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 | Alundra Blayze | WWF | 2423 | 65 | 100-4-2 |
| 2 | Aja Kong | AJW | 2195 | 99 | 26-2 |
| 3 | Bull Nakano | AJW | 2050 | 64 | 25-44-2 |
| 4 | Dynamite Kansai | JWP | 1971 | 105 | 10-4 |
| 5 | Combat Toyoda | FMW | 1952 | 103 | 8-3 |
| 6 | Shinobu Kandori | LLPW-X | 1934 | 104 | 12-3 |
| 7 | Devil Masami | JWP | 1913 | 91 | 17-2 |
| 8 | Noriyo Tateno | LLPW-X | 1897 | 96 | 15-2 |
| 9 | Megumi Kudo | FMW | 1888 | 106 | 10-1 |
| 10 | Lady Apache | CMLL | 1869 | 154 | 6-3 |
| 11 | Eagle Sawai | LLPW-X | 1845 | 95 | 16-5 |
| 12 | Yumiko Hotta | AJW | 1836 | 76 | 26-7-1 |
| 13 | Kyoko Inoue | AJW | 1810 | 74 | 28-4 |
| 14 | Rumi Kazama | LLPW-X | 1803 | 148 | 10-2 |
| 15 | Manami Toyota | AJW | 1801 | 70 | 31-5-4 |
| 16 | Toshiyo Yamada | AJW | 1752 | 66 | 33-8-2 |
| 17 | Chigusa Nagayo | JWP | 1707 | 161 | 6-2 |
| 18 | Harley Saito | LLPW-X | 1680 | 93 | 8-5 |
| 19 | Jen Yukari | LLPW-X | 1657 | 104 | 17-7 |
| 20 | Suzuka Minami | AJW | 1651 | 63 | 20-13-3 |
| 21 | Mayumi Ozaki | JWP | 1576 | 76 | 11-11 |
| 22 | Leilani Kai | WWF | 1551 | 105 | 2-22-1 |
| 23 | Bambi | Freelancer (USA) | 1547 | 136 | 14-3 |
| 24 | La Diabolica | CMLL | 1546 | 148 | 5-6 |
| 25 | Miki Handa | LLPW-X | 1534 | 118 | 8-7 |
| 26 | Cutie Suzuki | JWP | 1529 | 85 | 9-8 |
| 27 | Hikari Fukuoka | JWP | 1509 | 76 | 12-3 |
| 28 | Yoshiko Tamura | AJW | 1499 | 154 | 8-4 |
| 29 | Takako Inoue | AJW | 1474 | 64 | 12-20-2 |
| 30 | Tsuppari Mack | FMW | 1440 | 86 | 5-4 |
| 31 | Etsuko Mita | AJW | 1432 | 53 | 25-32 |
| 32 | Yasha Kurenai | LLPW-X | 1430 | 108 | 5-7 |
| 33 | Mima Shimoda | AJW | 1415 | 56 | 18-30-4 |
| 34 | Carol Midori | LLPW-X | 1409 | 98 | 8-11 |
| 35 | Plum Mariko | JWP | 1404 | 89 | 3-6 |
| 36 | KAORU | AJW | 1391 | 67 | 9-11-4 |
| 37 | Keiko Iwami | FMW | 1380 | 86 | 19-4 |
| 38 | Heidi Lee Morgan | WWF | 1361 | 146 | 5-10 |
| 39 | Kaoru Kanayama | AJW | 1358 | 154 | 6-3 |
| 40 | Sakie Hasegawa | AJW | 1352 | 56 | 11-37-6 |
| 41 | Kaoru Ito | AJW | 1352 | 51 | 17-35-7 |
| 42 | Mariko Yoshida | AJW | 1348 | 69 | 9-11-19 |
| 43 | Mikiko Futagami | LLPW-X | 1280 | 117 | 9-10 |
| 44 | Command Bolshoi | JWP | 1254 | 78 | 8-10 |
| 45 | Nurse Nakamura | FMW | 1220 | 81 | 7-5 |
| 46 | Leo Kitamura | LLPW-X | 1219 | 165 | 5-4 |
| 47 | Luna Vachon | WWF | 1210 | 142 | 0-26 |
| 48 | Tomoko Watanabe | AJW | 1205 | 46 | 29-48-5 |
| 49 | Mizuki Endo | LLPW-X | 1203 | 92 | 7-17 |
| 50 | Nobue Endo | AJW | 1182 | 110 | 11-11 |
| 51 | Candy Okutsu | JWP | 1155 | 73 | 11-13 |
| 52 | Misae Watanabe | AJW | 1127 | 109 | 7-11 |
| 53 | Peggy Lee Leather | Freelancer (USA) | 1124 | 137 | 2-15 |
| 54 | Chaparita ASARI | AJW | 1113 | 42 | 45-34-6 |
| 55 | Hiromi Yagi | JWP | 1079 | 95 | 5-13-1 |
| 56 | Kumiko Maekawa | AJW | 1054 | 45 | 33-44-6 |
| 57 | Fusayo Nochi | JWP | 1033 | 100 | 8-13 |
| 58 | Rie Tamada | AJW | 1007 | 48 | 29-60-5 |
| 59 | Miki Yokoe | AJW | 1003 | 73 | 2-10 |
| 60 | Michiko Omukai | LLPW-X | 974 | 112 | 3-29 |
| 61 | Chikako Shiratori | AJW | 942 | 57 | 10-13-1 |
| 62 | Mayumi Shimizu | FMW | 917 | 93 | 5-19 |
| 63 | Michiko Nagashima | LLPW-X | 899 | 118 | 1-19 |
| 64 | Yukari Ishikura | FMW | 809 | 129 | 3-15 |
| 65 | Hiromi Sugo | JWP | 786 | 155 | 1-14 |
| 66 | Yoko Takahashi | AJW | 612 | 182 | 1-9 |