So this is something that I have teased on X I think. Here I've done something really simple, but really enlightening. Potentially. I've taken four of the metrics I used - the FRH ranking which has been in play for probably a decade now (scary to say that), which for newcomers is a modification of the main order of merit to primarily favour recency, then scoring averages for each of the last 100, 200 and 365 days, which are fairly comparable to the portions I use when making projections. The newest goes back towards just before the Matchplay, the middle one to just after (IIRC) the UK Open, the last year is self explanatory. All these have a "one leg played per day in the database" qualifier. So, here we go:
Some things to note. This is not in any way intended to be clickbaitey, although I may make an X post that is just that. It is what it is. Some people were unfortunate in missing the leg criteria by not much - Wright recently being the most egregious example, but Tricole and Greaves also didn't miss some by much (the latter not hitting the list at all as a result). Brooks being 5 recently is not a typo, he is that good. And for reference, these stats were taken BEFORE this week's Pro Tour games.
Love this as a different perspective. The trends from 365 to 200 to 100 are interesting.
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