LumiRank Mid-Year 2023

The LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 is a power ranking that lists the world's top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate smashers from December 19th, 2022 to July 23rd, 2023. It acts as the half-year ranking for the LumiRank 2023.
==Methodology==
Information on the methodology and tournament tiers can be seen here.
Although the ranking was preceded by the UltRank 2022, the ranking was not used for player point values; instead the OrionRank 2022 was used.
===Tournaments evaluated===
Only tournaments that are regional and above (C-tier and above) are listed.
 List with full stats
Tournament 	Region 	Date 	Category
 	Tristate (New York) 	December 22nd, 2022 	C
 	(Osaka Prefecture) 	December 24th, 2022 	B
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	December 24th-25th, 2022 	A
 	United Arab Emirates 	December 28th-29th, 2022 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	December 29th, 2022 	C
 	United Arab Emirates 	December 30th, 2022-January 1st, 2023	B+
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	January 4th 	B+
 	Great Lakes (Illinois) 	January 4th 	C
 	Netherlands 	January 7th 	C
 	West Mexico (Jalisco) 	January 6th-8th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Metropolis) 	January 7th-8th 	S+
 	Tristate (New York) 	January 7th-9th 	S+
 	France 	January 14th 	C
 	Norway 	January 13th-15th 	C
 	Ontario 	January 13th-15th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Metropolis) 	January 15th 	B
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	January 15th 	B
 	United Kingdom 	January 15th 	C
 	East Mexico (Puebla) 	January 15th 	C
 	Kyūshū (Fukuoka Prefecture) 	January 21st 	B
 	Northern California 	January 20th-22nd 	P
 	Australian Capital Territory 	January 20th-22nd 	C
 	Northeast Mexico (Coahuila) 	January 21st-22nd 	B
 	Chūbu (Aichi Prefecture) 	January 28th 	B+
 	Ontario 	January 28th 	C
 	Carolinas (North Carolina) 	January 28th 	C
 	Georgia 	January 28th 	C
 	Spain 	January 28th 	C
 	Florida 	January 28th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Metropolis) 	January 29th 	B
 	Dominican Republic 	January 29th 	C
 	France 	February 2nd 	C
 	Pacific Northwest (Oregon) 	February 4th 	C
 	Mexico City 	February 4th 	C
 	Northeast Mexico (Nuevo León) 	February 4th 	C
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	February 4th 	C
 	Venezuela 	February 4th 	C
 	Great Lakes (Illinois) 	February 3rd-5th 	B
 	Kantō (Saitama Prefecture) 	February 4th-5th 	S+
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	February 11th 	B+
 	Tristate (New York) 	February 11th 	B
 	France 	February 11th 	C
 	Georgia 	February 11th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	February 18th 	B+
 	Chūgoku (Okayama Prefecture) 	February 18th 	B
 	Southwest (Nevada) 	February 17th-19th 	A
 	Tōhoku (Yamagata Prefecture) 	February 18th-19th 	C
 	Alberta 	February 18th-19th 	C
 	Texas 	February 25th 	C
 	Spain 	February 25th 	C
 	France 	February 25th 	C
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	February 25th 	B
 	El Salvador 	February 25th 	C
 	Chūgoku (Hiroshima Prefecture) 	February 25th 	C
 	United Kingdom 	February 25th-26th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	February 26th 	B
 	Chūgoku (Hiroshima Prefecture) 	February 26th 	C
 	Puerto Rico 	February 26th 	C
 	Hokkaidō 	March 4th 	C
 	Germany 	March 3rd-5th 	C
 	Heartland (Iowa) 	March 4th-5th 	C
 	Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick) 	March 4th-5th 	C
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	March 5th 	S+
 	Pacific Northwest (British Colombia)	March 5th 	B
 	Dominican Republic 	March 5th 	C
 	United Kingdom 	March 11th 	C
 	Tristate (New Jersey) 	March 10th-12th 	S+
 	Victoria 	March 11th-12th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	March 12th 	A+
 	Chūbu (Aichi Prefecture) 	March 18th 	B
 	France 	March 18th 	B
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	March 18th 	B
 	Great Lakes (Ohio) 	March 18th 	C
 	Hokkaidō 	March 18th 	C
 	Central Mexico 	March 18th 	C
 	Pacific Northwest (Washington) 	March 18th-19th 	B
 	New England (Connecticut) 	March 18th-19th 	C
 	Southwest (Nevada) 	March 18th-19th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	March 21st 	B+
 	New England (Massachusetts) 	March 23rd-25th 	C
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	March 25th 	B+
 	Chūbu (Aichi Prefecture) 	March 25th 	B
 	Great Lakes (Michigan) 	March 25th 	C
 	Southern California 	March 23rd-26th 	A+
 	Spain 	March 25th-26th 	B+
 	Carolinas (South Carolina) 	March 25th-26th 	B
 	Central Mexico 	March 31st-April 1st 	C
 	Kantō (Kanagawa Prefecture) 	April 1st 	C
 	Georgia 	March 31st-April 2nd 	B
 	Hawaii 	March 31st-April 2nd 	B
 	Pacific Northwest (Oregon) 	April 1st-2nd 	A
 	Dominican Republic 	April 2nd 	C
 	Kyūshū (Fukuoka Prefecture) 	April 8th 	A
 	France 	April 8th 	B
 	Texas 	April 8th 	C
 	Central Mexico 	April 8th 	C
 	Southern California 	April 7th-9th 	B
 	Hokkaido 	April 15th 	B+
 	Tristate 	April 15th 	B
 	Northeast Mexico (Nuevo León) 	April 15th 	C
 	United Kingdom 	April 15th-16th 	B
 	Texas 	April 15th-16th 	C
 	Germany 	April 15th-16th 	C
 	France 	April 15th-16th 	C
 	Kantō 	April 16th 	B+
 	Carolinas 	April 16th 	C
 	Northeast Mexico (Nuevo León) 	April 16th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	April 22nd 	A+
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	April 22nd 	B+
 	MD/VA 	April 22nd 	C
 	Ontario 	April 22nd 	C
 	Mid-South (Oklahoma) 	April 22nd 	C
 	Spain 	April 22nd 	C
 	Venezuela 	April 22nd 	C
 	Northwest Mexico (Sonora) 	April 22nd-23rd 	C
 	Florida 	April 23rd 	B
 	I/G Southeast (Alabama) 	April 29th 	C
 	Tristate (New York) 	April 29th 	C
 	Belgium 	April 29th 	C
 	United Kingdom 	April 29th-30th 	C
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	April 30th 	S+
 	Guatemala 	April 30th 	B
 	Honduras 	April 30th 	C
 	Chūbu (Aichi Prefecture) 	May 3rd 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	May 4th 	S
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	May 6th-7th 	P
 	France 	May 6th-7th 	B
 	France 	May 6th-7th 	C
 	Northeast Mexico (Coahuila) 	May 6th-7th 	C
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	May 7th 	C
 	Texas 	May 7th 	C
26 Rising's Show Stopper Invitational	Great Lakes (Michigan) 	May 13th 	C
 	Tōhoku (Miyagi Prefecture) 	May 13th 	C
 	Texas 	May 13th-14th 	B
 	Dominican Republic 	May 14th 	B
 	Venezuela 	May 20th 	C
 	France 	May 20th 	C
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	May 19th-21st 	P
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	May 21st 	B+
 	Pacific Northwest (Oregon) 	May 27th 	C
 	Chūbu (Shizuoka Prefecture) 	May 27th 	C
 	Kyushu (Fukuoka Prefecture) 	May 27th 	C
 	Austria 	May 27th 	C
 	Georgia 	May 26th-28th 	B+
 	Heartland (Missouri) 	May 26th-28th 	B
 	Great Lakes (Illinois) 	May 26th-28th 	C
 	Baja California 	May 27th-28th 	B
 	Hokkaidō 	May 27th-28th 	C
 	France 	May 27th-28th 	C
 	El Salvador 	May 28th 	C
 	Texas 	June 2nd-4th 	C
 	Southwest (Utah) 	June 3rd-4th 	S
 	Italy 	June 3rd-4th 	B+
 	Central Mexico 	June 3rd-4th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	June 4th 	B
 	France 	June 10th 	C
 	Victoria 	June 9th-11th 	B
 	Chūgoku (Hiroshima Prefecture) 	June 10th-11th 	B
 	France 	June 10th-11th 	B
 	Kyūshū (Fukuoka Prefecture) 	June 17th 	B
 	Chūbu (Aichi Prefecture) 	June 17th 	B
 	France 	June 17th 	C
 	MD/VA 	June 17th 	C
 	Southern California 	June 16th-18th 	B+
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	June 18th 	B+
 	Florida 	June 23rd-25th 	B+
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	June 24th-25th 	S
 	France 	June 24th-25th 	A
 	Northeast Mexico (Nuevo León) 	June 24th-25th 	B
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	July 1st 	A
 	Venezuela 	July 1st 	C
 	Germany 	June 30th-July 2nd 	B
 	Quebec 	June 30th-July 2nd 	B
 	Qatar 	July 7th-8th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	July 8th 	B
 	France 	July 8th 	C
 	Tristate (New York) 	July 8th-9th 	B
 	Ontario 	July 8th-9th 	C
 	Pacific Northwest (Washington) 	July 9th 	C
 	Kantō (Tokyo Prefecture) 	July 15th 	B
 	Hokkaido 	July 15th 	B
 	Central Mexico 	July 15th 	C
 	Spain 	July 12th-16th 	C
 	Tristate (New York) 	July 14th-16th 	C
 	Carolinas (South Carolina) 	July 15th-16th 	B+
 	Kansai (Osaka Prefecture) 	July 16th 	B+
 	Pacific Northwest (British Columbia)	July 16th 	C
 	Spain 	July 16th 	C
 	Central Mexico 	July 16th 	C
 	China 	July 16th 	C
 	Belgium 	July 16th 	C
 	Ireland 	July 21st 	C
 	Chūbu (Aichi Prefecture) 	July 22nd 	A
 	Pacific Northwest (Oregon) 	July 22nd 	C
 	Uruguay 	July 22nd 	C
 	Honduras 	July 22nd 	C
 	Ontario 	July 21st-23rd 	S+
 	United Arab Emirates 	July 21st-23rd 	C
 	Indonesia 	July 22nd-23rd 	B
 	Central Mexico 	July 23rd 	C
==Ranking==
Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Score
====51-150====
As there was a small gap between #51 and #50, the player ranked #51 was recognized as "Mr. 51".
Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Score
In addition, players from 52-150 were also ranked, however their placements were not formally released and were only used for player point values for the second half of the year.
Player 	Character
52-60 	52-60
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
61-70 	61-70
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
71-80 	71-80
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
81-90 	81-90
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
91-100 	91-100
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
101-110	101-110
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
111-120	111-120
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
121-150	121-150
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
 	
====Honorable Mentions====
Players ranked as "honorable mentions" did not reach the attendance requirement to be ranked.
=====Top 50=====
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=====Top 150=====
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==Trivia==
*LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 is the first global power ranking for the newest Smash Bros. game where is not ranked #1 since PGR v4 five and a half years prior.
**It is also the first global ranking since the PGR v2 where MkLeo was ranked outside of the top 5.
*LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 is the first global power ranking for a post-Brawl game where is not the highest ranked Captain Falcon player.
* became the first Japanese player to be ranked #1 on a Smash Bros. global power ranking for a game released after Smash 64 since on the SSBBRank 2014.
==External links==
*Announcement, Honorable Mentions, and Mr. 51
*LumiRank Mid-Year 2023 on luminosity.gg: 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
*LumiRank Mid-Year 52-150
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