If you ever catch any of my sports rankings, I dont do subjective lists "hey, X seems better than Y" I find some overly complicated formula (in this case it involved working through every AEW show in history and hunting 4 star+ matches; there's an adjustment made for PPV).
Through August, 2026, here are the 100 best wrestlers in AEW history.
1. Nick Jackson
2. Matt Jackson
3. Jon Moxley
4. Kenny Omega
5. Will Ospreay
6. Adam Page
7. Bryan Danielson
8. Kenosuke Takeshita
9. Dax Harwood
10. MJF
11. Kyle Fletcher
12. Cash Wheeler
13. Swerve Strickland
14. Kazuchika Okada
15. Darby Allin
16. Ray Fenix
17. Pac
18. Penta
19. Jack Perry
20. Brody King
21. Claudio Castagnoli
22. Bandido
23. Mark Briscoe
24. Eddie Kingston
25. Mercedes Mone
26. Chris Jericho
27. Christian Cage
28. Mike Bailey
29. Orange Cassidy
30. Kevin Knight
31. Ricochet
32. Sammy Guevara
33. Zach Sabre Jr.
34. Jay White
35. Luchasaurus
36. Danny Garcia
37. Kyle O'Reilly
38. Adam Cole
39. Malakai Black
40. CM Punk
41. Andrade
42. Ricky Starks
43. Adam Copeland
44. Mark Davis
45. Kris Statlander
46. Cody Rhodes
47. Mascara Dorada
48. Willow Nightengale
49. Buddy Matthews
50. Mistico
51. Roderick Strong
51. Rush
53. Samoa Joe
54. Keith Lee
55. Juice Robinson
56. Tomohiro Ishii
56. Powerhouse Hobbs
58. Shingo Takagi
58. Sting
60. Wheeler Yuta
61. Toni Storm
62. Nigel McGuinness
63. Kota Ibushi
64. Josh Alexander
65. Hechicero
66. Trent Barretta
67. Ortiz
67. Santana
69. Miro
69. Hiromu Takahashi
71. Katsuyori Shibata
72. Dustin Rhodes
73. Vikingo
74. Anthony Bowens
74. Max Caster
76. Jamie Hayter
77. Kommander
78. Lance Archer
78. Jay Lethal
80. Gabe Kidd
80. Mariah May
82. Tommaso Ciampa
83. Austin Gunn
83. Colton Gunn
83. Maya World
86. Clark Connors
86. Brian Cage
88. Dante Martin
88. Darius Martin
88. Chuck Taylor
88. Zay Cassidy
88. Marc Quen
93. Frankie Kazarian
94. Britt Baker
95. Hologram
95. Matt Hardy
95. Scorpio Sky
98. Beast Mortos
98. Athena
98. Nick Wayne
98. AR Fox
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