The TRUE 10 best pickers currently on Tapology

So everyone knows how to look at the profiles page, and we have the MVP thread. But I decided to do a little research and come up with my top 10 list of who in my opinion are the 10 best pickers on this site. If you cherry pick fights and only pick full UFC's then you are not up for consideration as your % isn't really legitimate in my eyes. This is simply on right or wrong and your %, perfects are not taken into account, it's just, do you pick the right guy on a regular basis. With that being said here is the top 10:

1. R1zla (66.5%)- No surprise here, not only is he leading the MVP race, but he has more contest places than anyone other than ACFMMA and has always picked all the fights and still has this glistening %.

2. Dannotheman (66.9%)- Is the only all fight picker with a higher % than R1zla but has only recently started picking every fight. Use to hover right around 70% but has dropped off a little bit since picking all fights, still tied for 1st in the MVP race and a very impressive %.

3. ACFMMA (65.6%)- The alpha dog forever now when it comes to making picks. Has over 2,400 predictions, over 10 places in the weekend contest and is sitting in a respectable top 15 spot right now in the MVP race.

4. crimedawg92 (66.2%)- Joining the ranks of the black belts today in fact. Crimedawg has quietly built a very stellar % as well as having over 1,000 fights picked and is currently near the top of the MVP race.

5. Kalibo (65.2%)- With over 1,700 fights picked, 65.2 is a stellar percentage for Kalibo. He must have picked all fights there for a long time, didn't really there at the end of 2011 but has started again in 2012. His pretty low standing so far in the MVP contest led me to put crimedawg a spot ahead of him. Still a staunch picker right there.

6. Wishishere (65.7%)- Only a member since July, wishishere has over 1,200 picks and a very impressive %. A team Punk Rock team mate of mine I'm glad to see he was as elite as he is upon review, and am glad to have him as a team mate!

7. mulefloyd (64.4%)- Runner up of the AV grand prix, mulefloyd is no slouch when it comes to making picks either. With over 1,500 picks, a top 10 spot in the MVP race and a 64+ percentage. mulefloyd is definitely near the top of the ranks.

8. Warjorge (64.8%)- We've all seen Warjorge at the top of the leaderboards for months. A member since May Warjorge has over 1,600 picks as well as a great %. This lead to Kallous picking him up in the 1st round! His 8th spot is due however to him being in either a slump or something in January as he is currently Mr. Irrelevant in our standings. Is this only a blip or a trend? In 2012 we will find out.

9. Prodigykid14 (64.2%)- Only a member since August Prodigy has quickly picked 849 fights and amassed a 64+ percentage. Very respectable picker here.

10. TheMMAmessiah (63.5%)- Now some people may ***** about me putting myself in here but if you look objectively I really think I deserve it. Only a member since September I have picked every fight out the gate and have a 63.4%. I have over 900 fights in that short time and that is practically every fight that's been available since I joined. Due to that as well as me being in the top 10 in the MVP contest, I think I deserve a spot for sure.

Honarable Mentions: A couple people were right there so I thought I'd give them a quick mention:

Michigandolphin (64.2%)- With over 1,500 picks and a 64+ there is an argument to be made for him to get a spot. But having been a member since 2010 and only around 1,500 fights there have been more than quite a few he has passed on. Also would have to look at the standings but think he is doing pretty well in the MVP race. 

Shabbalanya (63.4%)- This is the other guy who could be argued to get that #10 spot over me, we have identical %'s and have both been members for less than 6 months. I put me in the 10th spot due to me being in the top 10 in the MVP race and Shabbalanya being somewhere in the 40 range if I remember right.

Sixfeetunder (63.3%)- Another newish member sixfeet has only been here since October but has a stellar % and has already won 2 events in the MVP race so far.

t0rch (63.3%)- over 1,700 picks, a black belt and that %. Can't argue with t0rch's credentials.

So what does Tapology think? Did I do a good job? Did I miss someone? Being the Topic starter do I really deserve a top 10 spot? Let me know!!!

* Edited at 02.05.2012, 3:03 PM ET *

Good selections!

When I started picking all fights,

I went from 72% to 56%.

Obviously I don't do too much research haha

I can't really agree with the "standard" of picking all fights. I pick most fights from Bellator and above, but i WILL NOT pick a fight if i've never seen the guy fight or heard of him. And i do research on the fighter via youtube at a minimum to try and get some footage on these guys. What's the point of ruining my percentage if i'm going to base well over half my picks on a piss poor guess, the tapology community's picks, or the odds makers?

On the flip side, that's some pretty awesome research you've done and i commend all of you guys for picking every fight ever put on tapology and maintaining a 60% or higher..... I know i could never do it.

Damn. I allways miss the weekend contests. Good list though.

i dont really understand, what the criteria is (i also have  65.0%) but very well done by all the peeps above.

I do agree with BK a little.. a lot of the smaller fight cards is pretty much a coin toss for just about all of us, especially the ones that have pro fighter debuts. None of us know who they are, so how are we suppose to intelligently pick?

you only have 140 predictions? Everyone else on this list has over 800...

tna - You only have 140 picks. The ones that were listed probably have at least 1000+ picks.

@bk I do think your % is impressive but I will take your own quote for my counter argument, "I know I could never do it" well that's it exactly. I'm pretty sure if you just went vased on major cards me and a lot of these other guys would be around 70%. But it's the fact that we pick every card, do research on youtube, The UG, and just talk with the community to figure these miniscule cards out and can still maintain over a 63.4 prediction rating. People like you and Gregory and among others do have very good percentages and that is reflected in the profile page. This list is for the members who pick all the fights and have amazing %'s but aren't even on the 1st page on the rankings.

oh ok, i understand now, thx.

The last time I looked I was in top 10 with over 750 picks.

@ben again just like I told bk you're % is very impressive, but I have 100 more picks than you and I've been a member less than 5 months, you've been a member for over 11 months. That means I pick more than twice as many fights as you, the criteria just doesn't match up. And all those fights I'm sure are all the 0-0 fights that you don't research. I pick all those and am still just a couple points behind you. Not saying what you do isn't good. But I said in the OP this is for the people who pick all the fights.

I have been picking all cards for a while now.

I don't have time to research every single card for every single fighter on YouTube and other places, especially those fighters with 0-0 records, and the weekends that have 100 fights. Hats off to those who do, though.

I didn't win the AV GP, sonnenssyringe did.

o yeah, good catch there mulefloyd!

i think point event wins should count and bonus contest wins in the formula. 11 point event wins and 4 places including two first in the bonus contest. just saying. i think only two people got more acfmma and ? plus over 2000 picks and 3rd all time in perfects. only behind two people who started months before me. yes i toot my own horn.

* Edited at 02.05.2012, 11:14 AM ET *

My percentage was in the 70s when I only picked the major promotions, lol. I just looked it up, on the +750 list, I'm #8, some of the pickers ahead of me only pick the majors.

Hopefully it's not too much longer before we've permanently solved this debate and can compare people on an even playing field with regards to pick performance.

that kentucky show was brutal for me. 6-10 but i won another event and did okay at ufc and another event.