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Bryan Danielson
Also worked as: Daniel Bryan, American Dragon.
The score
Seven factors, none derivable from a record: in-ring, psychology, selling, uplift, peak, catalog, big-match.
Six factors — mic, character, X-factor, crowd, draw, crossover. Only draw is read from the record.
Longevity and standing across the career as the record reports it.
- GOAT score
- 96.59 Calibrated
- Rank
- 34 of 5,262
- Base, eighteen factors
- 94.99
- Elite-craft correction
- +1.39
- Era-adjusted business
- +0.00 (drawing power 79.0 at 0.78 era weight)
- Interrupted career
- +0.22 (2014: stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after neck surgery — the peak was interrupted and largely recovered)
- In-ring craft
- 99.4
- World-title standing
- 88.0
- Era dominance
- 92.6 (from PWI placings)
Every term is defined on the method page, including what this model cannot know. This wrestler's factor scores are calibrated: individually researched rather than indexed.
Championships
| Championship | Promotion | Reigns |
|---|---|---|
| Undisputed WWE Championship | WWE | 4 |
| AEW World Championship | AEW | 1 |
| World Heavyweight Championship ('02-'13) | WWE | 1 |
| World Tag Team Championship | WWE | 1 |
| WWE Intercontinental Championship | WWE | 1 |
| WWE Tag Team Championship | WWE | 1 |
| WWE United States Championship | WWE | 1 |
The ledger in hand covers WWE, AEW and TNA. Reigns in the NWA, WCW, the AWA, New Japan, All Japan, NOAH and elsewhere are not listed here — but they are counted in the world-title standing above, from an editorial table. That asymmetry is the data's, and pretending otherwise would be worse than admitting it.
PWI 500 record
Ranked in 22 annual lists, 2001 to 2024. Best placing: number one, reached once.
| Year | Place |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 206 |
| 2002 | 89 |
| 2003 | 61 |
| 2004 | 77 |
| 2005 | 76 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 27 |
| 2010 | 44 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2018 | 91 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 32 |
| 2021 | 36 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 |
Around Bryan Danielson in the ranking
Immediately above: Jeff Hardy #31, AJ Styles #32, Rey Mysterio #33. Immediately below: Cody Rhodes #35, Kazuchika Okada #36, Gunther #37.
Held the same championships
Public record, not a comparison: these are other ranked wrestlers whose reigns appear in the same ledger. The ledger in hand covers WWE, AEW and TNA only.
- AEW World Championship (AEW) — CM Punk #21, Chris Jericho #26, Samoa Joe #38, Kenny Omega #41, Jon Moxley #46, MJF #47
- Undisputed WWE Championship (WWE) — Shawn Michaels #1, Ric Flair #2, Steve Austin #3, John Cena #4, Hulk Hogan #6, Bruno Sammartino #7
- World Heavyweight Championship ('02-'13) (WWE) — The Undertaker #8, Triple H #14, Kurt Angle #22, Goldberg #23, Randy Orton #25, Jeff Hardy #31
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (WWE) — The Rock #11, Randy Savage #13, Bret Hart #17, Roman Reigns #18, Seth Rollins #19, Eddie Guerrero #20
- WWE United States Championship (WWE) — Dusty Rhodes #5, Harley Race #12, Terry Funk #15, Sting #16, Ricky Steamboat #28, AJ Styles #32
- WWE Tag Team Championship (WWE) — Rey Mysterio #33, Cody Rhodes #35, Finn Bálor #77, Sheamus #80, Kevin Owens #84, Shinsuke Nakamura #85
- World Tag Team Championship (WWE) — Rob Van Dam #30, Batista #40, Kane #57, Bubba Ray Dudley #63, D-Von Dudley #68, Billy Gunn #70
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This page states public record and an independent fan ranking of Bryan Danielson. It is a free, unofficial fan reference — an unofficial fan tribute, made for fun. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to World Wrestling Entertainment, All Elite Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, or any official rights holder of the promotions, championships and performers named.