PGR v4

The PGR v4 lists the world's top 50 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U smashers during the period of June through December 2017, as compiled by PG Stats.

Methodology[edit]

The Tournament Tier System (TTS) returns and retains a similar formula to the last list, but there have been notable changes. The biggest change is that there are now two separate methods for determining the TTS score: a combination of total entrants and pot bonus, and attendance of PGR ranked players. A tournament's actual tier and score is based on whichever one of these two methods provides the highest score. This is mainly meant to prevent penalizing tournaments that have low total entrants but a high concentration of top level players, such as invitationals like Niconico Tokaigi 2017, and lower the score of tournaments with a great number of entrants but little to no top level attendees. Other changes include giving points based on the pot bonus instead of the prize pool, so as not to penalize regions that lack prize pools (such as Japan); separating PGR players into five different levels instead of the two from the previous season; and the introduction of the new S+ tier, separate from and higher than the regular S tier.

The PGR v4 season ended with 2GG Championship on December 3rd, 2017, with an off-season lasting from December 4th to January 18th.

Tournaments evaluated[edit]

List with full stats

• Grouped together with 2GG Championship.

Rankings[edit]

ZeRo's player card

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Score
1	ZeRo	1	0		100
2	Salem	11	▲ 9		96.3
3	Nairo	3	0		94.2
4	MkLeo	2	▼ 2		93.4
5	Tweek	12	▲ 7		92.5
6	Dabuz	4	▼ 2		88.6
7	Larry Lurr	6	▼ 1		85.5
8	KEN	16	▲ 8		84.3
9	VoiD	13	▲ 4		79.7
10	Mr.R	9	▼ 1		75.0
11	Elegant	25	▲ 14		74.8
12	WaDi	46	▲ 34		71.9
13	Mistake	—	—		71.6
14	Ally	5	▼ 9		70.1
15	Abadango	10	▼ 5		69.6
16	komorikiri	8	▼ 8		69.3
17	Cosmos	—	—		67.3
18	CaptainZack	7	▼ 11		65.6
19	Marss	14	▼ 5		65.4
20	ANTi	21	▲ 1		65.1
21	ESAM	18	▼ 3		64.4
22	Samsora	24	▲ 2		63.5
23	Manny	40	▲ 17		63.4
24	Lima	—	—		59.7
25	MVD	29	▲ 4		56.8
26	Darkshad	—	—		56.5
27	Shuton	33	▲ 6		55.3
28	Mr.E	30	▲ 2		49.6
29	Kirihara	19	▼ 10		48.5
30	Konga	—	—		48.3
31	Zinoto	20	▼ 11		48.1
32	Raito	34	▲ 2		47.5
33	NAKAT	42	▲ 9		46.8
34	Tsu-	26	▼ 8		45.5
35	Charliedaking	—	—		45.4
36	Choco	49	▲ 13		44.2
37	JK	48	▲ 11		43.6
38	Fatality	15	▼ 23		42.3
39	dyr	—	—		42.2
40	tyroy	—	—		40.2
41	falln	28	▼ 13		39.6
42	Shoyo James	51	▲ 9		39.2
43	6WX	31	▼ 12		38.3
44	Kameme	27	▼ 17		36.2
45	Ryuga	—	—		35.9
46	Vinnie	—	—		35.5
47	Light	—	—		35.1
48	K9sbruce	51	▲ 3		34.3
49	Zenyou	—	—		34.1
50	AC	45	▼ 5		32.6

Area 51[edit]

The day before they began unveiling the regular top 50 rankings, PGStats released a list of the five players who most closely missed the cut for the PGRv4 top 50, known as "Area 51." They were unranked between each other, and as such are all considered to be effectively ranked #51.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)
51	Eon	—	—
51	Javi	44	▼ 7
51	Locus	22	▼ 29
51	Luhtie	—	—
51	Stroder	—	—

X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)[edit]

Similar to the previous season, players outside of the official rankings top 50 were also counted for this list, making up a total of 100 players in this season's X-Factor rankings. However, unlike the previous season, voting did not start until after the season was over.

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)
1	ZeRo	1	0
2	Salem	23	▲ 21
3	MkLeo	3	0
4	Nairo	5	▲ 1
5	Dabuz	4	▼ 1
6	Tweek	12	▲ 6
7	KEN	10	▲ 3
8	Larry Lurr	7	▼ 1
9	Mr.R	6	▼ 3
10	VoiD	9	▼ 1
11	Elegant	26	▲ 15
12	komorikiri	8	▼ 4
13	WaDi	32	▲ 19
14	Abadango	14	0
15	Ally	2	▼ 13
16	Marss	18	▲ 2
17	ESAM	19	▲ 2
18	Kirihara	11	▼ 7
19	Samsora	27	▲ 8
20	CaptainZack	13	▼ 7
21	Cosmos	—	—
22	Shuton	21	▼ 1
23	ANTi	15	▼ 8
24	Mistake	—	—
25	Manny	71	▲ 46
26	MVD	41	▲ 15
27	Choco	30	▲ 3
28	Fatality	16	▼ 12
29	Tsu-	25	▼ 4
30	Lima	98	▲ 68
31	Raito	48	▲ 17
32	Ranai	20	▼ 12
33	Zinoto	24	▼ 9
34	Light	79	▲ 45
35	Charliedaking	—	—
36	Darkshad	62	▲ 26
37	HIKARU	29	▼ 8
38	falln	33	▼ 5
39	T	36	▼ 3
40	Javi	37	▼ 3
41	Mr.E	31	▼ 10
42	Zenyou	44	▲ 2
43	9B	28	▼ 15
44	Kameme	22	▼ 22
45	JK	65	▲ 20
46	6WX	39	▼ 7
47	K9sbruce	52	▲ 5
48	MattyG	—	—
49	Konga	84	▲ 35
50	Ned	42	▼ 8
51	NAKAT	46	▼ 5
53	tyroy	75	▲ 22
54	dyr	61	▲ 7
56	Shoyo James	82	▲ 26
58	Ryuga	—	—
62	AC	60	▼ 2
65	Vinnie	—	—

External links[edit]

• PGR v4 Tournament Tier System
• PGR v4 FAQ
• PGR v4 Area 51
• PGR v4 on SmashBoards: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
• Videos detailing PGR v4: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1