Worldwide Rankings


Just Outside: Sabian "Clamp-ok" Hayblum - 21, Jay "fnatic.2GD" Harding -11

Johan "toxic" Quick's dominance through all of 2006 made him the top choice by every single voter except for one, placing a nearly perfect score. No one could defeat Quick in 2006 and everyone feels he will at least start off the same way in 2007. America's Jason "socrates" Sylka took second with strong showings at the end of the year with a second place finish at WCG and a third place finish at the WSVG finals. Anton "Cooller" Singov and Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone were right below that with strong finishes throughout all of 2006, though both players slipped from the top spots in the latter stretch of the year. After second and third place finishes at WSVG qualifiers and the WCG finals respectively, Avallone finished a disappointing 5-6th place at the WSVG finals.

Magnus "fojji" Olsson takes the next spot as one of the few players to give Quick a real run for his money when they faced off. Polish wonder boy Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski and the American Steel Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant were next on the list of competitors. Krzykowski finished the year off strong with a win at the Poznan Invitational over Sylka, while Bryant faltered at the WSVG finals, claiming 7-8th place. Alex "Ztrider" Ingarv, Alexey "Cypher" Yushanevsky and Ivo "forever" Lindhout take the last spots with Sabian "Clamp-ok" Hayblum just one point shy of the top 10. WSVG finalist Jay "2GD" Harding fell behind the pack, many weary of his RSI injury and his current form.

Most notable missing from the list is of course Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, the second place finisher at the WSVG finals. With his recent signing onto the Championship Gaming Series to be the league's official commentator, his status for the 2007 Quake 4 circuit is currently unknown. Because of this, voters were asked not to include him in their votes.

Voters were asked to vote based on how they feel players will perform in the future. While voters did take into account all the results from 2006, significant changes such as the 1.4 patch effecting players styles was taken into play.

Quick had this to say about his first place ranking: "Well when Quake 4 was released I was motivated to start playing 1v1 and had one goal on my mind, to be number one. It feels great to have achieved this goal. It was a tough year and I had some tough games, but I'm glad I pulled it off in the end. I'm motivated to keep practicing and am looking forward to next season. Now I'm just hoping that the 1.4 patch will be a better game, but so far the beta provides a much worse game."

North American Rankings


Just Outside: Tom "griffin" Wall - 60

The North American rankings came down to the last two spots between three people. Evan "Nomadic" Bradshaw, Tom "griffin" Wall and Chance "chance" Lacina were all in contention for the last placings. Although Bradshaw had announced his retirement earlier this year, he has noted that there is a good chance he will be playing again, and picked up the third spot. Wall and Lacina both caused upsets including at DigitalLife where they defeated Harding and Bryant, respectively. Lacina is thought to be the more consistent of the two and picked up the last spot on the rankings.

European Rankings


Just Outside: Gareth "dignitas/GaRpY" Marshall - 4, Michał "Fx.Cs3" Ryński - 2

The European rankings look much like the World Rankings, with eight out of the top 10 players in the world coming from Europe. Mikael "PURRI" Tarvainen took the last remaining spot on the European rankings, beating out such players as Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall and Michał "Fx.Cs3" Ryński. Tarvainen has been heating up in the latter part of 2006, taking a map from Olsson at the WonderBase finals.

Information on the point ranking system, a listing of voters and other information can be found on the following page.