Wrestlers with Highest PWI Monthly Cumulative Ranking Scores for Category: Most Popular

rank	born	gimmick	total PWI ranking score	notes
1		Hulk Hogan	1056
2		Sting	854
3		Dusty Rhodes	678	deceased
4		Lex Luger	448
5		Bret Hart	411
6		Randy Savage	397	deceased
7		Andre The Giant	354	deceased
8		Ricky Steamboat	343
9		The Undertaker	305
10		The Ultimate Warrior	275	deceased
11		Kerry Von Erich	249	deceased
12		Shawn Michaels	233
13		Roddy Piper	205	deceased
14		Scott Hall	193	deceased
15		Jerry Lawler	176
16		Bob Backlund	161
17		Magnum T. A.	148
18		Ric Flair	141
19		Jim Duggan	135
20		Barry Windham	133
21		Rick Martel	126
22		Nikita Koloff	115
23		Bruno Sammartino	112	deceased
24		Kevin Von Erich	95
25		Mil Mascaras	95
26		Tony Norris	93
27		Kevin Nash	92
28		Dustin Rhodes	91
29		The Junkyard Dog	89	deceased
30		Tommy Rich	87
31		Ron Simmons	85
32		Mr. Wrestling II	74	deceased
33		Rick Steiner	74
34		Davey-Boy Smith	72	deceased
35		Jimmy Snuka	72	deceased
36		Sergeant Slaughter	64
37		Sid	59
38		Ivan Putski	55
39		Jake Roberts	53
40		Jimmy Valiant	53
41		Wahoo McDaniel	51	deceased
42		Scott Steiner	50
43		Curt Hennig	46	deceased
44		Steve Williams	46	deceased
45		Brutus Beefcake	42
46		Tatanka	39
47		Terry Taylor	38
48		Marc Mero	34
49		Big Boss Man	33	deceased
50		Ron Garvin	33
51		Jorge Gonzalez	31	deceased
52		Paul Wight	31
53		Brian Pillman	27	deceased
54		Del Wilkes	27	deceased
55		Rey Mysterio	27
56		Diamond Dallas Page	26
57		Tito Santana	25
58		Brian Adams	23	deceased
59		Ricky Morton	23
60		Jack Brisco	20	deceased
61		Fred Ottman	19
62		Pedro Morales	18	deceased
63		Sean Waltman	18
64		Ted DiBiase	18
65		Eddie Guerrero	17	deceased
66		Savio Vega	16
67		Marty Jannetty	15
68		Mike Shaw	15	deceased
69		Billy Jack Haynes	14
70		Ken Patera	14
71		Chris Adams	13	deceased
72		David Von Erich	13	deceased
73		Jeff Jarrett	13
74		Matt Borne	12	deceased
75		Tony Atlas	12
76		Eric Embry	11
77		Bobby Eaton	10	deceased
78		Bugsy McGraw	10
79		Dino Bravo	10	deceased
80		Mike Rotundo	10
81		Steve Austin	10
82		Bam Bam Bigelow	9	deceased
83		Buzz Sawyer	9	deceased
84		Yokozuna	9	deceased
85		2 Cold Scorpio	8
86		Mike Graham	8	deceased
87		Paul Orndorff	8	deceased
88		Koko B. Ware	7
89		Michael Hayes	7
90		Tommy Dreamer	7
91		Lance Von Erich	6
92		Nick Bockwinkel	6	deceased
93		Baron Von Raschke	5
94		Gino Hernandez	5	deceased
95		Jimmy Garvin	5
96		Tony Anthony	5
97		Vader	5	deceased
98		Austin Idol	4
99		Blackjack Mulligan	4	deceased
100		Eddie Gilbert	4	deceased
101		Mick Foley	4
102		Pat Patterson	4	deceased
103		Raven	4
104		Brad Armstrong	3	deceased
105		Owen Hart	3	deceased
106		Steve Doll	3	deceased
107		The Sandman	3
108		Alex Wright	2
109		Buddy Landel	2	deceased
110		Hillbilly Jim	2
111		Jushin Thunder Liger	2
112		Terry Garvin	2	deceased
113		Verne Gagne	2	deceased
114		B. Brian Blair	1
115		Barry Horowitz	1
116		Bill Dundee	1
117		Brian Lee	1
118		David Sammartino	1
119		Henry O. Godwinn	1
120		Iceman King Parsons	1
121		Kevin Sullivan	1
122		Leroy Brown	1	deceased
123		Rocky Johnson	1	deceased
124		Scott Casey	1
125		Virgil	1	deceased

A: For a lengthy period, PWI printed a "Cumulative Ratings" section, showing total scores over their previous 10 issues. 1st place in a category scored 10 points, 2nd place scored 9 points, 3rd place scored 8 points... and so on down to 1 point for 10th place. When this was published in PWI, the results for the Top 10 and Tag Team categories were used. The pages here on IWD allow users to show such ratings for any or all categories. They can also be filtered to show cumulative ratings for just one particular year.

NB: Some PWI categories list wrestlers in the "Champion" position (e.g.: WWE Raw & Smackdown, TNA, ECW, etc.) This position scores 11 points in IWD's cumulative rankings, with the number 1 contender continuing to score 10 points.