Top 10 Catan Players in the World

A personal ranking list of the top 10 Catan players in the World, as on mid-2024. As noted in the video, while my biases and preferences may influence some aspects of ranking, overall, this list does fairly reflect the current state of the top player meta.
00:08 Rules
01:02 Honorable Mentions
05:03 No.10
06:10 No.9
07:28 No.8
08:24 No.7
09:27 No.6
10:33 No.5
11:44 No.4
13:05 No.3
14:24 No.2
15:24 No.1
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[@dandydrew]

Amazing list Shades - All these players are crushers without a doubt! Thanks for the mention and great content you've been sharing lately. Excited to see more growth and insights from you. 💪

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@dandydrew appreciate the kind words sir 🫡

[@ivinder2]

I knew who's going to be first but a great rest of the list. This content is amazing and brings something that was missing in catan

[@Treeckosaurus]

Enjoyed this video a lot man! Challenges me to try harder to make it back to the top 10. I haven't been around competitive play a lot recently, so my opinion isn't worth as much, but based on talking within the community this seems to be a list many will agree upon with you. But I'm sure I'm not aware of most players' accomplishments. My vote goes to either Rayman, DandyDrew, Bo Peng or Kaytwenty. While doing research for past videos I also learned about Thijs Metz, the 4-time champion of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is rated 3rd behind Germany and USA on the all-time Catan leaderboard and considering there's only one tournament per year with 200+ participants I find that an insane feat.

[@rafaeldms8]

Nice list! Looking forward to playing against Shanks in the Brazilian Nationals next week!

[@felipemaranha535]

Hey Shades, Shanks here. I feel honored to be on this list. Considering how difficult it is to define a top 10, your list is VERY solid, and I agree with most of the names on it. Amazing job, both yours and your editor's!!

[@JoshB-www1230]

Ture

[@AsianSensation]

Rodawg #1 in my heart

[@shadesonbroadway]

He got a bit of a shoutout since Ushpuppy is using his IRL picture as his discord profile picture 😂

[@raize7209]

Nah Boltrix mom got him beat

[@ItBeHowItBe47]

Post some Catan videos. I’d watch them

[@rowenabbas1622]

he’s ass

[@ranajamal3848]

Thanks for the honorable mention shades. Pleasantly surprised

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@ranajamal3848 You earned it! 😎

[@julia11gulia]

Awesome list Shades!

[@awesomeaggron5236]

Awesome Video man! Happy my name made a few cameos in this vid. Maybe 1 day I will break into the top 10 :)

[@burie7]

great list! rodawg, jdawg, and aja99 (the sun) deserve spots in honorable mention for the online scene. They could easily make it into a list like this.

[@DefaultBS]

Dylan should def be a top 5 player on anyone’s list I feel like.. he’s a monster catan player and has been at the top of the scene for a long time. Cool vid!

[@itsOKK_Catan]

Awesome video!!

[@dixonyamada6969]

Whats the diff between americas champ and nationals champ? New to this

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@dixonyamada6969 nationals champion = win for USA, Canada, South America, etc only. Americas champ = winner of all 3. Took all national champs of north and South America in 1 event and won that.

[@andrewscott8399]

Solid list man! Only thing that I saw off the bat is Bo at 4 is crazy. Otherwise great work, all solid players.

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@andrewscott8399 do you think he should be lower or higher?

[@andrewscott8399]

@@shadesonbroadway there are only two names that could be in contention for the top 2 spots Bo and Ray. Even then Bo is in a league of his own. But I have said that generally I’ll refer to Bo as live player GOAT and Rayman as online GOAT

[@koppadasao]

How do you study Settlers from Catan?

[@shivakumarshivashankar4994]

Curious where you would rank swheatchick, bucksas, davbav, and Boromir?

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@shivakumarshivashankar4994 swheatchick is an MD7 alt account (afaik), the other 3 id put in a top 50 list, though this opinion doesn’t hold much weight due to limited experience, I’d be going off stats alone.

[@PRANSHU49]

I would argue for more honorable mentions in the form of Trissie, Phantom, Awesome aggron to name a few. I guess there aren't here because they don't play base as much?

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@PRANSHU49 trissie is indisputably the best CK player, and I’d argue stronger than average at base. The other two don’t have enough feats to warrant being in top 10.

[@JacobRoh]

I must of been 11th for Shure. Gold player 😂 Im up there

[@shadesonbroadway]

@@JacobRoh Number 1 in heart ❤️

[@markmccrudden9642]

Wait you forgot WheatKingz?

[@kellyalvarado6533]

😢😅I really want to watch this but I am 100% sure that you'll have Drew and Dylighted, and both are so arrogant that I can't even stomach it.

[@shadesonbroadway]

You are correct they are both on here. Sorry to hear that 😅