The 2019 MPGR recently concluded its reveals, which were released by Red Bull Gaming from Jan. 13 – 24. These rankings rated the top 100 Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the world for the 2019 season.
2019 MPGR panelists ranked players based on their performances throughout the entire year. This differs from the Fall 2019 PGRU, which was based on a six-month season.
Here are the top 100 Melee players
- Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma
- William “Leffen” Hjelte
- Joseph “Mang0” Marquez
- Jeffrey “Axe” Williamson
- Justin “Wizzrobe” Hallett
- Zain Naghmi
- Masaya “aMSa” Chikamoto
- Justin “Plup” McGrath
- Cody “iBDW” Schwab
- Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman
- Johnny “S2J” Kim
- Shephard “Fiction” Lima
- Zachary “SFAT” Cordoni
- Kurtis “moky” Pratt
- Edgard “n0ne” Sheleby
- Álvaro “Trif” García Moral
- Griffin “Captain Faceroll” Williams
- James “Swedish Delight” Liu
- Aziz “Hax” Al-Yami
- Joey “Lucky” Aldama
- Avery “Ginger” Wilson
- Zaid “Spark” Ali
- Daniel “ChuDat” Rodriguez
- Kevin “PewPewU” Toy
- Arjun “lloD” Malhotra
- Armand “ARMY” Del Duca
- Charlie “AbsentPage” McKinley
- Connor “Bananas” Lamb
- Kalindi “KJH” Henderson
- DaJuan “Shroomed” McDaniel
- Weston “Westballz” Dennis
- Juan “Medz” Garcia
- Michael “MikeHaze” Pulido
- Aaron “Professor Pro” Thomas
- Toussaint “2saint” Turnier
- Jason “Gahtzu” Diel
- Albert Luu
- Te-Tuhi “Spud” Kelly
- Steven “FatGoku” Callopy
- Rishi Malhotra
- Jonathan “Bimbo” Rocha
- Adam “Setchi” Farmer
- Sasha “Magi” Sullivan
- Josh “Morsecode762” Morse
- Jake “Jakenshaken” Bloxsom
- Hugo “HugS” Gonzalez
- Nick Stango
- Daniel “Zamu” Bernstein
- Drew “Drephen” Scoles
- Michael Rollberg
- Mustafa “Ice” Akçakaya
- Jefferey “billybopeep” Palmer
- Ryan “La Luna” Coker-Welch
- Colin “Colbol” Green
- Roberto “Overtriforce” Iglesias
- Anthony “Slox” Detres
- Kyle “Kalamazhu” Zhu
- Nicholas “Nickemwit” Whittier
- Jerry Powell
- Derek “Aura” Olson
- Michael “Nut” Silver
- David “Kalvar” Coyne
- Matt “Polish” Warshaw
- Kevin Maples
- Theodore “Bladewise” Seybold
- Andrew “Tai” Vo
- Jeremy “Squid” Deutsch
- Forrest Griffin
- Rhodes “Joyboy” Sabangan
- John “KoDoRiN” Ko
- Ryan Ford
- Anees “Free Palestine” Assaf
- Nico “Ryobeat” Rodriguez
- Ammon “Ka-Master” Styles
- Christian “Kurv” Melendez
- Elliot “Frenzy” Grossman
- Malachi “MoG” Markos
- Matt “Boyd” Reymann
- Diego “Cool Lime” Wheat
- “bobby big ballz”
- Michael “Nintendude” Brancato
- Aljon “Franz” Apilado
- Dominik “Nicki” Kunze
- Tyler “lint” Auger
- Michael “King Momo” Morales
- Jonathan “TheRealThing” Clinton
- Umar “Umarth” Sohi
- Oliver “Zeo” Pei
- Tommy “Pricent” Lindås
- Abhishek “Prince Abu” Prahbu
- Amsah Augustuszoon
- Kristian “Rocky” Cruz
- Tyler “Sharkz” Bass
- Harrison “HTwa” Turner
- Roustane “Kage” Benzeguir
- Joshua “Schythed” Drumm
- Brandon “Panda” Orooji
- Miles “Soonsay” Foster
- Luis “TheSWOOPER” Olivo
- Ethan “Snowy” Brun
2019 MPGR
2019 marked Hungrybox’s third consecutive year as the No. 1 player in the world. This is the longest streak of any person to be ranked No. 1 since Melee’s global rankings began in 2013. As a result, Hungrybox may rival the GOAT status of Adam “Armada” Lindgren. When he actively competed, Armada was heralded for his consistency against all non-top 6 players.
Some players took to Twitter to criticize some of the placements on the 2019 MPGR. Specifically, players complained because Leffen ranked ahead of Mang0, Wizzrobe ranked ahead of Zain, and Mew2King ranked ahead of Fiction. Some believe the panelists are disincentivizing attendance by overly punishing bad losses and extrapolating for players with few tournament appearances.
Sets a bad precedent for melee when it appears you get rewarded for attending less when our game is literally alive based on top players attending tournies ( viewership people showing up etc )
Did they not even include my first place finish at bday bash wow
— 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 (@C9Mang0) January 24, 2020
Albert had the highest top 100 debut of anyone on the 2019 PGR. His placement is largely a result of his performance at Low Tier City 7, where he defeated Hungrybox and Lucky. Albert also boasts wins over Ginger, billybopeep, and Bladewise. Bimbo and Setchi also placed in the top 50 in their first appearances on the year-end rankings.
Besides newcomers, Morsecode762 and Magi made the largest climbs up the ranking, climbing 55 and 54 spots, respectively. Conversely, Rocky and Ryan Ford had the longest falls, dropping 41 and 40 spaces, respectively. This, of course, is not including players who dropped out of the top 100 altogether because of inactivity.
