Stephanie Vaquer Tops 2026 PWI Top Women’s 250 List

Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced that Stephanie Vaquer took their top spot for this year’s PWI Women’s 250 List. This was the first-time ever in Vaquer’s career that she took the top honor in PWI’s Top Women’s ranked list.

AEW had the most wrestlers ranked in PWI’s Top at five (one shared), followed by WWE at three, Stardom at two, and CMLL at one (shared).

#andNEW: Congratulations to “La Primera” @Steph_Vaquer, the number-one wrestler on our annual #Womens250 ranking. Find the full top 10 (along with links to buy the digital/print mag) in the comments 👇 https://t.co/x8YVAoqYwR

— PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) November 12, 2026

PWI’s Women’s Top 10 of 2026:

1. Stephanie Vaquer
2. Willow Nightingale
3. Thekla
4. Mercedes Moné
5. Saya Kamitani
6. Liv Morgan
7. Persephone
8. Syuri
9. Rhea Ripley
10. Kris Statlander

This year’s rankings covered the time period between October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026 and wrestlers were ranked based on a criteria of in-ring achievement, influence, technical ability, depth/quality of competition, and activity.