giovedì 4 maggio 2023

Best VGC Players of All Time | Record Hall (Top70)

01. Wolfe Glick
▪ Seasons (S+M): 9 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2016)
- Runner-up World Championship (2012)
- Top8 World Championship (2011)
- WINNER North American Int. (2019)

02. Ray Rizzo
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2010, 2011, 2012)
- Top8 US Nat. (2014)
- Top16 US Nat. (2010)
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03. Sejun Park
▪ Seasons (S+M): 9 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2014)
- Top8 World Championship (2012, 2013)
- Runner-up World Championship (2011, Senior)
WINNER Korean Nat. (2011, 2013, 2014)

04. Naoto "Penguin" Mizobuchi
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2019)
- Top4 World Championship (2015)
- Top8 World Championship (2022)
- Top16 World Championship (2010)

05. Eduardo Cunha
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2022)
- Top4 World Championship (2016)
- WINNER Oceanian Int. (2019)
- Top16 World Championship (2019)


06. Arash Ommati
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2013)
- Top8 World Championship (2018)
- WINNER German Nat. (2016)
- Top16 World Championship (2015)

07. Alex Gomez
▪ Seasons (S+M): 10 (201220132014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2019)
- WINNER North American Int. (2023)
- WINNER UK Nat. (2016)
- Runner-up European Int. (2017)

08. Paul Ruiz
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2018)
- Top4 World Championship (2017)
- Top4 Latin American Int. (2019)
- Top8 European Int. (2023)

09. Ryota "Barudoru" Otsubo
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2017)
- WINNER Japanese Nat. (2017)
- Runner-up Japanese Nat. (2014)
- x-2 World Championship (2014)

10. Markus Stadter
▪ Seasons (S+M): 7 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2016)
- WINNER UK Nat. (2015)
- WINNER German Nat. (2014)
- Top16 World Championship (2014)


11. Eric Rios
▪ Seasons (S+M): 9 (20132014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2019)
- WINNER European Int. (2022)
- Top16 World Championship (2022)
Top4 World Championship (2014, Senior)

12. Shoma "SHADEviera" Honami
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2020)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2015)
- WINNER Japanese Nat. (2015)
- Top8 Japanese Nat. (2013)
- Top16 Japanese Nat. (2020)

13. Shohei "Zeen" Kimura
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2023)
Runner-up Japanese Nat. (2017)
Top4 Japanese Nat. (2020, 2023)
Top16 North American Int. (2019)

14. Matteo Gini
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2011)
- WINNER Italian Nat. (2013)
- Top16 World Championship (2012)
- Runner-up Italian Nat. (2011)

15. James Baek
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2019, 2022)
- WINNER Latin American Int. (2020)
- Runner-up Latin American Int. (2019)
- Top8 North American Int. (2022)


16. Paul Chua
▪ Seasons (S+M): 7 (20132014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2022)
- WINNER European Int. (2023)
- Top16 World Championship (2018)
- Runner-up North American Int. (2017)

17. Miguel Marti De La Torre
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2014)
- WINNER European Int. (2016)
- Top16 World Championship (2012)
- Runner-up UK Nat. (2014)

18. Melvin Keh
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Singapore Nat. (2022, 2023)
- Top16 World Championship (2018, 2019)
- Top4 European Int. (2019)
- Top4 Latin American Int. (2018)

19. Ryosuke "Gebebo" Kosuge
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2013)
- Top8 World Championship (2014)
- WINNER Japanese Nat. (2013)
- Runner-up Japanese Nat. (2018)

20. Ben Kyriakou
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER UK Nat. (2012, 2013)
- Top16 World Championship (2013, 2014)
- Top4 European Int. (2016)
- Top4 Oceanian Int. (2017)


21. Hirofumi "Ka-El" Kimura
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2019)
- WINNER Japanese Nat. (2018, 2019)
- x-2 World Championship (2023)
Top16 Japanese Nat. (2022)

22. Wonseok Jang
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Korean Nat. (2012)
- Top16 World Championship (2017)
- Runner-up Korean Nat. (2016, 2020)
- x-2 World Championship (2016)

23. Baris Akcos
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2016)
- Top16 World Championship (2013)
- Runner-up South African Nat. (2016)
- Top4 UK Nat. (2014)

24. Kazuyuki "Hutanagi" Tsuji
▪ Seasons (S+M): 2 (2009, 2010)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2009)
- Top16 World Championship (2010)
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25. Guillermo Castilla Diaz
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2011, 2012, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2022)
- Top8 World Championship (2012)
- WINNER Italian Nat. (2012)
- WINNER Spanish Nat. (2011)


26. Gabriel Agati
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top16 World Championship (2019)
- Runner-up European Int. (2023)
- Runner-up North American Int. (2022)
- Top4 Latin American Int. (2017)

27. Christoph Kugeler
▪ Seasons (S+M): 6 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top16 World Championship (2013)
- Runner-up German Nat. (2009)
- Top8 German Nat. (2011)
- Top8 Italian Nat. (2012, 2014)

28. Ashton Cox
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Latin American Int. (2017, 2019)
- Top16 World Championship (2014)
- x-2 World Championship (2017)
- Top4 Oceanian Int. (2018)

29. Emilio Forbes
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (20142015, 2017, 2018, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2018)
- Top16 World Championship (2023)
Top16 North American Int. (2017)
Top8 US Nat. (2015, Senior)

30. Alessio Yuri Boschetto
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Oceanian Int. (2018)
- Top16 World Championship (2017, 2018)
- Top8 North American Int. (2018)
- Top8 Italian Nat. (2016)


31. Nils Dunlop
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2018)
- Top8 World Championship (2017)
- x-2 World Championship (2022)
- Top8 World Championship (2016, Senior)

32. Jonathan Evans
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2016, 2019, 2021)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2016)
- WINNER Pokémon Players Cup III (2021)
- Top4 North American Int. (2019)
- Top16 UK Nat. (2016)

33. Davide Carrer
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2022)
- Runner-up European Int. (2019)
- Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup II (2020)
- Top8 European Int. (2018)

34. Sam Pandelis
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2016, 2017, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2017)
- Top16 World Championship (2016)
- Top4 Australian Nat. (2016)
- Top8 Oceanian Int. (2023)

35. Marcel Kapelle
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER French Nat. (2009)
- Top16 World Championship (2009)
- Top4 German Nat. (2010)
- Top8 Italian Nat. (2015)

36. Abel Sanz
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2012)
- Runner-up UK Nat. (2013)
- Top4 French Nat. (2009, 2011)
- Top4 Spanish Nat. (2012)

37. Marco Hemantha Kaldura Silva
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): WINNER Latin American Int. (2024)
WINNER Oceanian Int. (2020)
Top16 World Championship (2023)
Top16 World Championship (2018, Senior)

38. Joseph Ugarte
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): x-2 World Championship (2022, 2023)
- Top4 European Int. (2022)
Top4 North American Int. (2022, 2023)
Top8 Latin American Int. (2024)

39. Florian Wurdack
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Italian Nat. (2014)
- Top4 German Nat. (2012)
Top8 German Nat. (2016)
Top8 Italian Nat. (2015)

40. Hideyuki "BIDC" Taida
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2013, 2014, 2015)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2015)
- Top4 Japanese Nat. (2015)
- Top32 Japanese Nat. (2013, 2014)
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41. Nico Davide Cognetta
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up European Int. (2016)
- Runner-up Oceanian Int. (2017)
Top4 Pokémon Players Cup (2020)
Top8 Latin American Int. (2018)

42. Aaron Zheng
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (20112012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2013)
- x-2 World Championship (2014)
Top8 World Championship (2012, Senior)
Top4 US Nat. (2015)

43. Javier Valdes
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up Latin American Int. (2020)
- x-2 World Championship (2018)
- Top4 Peruvian Nat. (2016)
- Top8 European Int. (2022)

44. Ruben Puig Celegui
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2010, 2011, 2012)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2011)
- WINNER UK Nat. (2011, 2012 DQed)
- Runner-up Spanish Nat. (2010)
- Top8 French Nat. (2010)

45. Carson Confer
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2016, Senior)
- WINNER Latin American Int. (2018)
Top16 World Championship (2018)
- Top4 European Int. (2018)

46. Christopher Kan
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER North American Int. (2017)
- Top8 Pokémon Players Cup (2020)
- Top16 Oceanian Int. (2018)
- Top16 Australian Nat. (2014, 2015)

47. Federico Turano
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2018)
- WINNER Argentinian Nat. (2016)
- x-2 World Championship (2017)
- Top8 Pokémon Players Cup II (2020)

48. Matthew Coyle
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2010, 2011, 2012)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2011)
Top8 World Championship (2012)
- Top8 US Nat. (2011)
Top16 US Nat. (2010)

49. Flavio Del Pidio
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER European Int. (2019)
- Top16 World Championship (2022)
- Top8 European Int. (2018)
Top8 North American Int. (2019)

50. Enosh Shachar
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2013)
Top16 World Championship (2014)
Top4 World Championship (2011, Senior)
Runner-up US Nat. (2013)

51. Gavin Michaels
▪ Seasons (S+M): 5 (20112012, 2013, 2014, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Oceanian Int. (2023)
WINNER US Nat. (2013)
Top8 World Championship (2012, Senior)
Top8 US Nat. (2014)

52. Daniel Nolan
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2011)
- Top4 UK Nat. (2011)
- Top8 UK Nat. (2013)
Top16 UK Nat. (2009, 2016)

53. Jiseok Lee
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2016, 2017, 2020, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER Korean Nat. (2016)
- Runner-up Pokémon Players Cup (2020)
- Top8 Pokémon Trainers Cup 2022 / New Korean Nat. (2022)
Top16 Korean Nat. (2017)

54. Huy Ha
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2009, 2010, 2012)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2009, 2010)
- Top16 World Championship (2012)
- Top4 US Nat. (2009)
Top8 US Nat. (2010)

55. Yuma "Umbra" Kinugawa
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2016, 2020, 2021, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): WINNER Japanese Nat. (2020)
x-2 World Championship (2022)
Top4 Japanese Nat. (2021)
Top16 European Int. (2016)

56. Albert Baneres
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER UK Nat. (2014)
- Top4 UK Nat. (2013)
- Top4 Spanish Nat. (2010)
Top8 Italian Nat. (2011)

57. Matthias Suchodolski
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
▪ Best Results (S+M): Top16 World Championship (2016)
x-2 World Championship (2015)
Top4 German Nat. (2014)
Top8 UK Nat. (2013, 2015)

58. Jeudy Azzarelli
▪ Seasons (S+M): 2 (2014, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up World Championship (2014)
Top8 North American Int. (2023)
Top8 US Nat. (2014)
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59. James Evans
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (20172018, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2018, Senior)
- WINNER North American Int. (2022)
- WINNER European Int. (2017, Senior)
Top8 European Int. (2023)

60. Rinya "TNR" Kobayashi
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): Runner-up Japanese Nat. (2021)
- Top16 World Championship (2022)
Top16 Japanese Nat. (2018, 2020, 2022)
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61. Raghav Malaviya
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up North American Int. (2023)
Top4 Oceanian Int. (2020, 2023)
Top16 North American Int. (2022)
Top16 Oceanian Int. (2019)

62. Victor Medina
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top8 World Championship (2023)
Top8 World Championship (2018, Senior)
Top4 European Int. (2022)
Top4 North American Int. (2023)

63. David Koutesh
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2015, 2016, 2020, 2022)
▪ Best Results (S+M): WINNER Italian Nat. (2016)
Top16 World Championship (2022)
- Top8 World Championship (2015, Senior)
WINNER Italian Nat. (2015, Senior)

64. Toler Webb
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2012, 2013, 2015)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - WINNER World Championship (2012, Senior)
WINNER US Nat. (2015)
Top16 World Championship (2013)
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65. Luke Curtale
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up Oceanian Int. (2019)
Top4 Oceanian Int. (2017)
Top8 Oceanian Int. (2018)
Top8 Australian Nat. (2016)

66. Eloy Hahn
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Runner-up Italian Nat. (2013)
- Top4 Italian Nat. (2014)
- Top16 German Nat. (2016)
Top16 Italian Nat. (2015)

67. Collin Heier
▪ Seasons (S+M): 3 (2014, 2015, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top4 World Championship (2014)
Top8 Oceanian Int. (2023)
Top16 US Nat. (2015)
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68. Yuichi "Yuuichi" Sasaki
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - Top16 World Championship (2014)
- Top8 Japanese Nat. (2016)
- Top32 Japanese Nat. (2013, 2015)
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69. Nick Navarre
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2023)
▪ Best Results (S+M): - x-2 World Championship (2023)
Top8 North American Int. (2017)
Top8 Oceanian Int. (2017)
Top8 Pokémon Players Cup II (2020)

70. Benjamin Gedaschke
▪ Seasons (S+M): 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
▪ Best Results (S+M): Top4 UK Nat. (2012)
- Top4 German Nat. (2009)
- Top8 German Nat. (2011)
Top16 German Nat. (2010)

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Honorable Mentions:

Albert Bos Puig
Randy Kwa
Mike Suleski
Blake Hopper
Leonard Craft III
Wonseok Jung
Yosuke "Tony" Isagi
Izuru "MOLF" Yoshimura

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Strongest Nations (Top50):
01. USA: 11 (Glick, Rizzo, Baek, Chua, Cox, Forbes, Evans, Ugarte, Zheng, Confer, Coyle)
02. JAPAN: 8 (Mizobuchi, Otsubo, Honami, Kimura, Kosuge, Tsuji, Kimura, Taida)
03. ITALY: 7 (Ommati, Gini, Boschetto, Carrer, H.K. Silva, Cognetta, Del Pidio)
04. SPAIN: 6 (Gomez, Rios, De La Torre, Castilla Diaz, Sanz, Puig Celegui)
05. GERMANY: 5 (Stadter, Akcos, Kugeler, Kapelle, Wurdack)
06. SOUTH KOREA: 2 (Park, Jang)
07. AUSTRALIA: 2 (Pandelis, Kan)