Current Champions

CM Punk (WWE Raw)

Cody Rhodes (WWE SD)

Maxwell Jacob Friedman (AEW)

Joe Hendry (NXT)

Bandido (ROH)

Mike Santana (Impact)

Daniel Garcia (PWG)

"Thrillbilly" Silas Mason (NWA)

Kento Miyahara (AJPW)

Yota Tsuji (NJPW)

Yoshiki Inamura (NOAH)

Dominik Mysterio (AAA)

Hechicero (CMLL)

Elijah Blum (wXw)

PWI Magazine

Wrestlers with Highest Average Weighted Wrestling Observer Newsletter Star Ratings - 2000s Matches Only

Please note that results are still being added to the database, which may lead to alterations in the order of the below list. To check on progress with updating the site, please refer to the FAQ page.
Results are weighted on match time, so the longer the match the greater the influence on the wrestler's average star rating. If no duration is recorded for a particular match it does not contribute towards the below rankings. Furthermore, in order to appear in the list below each wrestler needs 8+ matches with both a duration and a star rating in the database.
All original match ratings come from Dave Meltzer of the highly respected Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

rank	Name	Average Weighted Star Rating	Highest Star Rating	Notes
1	Nigel McGuinness	4.15	4.75
2	Toshiaki Kawada	4.11	5.00
3	Bryan Danielson	4.07	4.75
4	KENTA	4.02	4.75
5	Naomichi Marufuji	3.91	4.75
6	The Amazing Red	3.90	4.25
7	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	3.84	4.75
8	Kenta Kobashi	3.84	5.00
9	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	3.83	4.75
10	Takashi Sugiura	3.77	4.75
11	SUWA	3.76	4.50
12	Davey Richards	3.73	4.50
13	Go Shiozaki	3.70	4.75
14	Ricky Marvin	3.69	4.50
15	Katsuhiko Nakajima	3.68	4.75
16	Low Ki	3.67	4.50
17	Jay Briscoe	3.67	4.25	deceased
18	Mark Briscoe	3.67	4.25
19	Roderick Strong	3.66	4.25
20	Chris Benoit	3.66	4.75	deceased
21	Jun Akiyama	3.66	5.00
22	Genichiro Tenryu	3.65	4.75
23	Steve Austin	3.65	4.75
24	Takeshi Rikio	3.65	4.50
25	Koji Kanemoto	3.64	4.75
26	Shawn Michaels	3.64	4.75
27	Satoshi Kojima	3.64	4.75
28	Kaz Hayashi	3.61	4.25
29	Minoru Tanaka	3.60	4.75
30	Katsuyori Shibata	3.60	4.00
31	Samoa Joe	3.60	5.00
32	Kurt Angle	3.60	4.75
33	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	3.58	4.50
34	Tiger Mask IV	3.58	4.25
35	Christopher Daniels	3.58	5.00
36	Takeshi Morishima	3.58	4.75
37	Kotaro Suzuki	3.57	4.50
38	Yoshihiro Takayama	3.56	4.50
39	The Rock	3.56	4.50
40	Yuji Nagata	3.55	5.00
41	Mick Foley	3.52	4.50
42	Adam Copeland	3.51	4.75
43	Shinsuke Nakamura	3.50	4.25
44	A.J. Styles	3.49	5.00
45	Chris Jericho	3.48	4.75
46	Makoto Hashi	3.48	4.50
47	Tamon Honda	3.48	4.25
48	Rocky Romero	3.47	3.75
49	Jushin Thunder Liger	3.45	4.50
50	Jerry Lynn	3.45	4.50
51	Wataru Inoue	3.45	4.25
52	Mitsuharu Misawa	3.44	5.00	deceased
53	Austin Aries	3.44	4.75
54	Matt Sydal	3.44	4.25
55	Randy Orton	3.43	4.50
56	Shelton Benjamin	3.42	4.50
57	Shinjiro Otani	3.42	4.75
58	Chris Masters	3.41	4.00
59	Shinya Hashimoto	3.40	4.00	deceased
60	CM Punk	3.40	5.00
61	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi	3.39	4.25
62	Triple H	3.39	4.75
63	Hiroshi Tanahashi	3.39	4.50
64	Brian Kendrick	3.35	4.50
65	Togi Makabe	3.35	4.25
66	Chris Sabin	3.35	4.50
67	Rob Van Dam	3.35	4.50
68	Jimmy Yang	3.34	4.25
69	Kensuke Sasaki	3.30	4.75
70	El Samurai	3.30	4.25
71	Akitoshi Saito	3.30	4.25
72	Nicho El Millonario	3.29	4.50
73	Eddie Guerrero	3.28	4.50	deceased
74	Jeff Hardy	3.28	4.75
75	Cody Rhodes	3.28	4.25
76	Rey Mysterio	3.27	4.75
77	Jamie Noble	3.26	4.25
78	Christian Cage	3.25	4.75
79	Super Crazy	3.25	4.00
80	Akira Taue	3.24	4.50
81	John Cena	3.24	4.50
82	Juventud Guerrera	3.23	4.50
83	John Morrison	3.22	4.25
84	TAJIRI	3.21	4.25
85	Carlito	3.21	4.25
86	Minoru Suzuki	3.20	4.25
87	Gedo	3.18	4.25
88	Matt Hardy	3.18	4.75
89	Masayuki Naruse	3.17	4.25
90	Evan Karagias	3.16	4.25
91	Mohammed Yone	3.16	4.00
92	Hurricane Helms	3.15	4.00
93	Masato Tanaka	3.15	4.25
94	Chavo Guerrero Jr.	3.15	4.25
95	Chris Harris	3.15	4.75
96	Jado	3.14	4.25
97	The Miz	3.14	4.25
98	Kendo Kashin	3.13	4.25
99	Vader	3.13	4.25	deceased
100	Alex Shelley	3.13	4.25
101	Mikey Whipwreck	3.12	4.25
102	Kofi Kingston	3.11	3.75
103	Charlie Haas	3.10	4.00
104	Fit Finlay	3.10	4.25
105	Sonjay Dutt	3.10	4.00
106	Ted DiBiase Jr.	3.10	3.75
107	Brock Lesnar	3.10	4.25
108	Ric Flair	3.10	4.25
109	Yoshinari Ogawa	3.09	4.25
110	Elix Skipper	3.09	4.75
111	Tommy Dreamer	3.07	4.25
112	Shane McMahon	3.06	4.50
113	Umaga	3.05	4.25	deceased
114	Viscera	3.04	4.25	deceased
115	Keiji Mutoh	3.04	4.50
116	Kenn Doane	3.04	4.00
117	Paul London	3.04	4.25
118	Mr. Anderson	3.03	4.25
119	Batista	3.03	4.50
120	MVP	3.01	4.00
121	Taiyo Kea	3.01	3.75
122	Joey Matthews	3.01	4.25
123	Jay Lethal	2.99	4.00
124	Little Guido Maritato	2.99	4.25
125	The Undertaker	2.99	4.75
126	Elijah Burke	2.99	4.25
127	Spike Dudley	2.99	4.25
128	Frankie Kazarian	2.99	4.25
129	Kid Kash	2.98	3.75
130	Nic Nemeth	2.98	3.75
131	Rikishi	2.97	4.50
132	Kazuyuki Fujita	2.97	4.00
133	Xavier Woods	2.97	4.00
134	Matt Bentley	2.95	4.00
135	Booker T.	2.95	4.50
136	Shark Boy	2.94	4.00
137	Sonny Siaki	2.92	4.00
138	Tony Mamaluke	2.92	4.25
139	Sabu	2.92	4.00	deceased
140	Mark Henry	2.92	4.25
141	Sean Waltman	2.91	4.25
142	James Storm	2.88	4.75
143	Scotty 2 Hotty	2.88	4.25
144	The Sandman	2.87	4.00
145	Rhino	2.86	4.25
146	Takuma Sano	2.85	4.00
147	Diamond Dallas Page	2.85	3.50
148	Al Snow	2.83	3.50
149	Bubba Ray Dudley	2.83	4.75
150	Petey Williams	2.83	4.50
151	Kane	2.83	4.50
152	Takashi Iizuka	2.83	5.00
153	The Godfather	2.82	3.50
154	Bob Holly	2.82	4.25
155	William Regal	2.81	4.25
156	R-Truth	2.81	3.75
157	Matt Bloom	2.80	3.75
158	Shannon Moore	2.80	4.00
159	Dustin Rhodes	2.78	3.50
160	D-Von Dudley	2.78	4.75
161	Jeff Jarrett	2.77	4.50
162	Homicide	2.77	4.25
163	Manabu Nakanishi	2.77	4.00
164	Val Venis	2.75	3.50
165	Nick Aldis	2.75	3.50
166	Bobby Lashley	2.75	4.00
167	Takao Omori	2.75	4.00
168	Perry Saturn	2.74	4.25
169	Matt Anoa'i	2.73	3.25	deceased
170	Rene Dupree	2.72	3.75
171	Vince McMahon	2.70	3.50
172	Paul Wight	2.70	4.50
173	Chase Stevens	2.69	4.00
174	Bobby Roode	2.68	4.25
175	C. W. Anderson	2.67	3.25
176	Tatsumi Fujinami	2.67	3.50
177	Matt Morgan	2.65	4.00
178	Trevor Murdoch	2.64	4.00
179	Andy Douglas	2.64	4.00
180	John Bradshaw Layfield	2.63	4.25
181	Abyss	2.63	4.25
182	Hernandez	2.63	4.00
183	Doug Williams	2.63	4.25
184	Osamu Nishimura	2.61	4.00	deceased
185	Lance Storm	2.60	3.50
186	Test	2.60	3.75	deceased
187	Brian Christopher	2.58	4.25	deceased
188	Eric Young	2.58	4.25
189	Raven	2.58	4.00
190	Dean Malenko	2.57	4.25
191	Jake Hager	2.57	3.50
192	Justin Credible	2.57	3.75
193	Johnny Devine	2.56	3.75
194	Sylvain Grenier	2.55	3.50
195	A-1	2.54	3.50
196	Mike Bucci	2.54	3.50
197	Ernest "The Cat" Miller	2.54	3.75
198	Steve Corino	2.54	3.75
199	Goldberg	2.52	4.25
200	Ron Simmons	2.51	3.50
201	Barry Buchanan	2.51	3.25
202	Jimmy Rave	2.50	3.75	deceased
203	Masao Inoue	2.49	3.50
204	Scott Steiner	2.48	4.25
205	Masahiro Chono	2.48	4.00
206	Billy Kidman	2.47	4.00
207	Chuck Palumbo	2.47	4.25
208	Sting	2.46	4.00
209	Michiyoshi Ohara	2.45	4.00
210	Nick Dinsmore	2.43	3.50
211	The Great Khali	2.42	4.25
212	Travis Tomko	2.40	4.00
213	Shiro Koshinaka	2.34	3.75
214	Mike Lockwood	2.29	3.25	deceased
215	Billy Gunn	2.26	3.75
216	Gail Kim	2.26	3.50
217	Lance Archer	2.25	3.50
218	Kevin Nash	2.23	3.75
219	Monty Brown	2.22	4.25
220	Lance Cade	2.17	3.25	deceased
221	Riki Choshu	2.17	3.75
222	Mike Awesome	2.16	4.25	deceased
223	Don Frye	2.16	4.00
224	Shawn Daivari	2.14	3.50
225	Tatsutoshi Goto	2.12	4.00
226	Awesome Kong	2.11	3.50
227	Taz	2.06	3.25
228	Crowbar	2.06	3.25
229	Pat Kenney	2.04	3.50
230	Road Dogg	2.04	3.50
231	Chris Kanyon	2.02	3.25	deceased
232	Danny Doring	2.02	3.25
233	Roadkill	2.02	3.25
234	Hulk Hogan	1.97	3.50	deceased
235	Chyna	1.90	2.75	deceased
236	Rob Conway	1.86	2.75
237	Bill DeMott	1.86	3.25
238	Rick Steiner	1.85	2.75
239	Yutaka Yoshie	1.83	3.50	deceased
240	David Young	1.81	2.75
241	2 Cold Scorpio	1.79	3.25
242	Velvet Sky	1.75	3.00
243	KENSO	1.74	3.50
244	O. D. B.	1.71	3.50
245	Sean O'Haire	1.70	3.50	deceased
246	Taylor Wilde	1.69	3.25
247	Balls Mahoney	1.68	3.00	deceased
248	Mark Jindrak	1.63	3.50
249	Trish Stratus	1.62	3.25
250	Konnan	1.62	2.75
251	Angelina Love	1.57	3.00
252	Norman Smiley	1.55	2.75
253	Nikki Roxx	1.47	2.50
254	FUNAKI	1.46	2.50
255	Danny Basham	1.46	2.75
256	Doug Basham	1.46	2.75
257	Melina	1.46	3.00
258	Johnny Stamboli	1.43	2.75
259	Buff Bagwell	1.43	3.25
260	Shawn Stasiak	1.37	3.25
261	Jacqueline Moore	1.36	2.25
262	Lita	1.30	3.25
263	Shane Douglas	1.28	3.00
264	Lex Luger	1.17	2.50
265	Jerry Tuite	1.16	3.00	deceased
266	Michelle McCool	1.07	2.50
267	Mickie James	1.05	2.75
268	Vito LoGrasso	1.04	3.00
269	Molly Holly	1.03	2.50
270	Lisa Marie Varon	1.03	3.25
271	Beth Phoenix	1.01	2.50
272	Jazz	0.96	2.25
273	Christy Hemme	0.93	2.00
274	Jillian Hall	0.93	3.00
275	Stevie Richards	0.91	2.75
276	Scott Norton	0.88	3.25
277	Vampiro	0.45	2.50
278	Kelly Kelly	0.45	2.25
279	Candice Michelle	0.21	1.00
280	Brian Adams	0.10	1.25	deceased
281	Bryan Clark	0.08	1.25
282	Maria Kanellis	-0.04	1.00
283	Torrie Wilson	-0.04	2.00