The PMRank 2016 was the first annual PMRank, ranking the top 50 Project M players in the world. It was announced in a series of Smashboards articles, published from February 27th, 2017 to March 8th, 2017.

Methodology

A selection of top players, commentators, and tournament organisers comprised a panel for this edition of the PMRank. Panelists were asked to grade players based on the following criterion:

"Given all of the results of 2016 in Project M, if everyone on this list entered 50 tournaments, who on average would place the best?"

Panelists were tasked with ranking each player from 1-10, with the best players receiving a "10", and the worst players receiving a "1". Following which, the highest and lowest ratings were removed in order to reduce the variance. While over 85 players qualified for the rankings based on their placements and attendance at major Project M events throughout 2016, only 50 players were chosen in the final ranking.

Rankings

ThundeRzReiGN's player card

Ranking	Smasher	Previous rank	Movement	Character(s)	Rating
1	ThundeRzReiGN	—	—		10.000
2	Lunchables	—	—		9.874
3	Sosa	—	—		9.721
4	Malachi	—	—		9.549
5	Junebug	—	—		9.537
6	MrLz	—	—		9.376
7	Gallo	—	—		9.108
8	HyperFlame	—	—		9.026
9	Jose V	—	—		8.742
10	Flipp	—	—		8.634
11	EmuKiller	—	—		8.496
12	Professor Pro	—	—		8.481
13	Frozen	—	—		8.112
14	Envy	—	—		7.858
15	iPunchKidsz	—	—		7.848
16	dvd	—	—		7.801
17	Jaden	—	—		7.712
18	Switch	—	—		7.650
19	Darc	—	—		7.645
20	Hungrybox	—	—		7.348
21	Dirtboy	—	—		7.185
22	Boringman	—	—		7.106
23	Phresh	—	—		7.003
24	Anther	—	—		6.860
25	Venom	—	—		6.824
26	Machiavelli	—	—		6.661
27	Aero	—	—		6.493
28	StereoKiDD	—	—		6.425
29	Ripple	—	—		6.275
30	BaconPancakes	—	—		6.109
31	lloD	—	—		5.904
32	Zhime	—	—		5.792
33	Strong Bad	—	—		5.756
34	Boiko	—	—		5.721
35	Marshall	—	—		5.530
36	Sothe	—	—		5.378
37	Ally	—	—		5.271
38	Jason Waterfalls	—	—		5.128
39	Aki	—	—		4.954
40	Luck	—	—		4.927
41	Pikmon	—	—		4.905
42	Aion	—	—		4.544
43	Hero of Time	—	—		4.542
44	Kycse	—	—		4.489
45	Oracle	—	—		4.438
46	XYK	—	—		4.280
47	ilovebagelz	—	—		4.129
48	Blue	—	—		3.769
49	Zen	—	—		3.574
50	Shiny Zubat	—	—		3.551

External links

• PMRank 2016 on Smashboards: 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-7, 6-4, 3-1
• PMRank 2016 recap
• PMRank 2016 combo video

• PMRank