
402	Drew Parker	47.95	Provisional
403	Ziggy Haim	43.87	Provisional
404	Isami Kodaka	50.19	Provisional
405	Travis Huckabee	43.98	Provisional
406	El Hijo de Canis Lupus	43.60	Provisional
407	Robbie Eagles	49.17	Provisional
408	Prince Ahura	42.47	Provisional
409	Willow Nightingale	62.87	Provisional
410	Bateman	44.96	Provisional
411	Jessica Troy	49.13	Provisional
412	W. Morrissey	46.91	Provisional
413	Michael Oku	50.84	Provisional
414	Alex Kane	54.98	Provisional
415	Jessie Godderz	50.64	Provisional
416	Matt Hayter	46.41	Provisional
417	Rampage Brown	43.09	Provisional
418	Brandon Whatley	42.29	Provisional
419	Aero Boy	45.87	Provisional
420	Masha Slamovich	60.72	Provisional
421	Brandon Kirk	47.51	Provisional
422	Shea McCoy	42.27	Provisional
423	Boomer Hatfield	42.99	Provisional
424	Sal Rinauro	47.96	Provisional
425	Kasey Catal	43.78	Provisional
426	SB KENTo	47.35	Provisional
427	Kevin Blackwood	50.14	Provisional
428	Ren Narita	47.82	Provisional
429	Emi Sakura	62.27	Provisional
430	Young Myles	42.11	Provisional
431	Yuya Uemura	48.76	Provisional
432	Gabriel Kidd	43.76	Provisional
433	Humberto Carrillo	48.82	Provisional
434	Ari Sterling	42.07	Provisional
435	BUSHI	50.38	Provisional
436	Dan Moloney	46.18	Provisional
437	Suge D.	50.29	Provisional
438	Camaro Jackson	44.89	Provisional
439	Grayson Waller	64.66	Provisional
440	Omar Amir	44.38	Provisional
441	Billie Starkz	62.76	Provisional
442	Royce Isaacs	48.12	Provisional
443	Sydney Steele	41.91	Provisional
444	K. C. Navarro	48.68	Provisional
445	Saki Akai	43.99	Provisional
446	Kip Sabian	47.64	Provisional
447	Johnny Swinger	50.13	Provisional
448	Demonio del Aire	41.87	Provisional
449	Hartley Jackson	48.48	Provisional
450	Zicky Dice	45.27	Provisional
451	Madman Fulton	47.92	Provisional
452	Brett Ison	41.78	Provisional
453	Killer Kelly	42.24	Provisional
454	Teoman	41.78	Provisional
455	JDX	41.71	Provisional
456	Derek Neal	42.51	Provisional
457	Mr. Grim	42.49	Provisional
458	Ariya Daivari	48.13	Provisional
459	Oney Lorcan	48.99	Provisional
460	Ryan Davidson	41.68	Provisional
461	Jamie Senegal	44.59	Provisional
462	Dimitri Alexandrov	42.41	Provisional
463	Eli Isom	41.60	Provisional
464	Timmy Lou Retton	45.47	Provisional
465	Doc Simmons	41.58	Provisional
466	Yoya	41.58	Provisional
467	SHO	50.04	Provisional
468	Janai Kai	41.51	Provisional
469	Gregory Iron	46.14	Provisional
470	Freddie Hudson	41.50	Provisional
471	Alice Crowley	42.87	Provisional
472	Jaden Newman	45.21	Provisional
473	Zombie Dragon	41.48	Provisional
474	Keita Murray	45.90	Provisional
475	Vinny Pacifico	43.77	Provisional
476	Cole Radrick	46.90	Provisional
477	Bad Luck Fale	50.83	Provisional
478	Big Callux	41.38	Provisional
479	Gino Medina	42.97	Provisional
480	Don't Die Miles	43.96	Provisional
481	Petey Williams	54.38	Provisional
482	Tristan Archer	49.87	Provisional
483	Aaron Henare	44.27	Provisional
484	Jaysin Strife	41.30	Provisional
485	Gringo Loco	48.44	Provisional
486	Kung Fu Janela	41.28	Provisional
487	Colby Corino	49.96	Provisional
488	The Boar	41.22	Provisional
489	Akira	54.50	Provisional
490	Jon West	41.20	Provisional
491	Ryan Nemeth	59.25	Provisional
492	Dillon McQueen	43.88	Provisional
493	Athrun Amada	41.18	Provisional
494	Swoggle	41.12	Provisional
495	Charles Mason	47.02	Provisional
496	Antonio Honda	41.11	Provisional
497	Mr. Iguana	41.10	Provisional
498	Robert Martyr	42.10	Provisional
499	Kaia McKenna	41.09	Provisional
500	Lulu Pencil	41.08	Provisional

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