Wrestlers with Highest PWI Monthly Cumulative Ranking Scores for Category: NWA U.S.

rank	born	gimmick	total PWI ranking score	notes
1		Tully Blanchard	257
2		Nikita Koloff	231
3		Dusty Rhodes	228	deceased
4		Magnum T. A.	147
5		Ron Garvin	107
6		Jimmy Garvin	90
7		Lex Luger	86
8		Arn Anderson	78
9		Barry Windham	61
10		Terry Taylor	44
11		Black Bart	38	deceased
12		Jimmy Valiant	35
13		Manny Fernandez	28
14		Brad Armstrong	27	deceased
15		Barry Darsow	20
16		Sam Houston	17
17		Pez Whatley	16	deceased
18		Billy Graham	15	deceased
19		The Barbarian	15
20		Dick Slater	14	deceased
21		Ivan Koloff	14	deceased
22		Ole Anderson	13	deceased
23		Rick Rude	13	deceased
24		Wahoo McDaniel	12	deceased
25		Vladimir Petrov	11	deceased
26		Buddy Landel	10	deceased
27		Hector Guerrero	10
28		Kevin Sullivan	10	deceased
29		Dick Murdoch	9	deceased
30		Tim Horner	9
31		Ric Flair	8
32		Sting	5
33		Ron Bass	4	deceased
34		Mighty Wilbur	3
35		Ron Simmons	3
36		Baron Von Raschke	2
37		Big Boss Man	1	deceased
38		Billy Jack Haynes	1
39		Buzz Tyler	1
40		Larry Zbyszko	1

A: For a lengthy period, PWI printed a "Cumulative Ratings" section, showing total scores over their previous 10 issues. 1st place in a category scored 10 points, 2nd place scored 9 points, 3rd place scored 8 points... and so on down to 1 point for 10th place. When this was published in PWI, the results for the Top 10 and Tag Team categories were used. The pages here on IWD allow users to show such ratings for any or all categories. They can also be filtered to show cumulative ratings for just one particular year.

NB: Some PWI categories list wrestlers in the "Champion" position (e.g.: WWE Raw & Smackdown, TNA, ECW, etc.) This position scores 11 points in IWD's cumulative rankings, with the number 1 contender continuing to score 10 points.