Went through the 2016 list, highlighted some things of interest. 2026 is going to be very different for a variety of reasons.
557) Will Ospreay (1 pt, 1 ballot, 100.00 avg, high: 100 - Timothy Buechner, 2006: unranked)
461) Jim Cornette (40 pts, 2 ballots, 81.00 avg, high: 63 - anonymous, 2006: unranked)
390) Tetsuya Naito (95 pts, 3 ballots, 69.30 avg, high: 43 - anonymous, 2006: unranked)
327) Zack Sabre Jr. (161 pts, 10 ballots, 84.90 avg, high: 61 - Alan Counihan, 2006: unranked)
311) Eddie Kingston (189 pts, 5 ballots, 63.20 avg, high: 13 - anonymous, 2006: unranked)
275) Dean Ambrose (270 pts, 8 ballots, 67.25 avg, high: 13 - Mando>Eddie, 2006: unranked)
270) Ricochet (275 pts, 13 ballots, 79.85 avg, high: 46 - jackwebb, 2006: unranked)
259) Kenny Omega (298 pts, 8 ballots, 63.75 avg, high: 20 - Mando>Eddie, 2006: unranked)
209) Tomohiro Ishii (557 points, 16 ballots, 66.19 avg, high: 20 - Alan Counihan, 2006: unranked)
206) Kota Ibushi (592 points, 20 ballots, 71.40 avg, high: 14 - The Great Puma; 2006: unranked)
128) Minoru Suzuki (1505 points, 37 ballots, 60.54 avg, high: 4 - anonymous, 2006: honorable mention)
102) Christian (2220 points, 56 ballots, 61.36 avg, high: 17 - ShittyLittleBoots, 2006: unranked)
51) Andre The Giant (4971 points, 105 ballots, 53.81 avg, high: 5 - Mando>Eddie, 2006: 164)
47) Brock Lesnar (5265 points, 110 ballots, 53.32 avg, high: 2 - Scott Bernard, 2006: 143)
46) CM Punk (5334 points, 105 ballots, 50.22 avg, high: 7 - jpchicago23, 2006: 425)
39) AJ Styles (5759 points, 109 ballots, 48.20 avg, high: 6 - Hasan Mulla, 2006: 301)
38) Mick Foley (6003 points, 121 ballots, 51.44 avg, high: 5 - Beast, 2006: 70)
32) Dustin Rhodes (6861 points, 124 ballots, 45.69 avg, high: 7 - jackwebb, 2006: 137)
31) Shawn Michaels (7187 points, 111 ballots, 38.11 avg, high: 1 - Jimmy Redman & ElHijodeGorgeousGeorge)
30) John Cena (7502 points, 126 ballots, 41.70 avg, high: 3 – James Derbyshire, 2006: unranked)
29) El Hijo del Santo (7579 points, 95 ballots, 22.52 avg, high: 1 – Jetlag, 2006: 20)
7) Rey Mysterio Jr. (11910 points, 146 ballots, 20.92 avg, high: 1 – El Dragon, Zero & donsem43, 2006: 22)
5) Daniel Bryan (12302 points, 142 ballots, 17.63 avg, high: 1 – Danny Kichler, @jamesie_2015, ShittyLittleBoots, James Derbyshire, Venegas, Dan Rice, Quentin Skinner, Mrzfn & anonymous, 2006: 117)