Cody Rhodes Tops PWI 500 List for 2023

Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced that Cody Rhodes took their top spot for this year’s PWI 500 List. This is the first time ever in Rhodes career that he was ranked as PWI’s top wrestler for a particular year. This was also the third year in a row that a WWE wrestler topped PWI’s list, following Seth Rollins in 2023 and Roman Reigns in 2022.

This year’s rankings covered the time period between August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024 and wrestlers were ranked based on the criteria of win-loss record, technical ability, influence on the sport, success against the highest grade of competition, success against the most diverse competition, and activity.

WWE and AEW had the most wrestlers ranked in PWI’s Top 10 at four each, followed by New Japan Pro Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre at one each.

PWI’s Top 10 of 2024:

1. Cody Rhodes
2. Swerve Strickland
3. Will Ospreay
4. Seth Rollins
5. Tetsuya Naito
6. Damian Priest
7. MJF
8. Jon Moxley
9. Gunther
10. Mistico

The 2024 PWI 500 Top 10:

1. @CodyRhodes
2. @swerveconfident
3. @WillOspreay
4. @WWERollins
5. @s_d_naito
6. @ArcherOfInfamy
7. @The_MJF
8. Jon Moxley
9. @Gunther_AUT
10. @caristicomx

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— PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) September 10, 2024