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PWI, 1991 yılından beri her yıl PWI 500 olarak adlandırılan özel sayıda en iyi 500 profesyonel güreşçiyi sıralamıştır. PWI yazarları, belirlenmiş bir değerlendirme dönemiyle güreşçilerin konumunu seçmektedir. Galibiyet ve mağlubiyet kaydı, kazandığı kemerler, federasyon kalitesi, önemli rekabetler, bir güreşçinin bireysel olarak federasyonun içindeki önemi ve güreş yeteneği değerlendirmelerde kullanılmaktadır. 2017 yılına kadar tüm PWI 500 listelerinde yer alan tek güreşçi Jushin Thunder Liger olmuştur. 1993 yılında listeye giren ilk kadın güreşçi Miss Texas (Jacqueline Moore) iken, kendisi 249. sıradan listeye girmiştir. Her yıl ilk ona giren güreşçiler aşağıda listelenmiştir.
| Yıl | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1991 | Hulk Hogan | Lex Luger | Ric Flair | Randy Savage | Sting | Scott Steiner | Ricky Steamboat | Steve Williams | Arn Anderson | Rick Steiner |
| 1992 | Sting | Randy Savage | Ric Flair | Rick Rude | Bret Hart | Ricky Steamboat | Jerry Lawler | Scott Steiner | The Ultimate Warrior | Stunning Steve Austin |
| 1993 | Bret Hart | Big Van Vader | Shawn Michaels | Sting | Yokozuna | Ric Flair | Lex Luger | Rick Rude | Mr. Perfect | Scott Steiner |
| 1994 | Bret Hart | Hulk Hogan | Ric Flair | Big Van Vader | Shawn Michaels | Stunning Steve Austin | Razor Ramon | Sting | Ricky Steamboat | Owen Hart |
| 1995 | Diesel | Shawn Michaels | Sting | Bret Hart | Sabu | Hulk Hogan | Big Van Vader | Randy Savage | Razor Ramon | Mitsuharu Misawa |
| 1996 | Shawn Michaels | The Giant | Sting | Kenta Kobashi | Ahmed Johnson | Kevin Nash | Rey Misterio, Jr. | Hulk Hogan | Sabu | Ric Flair |
| 1997 | Dean Malenko | Mitsuharu Misawa | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Diamond Dallas Page | Lex Luger | The Undertaker | Shinya Hashimoto | The Giant | Jushin Thunder Liger | Chris Benoit |
| 1998 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Goldberg | Mitsuharu Misawa | Diamond Dallas Page | The Undertaker | Kenta Kobashi | Booker T | Ken Shamrock | Jushin Thunder Liger | Chris Jericho |
| 1999 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Rob Van Dam | Mitsuharu Misawa | Rey Misterio, Jr. | The Rock | Diamond Dallas Page | Keiji Mutoh | The Undertaker | Goldberg | Taz |
| 2000 | Triple H | The Rock | Chris Benoit | Kenta Kobashi | Jeff Jarrett | Justin Credible | Mike Awesome | Jushin Thunder Liger | Chris Jericho | Kensuke Sasaki |
| 2001 | Kurt Angle | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Chris Benoit | Keiji Mutoh | Booker T | Triple H | Scott Steiner | Mitsuharu Misawa | Chris Jericho | Rhyno |
| 2002 | Rob Van Dam | The Undertaker | Keiji Mutoh | Chris Jericho | Eddie Guerrero | Kurt Angle | Edge | Yuji Nagata | The Rock | Triple H |
| 2003 | Brock Lesnar | Triple H | Kurt Angle | Keiji Mutoh | Chris Jericho | Big Show | Booker T | Kenta Kobashi | Eddie Guerrero | Rob Van Dam |
| 2004 | Chris Benoit | Eddie Guerrero | Triple H | Kenta Kobashi | Randy Orton | Toshiaki Kawada | John Cena | A.J. Styles | Shawn Michaels | Chris Jericho |
| 2005 | Batista | John Cena | Satoshi Kojima | Triple H | John Bradshaw Layfield | Kurt Angle | A.J. Styles | Edge | Shelton Benjamin | Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
| 2006 | John Cena | Kurt Angle | Edge | Samoa Joe | Místico | Rey Mysterio | Brock Lesnar | Kenta Kobashi | Shawn Michaels | Jeff Jarrett |
| 2007 | John Cena | Edge | Místico | Kurt Angle | The Undertaker | Shawn Michaels | Christian Cage | Perro Aguayo, Jr. | Bobby Lashley | Takeshi Morishima |
| 2008 | Randy Orton | Kurt Angle | Triple H | Samoa Joe | Edge | The Undertaker | Shawn Michaels | Nigel McGuinness | John Cena | Shinsuke Nakamura |
| 2009 | Triple H | Chris Jericho | John Cena | Edge | Randy Orton | Nigel McGuinness | Hiroshi Tanahashi | CM Punk | Sting | Último Guerrero |
| 2010 | A.J. Styles | John Cena | CM Punk | Randy Orton | Chris Jericho | Batista | Shinsuke Nakamura | The Undertaker | Kurt Angle | Sheamus |
| 2011 | The Miz | Randy Orton | John Cena | Kane | Takashi Sugiura | Alberto Del Rio | Mr. Anderson | Rey Mysterio | Eddie Edwards | CM Punk |
| 2012 | CM Punk | Bobby Roode | John Cena | Daniel Bryan | Sheamus | Jun Akiyama | Davey Richards | Kurt Angle | Mark Henry | Alberto Del Rio |
| 2013 | John Cena | CM Punk | Hiroshi Tanahashi | Bully Ray | Kazuchika Okada | Sheamus | Jeff Hardy | Alberto Del Rio | Dolph Ziggler | Kevin Steen |
| 2014 | Daniel Bryan | Randy Orton | John Cena | A.J. Styles | Kazuchika Okada | Bray Wyatt | Roman Reigns | Magnus | Adam Cole | Bully Ray |
| 2015 | Seth Rollins | John Cena | A.J. Styles | Roman Reigns | Shinsuke Nakamura | Randy Orton | Jay Briscoe | Rusev | Alberto El Patrón | Kevin Owens |
| 2016 | Roman Reigns | Kazuchika Okada | Finn Bálor | A.J. Styles | Jay Lethal | Kevin Owens | Shinsuke Nakamura | Seth Rollins | Dean Ambrose | John Cena |
| 2017 | Kazuchika Okada | A.J. Styles | Kevin Owens | Roman Reigns | Kenny Omega | Shinsuke Nakamura | Samoa Joe | Dean Ambrose | Bobby Roode | The Miz |