Pro Wrestling Illustrated hat nun das Top 500 Ranking 2009 veröffentlicht. Folgende Kriterien wurden unter anderem miteinkalkuliert: Erfolge, generelle In-Ring Fähigkeiten und die Anzahl der Siege sowie Niederlagen.
1. Triple H
2. Chris Jericho
3. John Cena
4. Edge
5. Randy Orton
6. Nigel McGuinness
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi
8. CM Punk
9. Sting
10. Ultimo Guerrero
11. The Undertaker
12. Kurt Angle
13. Jeff Hardy
14. Shawn Michaels
15. Keiji Muto
16. Batista
17. Tyler Black
18. Jack Swagger
19. A.J. Styles
20. Matt Hardy
21. Jeff Jarrett
22. Blue Demon Jr.
23. Austin Aries
24. Shinsuke Nakamura
25. The Big Show
26. Rey Mysterio Jr.
27. Bryan Danielson
28. Christian
29. Samoa Joe
30. Suicide
31. Shelton Benjamin
32. Alex Shelley
33. MVP
34. Mick Foley
35. Kofi Kingston
36. Mistico
37. Kane
38. Booker T
39. Mesias
40. Jerry Lynn
41. William Regal
42. Jun Akiyama
43. Brother Ray
44. Ted DiBiase Jr.
45. Mark Henry
46. John Morrison
47. Finlay
48. Cody Rhodes
49. Brother Devon
50. Jimmy Jacobs
51. Adam Pearce
52. Chris Sabin
53. Vladimir Kozlov
54. Kensuke Sasaki
55. Robert Roode
56. The Miz (Interview)
57. Dr. Wagner Jr.
58. Daniels
59. James Storm
60. Yoshihiro Takayama
61. Roderick Strong
62. Brian Kendrick
63. Evan Bourne
64. Carlito
65. Yuji Nagata
66. Hernandez
67. Claudio Castagnoli
68. Rhino
69. Manabu Nakanishi
70. Chris Hero
71. Scott Steiner
72. Eric Young
73. Tyson Kidd
74. KENTA
75. Chessman
76. Primo
77. Davey Richards
78. Eric Escobar
79. Homicide
80. R-Truth
81. Jay Briscoe
82. Hirooki Goto
83. Jay Lethal
84. Steve Corino
85. Sheik Abdul Bashir
86. Matt Morgan
87. Mike Knox
88. Dos Caras Jr.
89. Brent Albright
90. JTG
91. Naomichi Marufuji
92. Eddie Edwards
93. Consequences Creed
94. Sheamus
95. Shad Gaspard
96. Abyss
97. Santino Marella
98. Tyson Dux
99. Blue Panther
100. Takeshi Morishima
101. Umaga
102. Petey Williams
103. Tiger Mask IV
104. Tommy Dreamer
105. Kevin Nash
106. Rhett Titus
107. Mark Briscoe
108. Negro Casas
109. La Parka
110. Averno
111. Minoru Suzuki
112. Kevin Steen
113. Dolph Ziggler
114. CIMA
115. Bison Smith
116. Chavo Guerrero Jr.
117. Necro Butcher
118. The Great Khali
119. Kaz Hayashi
120. Go Shiozaki
121. Cibernetico
122. Charlie Haas
123. Paul Burchill
124. Marco Corleone
125. Drew McIntyre
126. Jamie Noble
127. Erick Stevens
128. Naruki Doi
129. Ricky Ortiz
130. D.H. Smith
131. Delirious
132. Suwama
133. Joe Doering
134. Doug Williams
135. Martin Stone
136. Perro Aguayo Jr.
137. PAC
138. Festus
139. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
140. Joe E. Legend
141. Rocky Romero
142. Ezekiel Jackson
143. Zorro
144. Masato Tanaka
145. Alex Koslov
146. Shingo Takagi
147. Konnan
148. Hector Garza
149. Sonjay Dutt
150. Sim Snuka
151. Kiyoshi
152. Jethro Holiday
153. Amazing Red
154. Giant Bernard
155. Ray Gonzalez
156. Tyler Reks
157. Afa Jr.
158. Orlando Colon
159. Johnny Curtis
160. Volador Jr.
161. Tetsuya Naito
162. Paul London
163. El Generico
164. Idol Stevens
165. Jesse
166. Yujiro
167. Jack Evans
168. Cody Deaner
169. Jimmy Wang Yang
170. El Elegido
171. Kenta Kobashi
172. Juventud
173. Brutus Magnus
174. Tommy Diablo
175. Joey Ryan
176. Rob Eckos
177. Matt Cross
178. Drake Younger
179. Human Tornado
180. Goldust
181. Jimmy Rave
182. D.J. Gabriel
183. Atlantis
184. Devon Storm
185. Kizarny
186. Chuck Taylor
187. Billy Bax
188. Shannon Moore
189. Rick Fuller
190. Curt Hawkins
191. La Sombra
192. Sebastian Slater
193. Hurricane Helms
194. Sami Callihan
195. Lance Archer
196. Trik Davis
197. Teddy Hart
198. Kaval
199. Zack Ryder
200. Shawn Spears
201. D-Lo Brown
202. Kenny King
203. Ruckus
204. Shinjiro Otani
205. Tomko
206. B-Boy
207. Alan Stone
208. Mr. Mac
209. Mike DiBiase
210. Christopher Gray
211. Satoshi Kojima
212. 2 Cold Scorpio
213. Vampiro
214. Karl Anderson
215. Chad Collyer
216. Tommy Taylor
217. Nick Gage
218. Brodie Lee
219. Yoshitatsu
220. Super Crazy
221. Joe Hennig
222. Scott Lost
223. Mike Mondo
224. Zodiac
225. Rory McAllister
226. Katsuhiko Nakajima
227. Rey Bucanero
228. El Hijo del Santo
229. Matt Jackson
230. Rob Terry
231. Ryouji Sai
232. Robbie McAllister
233. Zokre
234. Daisuke Sekimoto
235. Nick Jackson
236. Dark Ozz
237. Stevie Richards
238. Colt Cabana
239. Phil Shatter
240. Kid Kash
241. Chicky Starr
242. Taiyo Kea
243. Jason Hades
244. Milano Collection A.T.
245. B.J.
246. Ricky Reyes
247. Mike Quackenbush
248. Pepper Parks
249. Lince Dorado
250. Jason Blade
251. Johnny Devine
252. Bam Neely
253. Gran Akuma
254. Electroshock
255. El Bronco
256. Al Snow
257. Eddie Kingston (Interview)
258. Nicho
259. Ace Steele
260. Johnny Kashmere
261. Helios
262. Riki Chosu
263. Mr. Niebla
264. Icarus
265. Hallowicked
266. Christian York
267. Osamu Nishimura
268. Texano Jr.
269. Ikuto Hidaka
270. Aden Chambers
271. Josh Prohibition
272. Tommy Suede
273. Sangre Azteca
274. Cobian
275. Ricky Landell
276. Chase Del Monte
277. Brain Damage
278. Josh Daniels
279. Matt Logan
280. Bobby Fish
281. Brandon Cutler
282. Masaaki Mochizuki
283. Shocker
284. Glen Osbourne
285. C.W. Anderson
286. Francisco Ciatso
287. Deranged
288. Bryan Logan
289. UltraMantis Black
290. A.J Istria
291. Dustin Cutler
292. Shane Sewell
293. Dylan Klein
294. Arrick Andrews
295. Acid Jazz
296. Sterling James Keenan
297. Togi Makabe
298. El Comandante
299. Toru Yano
300. Ryan Braddock
301. Tommy Thunda
302. Grizzly Redwood
303. Vin Gerard
304. Cute Kip
305. Hurricane Castillo Jr.
306. APOC
307. Silver King
308. Danny Doring
309. Brett DiBiase
310. Nate Webb
311. Truitt Fields
312. Prince Mustafa Ali
313. Vaughn Lilas
314. Jigsaw
315. Jushin “Thunder” Liger
316. Andy Douglas
317. Mike Reed
318. Kenny Omega
319. Dysfunction
320. J.D. Maverick
321. Shark Boy
322. Mahoney
323. King V
324. Ric Converse
325. Brad Attitude
326. Dal Knox
327. Mike Kruel
328. Chase Stevens
329. Super Hentai
330. Sean Waltman
331. Arik Cannon
332. Thunder
333. Pat Buck
334. The Atomic Dogg
335. Lightning
336. “JAG” Hartley Jackson
337. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
338. Kahagas
339. Tank Toland
340. Maverick Darsow
341. BxB Hulk
342. Tim Donst
343. Damien Slater
344. Jalil Salaam
345. Obie Cartel
346. Michael Elgin
347. Flash Flanagan
348. Max Bauer
349. Bobby Dempsey
350. Ethan Page
351. Joe Lider
352. 2 Dope
353. Victor Jovica
354. Steve Boz
355. Amasis
356. T.J. Perkins
357. Ophidian
358. Qeenan Creed
359. The Boogeyman
360. The Bruiser
361. Mason Childs
362. La Mascara
363. Keith Walker
364. Madman Pondo
365. Val Venis
366. Nicky Benz
367. Kafu
368. Alex Arion
369. Cheech
370. Falah
371. Lance Cade
372. David Young
373. Sal Rinauro
374. Ace Rockwell
375. Rasche Brown
376. Shiima Xion
377. Sabian
378. Chasyn Rance
379. Asylum
380. Cloudy
381. Sexxxy Eddy
382. B.G. James
383. G.Q. Gallo
384. Trent Acid
385. Egotistico Fantastico
386. Dan Eckos
387. Antonio Thomas
388. Jim Duggan
389. Matt Burns
390. Kung Funaki
391. Nate Bash
392. Kevin Grace
393. Chris Masters
394. Danny Daniels
395. Ryan McBride
396. Sabu
397. Zaquary Springate II
398. John McChesney
399. Jerry Lawler
400. Benjamin Sailer
401. Darin Corbin
402. Greg Spitz
403. Iceberg
404. Sean Royal
405. Phil Atlas
406. Leslie Leatherman
407. Mark Mercedes
408. Kirby Mack
409. Brad Martin
410. Colin Delaney
411. Ryan Cruz
412. Jonny Puma
413. Vance Nevada
414. Freak Nastty
415. Robin Knightwing
416. T.J. Mack
417. The Stro
418. Frederick of Hollywood
419. Conrad Kennedy III
420. Zach Gowen
421. Joey Knight
422. Big Rocco
423. Tommy Trouble
424. The Sheik
425. Grim Reefer
426. Andrew Ryker
427. Silas Young
428. Kory Chavis
429. Brandon Thomaselli
430. Papadon
431. King Kaluha
432. Jon Davis
433. Jake O’Reilly
434. John E. Bravo
435. Azriel
436. Havok
437. Micah Taylor
438. Sally Boy
439. Hiram Tua
440. Jon Bolen
441. Pinkie Sanchez
442. Jimmy Olsen
443. Z-Barr
444. Jeremy Wyatt
445. Brandon Espinosa
446. Brandon Locke
447. Angel
448. Xtremo
449. Tim Storm
450. Danny Havoc
451. Trent Beretta
452. Slim-J
453. Chance Prophet
454. Wildside
455. Sean Davis
456. Way Cool
457. Corporal Robinson
458. Tony Kozina
459. Prince Nana
460. Eric Everlast
461. Ron Falco
462. Jon Cutler
463. Phil Davis
464. Igotta Brewski
465. Byron Saxton
466. Robby Starr
467. Cha Cha Chance
468. Ken Steel
469. Mega
470. Jamie Jay
471. Jon Moxley
472. Hook Bomberry
473. Johnny Dynamo
474. Dan Maff
475. Shawn Christopher
476. Donovan Ruddick
477. Luke Hawx
478. Romero Roselli
479. Navajo Warrior
480. Mastiff
481. J.T. Flash
482. Mike Sydal
483. Josef Von Schmidt
484. Chris Lexxus
485. Gordon P. Samsonite
486. Notorious T.I.D.
487. Strangler Diego Corleone
488. Ryback
489. Peter B. Beautiful
490. Bobby Sanford
491. Marc Mandrake
492. Larry Zbyszko
493. Brian Jennings
494. “Bad Boy” Barry Hardy
495. Matt Boyce
496. Crazzy Steve
497. Matt Rivera
498. Mikal Judas
499. Lawman Williams
500. Shockwave the Robot
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