Activity Log

7/9/2022NHLAnze Kopitar moves from #69 to #64 following 2021-2022 NHL season
7/9/2022NBAMagic Johnson moves from #4 to #6 after ranking adjustment due to overranking
7/23/2022MMACurtis Blaydes jumps to #64 from unranked, ostensibly, after defeating Tom Aspinall. The move is primarily due to previous under-ranking. Vadim Nemkov drops out of top 100.
8/20/2022MMALeon Edwards jumps to #71 from unranked after TKO of Kamaru Usman. Urijah Faber drops out of top 100.
10/22/2022MMAIslam Makhachev jumps to #28 from unranked after submitting Charles Oliveira. Don Frye drops out of top 100.
10/22/2022MMAAljamain Sterling jumps from #64 to #40 after TKO of TJ Dillashaw
11/12/2022MMAAlex Pereira jumps to #81 from unranked after defeating Israel Adesanya. Dan Severn drops out of top 100.
11/12/2022MMADustin Poirier moves from #21 to #19 after defeating Michael Chandler
11/18/2022MMAVadim Nemkov jumps to #94 from unranked after unanimous decision over Corey Anderson. Carlos Condit drops out of top 100.
11/21/2022MLBJustin Verlander moves from #23 to #17 after the 2022 MLB Season.
12/10/2022MMAMagomed Ankalaev jumps to #81 from unranked after split-decision draw against Jan Blachowicz. Jeremy Horn drops out of top 100.
1/21/2022MMABrandon Moreno moves from #64 to #31 after TKO win over Deiveson Figueiredo
2/11/2022MMAAlexander Volkanovski moves from #5 to #3 after loss at lightweight to Islam Makhachev
2/22/2023NFLTravis Kelce moves from #77 to #36
2/22/2023NFLPatrick Mahomes jumps from unranked to #42. Roosevelt Brown out from #100
2/22/2023NFLBobby Wagner moves from #83 to #75
3/18/2023MMALeon Edwards jumps from #72 to #13 after defeating Kamaru Usman
4/8/2023MMAJorge Masvidal drop out from #99 after losing to Gilbert Burns, Belal Muhammad enters at #100
4/22/23MMACurtis Blaydes drops from #66 to #92 after losing to Sergei Pavlovich
5/7/22MMAAljimain Sterling jumps from #42 to #27 after defeating Henry Cejudo
6/14/23NBANikola Jokic jumps from #32 to #14
6/14/23NBAJoel Embiid jumps from #81 to #33
6/14/23NBADamian Lillard jumps from #54 to #39
6/14/23NBAJimmy Butler jumps from #67 to #40
6/14/23NBALuka Doncic enters at #56, Kevin Johnson drops out of the top 100.
6/14/23NHLConnor McDavid moves from #24 to #15
6/14/23NHLErik Karlsson moves from #65 to #33
7/8/23MMAAlexandre Pantoja enters at #72 after defeating Brandon Moreno, Moreno falls from #33 to #38.
7/8/23MMARobert Whitaker drops from #18 to #29 after losing to Dricus Du Plesses
7/29/23MMAJustin Gaethje enters at #43 after losing to Dustin Poirier, B. Muhammad drops out
7/29/23MMAAlex Pereira jumps from #82 to #67 after defeating Jan Blachowicz, Blachowicz drops from #51 to #68.
8/24/23MMAAljamain Sterling drops from #27 to #37 after loss to Sean O’Malley
9/9/23MMAIsrael Adesanya drops from #5 to #6 after loss to Sean Strickland.
10/21/23MMAIslam Makhachev moves from # 29 to #27 after defeating Alexander Volkanovski.
10/21/23MMAKhamzat Chimaev enters the top 100 at #76 after defeating Kamaru Usman. Renan Barao moves out of the top 100.
11/11/23MMAAlex Pereira moves from #67 to #36 after defeating Jir Prochazka.
12/1/2023MLBNote: No movement into or within the top 100 for the 2023 MLB season. Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts inched closer towards the top 100.
12/16/23MMALeon Edwards moves from #13 to #11 after defeating Colby Covington.
1/20/24MMADricus Du Plessis enters the list at #77 after victory over Sean Strickland. Raphael Assuncao drops out of the top 100.
2/12/24NFLPatrick Mahomes moves from #42 to #32.
2/12/24NFLTravis Kelce moves from #36 to #33
2/12/24NFLTJ Watt enters the top 100 at #78. Carl Eller moves out of the top 100.
2/17/24MMAIlia Topuria enters the list at #77 after victory over Alexander Volkanovski. Pedro Rizzo drops out of top 100.
3/9/24MMASean O’Malley enters the list at #87 after victory over Marlon Vera. Sergei Kharitonov falls out of the top 100.
4/13/24MMAMax Halloway moves from #23 to #21 after win over Justin Gaethje.
4/13/24MMAArman Tsarukyan enters the list at #87 after victory over Charles Oliveira. Oliveira drops from #27 to #29. Vadim Nemkov falls out of the top 100.
4/13/24MMAAlex Pereira moves from #36 to #18 after victory over Jamahal Hill.
6/18/24NBANikola Jokic moves from #14 to #12 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAGiannis Antetokounmpo moves ahead of Karl Malone (stays at #13 after Giannis leapfrogged both to #12).
6/18/24NBAAnthony Davis moves from #35 to #31 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBADamian Lillard moves from #39 to #37 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAScottie Pippen moves from #41 to #36 on a re-rank.
6/18/24NBARudy Gobert moves from #54 to #48 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAPaul George moves from #55 to #50 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBALuka Doncic moves from #56 to #40 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season.
6/18/24NBAKyrie Irving moves from #63 to #57.
6/18/24NBAKarl-Anthony Towns moves from #83 to #80
6/18/24NBAJayson Tatum enters at #80 following the 2023-2024 season. Bob Lanier falls out of the top 100.
6/18/24NBAJaylen Brown enters at #81 following the 2023-2024 season. Dolphy Schayes falls out of the top 100.
6/18/24NBADomantas Sabonis enters at #83 following the 2023-2023 NBA Season. Billy Cunningham falls out of the top 100.
6/18/24NBADevin Booker enters at #84 following the 2023-2024 NBA Season. Robert Parish falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLConnor McDavid moves from #14 to #8 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season.
6/25/24NHLNikita Kucherov moves from #37 to #30 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season.
6/25/24NHLSteve Stamkos moves from #64 to #58 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season.
6/25/24NHLAuston Matthews enters the list at #50 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season. Tim Horton falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLJarome Iginla drop sto #58 on a re-rank.
6/25/24NHLLeon Draisaitl enters the list at #51 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season. Turk Broda falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLNathan MacKinnon enters the list at #45 following the 2023-2024 NHL Season. Bill Cowley falls out of the top 100.
6/25/24NHLSergei Bobrovsky eners the list at #82 following the 2023-2024 NFL Season. Brendan Shanahan falls out of the top 100.
7/4/2024WrestlingBrock Lesnar moves from #26 to #12.
7/4/2024WrestlingRoman Reigns moves from #32 to #11.
7/4/2024WrestlingSeth Rollins moves from #31 to #16.
7/4/2024WrestlingCody Rhodes moves from #72 to #22.
7/4/2024WrestlingDrew McIntyre moves from #67 to #52.
7/4/2024WrestlingJey Uso enters at #84. Paul Orndorf falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingKevin Owens enters at #64. Tully Blanchard falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingMJF enters at #82. Kevin Von Erich falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingSami Zayn enters at #83. Junkyard Dog falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024WrestlingGunther enters at #78. Michael Hayes falls out of the top-100.
7/4/2024MMAJustin Gaethje drops from #44 to #52 after re-rank.
7/4/2024MMAVadim Nemkov enters at #53. Joseph Benavidez falls out of top-100.
7/4/2024MMAIslam Makhachev moves from #27 to #6 after defeating Dustin Poirier.
7/4/2024MMADustin Poirier drops from #22 to #23 after loss to Islam Makhachev.
7/4/2024MMASean Strickland enters at #90 after win over Paulo Costa. Curtis Blaydes falls out of top-100.
7/4/2024MMAAlex Pereira moves from #19 to #14 after defeating Jiri Prochazka.
7/28/2024MMAPetr Yan reevaluation drops from #68 to #90.
7/28/2024MMABelal Muhammad enters the list at #33 after defeating Leon Edwards. Derrick Lewis drops out of top 100.
8/12/2024SoccerSoccer: Top-125 released
8/18/2024MMADricus Du Plessis jumps from #79 to #33 after defeating Israel Adesanya
9/15/24MMAMerab Dvalishvili jumps from unranked to #15 after defeating Sean O’Malley. Demian Maia drops out of top 100.

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"UR StooPid. (Insert player) is trash. I've watched (pick a sport) for (pick a number of years) and (pick a player) is better than everyone. UR DUMB. HAHA6969."

–Some Jabroni

As cognitively stimulating as this species of comment is, it ends up being a missed opportunity to share a nuanced perspective. I reply to all comments that show even the most basic levels of thought and humility. The people who make the comments like the example above are under the assumption that the three seconds of thought that popped into their brains after reading the list is more than the 1000s of hours that I put into creating and maintaining the lists. I would be happy to defend any placement, or make an adjustment if one is warranted. If you are a jabroni, like the one above, then your comment will die in the lonely void of the unpublished comments section.

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