I'd love to see a list of the top ten rated players for each ratings update going back to the time when ratings began. Is this something I can get at? Maybe we can create a page for this? It would only need to be updated once per update period.

Anybody collecting these stats?

Perhaps top 10 Overall
Top 10 Pro Masters (by age)
Top 10 Pro Women

The top 10 Pro Masters can overlap the Pro Open ratings, since the Pro Open would include all players, effectively.

Chuck?

That's a good one. We're compiling a variety of lists we'd like to update regularly or annually so I'll add that one.

the top 10 women are listed already.

I'd like to see that list- where is it posted?

oh sorry i didnt realize he meant over time - I guess that's why the thread is titled "top ten rated players of all time"

way to go MTL

Here are the very first Top Ten ratings from Cincy Worlds in 1998. Remember that Master started at age 35 back then. I suppose you could look at results from Worlds before that as the only way to rank the Top 10 going back to the early 80s. I don't believe Climo has ever been below 1030 since this beginning.

FIRST PDGA RATINGS - 1998 CINCINNATI PRO WORLDS
<table border="1"><tr><td> Rank</td><td>OPEN</td><td>Rating</td><td>MASTER</td><td>Rating</td><td>GRANDMASTER</td><td>Rating</td><td>SENIOR GM</td><td>Rating
</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Ken Climo</td><td>1032</td><td>Jim Myers</td><td>1000</td><td>Red Whittington</td><td>986</td><td>Peter Shive</td><td>914
</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Scott Stokely</td><td>1026</td><td>Dave Greenwell</td><td>999</td><td>SnapperPierson</td><td>974</td><td>Jim Palmeri</td><td>908
</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Scott Martin</td><td>1017</td><td>Stan McDaniel</td><td>997</td><td>Glenn Henry</td><td>969</td><td>Ted Mani</td><td>904
</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Geoff Lissaman</td><td>1014</td><td>Steve Wisecup</td><td>992</td><td>Alan Beaver</td><td>965</td><td>Jack Gilmore</td><td>898
</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Mike Randolph</td><td>1014</td><td>Joel Kelly</td><td>992</td><td>Steve Slasor</td><td>964</td><td>Ragnar Overby</td><td>867
</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Mike Moser</td><td>1009</td><td>Robert Herbert</td><td>990</td><td>Mike Conger</td><td>960</td><td>Franco Puliafito</td><td>863
</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Brad Hammock</td><td>1000</td><td>Johnny Lissaman</td><td>990</td><td>Tom Monroe</td><td>957</td><td>Will Maxham</td><td>861
</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Rick Voakes</td><td>997</td><td>Don Wilchek</td><td>989</td><td>Glenn Triemstra</td><td>954</td><td>Tom Skidmore</td><td>833
</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Mark Holland</td><td>997</td><td>Douglas Ertman</td><td>987</td><td>Michael Travers</td><td>942</td><td>Bill Erkenbrecher</td><td>791
</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Jim Stilgenbauer</td><td>997</td><td>Jim Oates</td><td>987</td><td>Dave Johnson</td><td>940</td><td>Robert Baum</td><td>693
</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>.</td><td>.</td><td>J. Gary Dropcho</td><td>987</td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>OPEN WOMEN</td><td></td><td>MASTER WOMEN</td><td></td><td>GM WOMEN</td><td></td><td>LEGENDS</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Juliana Bower</td><td>939</td><td>Sharon Jenkins</td><td>863</td><td>SylviaVoakes</td><td>808</td><td>Ralph Williamson</td><td>866
</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Elaine King</td><td>921</td><td>Andi Lehman</td><td>844</td><td>MidgeErkenbrecher</td><td>645</td><td>Ted Williams</td><td>829
</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Deb Renner</td><td>910</td><td>Avan Eddy</td><td>827</td><td>LindaFowler</td><td>637</td><td>John Roddick</td><td>761
</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Anni Kreml</td><td>907</td><td>Lisa Warner</td><td>788</td><td>.</td><td>.</td><td>Ed Headrick</td><td>749
</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Beth Tanner</td><td>906</td><td>Cathy Blanton</td><td>773</td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Ulrika Wikberg</td><td>881</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Sheila Kirkham</td><td>880</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Teresa Keith</td><td>875</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Patricia Jacob</td><td>874</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Amy Cridland</td><td>870</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </tr></td></table>