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Wrestlers with Highest Average Weighted Wrestling Observer Newsletter Star Ratings - 1980s 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	Ric Flair	4.33	6.00
2	Genichiro Tenryu	4.25	5.00
3	Terry Funk	4.13	5.00	deceased
4	Ricky Steamboat	4.03	6.00
5	Jumbo Tsuruta	4.00	5.00	deceased
6	Yoshiaki Yatsu	3.98	5.00
7	Keiji Mutoh	3.95	5.00
8	Tatsumi Fujinami	3.95	4.50
9	Mitsuharu Misawa	3.85	5.00	deceased
10	Bobby Fulton	3.60	5.00
11	Barry Windham	3.58	5.00
12	Tommy Rogers	3.54	5.00	deceased
13	Sting	3.43	4.75
14	Dynamite Kid	3.42	5.00	deceased
15	Stan Lane	3.39	5.00
16	Lex Luger	3.36	5.00
17	Arn Anderson	3.30	5.00
18	Davey-Boy Smith	3.29	4.50	deceased
19	Samu	3.24	4.00
20	Road Warrior Hawk	3.22	5.00	deceased
21	Dick Murdoch	3.21	4.25	deceased
22	Ricky Morton	3.12	4.25
23	Tully Blanchard	3.10	5.00
24	Road Warrior Animal	3.08	5.00	deceased
25	Adrian Adonis	3.05	4.00	deceased
26	Bobby Eaton	3.04	5.00	deceased
27	Rikishi	2.99	4.00
28	Michael Hayes	2.96	4.00
29	Robert Gibson	2.92	4.25
30	Scott Steiner	2.90	3.50
31	Randy Savage	2.89	4.50	deceased
32	Nikolai Volkoff	2.89	4.00	deceased
33	Tito Santana	2.86	4.00
34	Rick Steiner	2.86	4.00
35	Nikita Koloff	2.84	5.00
36	The Tonga Kid	2.81	4.00
37	Rick Martel	2.78	4.00
38	Jim Neidhart	2.77	4.00	deceased
39	One Man Gang	2.75	3.75
40	Jacques Rougeau, Jr.	2.74	4.00
41	Raymond Rougeau	2.74	4.00
42	Greg Valentine	2.74	4.00
43	Steve Williams	2.74	4.00	deceased
44	Paul Roma	2.73	4.00
45	Big Boss Man	2.72	5.00	deceased
46	Luke Williams	2.72	5.00
47	Butch Miller	2.72	5.00	deceased
48	Wahoo McDaniel	2.71	3.50	deceased
49	Sam Houston	2.67	4.00
50	Dusty Rhodes	2.66	5.00	deceased
51	Ted DiBiase	2.65	4.50
52	B. Brian Blair	2.63	4.00
53	Bret Hart	2.61	4.00
54	Bill Eadie	2.61	4.25
55	Kevin Sullivan	2.60	3.50	deceased
56	Hulk Hogan	2.59	3.75	deceased
57	Giant Baba	2.58	4.00	deceased
58	Jim Brunzell	2.56	4.00
59	The Ultimate Warrior	2.53	3.50	deceased
60	Jimmy Garvin	2.52	4.00
61	Curt Hennig	2.52	3.75	deceased
62	Brad Armstrong	2.49	3.75	deceased
63	Ron Garvin	2.48	4.25
64	Barry Darsow	2.46	4.00
65	Ron Bass	2.46	3.50	deceased
66	Terry Taylor	2.45	3.25
67	Mike Rotundo	2.44	4.00
68	Haku	2.42	4.00
69	Dino Bravo	2.41	4.00	deceased
70	The Warlord	2.39	3.50
71	Brutus Beefcake	2.34	4.00
72	Harley Race	2.25	4.00	deceased
73	Don Muraco	2.24	4.00
74	Roddy Piper	2.24	4.00	deceased
75	The Barbarian	2.24	3.50
76	Koko B. Ware	2.22	3.00
77	Jim Duggan	2.20	3.50
78	Ray Fernandez	2.19	3.00	deceased
79	The Iron Sheik	2.17	4.50	deceased
80	Ivan Koloff	2.17	3.50	deceased
81	The Junkyard Dog	2.13	4.00	deceased
82	Bad News Brown	2.09	3.25	deceased
83	Honky Tonk Man	2.04	3.50
84	Rick Rude	2.02	3.75	deceased
85	Bob Orton Jr.	1.98	3.25
86	Danny Davis	1.93	3.50
87	Manny Fernandez	1.93	3.25
88	Andre The Giant	1.85	3.75	deceased
89	Jake Roberts	1.83	4.00
90	Butch Reed	1.70	5.00	deceased
91	King Kong Bundy	1.43	3.75	deceased