Power ranking

A power ranking, often shortened to PR, is a list that ranks the professional and competitive smashers in a particular region in order of perceived skill level. It can be for a state, country, or even the world. They are designed to showcase and honour skilled players, and to encourage competitors to improve. The judgement and presentation of each area's power rankings is usually determined by panels of active players in the region's community, who are familiar with each person's abilities. However, the accuracy of the rankings is limited to the knowledge and understanding of the people in these panels. Many factors go into determining how players are ranked such as tournament results and head to head records with other players from the region. Separate sets of Power Rankings exist for separate games in the Smash Bros. series; rarely do the same players ever appear on multiple lists.
==Super Smash Bros.==
Not many places in the world used to hold a power ranking panel similar to that of other Smash games. In recent years with the popularity of Smash 64 growing this has changed however and most regions in the US and Canada now have their own Power Rankings. 
===Global===
*64 League Rankings is a global ranking, but only lists players who attended a tournament in North America, omitting lots of Japanese and South American top players.
=== United States===
*Baltimore (Maryland) - last updated: Summer 2017
*Connecticut - last updated: March 2018
*Colorado - last updated: 2017
*Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas) - last updated: Summer 2019
*Florida - last updated: January 2018
*Georgia - last updated: Fall 2018
*Heartland (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska) - last updated: Winter 2016
**Iowa - last updated: Winter 2016 
**Minnesota - last updated: 2016
**Missouri - last updated: February 2016
*Indiana - last updated: Spring 2018
*Michigan - last updated: Summer 2018
*New York City - last updated: June 2018
*Northern California (NorCal) - last updated: Fall 2017
*North Carolina - last updated: June 2018
*Northern Virginia (NoVA) - last updated: Winter 2016
*Ohio - last updated: August 2017 
*Pennsylvania/Southern New Jersey/Delaware - last updated: Winter 2017
*Southern California (SoCal) - last updated: Spring 2019
*Washington - last updated: Summer 2016
*Wisconsin - last updated: Q4 2017
=== Canada===
*British Columbia - last updated: Spring 2018
*Montreal - last updated: Spring 2017
*Ontario - one of the first Smash 64 Power Rankings in the world, was split into Ottawa and Southern Ontario in early 2015
*Ottawa - last updated: October 2016
*New Brunswick - last updated: Spring 2015
*Southern Ontario - last updated: Summer 2017
=== Australia===
* AU Power Rankings - last updated January 2019
=== Europe===
* Offline Ranking - last updated: 2019
* Online Ranking - last updated: April 2020
* Regional:
** Norway - last updated: 2022
==Melee==
A number of Power Rankings exist for Super Smash Bros. Melee.
===Global===
*SSBMRank - rank based on a group of panelists gaving smashers a ranking of 1 to 10. Was active from 2013 to 2017, with the branding being revived in 2022.
*RetroSSBMRank - created in 2016, unofficially ranking the top 10 players of each year prior to SSBMRank in retro perspective
====Discontinued====
*MPGR - rank based on a group of panelists giving smashers a ranking of 1 to 10, sponsored by Panda. Created in 2018 to replace SSBMRank and updated bianually until being discontinued in 2022 following that year's controversy involving Panda.
*SSBPD - rank based on an . Discontinued as of summer 2012
===United States===
*Alabama - last updated 2022
*Alaska - last updated Fall 2017
*Arizona - last updated Fall 2022
*Arkansas - last updated 2022
*California:
**Northern California (NorCal) - last updated Summer 2022
***Berkeley - last updated Spring 2019
**Southern California (SoCal) - last updated Spring 2022
*Colorado - last updated Q4 2022
*Delaware - last updated Fall 2019
*Florida:
**Central Florida - last updated Fall 2021
**South Florida - last updated Summer 2022
*Georgia - last updated Winter 2022
*Hawaii - last updated Summer 2018
*Idaho - last updated Summer 2021
*Illinois:
**Chicago - last updated First Quarter 2020
*Indiana - last updated Q4 2018
*Iowa - last updated Spring 2020
*Kansas:
**Kansas City/Lawrence - last updated Fall 2018
**Wichita - last updated Quarter 4 2019
*Kentucky - last updated Fall 2021
*Las Vegas (Nevada) - last updated Spring 2019
*Louisiana - last updated Winter 2021
*MD/VA (Maryland, Virginia & Washington D.C.) - last updated Summer 2022
*Michigan - last updated Summer 2022
*Minnesota - last updated May 2nd, 2022
*Missouri - last updated Winter 2017
*Montana - last updated Q4 2023
*Nebraska - last updated September 5th, 2019
*New Jersey - last updated Winter 2020
*New York City Power Rankings - last updated Summer 2019
**Long Island New York Power Rankings - last updated Summer 2019
*New England - last updated Spring/Summer 2020
**Maine - last updated Winter 2020
**New Hampshire - last updated Summer 2020
**Vermont - last updated Winter 2019
**Massachusetts - last updated Summer 2020
**Connecticut - last updated Summer 2019
*North Carolina - last updated Winter 2020
*Ohio - last updated Spring 2019
**Northeastern Ohio - last updated Fall 2019
**Columbus - last updated Fall 2019
**Cincinnati - last updated Fall 2018
**Dayton - last updated Summer 2018
*Oklahoma - last updated Quarter 1 2020
*Oregon - last updated Fall 2022
*Pennsylvania
**Philadelphia - last updated March 2020
**Pittsburgh - last updated January 2020
*South Carolina - last updated January 2020
*South Dakota/East River - last updated October 2016
*South Dakota/West River - last updated Fall 2017
*Tennessee - last updated Summer 2022
*Texas:
**Central Texas - last updated Summer 2022
*Utah - last updated Winter 2019
*Washington - last updated Summer 2022
**Eastern Washington - last updated Fall 2022
*West Virginia - last updated Spring 2019
*Wisconsin - last updated Winter 2020
*Wyoming - last updated Fall 2023
====discontinued====
*Florida - last updated Spring 2015, split into South Florida and Central Florida
*Smash Panel - discontinued, ranked players according to their performance in U.S. tournaments, last updated 2006
*Mid-South - for Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi & Tennessee, split into lists for each state now, last updated May 27th, 2007
*Midwest - last updated January 14th, 2007
*North Atlantic - split into New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut), Tri-State (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania) and MD/VA (Maryland, Virginia & Washington D.C.), last updated July 4th, 2007
*Tristate - split into New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, last updated Winter 2019
===Canada===
====current====
*Alberta - last updated December 2019
**Calgary - last updated Summer 2019
**Edmonton - last updated December 2019
*British Columbia - last updated Winter 2019
*Manitoba - last updated Fall 2019
**Winnipeg - last updated Spring 2017
*New Brunswick - last updated Winter 2019
*Newfoundland - last updated 2019
*Ontario
**Ottawa - last updated Fall 2019
**Southern Ontario - last updated Winter 2020
**Sudbury - last updated Spring 2019
*Quebec
**Montreal - last updated End of 2019
**Quebec City - last updated July 2019
*Saskatchewan - last updated Summer 2019
====discontinued====
*CCSC Power Rankings - Central Canada, last updated October 24th, 2007
*East Coast Canada Power Rankings - last updated September 1st, 2007
===Europe===
* European Melee Power Rankings - last updated 2019
* Austria - last updated December 2023
* Belgium - last updated Late 2019
* Denmark - last updated 2022
* Finland - last updated 2022
* France - last updated November 2022
** Paris - last updated July 2023
** Brittany - last updated 2022
** Lyon - last updated 2022
** Marseille - last updated end of 2019
* Germany - last updated December 2019
** Northern Germany - last updated Spring 2019
** Bavaria - last updated February 2nd 2019
** Berlin - last updated Fall 2019
** North Rhine-Westphalia - last updated December 2016
** Hannover - last updated December 2018
* Greece - last updated July 2022
* Iceland - last updated February 9th, 2018
* Ireland - last updated Spring 2019
* Italy - last updated Winter 2022
* Netherlands - last updated 2022
** Groningen - last updated 2019
* Norway - last updated Winter 2019
* Poland - last updated end of 2019
* Russia - last updated December 2022
* Spain - last updated 2022
* Sweden - last updated 2022
** Gothenburg - last updated Winter 2020
** Stockholm - last updated Spring 2023
* Switzerland - last updated 2021
* United Kingdom - last updated 2022
** Bournemouth - last updated Fall 2022
** London - last updated Winter 2019
** Scotland - last updated 2022
** Wales - last updated Summer 2019
===Japan===
*Japan SSBM Rank 2016
*Japan SSBM Rank 2017
*Japan SSBM Rank 2018
*Japan SSBM Rank 2019
===Australia===
*Australia - last updated End of 2019
**Queensland - last updated July 2017
**South Australia - last updated July 2019
**Victoria - last updated Q1 2017
**Western Australia - last updated April 2016
===Other===
* Chile - last updated January 2020
* Mexico - last updated January 2019
* South Korea - last updated March 2020
==Brawl==
Since Brawls release, a lot of separate power rankings have been released for Melee and Brawl. Since 2014, however, mostly due to the release of , Brawls tournament scene has drastically decreased, and most rankings have been discontinued. However, the SSBBRank remains active, but covers periods of two or three years instead of one.
===Global===
*2020-2022 SSBBRank 
===United States===
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===Canada===
*Alberta Power Rankings - last updated September 2012
*Southern Ontario - last updated Summer 2014
===Europe===
* Germany - last updated: September 2014
* Iceland - last updated: July 2014
* Spain - last updated: June 2014
===Japan===
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===Other===
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==Project M==
===Global===
*PMRank 2016
*PMRank 2017
*PMRank 2018
===United States===
*Alabama - Last Updated: Winter 2016
*Alaska - Last Updated: Summer 2018
*Arizona - Last Updated: Spring 2018
*Arkansas - Last Updated: Spring 2016
*Colorado - Last Updated: Q1 2018
*Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas) - Last Updated: Spring 2017
*Eastern Washington - Last Updated: Winter 2016
*Florida - Last Updated: Winter 2017
*Hawaii - Last Updated: Summer 2017
*Houston (Texas) - Last Updated: June 2017
*Idaho - Last Updated: Winter 2017
*Las Vegas - Last Updated: Spring 2017
*MD/VA - Last Updated: Winter 2017/2018
*Michigan - Last Updated: Fall 2017
*New England - Last updated: Summer 2017
*NorCal - Last Updated: January 2018
*North Carolina - Last Updated: Spring 2016
*NY/NJ - Last Updated: January 2018
*Oklahoma - Last Updated: Winter 2017/2018
*SoCal - Last Updated: October 2017
*South Carolina - Last Updated: Summer 2017
*Tennessee - Last Updated: Summer 2017
*Washington - Last Updated: Winter 2017/2018
*Wisconsin - Last Updated: Fall 2017
===Canada===
*Alberta - last updated: Winter 2017/2018
*Montreal - last updated: End of 2017
*New Brunswick - last updated: Spring 2015
*Newfoundland - last updated: Fall 2017
*Southern Ontario - last updated: Winter 2017/2018
===Europe===
* France - last updated: Second Half of 2017
* Gothenburg (Sweden) - last updated: Summer 2016
* Madrid (Spain) - last updated: Summer 2017
* Netherlands - last updated: January 5th, 2018
==Smash 4==
A vast array of power rankings have been created since its release. does not have separate rankings, as it is not played in most competitive communities worldwide. Since Super Smash Bros. Ultimate release, most Smash 4 power rankings have been discontinued as its competitive scene has moved onto the most recent entry in the series.
===Global===
*Cloudhead Live Rankings - last updated CLR v6 Pre-Smash Con
*OrionRank 2016
*OrionRank 2017
*OrionRank 2018
*Panda Global Rankings - last updated August 3rd, 2018
**PGR 100 - last updated December 6, 2018
===United States===
*Alabama - last updated August 2016
*Alaska - last updated Fall 2018
*Arizona - last updated January 2018
*Arkansas - last updated October 2016
*Central Florida - last updated Summer 2017
*Central Pennsylvania - last updated Summer 2018
*Colorado - last updated April 2018
*Delaware - last updated January 2018
*Eastern Washington - last updated Spring 2017
*Georgia - last updated Winter 2017/2018
*Hawaii - last updated October 2017
*Idaho - last updated June 2017
*Indiana - last updated Q1 2018
*Iowa - last updated Q4 2017
*Kansas - last updated Spring 2017
*Kentucky - last updated Fall 2017
*Las Vegas (Nevada) - last Updated: April 2018
*Michigan - last updated Season 14: July-December 2018.
*Minnesota - last updated May 13th, 2018
*Missouri/St. Louis - last updated Spring 2018
*Missouri/Columbia - last updated December 2016
*Missouri/Rolla - last updated 2nd Semester 2017
*Montana - last updated Summer 2016
*MD/VA (Maryland, Virginia & Washington D.C.) - last updated April 2018
*Nebraska - last updated January 2018
*New England - last updated Winter 2017/2018
**Maine - last updated Winter 2017/2018
**New Hampshire - last updated Fall 2017
**Vermont - last updated Fall 2017
**Massachusetts - last updated Winter 2017/2018
**Connecticut - last updated Summer 2017
*New Jersey - last updated Q1 2018
*New Mexico - last updated Summer 2018
*New York - last updated Fall 2017
*New York City - last updated Quarter 3 (July-September) 2018
*Northern California (NorCal) - last updated April 2018
*North Carolina - last updated December 2017
*North Dakota - last updated September 2016
*Ohio - last updated Summer 2017
*Oklahoma - last updated Spring 2018
*Oregon - last updated May 2018
*Pennsylvania - last updated Fall 2016
*Southern California (SoCal) - last updated April 2018
*South Carolina - last updated April 2017
*Southern Louisiana - last updated Spring 2017
*South Florida - last updated Q3 2017
*Tennessee - last updated Summer 2015
*Texas - last updated Q2 2018
**Dallas-Fort Worth - last updated October 2018
*Utah - last updated Fall 2017
*Washington - last updated Spring 2018
*West Virginia - last updated Spring 2018
*Wisconsin - last updated Winter 2017/2018
===Canada===
*Alberta - last updated Spring 2018
*British Coloumbia - last updated Summer 2018
*Canada Smash Ranking - last updated SCRv2
*Manitoba - last updated Summer 2017
*Montreal - last updated End of 2017
*New Brunswick - last updated: March 2017
*Newfoundland - last updated: August 2018
*Quebec City - last updated July 2017
*Saskatchewan - last updated Winter 2016
*Southern Ontario - last updated 2018 Season 1
===Japan===
*JAPAN Power Rankings - last updated Summer 2017
===Europe===
* Austria - last updated: January 2017
* Belgium - last updated: December 2018
* Denmark - last updated: January 2018
* England - last updated: May 2017
* Finland - last updated: June 2018
* France - last updated: May 2018
* Germany - last updated: October 2017
* Iceland - last updated: February 2018
* Ireland - last updated: April 2018
* Italy - last updated: Spring 2018
* Luxembourg - last updated: 2017
* Netherlands - last updated: January 2017
* Portugal - last updated: Winter 2016/2017
* Scotland - last updated: Fall 2017
* Spain - last updated: March 2018
* Sweden - last updated: August 2017
* Wales - last updated: Summer 2017
===Other===
* Australia - last updated: January 2018-September 2018
* Bahamas - last updated: 2018
* Chile - last updated: December 2016
* China
** Shanghai 
* Colombia - last updated: 2018
** Barranquilla - last updated: 2018
* Hong Kong 
* Kuwait - last updated: Q1 2017
* Qatar - last updated: February 2018
* Singapore - last updated: December 2016
* United Arab Emirates - last updated: June 2017
===Online===
*Wi-Fi Warrior Rank - last updated: WWRv2
==Super Smash Bros. Ultimate==
===Global===
*LumiRank
*OrionRank Ultimate
*PGRU
===United States===
*Top 200 best players in America - January 2019 - March 2020.
*Alabama - last updated: Spring 2022
*Alaska - last updated: February 2020
*Arizona - last updated: Spring 2022
*Arkansas - last updated: Season 2 2021
*California
**Northern California (NorCal) - last updated: January-March 2022
**Southern California (SoCal) - last updated: Q1 2024
*Colorado - last updated: Quarter 4 2021
*Connecticut - last updated : Fall 2021
*Delaware - last updated: January 2020
*Florida - last updated: Spring 2019
*Georgia - last updated: Fall 2021
*Hawaii - last updated: January-March 2020
*Idaho - last updated: Spring 2022
*Illinois
**Chicago - last updated: Spring 2022
*Indiana - last updated: Q1 2022
*Iowa - last updated: Quarter 1 2022
*Kansas - last updated: Winter 2020
*Kentucky - last updated: Quarter 3 2023
*Maine - last updated: Fall 2021
*Massachusetts - last updated: Fall 2021
*MD/VA (Maryland, Virginia & Washington D.C.) - last updated: September 2021
*Michigan - last updated: Fall 2021
*Minnesota - last updated: September-December 2021
*Missouri - last updated: Winter 2021
*Nebraska - last updated: Quarter 1 2022
*Nevada
**Las Vegas - last updated: January-March 2020
*New England - last updated: Fall 2021
*New Hampshire - last updated: Summer 2021
*New Jersey - last updated: January 2022 - March 2022
*New Mexico - last updated: Quarter 1 2020
*New York
**New York City - last updated: Quarter 1 2022
***Staten Island - last updated: July - October 2021
**Upstate New York - last updated: 2024 Season 1
*North Carolina - last updated: Season 8 (January-March 2022)
*Ohio - last updated: 3rd Quarter of 2022
**Columbus - last updated: Q3 2022
**NEOH - last updated: Fall 2022
*Oklahoma - last updated: Q1 2022
*Oregon - last updated: Winter 2022
*Pennsylvania
**Central Pennsylvania - last updated: Q4 2021
**Philadelphia - last updated: Q4 2021
**Pittsburgh - last updated: Winter 2022
*Rhode Island - last updated: Winter 2020
*South Carolina - last updated: October-December 2021 
*Texas - last updated: Season 1 2022
**Austin - last updated: Q1 2022
**Central Texas - last updated: Summer 2021
**College Station - last updated: Q1 2022
**Dallas-Fort Worth - last updated: Q2 2022
**Houston - last updated: Q4 2021
*Tennessee - last updated: Winter 2019
*Utah - last updated: Spring 2022
*Vermont - Fall 2021
*Washington - last updated: Winter 2022
**Eastern Washington - last updated Winter 2019
*West Virginia - last updated: Spring 2022
*Wisconsin - last updated: August-November 2021
*Wyoming - last updated: Spring Semester 2024
===Canada===
* Smash Canada Rankings Ultimate
*Alberta Power Rankings
*British Columbia Power Rankings
*Montreal - last updated: Season 1
*New Brunswick Power Rankings
*Newfoundland - last updated: Spring 2019
**Newfoundland (West Coast) Power Rankings
*Nova Scotia Power Rankings
*Southern Ontario - last updated: 2019 Season 1
===Japan===
* Japan Player Rankings - last updated: July 2019 - December 2019
**Okinawa
**Shikoku
**Tohoku
***Akita
===Europe===
* European Smash Rankings - last updated: 2023
* Belgium - last updated: February 2023
* Denmark - last updated: Summer 2019
* Finland - last updated: June 2023
* France - last updated: 2023
**Lille
**Lorraine
**Strasbourg
**Lyon
* Germany - last updated: June 2023
**Berlin
**Hesse
**Lower Saxony
* Greece - last updated: July 2022
* Iceland - last updated: July 2022
* Ireland - last updated: Summer 2023
* Italy - last updated: 2023
** Catania
** Rome
* Lithuania - last updated: 2020
* Luxembourg - last updated: December 2019
* Netherlands - last updated: November 2022
* Norway - last updated: June 2023
* Poland - last updated: December 2019
* Portugal - last updated: 2022
* Russia - last updated: December 2021
** Moscow
* Spain - last updated: Summer 2022
* Sweden - last updated: 2022
* Switzerland - last updated: December 2022
* Ukraine - last updated: Summer 2023
* United Kingdom - last updated: Summer 22
** England
*** Northern England Power Rankings
*** South West England Power Rankings
** Wales
===Asia-Pacific===
* Australia
** Perth - last updated: March 2019
** Queensland
** South Australia
** Tasmania
* China
** Shanghai - last updated: Season 2 (Spring-Summer 2019) 
* Guam - last updated: 2022 v4
* Hong Kong - last updated: Season 1 2020
* India
* Indonesia
* Israel
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Philippines
* Qatar - last updated: April 2019
* Singapore
* South Korea - last updated: Season 1 2019
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam
** Saigon
===Latin America===
* Argentina - last updated: 2019 (January-December)
* Bahamas - last updated: Fall 2019
* Bolivia
* Brazil - last updated: 2022
** Belém - last updated: 2022
** São Paulo - last updated: 2020
* Chile
** Antofagasta - last updated: 2022
** Los Lagos - last updated: 2022
* Colombia - last updated: 2022
** Barranquilla - last updated: 2022
** Bucaramanga - last updated: 2022
* Costa Rica
* Dominican Republic - last updated: Season 3
* Ecuador - last updated: Season 3.1 (2019)
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Mexico
** Saltillo
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
** Lima - last updated: 2021
* Puerto Rico
* Uruguay - last updated: 2021
* Venezuela - last updated: 2023
===Africa===
* Egypt - last updated: 2024
* Madagascar - last updated: 2022
===Online===
*Wi-Fi Warrior Rank - last updated: WWRv6
==External links==
*The Brawl Power Rankings directory on SmashBoards
*Summer 2015 Regional Power Rankings directory compiled by roboticphish
*Smash 4 Power Rankings Directory thread on SmashBoards
*Ultimate Power Rankings Directory thread on SmashBoards
Category:Power Rankings