Toni Storm Tops 2024 PWI Women’s 250 List

Former AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm tops the 2024 PWI Women’s 250 List. Last year’s number one was WWE’s Rhea Ripley.

#andNEW: Congratulations to @AEW star "Timeless" Toni Storm for taking the top spot in this year's PWI #Womens250 ranking! Find out who else ranked (and where) in our Holiday 2024 issue, also featuring your ballot for the 2024 #PWIAwards.https://t.co/eksMw0pCFW

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The criteria for the list is as follows:

EVALUATION PERIOD:

October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024

CRITERIA:

IN-RING ACHIEVEMENT—Win-loss records, championships, tournaments won.

INFLUENCE—Visibility and prestige within a promotion and/or the industry.

TECHNICAL ABILITY—Variety of moves, quality of matches, and in-ring storytelling.

COMPETITION—Success against the most varied and highest-quality opponents.

ACTIVITY—Minimum 10 singles (non-tag) matches total; or, barring this, six such matches in separate months.

The Top 20 are as follows:

• 20. Lyra Valkyria
• 19. Miyu Yamashita
• 18. Miu Watanabe
• 17. Becky Lynch
• 16. Mina Shirakawa
• 15. Masha Slamovich
• 14. Mayu Iwatani
• 13. IYO SKY
• 12. Liv Morgan
• 11. Roxanne Perez
• 10. Athena
• 9. Mariah May
• 8. Willow Nightingale
• 7. Bayley
• 6. Sareee
• 5. Stephanie Vaquer
• 4. Maika
• 3. Rhea Ripley
• 2. Jordynne Grace
• 1. Toni Storm