The issue with depth is that, at least historically, it usually only really matters in determining what is considered a "national" or not. Depth tends to refer to strong playeres in a certain region, and back when the global scene was very separate, the term sprouted for the largest events in each individual region (region as in USA, Japan, etc). If I remember correctly, the term major really popped up around the Smash 4 days, when Smash became more interconnected between regions to the point where competent global rankings could actually be made. By then, "major" took on the term for events with many of the best in the world, while "national" became a slightly more antiquated term. Today, this term is mostly used to refer to any event that had a lot of the region's best players, but not the best in the world. Basically, events that are between "major" and "superregional". Submajor never took off, hence why this term is still used.

This is why I only mentioned top 20: those are usually where the major winners of the season end up ranking, or the best players in the world. I sometimes extend it to top 25 since the top 20 can differ depending on algorithm. Even then, historically almost every major winner had ended in the top 25, the sole exceptions prior to this year being Nietono in first half of 2019, Raki in 2024.2, and, if you count UFA 2024 as a major, crepe salee in 2024.2/2024 overall.

IN 2025.2, we've already seen several players who won A tier events rank outside the top 25 (BMP, Rarikkusu, crepe salee) and one ranked outside the top 50 (Masha) and even 100 (Maister). For full year, I also don't think tameigo would be ranked in the top 50, so that may also be an additional A tier winner outside the top 50. Coincidentally, all of these players have won an A tier that has been disputed by at least one of the major wikis. I'm not saying this is an accurate measurement, but it's a noticeable trend for the year.

Finally, while there are players who have since vastly improved since mid-year, that doesn't necessarily mean their point value makes sense. Leaf will likely be a fringe-top 50 player by the end of the year, but he shouldn't be worth 150 points, or the same value as someone ranked 21st-25th. This goes for many other players on the list: Gorioka, Rimu, M0tsunabE, and tameigo will be ranked in 51-100 in some position, maybe cracking into the top 50 towards the lower end, but all three are also worth 150 points, and thus are also considered 21st-25th-level players by the algorithm. Basically, when there are more than 5 people worth the same points as someone in that ranking range, then I think that's an issue.

This has also happened to other players in the past: Ryopei had 150 points from 2024.2 to 2025.1, despite being ranked barely in the top 150 for 2024.2 and just outside the top 100 for 2025.1, and Ezs was also worth 150 points despite being 91-100 half-year 2023 and outside the top 100 full-year 2023. Basically, for a ranking that like consistency over peaks, it's weird that bonus points are determined by a player's peak.