PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2022

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2022 — all five hundred places, as published. Roman Reigns took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2022 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Roman Reigns	97.81	Calibrated
2	Kazuchika Okada	96.93	Calibrated
3	CM Punk	98.11	Calibrated
4	Adam Page	57.32	Provisional
5	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
6	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
7	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
8	El Hijo Del Vikingo	56.36	Provisional
9	Big E	60.31	Provisional
10	Jonathan Gresham	60.65	Provisional
11	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
12	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
13	Matt Cardona	65.57	Provisional
14	Josh Alexander	64.40	Provisional
15	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
16	MJF	92.80	Calibrated
17	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
18	Adam Cole	65.91	Provisional
19	Kenny Omega	95.35	Calibrated
20	Drew McIntyre	75.43	Provisional
21	Moose	68.70	Provisional
22	Chris Jericho	97.96	Calibrated
23	Jay White	68.30	Provisional
24	Alexander Hammerstone	52.71	Provisional
25	A. C. Mack	50.77	Provisional
26	Bron Breakker	70.27	Provisional
27	Will Ospreay	91.69	Calibrated
28	Sammy Guevara	63.29	Provisional
29	Zack Sabre Jr.	55.34	Provisional
30	Mike Bailey	60.13	Provisional
31	Bandido	68.13	Provisional
32	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
33	Ace Austin	60.27	Provisional
34	Jake Lee	52.83	Provisional
35	Hechicero	50.53	Provisional
36	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
37	Xavier Woods	54.84	Provisional
38	Scorpio Sky	53.87	Provisional
39	El Desperado	51.32	Provisional
40	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
41	Psycho Clown	52.17	Provisional
42	Jacob Fatu	70.33	Provisional
43	Wheeler Yuta	63.02	Provisional
44	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
45	Darby Allin	71.44	Provisional
46	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
47	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
48	Daniel Garcia	63.05	Provisional
49	Trey Miguel	60.37	Provisional
50	Trish Adora	58.21	Provisional
51	KAI	50.99	Provisional
52	Kento Miyahara	54.05	Provisional
53	Ricky Starks	50.95	Provisional
54	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
55	Rey Fenix	72.77	Provisional
56	PAC	63.25	Provisional
57	Damian Priest	71.20	Provisional
58	Kota Ibushi	63.97	Provisional
59	Konosuke Takeshita	53.84	Provisional
60	Nick Aldis	54.31	Provisional
61	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
62	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
63	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
64	Ciampa	48.00	Provisional
65	Adam Copeland	66.43	Provisional
66	Laredo Kid	60.30	Provisional
67	Wardlow	63.09	Provisional
68	Místico	59.71	Provisional
69	Tom Lawlor	54.75	Provisional
70	Alex Shelley	55.61	Provisional
71	Andrade El Idolo	48.78	Provisional
72	Ilja Dragunov	65.35	Provisional
73	Malakai Black	62.77	Provisional
74	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
75	Trevor Murdoch	50.90	Provisional
76	Tomohiro Ishii	52.43	Provisional
77	Carmelo Hayes	70.43	Provisional
78	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
79	Tetsuya Endo	50.18	Provisional
80	Keith Lee	54.79	Provisional
81	Christian Cage	95.07	Calibrated
82	Swerve Strickland	91.58	Calibrated
83	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
84	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
85	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
86	Alex Kane	54.98	Provisional
87	Axel Tischer	49.34	Provisional
88	Titán	51.14	Provisional
89	Riddle	49.38	Provisional
90	Jungle Boy	49.91	Provisional
91	Gunther	96.38	Calibrated
92	Hiromu Takahashi	52.48	Provisional
93	Pentagon Jr.	52.70	Provisional
94	Yuma Aoyagi	49.88	Provisional
95	Effy	51.04	Provisional
96	Theory	47.80	Provisional
97	Jordynne Grace	65.65	Provisional
98	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
99	Ninja Mack	49.13	Provisional
100	Kyle O'Reilly	63.27	Provisional
101	Dax Harwood	62.81	Provisional
102	Myron Reed	50.07	Provisional
103	Powerhouse Hobbs	67.72	Provisional
104	Adam Brooks	49.73	Provisional
105	Homicide	53.39	Provisional
106	Michael Oku	50.84	Provisional
107	YAMATO	52.38	Provisional
108	Richard Holliday	49.93	Provisional
109	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
110	Masha Slamovich	60.72	Provisional
111	Allie Katch	49.55	Provisional
112	Nick Gage	51.41	Provisional
113	Angel de Oro	49.23	Provisional
114	Orange Cassidy	68.63	Provisional
115	EVIL	52.27	Provisional
116	Niebla Roja	49.19	Provisional
117	Kazuyuki Fujita	49.55	Provisional
118	Kenoh	52.11	Provisional
119	Yuji Okabayashi	50.99	Provisional
120	Omos	48.53	Provisional
121	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
122	Euforia	49.11	Provisional
123	Cameron Grimes	49.14	Provisional
124	Hook	62.76	Provisional
125	Suwama	55.45	Provisional
126	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
127	Dante Martin	48.19	Provisional
128	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
129	Takashi Sugiura	56.94	Provisional
130	Eita	50.16	Provisional
131	El Lindaman	49.44	Provisional
132	JONAH	46.78	Provisional
133	Chris Bey	59.87	Provisional
134	Happy Corbin	46.75	Provisional
135	Dragon Lee	65.29	Provisional
136	Hideo Itami	54.59	Provisional
137	Santos Escobar	65.02	Provisional
138	Calvin Tankman	49.86	Provisional
139	Jey Uso	71.36	Provisional
140	TJP	50.85	Provisional
141	Mark Haskins	51.55	Provisional
142	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
143	Tony Deppen	50.42	Provisional
144	Davey Richards	57.31	Provisional
145	SB KENTo	47.35	Provisional
146	Rush	63.37	Provisional
147	Jimmy Uso	65.67	Provisional
148	Rich Swann	61.06	Provisional
149	Darius Carter	49.07	Provisional
150	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
151	Fred Rosser	48.60	Provisional
152	Hayato Tamura	47.23	Provisional
153	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
154	Chris Brookes	50.72	Provisional
155	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
156	Kzy	49.29	Provisional
157	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
158	Josh Woods	48.77	Provisional
159	Alec Price	49.25	Provisional
160	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
161	Killer Kross	48.30	Provisional
162	Mads Krugger	46.32	Provisional
163	Tristan Archer	49.87	Provisional
164	Black Taurus	49.13	Provisional
165	Atsushi Kotoge	48.68	Provisional
166	Cara Noir	49.60	Provisional
167	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
168	Yasufumi Nakanoue	47.01	Provisional
169	Jeff Cobb	53.06	Provisional
170	SHO	50.04	Provisional
171	Max Caster	62.62	Provisional
172	W. Morrissey	46.91	Provisional
173	Sting	98.80	Calibrated
174	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
175	Noam Dar	49.95	Provisional
176	Keiji Muto	51.62	Provisional
177	YOH	49.53	Provisional
178	Tama Tonga	65.09	Provisional
179	Kaito Kiyomiya	52.01	Provisional
180	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
181	Ricky Knight Jr.	48.82	Provisional
182	Tony D'Angelo	54.94	Provisional
183	Nick Jackson	63.22	Provisional
184	Matt Jackson	63.20	Provisional
185	John Hennigan	46.70	Provisional
186	Erica Leigh	47.24	Provisional
187	Robbie Eagles	49.17	Provisional
188	Anthony Bowens	62.62	Provisional
189	Sanada	54.65	Provisional
190	Brody King	62.93	Provisional
191	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
192	Jordan Blade	47.61	Provisional
193	Shawn Spears	54.89	Provisional
194	Great O-Khan	48.87	Provisional
195	Dexter Lumis	64.80	Provisional
196	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
197	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
198	Kez Evans	47.03	Provisional
199	Pagano	50.26	Provisional
200	Bobby Fish	53.35	Provisional
201	T-Hawk	50.72	Provisional
202	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
203	The Dark Sheik	48.37	Provisional
204	Luchasaurus	50.02	Provisional
205	Taichi	50.48	Provisional
206	Joe Gacy	64.85	Provisional
207	Jah-C	46.39	Provisional
208	Willow Nightingale	62.87	Provisional
209	Dragon Dia	46.89	Provisional
210	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
211	Alex Colon	48.47	Provisional
212	Nick Wayne	62.83	Provisional
213	Joel Bateman	46.29	Provisional
214	Shun Skywalker	50.95	Provisional
215	Drew Parker	47.95	Provisional
216	Buddy Matthews	62.62	Provisional
217	Juice Robinson	63.12	Provisional
218	Dralistico	47.20	Provisional
219	ACH	51.07	Provisional
220	Luke Jacobs	50.53	Provisional
221	YOSHI-HASHI	48.54	Provisional
222	Blake Christian	50.11	Provisional
223	Masakatsu Funaki	50.66	Provisional
224	Rick Boogs	45.30	Provisional
225	David Finlay	52.62	Provisional
226	Colby Corino	49.96	Provisional
227	Templario	49.34	Provisional
228	John Silver	47.95	Provisional
229	Max the Impaler	50.60	Provisional
230	Matt Angel	47.93	Provisional
231	King Muertes	45.18	Provisional
232	Izanagi	45.18	Provisional
233	Anthony Ogogo	45.18	Provisional
234	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
235	Sam Adonis	49.20	Provisional
236	Parrow	46.48	Provisional
237	Matt Hayter	46.41	Provisional
238	Santana	50.34	Provisional
239	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
240	Rohit Raju	50.37	Provisional
241	Chad Gable	65.19	Provisional
242	Miro	55.29	Provisional
243	El Phantasmo	49.95	Provisional
244	Madcap Moss	44.98	Provisional
245	PCO	60.11	Provisional
246	Soberano Jr.	49.33	Provisional
247	Otis	65.02	Provisional
248	Jun Kasai	46.99	Provisional
249	Ortiz	50.43	Provisional
250	Brian Cage	58.59	Provisional
251	Bryan Keith	49.44	Provisional
252	Jurn Simmons	44.88	Provisional
253	HAYATA	49.34	Provisional
254	Killian McMurphy	47.30	Provisional
255	Dan Moloney	46.18	Provisional
256	Gran Guerrero	51.00	Provisional
257	Willie Mack	58.26	Provisional
258	Masaaki Mochizuki	51.31	Provisional
259	Dalton Castle	58.67	Provisional
260	Joey Janela	50.57	Provisional
261	Clark Connors	48.80	Provisional
262	Senza Volto	44.70	Provisional
263	Billie Starkz	62.76	Provisional
264	Francesco Akira	47.83	Provisional
265	L. A. Park	54.48	Provisional
266	Octagon Jr.	49.56	Provisional
267	Mysterious Q	47.40	Provisional
268	Steve Maclin	60.32	Provisional
269	Warhorse	49.15	Provisional
270	Trent	46.79	Provisional
271	Jake Something	59.66	Provisional
272	Kushida	60.31	Provisional
273	Diamante	45.70	Provisional
274	K. C. Navarro	48.68	Provisional
275	Marko Estrada	49.70	Provisional
276	Sonny Kiss	48.99	Provisional
277	Alex Reynolds	47.21	Provisional
278	Flamita	48.23	Provisional
279	Atticus Cogar	49.33	Provisional
280	David Ali	44.40	Provisional
281	Shane Taylor	58.18	Provisional
282	Chris Adonis	47.54	Provisional
283	Shigehiro Irie	50.42	Provisional
284	Billy Dixon	47.64	Provisional
285	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
286	Arik Royal	45.67	Provisional
287	Atlantis Jr.	50.16	Provisional
288	Butch	46.70	Provisional
289	Kevin Blackwood	50.14	Provisional
290	Kennedi Copeland	44.27	Provisional
291	Ridge Holland	54.53	Provisional
292	Dominik Mysterio	70.05	Provisional
293	Daisuke Harada	47.30	Provisional
294	Xavant	44.99	Provisional
295	Cinta de Oro	44.19	Provisional
296	Kevin Ku	47.94	Provisional
297	John Hawking	46.38	Provisional
298	Bhupinder Gujjar	45.57	Provisional
299	Keita Murray	45.90	Provisional
300	Alex Zayne	54.27	Provisional
301	Jake Hager	47.84	Provisional
302	DMT Azul	46.69	Provisional
303	Chris Ridgeway	45.57	Provisional
304	Joe Black	45.39	Provisional
305	Rey Escorpion	50.57	Provisional
306	Mike Bennett	58.27	Provisional
307	Manny Ferno	44.78	Provisional
308	Rey Horus	50.18	Provisional
309	MAO	49.67	Provisional
310	Max Dupri	43.97	Provisional
311	GPA	45.28	Provisional
312	Tanga Loa	49.84	Provisional
313	Rina Yamashita	49.11	Provisional
314	Brian Myers	59.69	Provisional
315	Royce Isaacs	48.12	Provisional
316	Dominic Garrini	47.30	Provisional
317	Hoodfoot	48.17	Provisional
318	Shawn Dean	57.64	Provisional
319	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
320	Cole Radrick	46.90	Provisional
321	Kidd Bandit	45.17	Provisional
322	Karl Fredericks	45.67	Provisional
323	Grayson Waller	64.66	Provisional
324	Yuya Uemura	48.76	Provisional
325	Joe Doering	51.96	Provisional
326	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
327	Joey Ace	46.42	Provisional
328	Deaner	46.87	Provisional
329	Alex Coughlin	45.77	Provisional
330	Tajiri	53.24	Provisional
331	Danhausen	64.81	Provisional
332	Titus Alexander	48.24	Provisional
333	Omar Amir	44.38	Provisional
334	Jordan Oliver	49.82	Provisional
335	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
336	Shota Umino	49.99	Provisional
337	Jeremy Prophet	44.30	Provisional
338	Doc Gallows	50.27	Provisional
339	Chicano	48.66	Provisional
340	Charli Evans	49.13	Provisional
341	Eel O'Neal	46.89	Provisional
342	EC3	51.36	Provisional
343	Savio Vega	51.84	Provisional
344	Mike Outlaw	44.19	Provisional
345	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
346	SUGI	43.39	Provisional
347	Christopher Andino	43.39	Provisional
348	El Terrible	53.50	Provisional
349	Puma King	44.16	Provisional
350	HIKULEO	45.67	Provisional
351	Fred Yehi	49.93	Provisional
352	Tyrus	50.23	Provisional
353	Brian Pillman Jr.	48.49	Provisional
354	Charles Crowley	44.60	Provisional
355	Suge D.	50.29	Provisional
356	Davienne	44.56	Provisional
357	Session Moth Martina	43.26	Provisional
358	1 Called Manders	50.67	Provisional
359	Vinnie Massaro	47.02	Provisional
360	Kenzie Paige	45.77	Provisional
361	Anthony Henry	57.92	Provisional
362	Don't Die Miles	43.96	Provisional
363	Slade	43.16	Provisional
364	Edith Surreal	47.13	Provisional
365	Mance Warner	51.18	Provisional
366	Robert Dreissker	47.73	Provisional
367	Veny	43.08	Provisional
368	Angelo Parker	43.07	Provisional
369	Matt Menard	43.07	Provisional
370	Shuji Ishikawa	50.99	Provisional
371	Adam Priest	50.23	Provisional
372	Kasey Catal	43.78	Provisional
373	Peter Tihanyi	47.45	Provisional
374	Danny Limelight	46.48	Provisional
375	Matthew Justice	48.54	Provisional
376	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
377	Aaron Henare	44.27	Provisional
378	J. D. Drake	48.48	Provisional
379	Rhio	44.26	Provisional
380	Rhett Titus	51.23	Provisional
381	Juicy Finau	43.78	Provisional
382	Brian Johnson	47.40	Provisional
383	Blue Demon, Jr.	53.64	Provisional
384	Mickie Knuckles	43.58	Provisional
385	MV Young	46.69	Provisional
386	Laynie Luck	49.58	Provisional
387	P. J. Hawx	42.77	Provisional
388	Mahabali Shera	47.63	Provisional
389	Carlie Bravo	57.65	Provisional
390	LuFisto	42.70	Provisional
391	Vincent	47.71	Provisional
392	Eric Ryan	45.57	Provisional
393	Tracy Williams	50.48	Provisional
394	Saki Akai	43.99	Provisional
395	Daz Black	42.67	Provisional
396	Brandon Kirk	47.51	Provisional
397	Luke Hawx	49.84	Provisional
398	Tre Lamar	47.03	Provisional
399	Mitch Waterman	42.59	Provisional
400	Matt Taven	58.42	Provisional
401	Solo Sikoa	65.27	Provisional
402	Ricky Morton	77.38	Provisional
403	Travis Williams	46.07	Provisional
404	Carlos Zamora	44.56	Provisional
405	Mick Moretti	43.98	Provisional
406	Ashton Starr	45.48	Provisional
407	Ryusuke Taguchi	51.32	Provisional
408	Tiger Mask IV	54.77	Provisional
409	PB Smooth	46.48	Provisional
410	Man Like DeReiss	49.19	Provisional
411	Becca	42.40	Provisional
412	Yoshinari Ogawa	50.74	Provisional
413	Arez	48.36	Provisional
414	JTG	50.80	Provisional
415	Jimmy Lloyd	47.51	Provisional
416	El Cuatrero	47.09	Provisional
417	Jordan Cruz	46.28	Provisional
418	Kylie Rae	52.12	Provisional
419	Maggot	43.07	Provisional
420	Shotaro Ashino	50.18	Provisional
421	Jaden Newman	45.21	Provisional
422	Rebel Kel	43.00	Provisional
423	Apollo Crews	51.46	Provisional
424	Thomas Dubois	46.84	Provisional
425	Storm Grayson	46.58	Provisional
426	Kevin Blanchard	45.37	Provisional
427	Ju Dizz	43.56	Provisional
428	Mathieu St. Jacques	47.63	Provisional
429	Akira	54.50	Provisional
430	Baliyan Akki	44.27	Provisional
431	Matt Makowski	46.62	Provisional
432	Aero Boy	45.87	Provisional
433	Isaiah Broner	46.93	Provisional
434	Jessie Godderz	50.64	Provisional
435	Junior Benito	47.51	Provisional
436	Master Wato	48.93	Provisional
437	O'Shay Edwards	48.15	Provisional
438	Ziggy Haim	43.87	Provisional
439	Von Wagner	41.97	Provisional
440	Q. T. Marshall	49.81	Provisional
441	Zak Patterson	43.79	Provisional
442	Shazza McKenzie	45.67	Provisional
443	Doug Williams	52.40	Provisional
444	Gringo Loco	48.44	Provisional
445	Daniel Makabe	44.26	Provisional
446	Julian Ward	45.90	Provisional
447	Charles Mason	47.02	Provisional
448	Kerry Morton	48.57	Provisional
449	Super Crazy	52.81	Provisional
450	Derek Dillinger	44.37	Provisional
451	Fast Time Moodo	41.80	Provisional
452	Ken Dixon	41.78	Provisional
453	V. S. K.	46.69	Provisional
454	The Blade	54.18	Provisional
455	Jai Vidal	43.08	Provisional
456	Leyton Buzzard	45.78	Provisional
457	Dragon Rojo Jr.	50.81	Provisional
458	The Butcher	44.66	Provisional
459	Lyrebird Luchi	41.68	Provisional
460	Jack Cartwheel	46.89	Provisional
461	Marcus Mathers	50.42	Provisional
462	Darius Lockhart	44.48	Provisional
463	Victor Benjamin	42.59	Provisional
464	Matt Cross	51.55	Provisional
465	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
466	Merrik Donovan	41.58	Provisional
467	Anthony Greene	54.39	Provisional
468	J.R. Kratos	49.63	Provisional
469	Heavy Metal	51.57	Provisional
470	Sawyer Wreck	46.28	Provisional
471	Ariya Daivari	48.13	Provisional
472	Toru Yano	50.69	Provisional
473	Kaun	47.61	Provisional
474	Niño Hamburguesa	41.48	Provisional
475	Tommy Vendetta	43.18	Provisional
476	Gene Munny	41.41	Provisional
477	Ron Hunt	42.47	Provisional
478	Angelo Dawkins	50.24	Provisional
479	Mr. Grim	42.49	Provisional
480	Mike Jackson	46.27	Provisional
481	Evil Uno	49.28	Provisional
482	Robert Martyr	42.10	Provisional
483	Aramis	41.30	Provisional
484	Micro Man	41.30	Provisional
485	J-BOUJII	44.87	Provisional
486	Moses	41.28	Provisional
487	Jax Dane	50.18	Provisional
488	Aiden VE	41.22	Provisional
489	Isiah Kassidy	47.23	Provisional
490	Reggie	41.20	Provisional
491	Bear Bronson	43.12	Provisional
492	Joseline Navarro	42.20	Provisional
493	Sonico	44.89	Provisional
494	Baron Black	41.12	Provisional
495	Big Game Leroy	41.12	Provisional
496	Myles Millennium	43.27	Provisional
497	Josh Fuller	41.10	Provisional
498	Robb Radke	43.67	Provisional
499	Stan Stylez	41.90	Provisional
500	Dustin Wilson	41.08	Provisional

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