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 July, 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. Dax Harwood
9. Kenosuke Takeshita
10. MJF
11. Cash Wheeler
12. Swerve Strickland
13. Kyle Fletcher
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. Chris Jericho
26. Mike Bailey
27. Christian Cage
28. Mercedes Mone
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. Kris Statlander
44. Mark Davis
45. Cody Rhodes
46. Mascara Dorada
47. Adam Copeland
48. Buddy Matthews
49. Mistico
50. Roderick Strong
50. Rush
52. Samoa Joe
53. Keith Lee
54. Juice Robinson
55. Tomohiro Ishii
55. Powerhouse Hobbs
57. Shingo Takagi
57. Sting
59. Wheeler Yuta
59. Toni Storm
61. Willow Nightengale
61. Kota Ibushi
63. Josh Alexander
64. Hechicero
65. Trent Barretta
66. Ortiz
66. Santana
68. Miro
68. Hiromu Takahashi
70. Katsuyori Shibata
71. Dustin Rhodes
72. Vikingo
73. Anthony Bowens
73. Max Caster
73. Jamie Hayter
76. Kommander
77. Lance Archer
77. Jay Lethal
77. Nigel McGuinness
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
