April 2025 REAL SKILL Point-in-Time Ranking
Welcome to the REAL SKILL Point-in-Time Ranking, as of April 1, 2025. This is very serious and you should take this seriously. The methodology is simple: each player’s REAL SKILL rating is their regular point-in-time rating scaled by their mains’ honesty scores (weighted by how much they use each character). The honesty scores were determined by twitter in 122 polls with a total of 70,409 votes!
For more information on the regular point-in-time ratings, see this writeup.
Here are the honesty scores of each character:
#1 Lucina: 500.07
#2 Pit/Dark Pit: 349.51
#3 Sheik: 321.56
#4 Marth: 268.25
#5 Inkling: 265.22
#6 Wolf: 244.41
#7 Ike: 242.91
#8 Palutena: 201.54
#9 Greninja: 200.74
#10 Zero Suit Samus: 195.71
#11 Byleth: 191.71
#12 Corrin: 188.19
#13 Chrom: 185.78
#14 Mewtwo: 180.39
#15 Link: 178.05
#16 Pokémon Trainer: 175.86
#17 Captain Falcon: 175.63
#18 Toon Link: 173.38
#19 Sephiroth: 172.93
#20 Dr Mario: 169.78
#21 Villager: 151.01
#22 Ridley: 150.27
#23 Ganondorf: 150.14
#24 Robin: 149.88
#25 Fox: 149.45
#26 Isabelle: 143.97
#27 Piranha Plant: 140.85
#28 Roy: 131.94
#29 Cloud: 127.77
#30 Kirby: 124.45
#31 Mega Man: 121.93
#32 Joker: 119.93
#33 Belmont: 118.75
#34 Meta Knight: 116.55
#35 Mario: 113.91
#36 Pichu: 109.27
#37 Rosalina and Luma: 108.38
#38 Diddy Kong: 104.71
#39 Young Link: 104.57
#40 Banjo & Kazooie: 104.25
#41 Mii Swordfighter: 102.81
#42 Donkey Kong: 101.78
#43 Ryu: 99.17
#44 Duck Hunt: 99.02
#45 Peach/Daisy: 96.56
#46 Lucas: 92.67
#47 King Dedede: 92.17
#48 Bowser: 89.35
#49 Wario: 87.98
#50 Pyra & Mythra: 87.55
#51 Bowser Jr: 86.67
#52 Jigglypuff: 86.66
#53 Ken: 86.26
#54 Wii Fit Trainer: 85.68
#55 Zelda: 84.81
#56 Yoshi: 82.77
#57 Ness: 82.64
#58 Pikachu: 79.08
#59 Pac-Man: 78.36
#60 Lucario: 77.05
#61 King K Rool: 75.54
#62 Shulk: 75.02
#63 Falco: 73.64
#64 Olimar: 71.59
#65 Mii Brawler: 64.61
#66 Mii Gunner: 64.22
#67 Samus/Dark Samus: 61.43
#68 Sora: 57.54
#69 Snake: 55.44
#70 Incineroar: 52.57
#71 Ice Climbers: 51.63
#72 Terry: 46.84
#73 Sonic: 46.28
#74 Little Mac: 45.09
#75 Bayonetta: 43.72
#76 ROB: 37.50
#77 Hero: 36.94
#78 Mr Game and Watch: 29.16
#79 Min Min: 25.73
#80 Luigi: 20.56
#81 Kazuya Mishima: 18.74
#82 Steve: 15.36
Here is the top 500:
