Top 30 Wrestlers in the World

September 14, 2022

Who doesn’t love a good list? And what better way to put together a good list than to get a good sample size? So that’s what I did. Over the past two months, I have polled members of our podcasting community and other wrestling fans for their top 30 wrestlers in the world. I asked for this list to be a non-biased list of the best wrestlers in the world and not their favorite wrestlers. As far as what “best” wrestler means, that is subjective. To me, the best wrestlers can go in the ring, they’re good on the stick, and they are consistently great in their characters. Again, it’s all subjective. Let’s get into the list. I assembled the list by polling 15 total people. Those 15 people ranked their top 30 wrestlers in the world. From there I added up the total points. The lower the score the better.

Thank you to our participants. Please follow/subscribe to their channels. You can find a list of our participants below.

Nick from The Universal Wrestling Podcast, Devin from Clark Street Wrestling, Kyle from The Apron Bump, Jeremy and Justin from The In Time Wrestling Podcast, Dylan from The World Elite Podcast, Matt Ridder from Smackin’ it Raw, Brett from The Brain Buster Boys, Katie from the ShElite Showcase, Dan Bakley from Cage My IQ, Ivan from Circle of Debate, Eli from Minnesota, and FSS contributors Matt Tracht and Justin Patterson.

Top 30 Wrestlers in the World

Seth Rollins – 4 1st place votes
Roman Reigns – 3 1st place votes
Kazuchika Okada – 2 1st place votes
Will Ospreay – 2 1st place votes
Jon Moxley – 1 1st place vote
Kenny Omega – 1 1st place vote
Jay White – 1 1st place vote
Great O’Khan – 1 1st place vote

#	Wrestler	TK	Nick	Kyle	Eli	Jeremy	Dylan	Ridder	Justin	Devin	Brett	Patterson	Tracht	Katie	Bakley	Ivan	Total Points
1	Seth Rollins	3	5	6	1	1	2	3	5	2	19	6	1	1	6	9	70
2	Roman Reigns	2	13	1	16	7	9	6	7	1	20	1	2	2	2	11	100
3	Bryan Danielson	4	2	3	18	2	6	4	3	4	5	10	4			2	127
4	Jon Moxley	1	7		6	8	5		11	7	4	7	3	18	5	4	148
5	Kenny Omega	5	3			11	1		8		10	8	6	4	3	3	188
6	Kazuchika Okada	6	6	7		5	7		1	9	1		20		8		225
7	AJ Styles	15	4	18		22	3	9	6	24	30		8	10	19	5	235
8	Will Ospreay	8	1			9	12		4		2		15		4	1	242
9	Jay White	10	8	15	11	20			2	5	3		14		1		244
10	MJF	14	30	5	2	14			13	3	13	2	13				264
11	Cody Rhodes	9	15	2	14	3		2			26	3	22		26		277
12	Kevin Owens	7		9	17	21	10		12	19		26	11	21	27	15	288
13	CM Punk	16		10	3	4	18	7				5	23		18		290
14	Gunther	13	20	8		15				15	22	11	18	30	11	16	303
15	Hangman Adam Page	17	9			10	20	8		13	15		19	13			310
16	Drew McIntyre	11		13			17	25	21	28		17	5	7	17		316
17	Randy Orton	18	25			13	4		10	8			7		15		317
18	Josh Alexander	27	24	26	12	19			14	14	21	13			9	18	321
19	Brock Lesnar			25	30	26	11	10		6		9			10		326
20	Adam Cole	19	16			12	23	18		12		24	10	9	28		326
21	Bobby Lashley	12	26		15			22	15	11		4	26	11			328
22	Riddle			12	5	16	30		17	20		22	17		25	28	347
23	Malakai Black	22	17	22		24		11		16			12	12			353
24	Zack Sabre Jr.		14			17	8		20		12					6	356
25	Edge			14	9	6	14		9								362
26	Finn Balor	23	18	27		28	13					16	9	14			365
27	Shingo Takagi	24	12	20					18		6				7		366
28	Claudio Castagnoli	21	22				16	24					21	8		17	377
29	Tetsuya Naito		10			25			19		7				13		384
30	Pac	25		16				21			28	28	16	5			387


–	Miro	30						19		18			25	16		8	395
–	Carmelo Hayes			17	20		24	26		29				15	21		400
–	Kota Ibushi		11								9					12	404
–	Dax Harwood			21	4		26				24	19					404
–	Chris Jericho		19				15			10		29			22		405
–	Bron Breakker				19		22					12		22	20		405
–	Jonathan Gresham		23	23	24	18			22	23							412
–	Moose				13	23			23			15					415
–	Rey Fenix		28		7			16								23	415
–	Sheamus	20							27				29	6			423
–	Wardlow								21			23		25	16		–
–	Ilja Dragunov			11						17	27				30		–
–	Keith Lee	29				30		12	29	25			24				–
–	Sami Zayn				26	27				22		27	30				–
	Theory				27		29					14					–
–	Jungle Boy													20			–
–	Samoa Joe							5									–
–	Ciampa							13						17			–
–	Kyle O’Reilly																–
–	Sammy Guevara						21										–
–	Jey Uso											20					–
–	Eddie Kingston	26		4							25						–
–	Cameron Grimes											18					–
–	Shinsuke Nakamura											25	27				–
–	Mustafa Ali							23						24			–
–	John Cena																–
–	Ricochet															27	–
–	Great O’Khan							1									–
–	Chad Gable			28			19							26			–
–	Darby Allin				8	29											–
–	Jimmy Uso																–
–	The Miz											21			29		–
–	Christian			30	10												–
–	Katsuhiko Nakajima										8						–
–	Hiroshi Tanahashi								25		16				14		–
–	Damian Priest																–
–	Hiromu Takahashi										11						–
–	Tomohiro Ishii										14						–
–	Johnny Gargano							14									–
–	Penta							15								22	–
–	Kofi Kingston							17									–
–	Hammerstone								16								–
–	Jacob Fatu								24								–
–	Eddie Edwards								27								–
–	Sanada								30								–
–	R-Truth																–
–	Bray Wyatt																–
–	Luchasaurus				22												–
–	Scorpio Sky				21											26	–
–	Sting				23												–
–	Minoru Suzuki				25												–
–	W.Morrissey				28												–
–	Sami Callihan				29												–
–	Montez Ford						25							29			–
–	Wheeler Yuta						27	28		30						10	–
–	Big E						28	20									–
–	Solo Sikoa							27						28			–
–	Danhausen							29									–
–	Orange Cassidy							30						23	23		–
–	Happy Corbin												28				–
–	Tyler Bate			19													–
–	Swerve Strickland			24													–
–	Cash Wheeler			29													–
–	Konosuke Takeshita										17						–
–	Go Shiozaki										18						–
–	Speedball Mike Bailey										29					19	–
–	Hook											30					–
–	Buddy Matthews													19			–
–	Apollo Crews													27			–
–	Kento Miyahara		21														–
–	Tom Lawlor		27						28							29	–
–	El Desperado		29								23						–
–	Daniel Garcia															7	–
–	El Phantasmo															13	–
–	Brody King															14	–
–	Jeff Cobb															30	–
–	Karrion Kross														12		–
–	Jonah														24		–

Top 30 Wrestlers in the World

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