PGR v3

The PGR v3 lists the world's top 50 smashers during the period of January through June 2017, as compiled by PG Stats. 
==Methodology==
The third list evaluated tournament results at events from Midwest Mayhem 6 to CEO 2017, and featured a larger panelist group compared to the previous rankings. As a response to feedback concerning previous tournament classifying methods, a new system was implemented, called the Tournament Tier System (TTS). The TTS ranks tournaments based on four factors in their singles tournaments: entrant numbers, PGR v2 attendees, top 20 PGR v2 attendees and prize pool, and categorizes them into S, A, B and C tiers, with S signifying tournaments of the largest caliber. In order to account for and provide more balance towards tournament scenes such as Japan, which generally do not feature prize money in their tournaments, the TTS algorithm rewards top player density over prize money. Weekly and bi-weekly events will be ignored by TTS as not to affect local environments with the pressure of global rankings, and not to skew the PGR towards specific regions. The X-Factor returns, but unlike the previous lists, players outside the Top 50 were counted for the X-Factor list. Additionally, the panelist survey took place before MomoCon 2017, so many X-Factors appear inaccurate, or in one instance, non-existent.
===Tournaments evaluated===
List with full stats
Tournament 	Date 	Tier
Midwest Mayhem 6: SoCal Invasion 	January 7th 	B
Smash Conference LXIX 	January 7th 	B
Kumite in Tennessee 2017 	January 6th-8th 	C
PPT Winter 	January 6th-8th 	C
SGC 2017 	January 7th-8th 	B
2GGC: GENESIS Saga 	January 14th 	A
NHSmash 3 	January 14th 	C
Karisuma Tokaigi Qualifiers 	January 15th 	C
GENESIS 4 	January 20th-22nd 	S
Frosty Faustings IX 	January 27th-28th 	C
Sumabato 15 	January 28th 	C
Smash Valley 	January 27th-29th 	C
Umebura Tokaigi Qualifiers 	February 4th 	B
Midwest Mayhem 7: Mexico Invasion 	February 4th 	C
King of the Springs 2 	February 4th 	C
Invasion 12 	February 4th 	C
2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga 	February 11th 	A
GUMS 13 	February 11th 	C
Austin's Really Feeling It 16 	February 11th 	C
Gwinnett Brawl February 2017 	February 11th 	C
Niconico Tokaigi 2017 	February 11th-12th	B
B.E.A.S.T 7 	February 17th-19th	B
Sumabato 16 	February 25th 	C
Tampa Never Sleeps 7 	February 24th-26th	C
Frostbite 2017 	February 25th-26th	A
No Fun Allowed 	March 4th 	C
Choctaw Festival of Gaming 	March 3rd-5th 	C
Final Round 20 	March 10th-12th 	C
Smash 4 at KI Con 	March 10th-12th 	C
PAX Arena at PAX East 2017 	March 12th 	B
GUMS 14 	March 18th 	C
Frame Perfect Series 2 	March 18th-19th 	A
Rise 2017 	March 18th-19th 	C
Umebura 26 	March 20th 	C
2GGC: Civil War 	March 24th-26th 	S
Welcome to the Oven 	April 1st 	C
Tupelo Titans Throwdown 	April 1st 	C
KTAR XX 	April 1st-2nd 	B
Midwest Mayhem 8: North American Tour 	April 8th 	B
Undiscovered Realm Comic Con 	April 8th 	C
Kawaii Kon 2017 	April 7th-9th 	C
The Arena 2017 	April 8th-9th 	C
CEO Dreamland 	April 14th-16th 	A
Sumabato 17 	April 16th 	C
Sea Crest Smash 	April 22nd 	C
Karisuma 13 	April 23rd 	C
EagleLAN 2017 	April 29th 	C
DreamHack Austin 2017 	April 28th-30th 	A
KSB 2017 	May 4th-6th 	B
Glitch 3 	May 6th 	B
GUMS 15 	May 6th 	C
Umebura Japan Major 2017 	May 6th-7th 	A
ConComics May 2017 	May 6th-7th 	C
 	May 12th-14th 	A
Battle Arena Melbourne 9 	May 12th-14th 	C
2GGC: Greninja Saga 	May 20th 	A
Shift 	May 27th 	C
Port Priority: A Pacific Northwest Regional	May 27th 	C
MomoCon 2017 	May 25th-28th 	A
Combo Breaker 2017 	May 26th-28th 	C
Smash 'N' Splash 3 	June 2nd-4th 	A
Battle of BC 2 	June 3rd-4th 	B
SALT 	June 3rd-4th 	C
Saints Gaming Live 	June 10th-11th 	C
2GGC: Nairo Saga 	June 10th-11th 	S
CEO 2017 	June 16th-18th 	S
Sumabato 18 	June 18th 	C
==Rankings==
Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Score
====Area 51====
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 PGRv3 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)
===X-Factor adjusted rankings (subjective)===
As players outside of the official rankings's top 50 were also counted for this list, there are a total of 100 players in this season's X-Factor rankings as opposed to PGR's standard 50. The X-Factor rankings only took into account tournaments that happened prior to 2GGC: Nairo Saga; consequently, was not included in the X-Factor rankings because he did not have the results to qualify for the PGR when the survey was given.
Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)
==External links==
*PGR v3 Tournament Tier System
*PGR v3 FAQ
*PGR v3 Area 51
*PGR v3 on Panda Global's website: 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
*Videos detailing PGR v3 narrated by : 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1
*Full Top 100 X-Factor List
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