PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2024

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2024 — all five hundred places, as published. Cody Rhodes took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2024 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
2	Swerve Strickland	91.58	Calibrated
3	Will Ospreay	91.69	Calibrated
4	Seth Rollins	98.46	Calibrated
5	Tetsuya Naito	61.41	Provisional
6	Damian Priest	71.20	Provisional
7	MJF	92.80	Calibrated
8	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
9	Gunther	96.38	Calibrated
10	Místico	59.71	Provisional
11	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
12	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
13	Drew McIntyre	75.43	Provisional
14	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
15	Moose	68.70	Provisional
16	Sanada	54.65	Provisional
17	Jey Uso	71.36	Provisional
18	El Hijo Del Vikingo	56.36	Provisional
19	Mustafa Ali	65.15	Provisional
20	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
21	Kazuchika Okada	96.93	Calibrated
22	Nic Nemeth	69.75	Provisional
23	Alex Shelley	55.61	Provisional
24	Orange Cassidy	68.63	Provisional
25	Alex Kane	54.98	Provisional
26	Adam Copeland	66.43	Provisional
27	L.A. Knight	51.50	Provisional
28	Trick Williams	60.51	Provisional
29	Christian Cage	95.07	Calibrated
30	Ilja Dragunov	65.35	Provisional
31	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
32	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
33	Zack Sabre Jr.	55.34	Provisional
34	Mike Bailey	60.13	Provisional
35	Kenoh	52.11	Provisional
36	Mascara Dorada 2.0	48.74	Provisional
37	Logan Paul	69.91	Provisional
38	Michael Oku	50.84	Provisional
39	Krule	50.01	Provisional
40	EC3	51.36	Provisional
41	Yuma Anzai	49.99	Provisional
42	Adam Page	57.32	Provisional
43	Josh Alexander	64.40	Provisional
44	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
45	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
46	Hiromu Takahashi	52.48	Provisional
47	Kaito Kiyomiya	52.01	Provisional
48	Carmelo Hayes	70.43	Provisional
49	David Finlay	52.62	Provisional
50	El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.	49.77	Provisional
51	Joe Hendry	65.92	Provisional
52	Bron Breakker	70.27	Provisional
53	Oba Femi	60.19	Provisional
54	Max the Impaler	50.60	Provisional
55	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
56	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
57	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
58	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
59	Jack Perry	49.80	Provisional
60	El Desperado	51.32	Provisional
61	Atlantis Jr.	50.16	Provisional
62	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
63	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
64	Blake Christian	50.11	Provisional
65	Kyle Fletcher	67.94	Provisional
66	Solo Sikoa	65.27	Provisional
67	Konosuke Takeshita	53.84	Provisional
68	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
69	Dominik Mysterio	70.05	Provisional
70	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
71	Yota Tsuji	50.17	Provisional
72	Santos Escobar	65.02	Provisional
73	Suge D.	50.29	Provisional
74	Luis Mante	48.58	Provisional
75	Ethan Page	55.30	Provisional
76	Octagon Jr.	49.56	Provisional
77	Matt Cardona	65.57	Provisional
78	Jake Lee	52.83	Provisional
79	Mance Warner	51.18	Provisional
80	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
81	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
82	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
83	Hook	62.76	Provisional
84	Yuki Ueno	49.38	Provisional
85	Shingo Takagi	55.97	Provisional
86	Wheeler Yuta	63.02	Provisional
87	Daniel Garcia	63.05	Provisional
88	MAO	49.67	Provisional
89	Chad Gable	65.19	Provisional
90	Chris Jericho	97.96	Calibrated
91	YAMATO	52.38	Provisional
92	Alec Price	49.25	Provisional
93	Chris Brookes	50.72	Provisional
94	Jacob Fatu	70.33	Provisional
95	Je'Von Evans	54.97	Provisional
96	Matt Riddle	54.85	Provisional
97	Darby Allin	71.44	Provisional
98	Shota Umino	49.99	Provisional
99	Jessica Troy	49.13	Provisional
100	HAYATA	49.34	Provisional
101	Steve Maclin	60.32	Provisional
102	Kento Miyahara	54.05	Provisional
103	SHO	50.04	Provisional
104	Daga	49.97	Provisional
105	Colby Corino	49.96	Provisional
106	Rina Yamashita	49.11	Provisional
107	Shun Skywalker	50.95	Provisional
108	Hechicero	50.53	Provisional
109	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
110	Jay White	68.30	Provisional
111	Kid Lykos	49.30	Provisional
112	PAC	63.25	Provisional
113	Laurance Roman	48.48	Provisional
114	Ace Austin	60.27	Provisional
115	1 Called Manders	50.67	Provisional
116	Bryan Keith	49.44	Provisional
117	Lee Moriarty	62.97	Provisional
118	Masha Slamovich	60.72	Provisional
119	Rickey Shane Page	49.96	Provisional
120	Ben-K	48.78	Provisional
121	Jeff Cobb	53.06	Provisional
122	Effy	51.04	Provisional
123	Luke Jacobs	50.53	Provisional
124	Adam Priest	50.23	Provisional
125	Hirooki Goto	56.30	Provisional
126	AJ Francis	59.64	Provisional
127	Titán	51.14	Provisional
128	Calvin Tankman	49.86	Provisional
129	Laredo Kid	60.30	Provisional
130	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
131	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
132	Jake Parnell	48.16	Provisional
133	Jordan Oliver	49.82	Provisional
134	Noam Dar	49.95	Provisional
135	Rey Fenix	72.77	Provisional
136	Ricky Knight Jr.	48.82	Provisional
137	Yuma Aoyagi	49.88	Provisional
138	Akira	54.50	Provisional
139	Megan Bayne	47.69	Provisional
140	Marcus Mathers	50.42	Provisional
141	Myron Reed	50.07	Provisional
142	Templario	49.34	Provisional
143	Yuya Uemura	48.76	Provisional
144	Bronson Reed	69.81	Provisional
145	Aigle Blanc	47.94	Provisional
146	Mike Santana	60.45	Provisional
147	Jake Something	59.66	Provisional
148	Chris Bey	59.87	Provisional
149	Marko Estrada	49.70	Provisional
150	Billie Starkz	62.76	Provisional
151	Kevin Blackwood	50.14	Provisional
152	Darius Carter	49.07	Provisional
153	Lee Johnson	57.88	Provisional
154	Alexander Hammerstone	52.71	Provisional
155	Hideo Itami	54.59	Provisional
156	Jun Saito	49.50	Provisional
157	DELTA	46.36	Provisional
158	Robert Dreissker	47.73	Provisional
159	Yuya Aoki	47.66	Provisional
160	Rush	63.37	Provisional
161	Adam Brooks	49.73	Provisional
162	Rising HAYATO	46.32	Provisional
163	Alan Angels	54.42	Provisional
164	Hoodfoot	48.17	Provisional
165	Joey Janela	50.57	Provisional
166	Joe Alonzo	46.22	Provisional
167	Charlie Dempsey	54.67	Provisional
168	Hyo	46.22	Provisional
169	Robbie Eagles	49.17	Provisional
170	Titus Alexander	48.24	Provisional
171	Dalton Castle	58.67	Provisional
172	Sheamus	75.53	Provisional
173	Starboy Charlie	47.45	Provisional
174	Shane Taylor	58.18	Provisional
175	Spike Trivet	47.65	Provisional
176	DOUKI	46.05	Provisional
177	Star Jr.	46.04	Provisional
178	Tomohiro Ishii	52.43	Provisional
179	Benjamin Tull	48.15	Provisional
180	Leon Slater	64.69	Provisional
181	Dijak	47.33	Provisional
182	Ren Narita	47.82	Provisional
183	Royce Isaacs	48.12	Provisional
184	Madoka Kikuta	49.05	Provisional
185	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
186	Powerhouse Hobbs	67.72	Provisional
187	John Wayne Murdoch	48.13	Provisional
188	Angel de Oro	49.23	Provisional
189	El Phantasmo	49.95	Provisional
190	Nick Wayne	62.83	Provisional
191	Stephen Wolf	47.61	Provisional
192	Kevin Ku	47.94	Provisional
193	Gringo Loco	48.44	Provisional
194	Gabe Kidd	49.77	Provisional
195	Pete Dunne	65.34	Provisional
196	Andrade	65.30	Provisional
197	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
198	PCO	60.11	Provisional
199	Peter Tihanyi	47.45	Provisional
200	Shigehiro Irie	50.42	Provisional
201	Matt Tremont	51.02	Provisional
202	Tony D'Angelo	54.94	Provisional
203	Danhausen	64.81	Provisional
204	Trey Miguel	60.37	Provisional
205	Davey Vega	46.93	Provisional
206	Q. T. Marshall	49.81	Provisional
207	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
208	Wes Lee	55.02	Provisional
209	Jack Jester	46.31	Provisional
210	Naruki Doi	52.23	Provisional
211	Thom Latimer	49.89	Provisional
212	Tyler Bate	51.88	Provisional
213	Timothy Thatcher	51.70	Provisional
214	Tate Mayfairs	46.22	Provisional
215	Richard Holliday	49.93	Provisional
216	Ludwig Kaiser	64.66	Provisional
217	Joseph Fenech Jr.	46.32	Provisional
218	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
219	Dragon Lee	65.29	Provisional
220	Henare	45.39	Provisional
221	Katsuyori Shibata	52.87	Provisional
222	Charli Evans	49.13	Provisional
223	K. C. Navarro	48.68	Provisional
224	The Beast Mortos	62.61	Provisional
225	Rei Saito	48.33	Provisional
226	Man Like DeReiss	49.19	Provisional
227	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
228	Dan Tamura	46.00	Provisional
229	Tama Tonga	65.09	Provisional
230	Hayato Tamura	47.23	Provisional
231	Ichiban	45.98	Provisional
232	Slex	45.98	Provisional
233	Omos	48.53	Provisional
234	YOH	49.53	Provisional
235	Stu Grayson	48.99	Provisional
236	Pentagon Jr.	52.70	Provisional
237	Psycho Clown	52.17	Provisional
238	El Lindaman	49.44	Provisional
239	Kyle O'Reilly	63.27	Provisional
240	ISHIN	45.81	Provisional
241	Suwama	55.45	Provisional
242	Drilla Moloney	46.69	Provisional
243	Brian Cage	58.59	Provisional
244	Andino	46.31	Provisional
245	Allie Katch	49.55	Provisional
246	Wardlow	63.09	Provisional
247	Hologram	62.67	Provisional
248	Jordan Cruz	46.28	Provisional
249	DMT Azul	46.69	Provisional
250	Kushida	60.31	Provisional
251	Darian Bengston	46.21	Provisional
252	Matt Makowski	46.62	Provisional
253	El Barbaro Cavernario	48.99	Provisional
254	EVIL	52.27	Provisional
255	Ricky South	46.99	Provisional
256	Eddie Edwards	61.53	Provisional
257	Austin Theory	65.26	Provisional
258	Brandon Kirk	47.51	Provisional
259	Johnny Gargano	66.22	Provisional
260	Eel O'Neal	46.89	Provisional
261	Grayson Waller	64.66	Provisional
262	Rich Swann	61.06	Provisional
263	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
264	Lio Rush	58.31	Provisional
265	Tommaso Ciampa	65.78	Provisional
266	Eddie Dennis	48.27	Provisional
267	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
268	Sammy D	46.53	Provisional
269	Junior Benito	47.51	Provisional
270	Jordan Blade	47.61	Provisional
271	Gnarls Garvin	44.57	Provisional
272	Great O-Khan	48.87	Provisional
273	Connor Mills	46.30	Provisional
274	Kevin Knight	50.94	Provisional
275	Lance Archer	63.02	Provisional
276	Jonathan Gresham	60.65	Provisional
277	Strong Machine J	45.27	Provisional
278	Cole Radrick	46.90	Provisional
279	Levaniel	47.41	Provisional
280	Komander	57.98	Provisional
281	The Miz	68.45	Provisional
282	Kofi Kingston	57.45	Provisional
283	Zachary Wentz	59.58	Provisional
284	Bad Dude Tito	45.69	Provisional
285	Sami Callihan	55.17	Provisional
286	Danny Limelight	46.48	Provisional
287	HIKULEO	45.67	Provisional
288	Potro De Oro	44.30	Provisional
289	Pagano	50.26	Provisional
290	TJP	50.85	Provisional
291	Jason Hotch	59.41	Provisional
292	Axel Tischer	49.34	Provisional
293	Guerrero Maya Jr.	44.99	Provisional
294	Mike D Vecchio	46.81	Provisional
295	Tom Lawlor	54.75	Provisional
296	Seigo Tachibana	44.96	Provisional
297	Aliss Ink	44.17	Provisional
298	Trent Seven	59.76	Provisional
299	Xavier Woods	54.84	Provisional
300	Jack Vaughn	44.10	Provisional
301	Dezmond Cole	45.28	Provisional
302	Intelecto Cinco Estrellas	44.86	Provisional
303	Isaiah Broner	46.93	Provisional
304	Neon	48.68	Provisional
305	Hikaru Sato	47.31	Provisional
306	Duke Hudson	44.23	Provisional
307	Rhino	54.60	Provisional
308	Storm Grayson	46.58	Provisional
309	Slice Boogie	44.76	Provisional
310	Malcolm Monroe III	44.76	Provisional
311	Shuji Ishikawa	50.99	Provisional
312	Karrion Kross	65.49	Provisional
313	Flip Gordon	49.54	Provisional
314	Kota Sekifuda	43.89	Provisional
315	Cody Chhun	44.66	Provisional
316	Channing Thomas	46.38	Provisional
317	Killswitch	62.38	Provisional
318	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
319	Jimmy Lloyd	47.51	Provisional
320	Mims	48.10	Provisional
321	Sam Adonis	49.20	Provisional
322	Euforia	49.11	Provisional
323	The Tuckman	43.77	Provisional
324	Lance Anoa'i	46.44	Provisional
325	The Dark Sheik	48.37	Provisional
326	Francesco Akira	47.83	Provisional
327	Jack Cartwheel	46.89	Provisional
328	Paris De Silva	43.68	Provisional
329	Galeno del Mal	43.67	Provisional
330	Esfinge	44.46	Provisional
331	Trent Beretta	49.72	Provisional
332	Evan Rivers	45.06	Provisional
333	Emman Azman	44.49	Provisional
334	El Texano Jr.	50.91	Provisional
335	Sonico	44.89	Provisional
336	TARIK	47.52	Provisional
337	Will Allday	43.56	Provisional
338	Myung-Jae Lee	44.29	Provisional
339	Zilla Fatu	46.60	Provisional
340	Jimmy Townsend	46.61	Provisional
341	Jack Morris	45.29	Provisional
342	Ben Braxton	43.47	Provisional
343	Jiah Jewell	43.46	Provisional
344	Dirty Dango	44.19	Provisional
345	John Hawking	46.38	Provisional
346	Ninja Mack	49.13	Provisional
347	Kenny K	44.16	Provisional
348	Chris Adonis	47.54	Provisional
349	Arez	48.36	Provisional
350	Mad Dog Connelly	47.70	Provisional
351	Raj Dhesi	44.49	Provisional
352	Ricky Starks	50.95	Provisional
353	Dralistico	47.20	Provisional
354	Kerry Morton	48.57	Provisional
355	Cha Cha Charlie	43.27	Provisional
356	Caveman Ugg	47.13	Provisional
357	Oleg Boltin	47.91	Provisional
358	Eddy Thorpe	54.40	Provisional
359	Devon Monroe	47.40	Provisional
360	Shane Mercer	45.57	Provisional
361	Mylo	43.96	Provisional
362	Pretty Boy Smooth	45.17	Provisional
363	Psycho Mike	49.11	Provisional
364	Manny Ferno	44.78	Provisional
365	Joshua Bishop	45.78	Provisional
366	Dominic Garrini	47.30	Provisional
367	Fuminori Abe	45.07	Provisional
368	Lexis King	54.62	Provisional
369	Clark Connors	48.80	Provisional
370	Masa Kitamiya	47.44	Provisional
371	Derek Dillinger	44.37	Provisional
372	Sonny Kiss	48.99	Provisional
373	Callum Newman	45.88	Provisional
374	Manabu Soya	49.62	Provisional
375	Bobby Beverly	44.29	Provisional
376	Vinnie Massaro	47.02	Provisional
377	Dante Chen	43.69	Provisional
378	J-BOUJII	44.87	Provisional
379	Vito Fratelli	43.96	Provisional
380	Landon Hale	42.88	Provisional
381	Evil Uno	49.28	Provisional
382	Rico Gonzalez	43.66	Provisional
383	Zoe Sager	43.60	Provisional
384	Alex Colon	48.47	Provisional
385	Jamesen Shook	45.39	Provisional
386	El Hijo de Pirata Morgan	43.66	Provisional
387	Angelico	58.02	Provisional
388	Xavant	44.99	Provisional
389	Travis Williams	46.07	Provisional
390	Ryan Clancy	45.47	Provisional
391	Silas Mason	46.82	Provisional
392	Clint Margera	43.98	Provisional
393	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
394	Chris Basso	42.67	Provisional
395	Barrett Brown	43.66	Provisional
396	Microman	42.67	Provisional
397	Matthew Justice	48.54	Provisional
398	Judas Icarus	46.71	Provisional
399	YOICHI	42.59	Provisional
400	Sawyer Wreck	46.28	Provisional
401	Ray Gonzalez	51.69	Provisional
402	Big Fudge	42.57	Provisional
403	Sam Holloway	46.41	Provisional
404	Travis Toxic	45.10	Provisional
405	Alpha Zo	43.28	Provisional
406	Sidney Akeem	43.26	Provisional
407	Zak Patterson	43.79	Provisional
408	Cheeseburger	46.27	Provisional
409	Neil Diamond Cutter	42.47	Provisional
410	Vinny Pacifico	43.77	Provisional
411	Hyan	43.19	Provisional
412	Journey Fatu	42.39	Provisional
413	Will Kiedis	42.37	Provisional
414	Madman Fulton	47.92	Provisional
415	Tre Lamar	47.03	Provisional
416	Shawn Spears	54.89	Provisional
417	Robb Radke	43.67	Provisional
418	O'Shay Edwards	48.15	Provisional
419	Luke Kurtis	42.29	Provisional
420	Danny Demanto	43.59	Provisional
421	Goldy	42.27	Provisional
422	Robbie X.	45.77	Provisional
423	Jaden Newman	45.21	Provisional
424	Ivar	64.87	Provisional
425	Willie Mack	58.26	Provisional
426	MV Young	46.69	Provisional
427	Exodus Prime	42.17	Provisional
428	Billy Dixon	47.64	Provisional
429	Facade	48.69	Provisional
430	GPA	45.28	Provisional
431	Jody Threat	59.52	Provisional
432	Aaron Rourke	43.01	Provisional
433	Sandra Moone	43.70	Provisional
434	Rhio	44.26	Provisional
435	Fuego Del Sol	42.07	Provisional
436	Frontman Jah	43.78	Provisional
437	Valiente	46.28	Provisional
438	Peter Olisander	41.99	Provisional
439	Brian Johnson	47.40	Provisional
440	Quiet Storm	47.71	Provisional
441	Tristan Archer	49.87	Provisional
442	Kaun	47.61	Provisional
443	Bam Sullivan	41.91	Provisional
444	Ashton Starr	45.48	Provisional
445	Hartenbower	41.89	Provisional
446	Gary Jay	43.60	Provisional
447	Aaron Solo	57.55	Provisional
448	Mikey Montgomery	42.60	Provisional
449	Killian McMurphy	47.30	Provisional
450	Renzo Rose	41.80	Provisional
451	Austin Luke	42.57	Provisional
452	Tony Deppen	50.42	Provisional
453	Baron Corbin	53.28	Provisional
454	Laynie Luck	49.58	Provisional
455	Eli Everfly	42.59	Provisional
456	Maki Itoh	44.68	Provisional
457	Charles Mason	47.02	Provisional
458	Robert Anthony	49.59	Provisional
459	Ulka Sasaki	45.37	Provisional
460	Grimm	41.68	Provisional
461	Dimitri Alexandrov	42.41	Provisional
462	Vipress	41.61	Provisional
463	Steve Pena	41.60	Provisional
464	Logan Knight	41.60	Provisional
465	LSG	44.51	Provisional
466	Kristian Ross	41.58	Provisional
467	Flash Morgan Webster	46.56	Provisional
468	Griffin McCoy	41.51	Provisional
469	Solomon Tupu	42.30	Provisional
470	Amira Lukens	41.50	Provisional
471	Dani Luna	59.26	Provisional
472	Johnny TV	62.25	Provisional
473	Rohit Raju	50.37	Provisional
474	Dragon Dia	46.89	Provisional
475	Emersyn Jayne	43.60	Provisional
476	Jordon Breaks	41.41	Provisional
477	Sierra	41.40	Provisional
478	Rip Byson	41.38	Provisional
479	Tony Nese	51.64	Provisional
480	Vaughn Vertigo	44.89	Provisional
481	Epydemius Jr.	41.32	Provisional
482	Joey Avalon	41.32	Provisional
483	Aiden Prince	43.09	Provisional
484	Anton Voorhees	41.30	Provisional
485	Mike Skyros	42.29	Provisional
486	Alexia Nicole	43.99	Provisional
487	Slim J	44.50	Provisional
488	Myles Millennium	43.27	Provisional
489	Kody Manhorn	41.21	Provisional
490	Noah Veil	44.80	Provisional
491	Lucas DiSangro	41.18	Provisional
492	Isaiah Wolf	41.18	Provisional
493	Rohan Raja	45.80	Provisional
494	Kristara	45.77	Provisional
495	Tjay Sykes	41.98	Provisional
496	Smiley	41.11	Provisional
497	Anakin Murphy	41.10	Provisional
498	Santana Jackson	41.09	Provisional
499	Travis Lee	41.09	Provisional
500	Memes	41.08	Provisional

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