The PWI 500 Professional Wrestlers of 2020

The PWI Top 500 Professional Wrestlers of 2020 has been officially released online. This year amongst Pandemic woes, the AEW World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley has taken the coveted top spot.

In an upcoming interview that will be featured within Pro Wrestling Illustrated, the AEW World Champion stated that “I’m not looking for external validation. But PWI was such a big part of my childhood. To be number one … It’s pretty cool.”

Pro Wrestling Illustrated has revealed that the evaluation period for this year’s PWI 500 is July 1st, 2019 – June 30th, 2020. 

The criteria for ranking are as follows:

• Win-loss record
• Technical ability
• Influence on the sport
• Success against the highest grade of competition
• Success against the most diverse competition
• Activity

Note: Women have also been ranked within the Top 500 for the very first time.

Since the cover is already making its way around online, no point in waiting any longer: Congratulations to @AEWrestling's @JonMoxley on being the #1 ranked wrestler in this year’s PWI 500! Preorder your print copy now at https://t.co/EuUXs75XJB pic.twitter.com/O0JrkyvJ6U

— PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) August 27, 2020

Top 100 Wrestlers that are ranked in the PWI 500.

1. Jon Moxley

2. Adam Cole

3. Chris Jericho

4. Drew McIntyre

5. Tetsuya Naito

6. Kazuchika Okada

7. Cody Rhodes

8. Seth Rollins

9. Kofi Kingston

10. AJ Styles

11. Keith Lee

12. Brock Lesnar

13. Kenny Omega

14. Roman Reigns

15. Nick Aldis

16. Bray Wyatt

17. Kota Ibushi

18. Rush

19. Braun Strowman

20. Jacob Fatu

21. Will Ospreay

22. MJF

23. Aleister Black

24. Kento Miyahara

25. WALTER

26. Shinsuke Nakamura

27. Andrade

28. Jay White

29. Roderick Strong

30. Tommaso Ciampa

31. PCO

32. Daniel Bryan

33. Adam Page

34. Bandido

35. Finn Balor

36. Kaito Kiyomiya

37. Kevin Owens

38. Hiroshi Tanahashi

39. PAC

40. Hiromu Takahashi

41. Baron Corbin

42. Suwama

43. Rey Mysterio

44. Bobby Lashley

45. Matt Taven

46. Johnny Gargano

47. Go Shiozaki

48. Randy Orton

49. Jonathan Gresham

50. Ultimo Guerrero

51. Brian Cage

52. Fenix

53. Shingo Takagi

54. Zack Sabre, Jr

55. Darby Allin

56. Ricochet

57. Sami Callihan

58. KENTA

59. Lance Archer

60. Drew Gulak

61. Sammy Guevara

62. Takashi Sugiura

63. AJ Gray

64. James Storm

65. Shane Taylor

66. Naruki Doi

67. Nick Gage

68. Willie Mack

69. Otis

70. Jeff Cobb

71. Tomohiro Ishii

72. Cara Noir

73. Matt Jackson

74. Pentagon Jr.

75. Nick Jackson

76. Ryu Lee

77. Effy

78. Kylie Rae

79. Rey Horus

80. Matt Riddle

81. Pete Dunne

82. Apollo Crews

83. Tessa Blanchard

84. Orange Cassidy

85. SANADA

86. Jay Lethal

87. The Miz

88. Marty Scurll

89. Davey Boy Smith Jr.

90. Velveteen Dream

91. Humberto Carrilllo

92. Ricky Starks

93. Jungle Boy

94. Ace Austin

95. Dolph Ziggler

96. Karrion Kross

97. Scorpio Sky

98. Alexander Hammerstone

99. Lio Rush

100. John Morrison

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