MPO Card Aug 25

AF’s Top 11 MPO Fantasy Rankings

See our Color Guide for helpful info on these lists

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 Major Avg Last 3 EM Avg Next Up
1 Calvin Heimburg 1 1051 10.0 3.0 Worlds
2 Ricky Wysocki 2 1047 6.0 7.0 Worlds
3 Eagle McMahon 3 1044 3.0 3.3 Worlds
4 Gannon Buhr 4 1044 7.0 11.7 Worlds
5 Matt Orum 6 1039 10.0 16.7 Worlds
6 Simon Lizotte 7 1039 13.0 8.3 Worlds
7 Isaac Robinson 9 1036 6.5 8.3 Worlds
8 Paul McBeth 10 1048 47.5 30.3 Worlds
9 Chris Dickerson 11 1040 9.5 13.7 Worlds
10 James Proctor 5 1036 29.5 21.3 Worlds
11 Ezra Robinson 7 1028 20.0 10.7 Worlds
Surprise, surprise, everyone in the top 26 is playing Worlds. 2 of the top 26 played the Silver AFDO before Worlds, but that is unlikely to impact these rankings.
Last 3 EM avg is pertaining to each player's previous 3 Elite + Major events played. For most players that is the past 3 Elite events from Ledgestone through DGLO. As usual some color on that column is better than no color at all. Yellow is best, gold 2nd, bronze 3rd.
Major averages and colors are based on those who have played among the 2 Majors pre-Worlds in 2023, including Champions Cup (tan) and European Open (pink). If player has played both Majors, it is light green.

Next 10 MPO Fantasy Rankings

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 Major Avg Last 3 EM Avg Next Up
12 Cole Redalen 12 1031 63.0 6.0 Worlds
13 Kyle Klein 13 1037 10.0 15.0 Worlds
14 Aaron Gossage 15 1033 46.5 22.3 Worlds
15 Vaino Makela 23 1029 9.0 27.3 Worlds
16 Kevin Jones 21 1026 28.0 7.7 Worlds
17 Cale Leiviska 14 1031 NA 22.3 Worlds
18 Alden Harris 17 1030 23.0 28.7 Worlds
19 Joel Freeman 19 1036 24.0 32.0 Worlds
20 Mason Ford 18 1032 5.0 32.3 Worlds
21 Anthony Barela 20 1038 10.0 49.3 Worlds
See link below for the combined MPO and FPO Power Rankings for Worlds. This replaces Event Rankings that AF has been doing in past couple months. Far more analysis went into Power Rankings. The standard rankings are a running total for the season, and while Worlds is very high consideration for this update, it is part of overall seasonal rankings for each player, from a fantasy perspective.
Worlds+ Power Rankings

Next 5 MPO Fantasy Rankings

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 Major Avg Last 3 EM Avg Next Up
22 Adam Hammes 22 1027 27.0 28.3 Worlds
23 Ezra Aderhold 24 1031 3.0 48.7 Worlds
24 Bradley Williams 28 1030 29.0 22.3 Worlds
25 Nikko Locastro 25 1029 39.0 13.0 Worlds
26 Evan Smith 16 1028 24.0 42.3 Worlds
Vaino rose the most in this update, mostly due to his elite Major average for 2023. And Proctor dropped the most this update, but remains a solid top 10, tier 3 pick. As a reminder. Calvin is only player on Tier 1 and Ricky has been playing Tier 2 ever since his early season DNF. Most of the top 10 is on Tier 3.
(2021 World Champion) James Conrad, (2022 3rd place finisher at Worlds) Chris Clemons, and (2023 European Open champion) Corey Ellis are now the first 3 outside the published rankings.