MAIN EVENT Lifetime Ranking
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:23 am
OK, so I dabbled in changing methodology for this list last year, but ultimately did not change it. Too much work, plus I really didn't want to change it as I had used the same method for 15 years thru 2018 - I like consistency. But it needed changing because multi-entry teams were overwhelming higher-quality players in the rankings.
So this year after briefly posting the update I got complaints. The list didn't make sense. And they were right. So I spent a huge amount of time revising the method and re-running the point system for all 17 years to make it, once again, a fair assessment of the best ME players in the game - like it was when everyone had 1-2 teams, not 5 or 10 or 20 in a single year.
The adjustment shown as methodology item #2 on the link below for multi-team players is to average their rank score for all teams in a single season, then multiply it by 1.5x reflecting that having two strong teams (or more) is more indicative of a good season/good player than having one good team. But, unlike before, it will not reward a mediocre season where points were simply accumulated by having 4 or 5, or more teams.
The outcome is that some guys will move a lot versus last year's list, and for some the delta will make a much bigger impact than what they did this year. But this is a better list. Much better. And with the adjustments in place it won't need to be changed again even if players start taking 20 or 30 teams. Quality players will rise to the top and stay there so long as they keep performing. If you slid down the list, sorry you were ranked too high to begin with. If you jump up the list, sorry, you should've been ranked higher all along.
A few notable performers to mention, Scott Jenstad shot up to #5. Scott has done really well since 2008, and over the past 5 years in particular. He's been taking 2 teams each year lately, and prior to that one team. And his teams are consistently good. He deserves to be there. I'll compare him to another guy, name unmentioned, but he didn't play this year. He has regularly taken 6-8 teams each season and had shot up the ranks in the past 5 years. He's consistently had a few good teams, a bunch of mediocre and plenty of bad. He moved ahead of Jenstad and other players with better results under the old system. Under the new system he's still ranked in the 50s, good player, but no longer ahead of or even near Jenstad which would seem appropriate, I believe, to anyone that looks at their results side-by-side. For those wondering, because someone always has to question my intentions, my rank changed one spot (up) versus the old method. Other long-time players that we all know are good, still good, moved up much more under the new ranks, guys like Jupinka and Lindy. Please email all complaints about your new ranking to [email protected].
THE TOP 100 thru 2020
1 - KC Cha (144)
2 - Stephen Jupinka (141)
3 - Mark Srebro (136)
4 - Lindy Hinkelman (133)
5 - Scott Jenstad (131)
6 - KJ Duke (131)
7 - Brian Slack & N Sackett (130)
8 - Andy Nolan (130)
9 - Eric Albright & D Shoup (129)
10 - Dan Kenyon (129)
11 - Clark Olson (129)
12 - Steve Fiore (129)
13 - Ned Donohue (128)
14 - David Deterra (126)
15 - Jon Stadtmueller (125)
16 - Shawn Childs (125)
17 - David Didonato (124)
18 - Michael Mager (124)
19 - Eddie Gillis (124)
20 - Ryan Atkins & S Erickson (124)
21 - Emmett Ruland & P Gagne (123)
22 - Michael Edelman (123)
23 - Bradley Libros (123)
24 - Richard Kulaski (122)
25 - John Pausma (122)
26 - Dave Potts (122)
27 - Chris Fessler (122)
28 - Kyle Brinkmann (122)
29 - Mike Cameron (122)
30 - Scott Zeidman (121)
31 - Bob Mazur (121)
32 - Greg & Dale Morgan (121)
33 - Kevin Kirves (121)
34 - Larry Schechter (121)
35 - Vlad Sedler (121)
36 - Ray Murphy & W Murray (120)
37 - Donald Warner (120)
38 - Anthony Palavis & E Burd (119)
39 - Joseph & Michael Meehan (119)
40 - Philippe Dussault (119)
41 - Ty Parsons & G Headrick (118)
42 - Billy McAleer (118)
43 - Glenn Schroter (118)
44 - Leonard Ringle (117)
45 - Gino Yu (117)
46 - Andy Robinson (117)
47 - Glenn Lowy (117)
48 - Rusty Clark (117)
49 - Jason Duponte (117)
50 - Wayne Edwards (116)
51 - Pat Tremaglio (116)
52 - Douglas Jaffe (116)
53 - Paul Weber (116)
54 - Rob Silver (116)
55 - Matt Modica (116)
56 - Eric Price (116)
57 - Andre Bourcier (116)
58 - James Maples (116)
59 - Eric Heberlig (116)
60 - Martin Bedell (116)
61 - Gregory & Philip Glukhovsky (116)
62 - Damien passalacqua (115)
63 - Roger Garvin (115)
64 - Daniel Bronski (115)
65 - John Lemke (115)
66 - Jeremy Brader (115)
67 - Daniel DaSilva (115)
68 - Bill & Todd Macey (115)
69 - Mike Massotto (115)
70 - Joe Berg (115)
71 - Richard Vanfleet (114)
72 - David VanDerStuyf (114)
73 - Bill Strickler (114)
74 - David Geisinger (114)
75 - Ronny Mor (114)
76 - Rob Giese (114)
77 - Abdul Madani (114)
78 - Nick Cassavetes (114)
79 - Gary Allen (114)
80 - Ken O'Brien (114)
81 - Dan Semsel (114)
82 - Chris Liss (114)
83 - Brent Grooms (114)
84 - Toby Guevin (113)
85 - Marc Perlmutter (113)
86 - Jason Anthony (113)
87 - Ari Benjamin (113)
88 - Kelly Uganski (113)
89 - Rick Thomas (113)
90 - Michael Makula (113)
91 - Michael Gebby (113)
92 - Chris Plouffe (113)
93 - Jacob Halusker (113)
94 - Phillip McDonald (112)
95 - John Hogan (112)
96 - Dave Taylor (112)
97 - Jody Ryan (112)
98 - Scott Keikoan (112)
99 - Alan Greenberg (112)
100 - Matt Dillon (112)
For the full list of right click this link: https://nfbcplayer.blogspot.com/
So this year after briefly posting the update I got complaints. The list didn't make sense. And they were right. So I spent a huge amount of time revising the method and re-running the point system for all 17 years to make it, once again, a fair assessment of the best ME players in the game - like it was when everyone had 1-2 teams, not 5 or 10 or 20 in a single year.
The adjustment shown as methodology item #2 on the link below for multi-team players is to average their rank score for all teams in a single season, then multiply it by 1.5x reflecting that having two strong teams (or more) is more indicative of a good season/good player than having one good team. But, unlike before, it will not reward a mediocre season where points were simply accumulated by having 4 or 5, or more teams.
The outcome is that some guys will move a lot versus last year's list, and for some the delta will make a much bigger impact than what they did this year. But this is a better list. Much better. And with the adjustments in place it won't need to be changed again even if players start taking 20 or 30 teams. Quality players will rise to the top and stay there so long as they keep performing. If you slid down the list, sorry you were ranked too high to begin with. If you jump up the list, sorry, you should've been ranked higher all along.
A few notable performers to mention, Scott Jenstad shot up to #5. Scott has done really well since 2008, and over the past 5 years in particular. He's been taking 2 teams each year lately, and prior to that one team. And his teams are consistently good. He deserves to be there. I'll compare him to another guy, name unmentioned, but he didn't play this year. He has regularly taken 6-8 teams each season and had shot up the ranks in the past 5 years. He's consistently had a few good teams, a bunch of mediocre and plenty of bad. He moved ahead of Jenstad and other players with better results under the old system. Under the new system he's still ranked in the 50s, good player, but no longer ahead of or even near Jenstad which would seem appropriate, I believe, to anyone that looks at their results side-by-side. For those wondering, because someone always has to question my intentions, my rank changed one spot (up) versus the old method. Other long-time players that we all know are good, still good, moved up much more under the new ranks, guys like Jupinka and Lindy. Please email all complaints about your new ranking to [email protected].
THE TOP 100 thru 2020
1 - KC Cha (144)
2 - Stephen Jupinka (141)
3 - Mark Srebro (136)
4 - Lindy Hinkelman (133)
5 - Scott Jenstad (131)
6 - KJ Duke (131)
7 - Brian Slack & N Sackett (130)
8 - Andy Nolan (130)
9 - Eric Albright & D Shoup (129)
10 - Dan Kenyon (129)
11 - Clark Olson (129)
12 - Steve Fiore (129)
13 - Ned Donohue (128)
14 - David Deterra (126)
15 - Jon Stadtmueller (125)
16 - Shawn Childs (125)
17 - David Didonato (124)
18 - Michael Mager (124)
19 - Eddie Gillis (124)
20 - Ryan Atkins & S Erickson (124)
21 - Emmett Ruland & P Gagne (123)
22 - Michael Edelman (123)
23 - Bradley Libros (123)
24 - Richard Kulaski (122)
25 - John Pausma (122)
26 - Dave Potts (122)
27 - Chris Fessler (122)
28 - Kyle Brinkmann (122)
29 - Mike Cameron (122)
30 - Scott Zeidman (121)
31 - Bob Mazur (121)
32 - Greg & Dale Morgan (121)
33 - Kevin Kirves (121)
34 - Larry Schechter (121)
35 - Vlad Sedler (121)
36 - Ray Murphy & W Murray (120)
37 - Donald Warner (120)
38 - Anthony Palavis & E Burd (119)
39 - Joseph & Michael Meehan (119)
40 - Philippe Dussault (119)
41 - Ty Parsons & G Headrick (118)
42 - Billy McAleer (118)
43 - Glenn Schroter (118)
44 - Leonard Ringle (117)
45 - Gino Yu (117)
46 - Andy Robinson (117)
47 - Glenn Lowy (117)
48 - Rusty Clark (117)
49 - Jason Duponte (117)
50 - Wayne Edwards (116)
51 - Pat Tremaglio (116)
52 - Douglas Jaffe (116)
53 - Paul Weber (116)
54 - Rob Silver (116)
55 - Matt Modica (116)
56 - Eric Price (116)
57 - Andre Bourcier (116)
58 - James Maples (116)
59 - Eric Heberlig (116)
60 - Martin Bedell (116)
61 - Gregory & Philip Glukhovsky (116)
62 - Damien passalacqua (115)
63 - Roger Garvin (115)
64 - Daniel Bronski (115)
65 - John Lemke (115)
66 - Jeremy Brader (115)
67 - Daniel DaSilva (115)
68 - Bill & Todd Macey (115)
69 - Mike Massotto (115)
70 - Joe Berg (115)
71 - Richard Vanfleet (114)
72 - David VanDerStuyf (114)
73 - Bill Strickler (114)
74 - David Geisinger (114)
75 - Ronny Mor (114)
76 - Rob Giese (114)
77 - Abdul Madani (114)
78 - Nick Cassavetes (114)
79 - Gary Allen (114)
80 - Ken O'Brien (114)
81 - Dan Semsel (114)
82 - Chris Liss (114)
83 - Brent Grooms (114)
84 - Toby Guevin (113)
85 - Marc Perlmutter (113)
86 - Jason Anthony (113)
87 - Ari Benjamin (113)
88 - Kelly Uganski (113)
89 - Rick Thomas (113)
90 - Michael Makula (113)
91 - Michael Gebby (113)
92 - Chris Plouffe (113)
93 - Jacob Halusker (113)
94 - Phillip McDonald (112)
95 - John Hogan (112)
96 - Dave Taylor (112)
97 - Jody Ryan (112)
98 - Scott Keikoan (112)
99 - Alan Greenberg (112)
100 - Matt Dillon (112)
For the full list of right click this link: https://nfbcplayer.blogspot.com/