This ranking is produced using the Glicko2 rating system, which evaluates wrestlers based on their match outcomes and the ratings of their opponents. It uses only one-on-one matches from CageMatch, and doesn't take into account any multi-person matches (tag teams, battle royales, triple-threats, etc).
The rating is "seeded" using data from the previous year to provide a starting point for the Glicko2 calculations, so rather than being a single-year snapshot, it's more of a rolling two-year ranking with emphasis on the more recent year.
The "RD" column indicates the rating deviation, which reflects the uncertainty in a wrestler's rating. A lower RD means more confidence in the accuracy of the rating. Wrestlers with fewer matches will typically have a higher RD.
Data is sourced from Cagematch. Only wrestlers with 8 or more singles matches during the rating year are included in the output.
| Rank | Name | Promotion | Rating | RD | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Nakano | AJW | 1959 | 128 | 11-2-1 |
| 2 | Megumi Kudo | FMW | 1909 | 85 | 20-2-1 |
| 3 | Combat Toyoda | FMW | 1893 | 80 | 29-4-1 |
| 4 | Aja Kong | AJW | 1869 | 135 | 6-2-2 |
| 5 | Miwa Sato | FMW | 1811 | 80 | 19-5 |
| 6 | Miss Texas | United States Wrestling Association | 1750 | 145 | 10-4 |
| 7 | Akira Hokuto | AJW | 1720 | 93 | 9-4 |
| 8 | Manami Toyota | AJW | 1706 | 97 | 9-2-1 |
| 9 | Bambi | South Atlantic Pro Wrestling | 1671 | 105 | 14-0-1 |
| 10 | Suzuka Minami | AJW | 1648 | 100 | 8-6 |
| 11 | Kaoru Maeda | Federacion Universal De Lucha Libre | 1633 | 104 | 6-3-1 |
| 12 | Eriko Tsuchiya | FMW | 1629 | 75 | 14-5-2 |
| 13 | Kyoko Inoue | AJW | 1626 | 93 | 5-5-1 |
| 14 | Yoshika Maedomari | FMW | 1605 | 72 | 16-12 |
| 15 | Toshiyo Yamada | AJW | 1593 | 97 | 5-4-2 |
| 16 | Sakie Hasegawa | AJW | 1574 | 120 | 5-3-3 |
| 17 | Etsuko Mita | AJW | 1571 | 150 | 4-4-1 |
| 18 | Yumiko Hotta | AJW | 1557 | 102 | 5-3 |
| 19 | Mariko Yoshida | AJW | 1550 | 91 | 6-6-4 |
| 20 | Lauren Davenport | United States Wrestling Association | 1534 | 152 | 4-6 |
| 21 | Kumiko Matsuda | FMW | 1473 | 67 | 21-15 |
| 22 | Kaoru Ito | AJW | 1392 | 118 | 6-7-1 |
| 23 | Debbie Malenko | AJW | 1381 | 131 | 4-6 |
| 24 | Yukie Nabeno | FMW | 1372 | 73 | 11-16-1 |
| 25 | Takako Inoue | AJW | 1372 | 99 | 1-7-4 |
| 26 | Yuki Morimatsu | FMW | 1370 | 74 | 10-13 |
| 27 | Bat Yoshinaga | AJW | 1280 | 107 | 3-10 |
| 28 | Tomoko Watanabe | AJW | 1232 | 150 | 2-7 |
| 29 | Rie Nakamura | FMW | 1167 | 65 | 15-26 |
| 30 | Peggy Lee Leather | South Atlantic Pro Wrestling | 1110 | 137 | 0-15 |
| 31 | Keiko Iwami | FMW | 1080 | 71 | 7-21-1 |
| 32 | Emi Koizumi | FMW | 1057 | 111 | 14-28 |
| 33 | Naoko Kumazawa | FMW | 730 | 115 | 2-22 |
| 34 | Yumiko Komatsuzaki | FMW | -958 | 317 | 0-14 |