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Wrestlers with Highest Average Weighted Wrestling Observer Newsletter Star Ratings - 1990s 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	Manami Toyota	4.45	5.00
2	Dynamite Kansai	4.32	5.00
3	Mitsuharu Misawa	4.31	5.00	deceased
4	Mayumi Ozaki	4.29	5.00
5	Toshiyo Yamada	4.26	5.00
6	Kyoko Inoue	4.26	5.00
7	Cutie Suzuki	4.19	5.00
8	Devil Masami	4.19	5.00
9	Sakie Hasegawa	4.18	5.00
10	Kenta Kobashi	4.16	5.00
11	Mima Shimoda	4.12	5.00
12	Takako Inoue	4.12	5.00
13	Toshiaki Kawada	4.10	5.00
14	Yumiko Hotta	4.09	4.75
15	Aja Kong	4.09	5.00
16	Hikari Fukuoka	4.08	5.00
17	Bison Kimura	4.05	4.75
18	Shinobu Kandori	4.04	5.00
19	Akiro Hokuto	4.03	5.00
20	Chigusa Nagayo	4.03	4.50
21	The Great Sasuke	4.03	5.00
22	Etsuko Mita	4.03	4.50
23	Shinjiro Otani	4.02	4.75
24	Gran Naniwa	4.02	5.00	deceased
25	Suzuka Minami	4.01	4.75
26	Akira Taue	4.00	5.00
27	Jumbo Tsuruta	3.96	5.00	deceased
28	Bull Nakano	3.95	5.00
29	Koji Kanemoto	3.93	5.00
30	Yoshinari Ogawa	3.93	5.00
31	Masanobu Fuchi	3.93	5.00
32	El Hijo del Santo	3.91	5.00
33	Jun Akiyama	3.90	5.00
34	Gran Hamada	3.88	5.00	deceased
35	Jushin Thunder Liger	3.87	5.00
36	Stan Lane	3.85	5.00
37	El Samurai	3.83	5.00
38	Kaoru Ito	3.83	4.75
39	Super Delfin	3.82	5.00
40	Hiromi Yagi	3.82	4.75
41	Mariko Yoshida	3.79	4.50
42	Debbie Malenko	3.79	4.50
43	Mika Takahashi	3.79	4.25
44	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	3.78	4.75
45	Dick Togo	3.77	5.00
46	Candy Okutsu	3.74	4.75
47	Blue Panther	3.74	4.50
48	Kendo Kashin	3.72	4.50
49	Fuerza Guerrera	3.70	4.50
50	Kaoru Maeda	3.70	4.25
51	Espectrito	3.66	4.50	deceased
52	Nicho El Millonario	3.64	4.75
53	Kaz Hayashi	3.60	5.00
54	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi	3.58	5.00
55	Hiroshi Hase	3.57	4.75
56	Tomoko Watanabe	3.56	4.25
57	Art Barr	3.55	5.00	deceased
58	Negro Casas	3.55	4.00
59	Hiromichi Fuyuki	3.54	4.50	deceased
60	Harley Saito	3.52	4.50	deceased
61	Octagon	3.52	5.00
62	TAKA Michinoku	3.52	5.00
63	Keiji Mutoh	3.51	5.00
64	John Laurinaitis	3.51	5.00
65	Masahito Kakihara	3.49	4.25
66	Perro Aguayo	3.49	4.75	deceased
67	Norio Honaga	3.49	4.50
68	Shawn Michaels	3.46	5.00
69	Shiro Koshinaka	3.46	4.25
70	Terry Funk	3.45	4.50	deceased
71	Ultimo Dragon	3.44	4.75
72	Eagle Sawai	3.40	4.50
73	Taiyo Kea	3.40	4.00
74	Rey Mysterio	3.38	5.00
75	Genichiro Tenryu	3.36	4.75
76	Tamon Honda	3.34	5.00
77	Super Strong Machine	3.33	4.25
78	Kazuo Yamazaki	3.31	4.25
79	TAJIRI	3.30	4.00
80	Takashi Iizuka	3.30	4.50
81	Ricky Steamboat	3.29	5.00
82	Tom Prichard	3.28	5.00
83	Steve Williams	3.27	5.00	deceased
84	Satoshi Kojima	3.25	4.00
85	Phil Lafon	3.25	5.00
86	Bobby Fulton	3.25	4.75
87	Tommy Rogers	3.24	4.75	deceased
88	Kensuke Sasaki	3.22	4.75
89	Brian Pillman	3.21	5.00	deceased
90	Giant Baba	3.21	5.00	deceased
91	Stan Hansen	3.20	5.00
92	Shinya Hashimoto	3.20	4.75	deceased
93	Máscara Sagrada	3.20	4.75
94	Masahiro Chono	3.19	4.75
95	Bret Hart	3.18	5.00
96	Riki Choshu	3.17	4.50
97	Jinsei Shinzaki	3.16	4.25
98	Eddie Guerrero	3.16	5.00	deceased
99	Chris Benoit	3.16	5.00	deceased
100	Juventud Guerrera	3.12	5.00
101	Jimmy Del Ray	3.11	4.50	deceased
102	Robert Gibson	3.11	5.00
103	Steve Austin	3.10	5.00
104	Billy Kidman	3.10	4.50
105	Vader	3.06	5.00	deceased
106	Larry Zbyszko	3.06	5.00
107	Del Wilkes	3.04	4.00	deceased
108	Ric Flair	3.02	5.00
109	Hiro Saito	3.00	4.00
110	Taz	2.98	5.00
111	Takao Omori	2.98	4.50
112	Terry Gordy	2.98	4.25	deceased
113	Gedo	2.97	4.25
114	AKIRA	2.96	4.00
115	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	2.96	4.00
116	Mick Foley	2.95	4.75
117	Dean Malenko	2.95	4.75
118	Paul Diamond	2.94	4.00
119	Pitbull #1	2.92	4.00
120	Marty Jannetty	2.91	4.75
121	Headhunter A	2.89	4.25
122	Headhunter B	2.89	4.25
123	Tatsumi Fujinami	2.87	4.50
124	L. A. Park	2.87	4.50
125	Butch Reed	2.84	4.00	deceased
126	Tony Anthony	2.84	4.00
127	Manabu Nakanishi	2.83	4.00
128	Doug Furnas	2.82	5.00	deceased
129	Sabu	2.81	4.50	deceased
130	Miguel Perez, Jr.	2.81	4.25
131	Scott Steiner	2.79	5.00
132	Owen Hart	2.79	5.00	deceased
133	Dan Spivey	2.77	4.25
134	The Rock	2.77	4.25
135	Tim Horner	2.77	3.75
136	Rob Van Dam	2.77	4.50
137	Pat Tanaka	2.76	4.00
138	Tatsutoshi Goto	2.74	4.00
139	Rick Steiner	2.73	5.00
140	2 Cold Scorpio	2.70	4.50
141	Cien Caras	2.69	4.50
142	Yoshiaki Yatsu	2.68	4.25
143	Ricky Morton	2.68	5.00
144	Davey-Boy Smith	2.68	4.50	deceased
145	Jerry Lynn	2.67	4.25
146	Yuji Nagata	2.67	3.75
147	The Great Kabuki	2.66	4.00
148	Shane Douglas	2.65	4.50
149	Chris Jericho	2.65	4.50
150	Kuniaki Kobayashi	2.63	4.00	deceased
151	Bobby Eaton	2.63	5.00	deceased
152	Raven	2.63	4.00
153	Tito Santana	2.62	4.00
154	John Kronus	2.60	3.25	deceased
155	Rick Rude	2.60	5.00	deceased
156	Tony Norris	2.59	3.75
157	Justin Credible	2.58	3.75
158	Nikita Koloff	2.58	5.00
159	Rick Martel	2.58	3.75
160	Koko B. Ware	2.56	3.50
161	Ted DiBiase	2.55	3.75
162	Alundra Blayze	2.54	3.75
163	Masa Saito	2.52	3.75	deceased
164	Michiyoshi Ohara	2.51	4.00
165	Osamu Kido	2.50	4.50
166	Mikey Whipwreck	2.50	4.00
167	Mighty Inoue	2.50	4.25	deceased
168	Tracy Smothers	2.49	4.75	deceased
169	Triple H	2.49	4.25
170	Pitbull #2	2.49	4.00	deceased
171	Bob Backlund	2.49	3.50
172	Lance Storm	2.48	3.75
173	The Warlord	2.47	3.75
174	Jimmy Snuka	2.47	3.75	deceased
175	Ray Fernandez	2.47	3.75	deceased
176	Gary Albright	2.46	4.50	deceased
177	Kerry Von Erich	2.46	3.75	deceased
178	Chris Candido	2.46	4.50	deceased
179	Steve Armstrong	2.44	4.75
180	Arn Anderson	2.43	5.00
181	Tatanka	2.43	3.75
182	Sean Waltman	2.43	4.50
183	Kengo Kimura	2.43	4.00
184	Robert Fuller	2.43	5.00
185	Tadao Yasuda	2.42	4.00
186	Jake Roberts	2.41	4.50
187	Bam Bam Bigelow	2.39	4.50	deceased
188	Super Calo	2.38	4.75
189	Barry Windham	2.36	5.00
190	Brian Lee	2.36	5.00
191	Barry Darsow	2.36	3.75
192	The Undertaker	2.36	5.00
193	Virgil	2.35	3.75	deceased
194	Jim Neidhart	2.34	4.25	deceased
195	Jerry Sags	2.34	4.50
196	Savio Vega	2.34	4.00
197	Osamu Nishimura	2.34	3.75	deceased
198	Curt Hennig	2.33	4.25	deceased
199	Johnny Smith	2.33	3.75
200	Rikishi	2.32	3.50
201	Christian Cage	2.32	4.50
202	Dustin Rhodes	2.31	5.00
203	Bob Holly	2.30	3.75
204	Antonio Inoki	2.30	4.25	deceased
205	Scott Norton	2.30	4.50
206	Sting	2.29	5.00
207	Silver King	2.29	4.25	deceased
208	Sid	2.24	5.00	deceased
209	Bart Gunn	2.24	3.50
210	Marc Mero	2.24	4.00
211	Ken Shamrock	2.23	4.25
212	Konnan	2.20	4.75
213	Perry Saturn	2.17	3.50
214	Chavo Guerrero Jr.	2.17	4.00
215	Samu	2.14	4.00
216	Ted Petty	2.13	4.25	deceased
217	Terry Taylor	2.13	3.50
218	Tommy Dreamer	2.13	3.75
219	Brian Knobbs	2.12	4.50
220	Jeff Jarrett	2.12	4.50
221	Curtis Hughes	2.10	3.50
222	Rick Bogner	2.10	3.00	deceased
223	Tom Zenk	2.09	3.75	deceased
224	Adam Copeland	2.09	4.50
225	Scott Hall	2.09	5.00	deceased
226	Greg Valentine	2.08	3.75
227	Axl Rotten	2.08	3.75	deceased
228	Paul Roma	2.07	3.75
229	Randy Savage	2.06	4.25	deceased
230	Paul Orndorff	2.06	4.25	deceased
231	The Godfather	2.03	3.50
232	Johnny Grunge	2.03	4.25	deceased
233	Ron Simmons	2.02	4.00
234	Ron Harris	2.01	4.25
235	Don Harris	2.01	4.25
236	Kane	2.00	3.50
237	Yokozuna	2.00	4.00	deceased
238	Sergeant Slaughter	1.99	3.75
239	Jeff Farmer	1.97	3.50
240	Brian Adams	1.97	3.50	deceased
241	Road Warrior Animal	1.97	4.25	deceased
242	Roddy Piper	1.96	4.00	deceased
243	William Regal	1.96	3.75
244	Bryan Clark	1.94	3.50
245	Road Warrior Hawk	1.91	4.25	deceased
246	Maxx Payne	1.91	4.50
247	PCO	1.90	4.00
248	Henry O. Godwinn	1.89	3.50
249	Brad Armstrong	1.89	4.00	deceased
250	Road Dogg	1.88	3.50
251	Little Guido Maritato	1.88	3.50
252	Goldberg	1.87	3.50
253	Billy Gunn	1.87	3.50
254	Hector Garza	1.86	4.25	deceased
255	Fit Finlay	1.83	3.50
256	New Jack	1.82	4.25	deceased
257	Chyna	1.82	3.25	deceased
258	The Sandman	1.81	4.25
259	Viscera	1.80	3.50	deceased
260	Diamond Dallas Page	1.80	4.00
261	Fred Ottman	1.79	3.50
262	Wayne Bloom	1.79	3.50
263	Jerry Lawler	1.78	4.00
264	Chris Kanyon	1.77	3.75	deceased
265	Kevin Nash	1.74	4.50
266	Al Snow	1.72	4.25
267	Tommy Rich	1.71	3.50
268	Abdullah The Butcher	1.71	3.50
269	Mike Rotundo	1.71	3.75
270	Buff Bagwell	1.71	3.75
271	The Barbarian	1.71	3.75
272	Lex Luger	1.69	4.50
273	The Ultimate Warrior	1.66	4.25	deceased
274	Booker T.	1.65	4.00
275	Yoshiaki Fujiwara	1.62	3.75
276	D-Lo Brown	1.62	3.50
277	Mike Enos	1.60	3.50
278	Bunkhouse Buck	1.59	5.00
279	Big Boss Man	1.56	3.75	deceased
280	Haku	1.55	3.75
281	Jacques Rougeau, Jr.	1.55	3.50
282	Steve Blackman	1.52	2.50
283	Kevin Sullivan	1.51	5.00	deceased
284	Jimmy Garvin	1.50	3.50
285	Alex Wright	1.50	3.75
286	Hulk Hogan	1.47	4.25	deceased
287	John Tenta	1.46	3.00	deceased
288	Butch Miller	1.45	3.50	deceased
289	Luke Williams	1.45	3.50
290	Michael Hayes	1.45	3.50
291	Mark Henry	1.38	2.50
292	One Man Gang	1.37	3.00
293	Gangrel	1.36	2.50
294	Koji Kitao	1.34	3.50	deceased
295	Spike Dudley	1.34	3.25
296	John Bradshaw Layfield	1.33	2.50
297	Val Venis	1.32	2.50
298	Brutus Beefcake	1.31	2.75
299	Jim Duggan	1.29	3.75
300	Dennis Knight	1.28	3.25
301	Paul Wight	1.27	3.75
302	D-Von Dudley	1.26	3.25
303	Balls Mahoney	1.24	3.25	deceased
304	Prince Iaukea	1.23	3.25
305	Luna Vachon	1.22	3.00	deceased
306	Bubba Ray Dudley	1.18	3.25
307	Chaz Warrington	1.18	2.50
308	Glen Ruth	1.18	2.50
309	Norman Smiley	1.14	3.25
310	Glenn Gilberti	1.12	3.25
311	Scotty Riggs	1.10	3.75
312	Stevie Ray	1.04	3.50
313	Bill DeMott	1.03	4.25
314	Ice Train	1.00	3.00	deceased
315	Glacier	1.00	2.50
316	Steve McMichael	0.96	3.50	deceased
317	Matt Borne	0.92	1.75	deceased
318	Van Hammer	0.87	3.50
319	Uganda	0.86	3.25
320	Terri Poch	0.77	2.50
321	Ernest "The Cat" Miller	0.63	2.50
322	Dave Sullivan	0.30	1.50
323	P. N. News	0.30	2.25
324	Jorge Gonzalez	0.23	1.75	deceased
325	Dick Slater	0.08	3.00	deceased