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Matchup Charts

Matchup numbers from all the available sources from Japan, USA and Europe. Numbers should be read in the row direction (not columns) as the arrows indicate.

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Round numbers

Show numbers without refactoring

Players involved in the score are: Mayumura (Old Ryu), PECO (Old Ken and Gouki), Yondaime (Old Sagat), Yakitori (Old Hawk), Shogatsu (Old Honda).
Numbers in the chart below are the exact numbers the players gave. However, Gouki scores in all rows are provided by PECO.

Players involved in the score are: Sasori (Ryu), Aniken and Mattsun (Ken), Kusumondo and Roku (Honda), Otochun (Chunli), AFO (Blanka), Gunze (Zangief), Kotaka Shoten and TZW (Guile), POS and XSPR (Dhalsim), Yakitori (T. Hawk), Nakamura (Cammy), Okafei (Fei Long), Ito (DJ), Tsuji and Adachi (Boxer), MAO and Noguchi (Claw), Yondaime (Sagat), Yuuvega (Dictator).
To see the individual contributions click on the name of the players
You have the option to see the original numbers without refactoring. To know more about the type of refactoring check question #05 of the FAQ
The original chart (mirror) is from STRevival
All characters are new characters

The matchup chart includes all old chars and Akuma
The Japanese players involved in the scores are not clear
The source contains matchup charts for previous versions of the game
Source chart was made by Japanese GameDB wiki which is blocked in some countries. There is a more accessible mirror of the charts (mirror), in Japanese too.

The players involved in the data were: Gotoh (Ryu), Aniken (Ken), Kusumondo (Honda), Nuki (Chunli), Komoda (Blanka), Gunze (Zangief), Muteki (Guile), Gian (Dhalsim), K (T. Hawk), Nakamura (Cammy), Yuubou (Fei Long), Yaya (DJ), Tsuji (Boxer), ARG (Claw), Yaya (Sagat), Taira (Dictator).
To see the individual contributions click on the name of the players
However, numbers in the chart were already refactored so they are not exactly what the players gave. To know more about the type of refactoring check question #05 of the FAQ
This matchup chart was featured in Nohoho's blog (mirror) in 2008
The original data was gathered by Japanese players just after SBO'08 and published in the Arcadia magazine
There was a consensus among Japanese players that involved Futachan (Ryu), Mattsun (Ken), AFO (Blanka), Pony (Zangief), Yoshimura (Dhalsim), KKY (Dhalsim), Yuuvega (Dictator), Noguchi (Claw or FeiLong), Shacho (Cammy) and Tamashima (Boxer) to evaluate the scores. There were a bunch of numbers that differered in the consensus. The original chart shows in colored numbers how much those differences were between the players:
- Black: numbers differ less than one point
- Gray: numbers don't differ. Everyone agrees
- White: numbers differ by more than 1.5
These are the pages from the original magazine:

This chart uses round numbers only
The players involved in the scores are not clear
Source diagram from the Japanese Street Fighter 2 wiki Huekie Saver (mirror)

This chart has all the new and old characters
The players involved in the scores are not clear
The source wiki page includes charts for the previous versions of the game too
Source diagram from T. Akiba wiki (mirror)

When the game was released in 1994 the Gamest magazine was publishing a new matchup chart almost every other month
The one shown here is the one featured in Nohoho's blog (mirror) few years ago
Since they are so old they have to be taken very lightly as a reference as they might be very off
Here are other matchups published by Gamest the same year:
- Gamest no. 118 (6/30/94)
- Gamest no. 119 (7/15/94) [The one shown in this page]
- Gamest extra no. 120 (7/19/94)
- Gamest no. 124 (8/30/94)

Sources previous to year 2000 have been ruled out from the average data
The players involved in the sources for this average are: Gotoh^*, Aniken^**, Kusumondo^**, Nuki^*, Komoda^*, Gunze^**, Muteki^*, Gian^*, K^*, Nakamura^**, Yuubou^*, Yaya^*, Tsuji^**, ARG^*, Taira^*, Sasori, Mattsun, Roku, Otochun, AFO, Kotaka Shoten, TZW, POS, XSPR, Yakitori, Okafei, Ito, Adachi, MAO, Noguchi, Yondaime, Yuuvega.
To see the individual contributions click on the name of the players
Players with ^* had their numbers refactored in the original source so the numbers are not exactly what they gave. To know more about the type of refactoring check question #05 of the FAQ
Players with ^** were asked to give their scores in more than one source
We show only the main old characters (Ryu, Ken, Hawk and Sagat) and Akuma for this average data
For USA or Europe data select another source from the drop down above

Players involved in the score are: DGV (Ryu), MikeIdge (Ryu), Damdai (Ken, Hawk, old Ryu, old Ken and old Hawk), Shotosallday (old Ryu, old Ken and old Sagat), Moocus (Ken), Kuroppi (Honda and Zangief), RoboKop (Chunli and Cammy), NKI (Chunli), RealDecoy (Blanka), Fromo (Blanka), Tecmo (Guile), Riz0ne (Guile and Dictator), Jason Cole (Dhalsim), CVital (Dhalsim), PAPERCUT (Hawk and old Hawk), James Chen (Cammy), Jumpsuit (FeiLong), AquaSnake (FeiLong), AfroLegends (DJ and Boxer), MuffinMan (DJ), Ganelon (Claw), Immortal (Claw), Zaspacer (Dictator), Ultracombo (old Sagat).
To see the individual contributions click on the name of the players
You have the option to see the original numbers without refactoring. To know more about the type of refactoring check question #05 of the FAQ
The original chart (mirror) is from STRevival

Players involved in the score are: John Choi (Ryu and old Sagat), David Doyle (Ryu), FlashG (Ryu and Claw), Jesse Howard (Ryu and old Ken), CigarBoB (Ken), Wes Truelson (Ken), Bill Gould (Honda), Sirlin (Honda, Claw and Dictator), UltraDavid (Honda), Buktooth (ChunLi), Chris Doyle (ChunLi), Jeron Grayson (ChunLi and Cammy), NKI (ChunLi), Antonio (Blanka), Fatboy (Blanka), Nohoho (Blanka), Damdai (Zangief), UltraDavid (Zangief), Brian (Guile), Axel Kelly (Guile), Jason Cole (Dhalsim), John Rambo (Dhalsim), Arturo Sanchez (Dhalsim), Henry Cen (Hawk and Boxer), Jason Wilson (Hawk, FeiLong and Dictator), James Chen (Cammy), Jumpsuit (FeiLong), AfroLegends (DJ and Boxer), Julien Beasley (Boxer, Claw and Dictator), Graham Wolfe (Boxer), Julian Robinson (Claw), Professor Jones (Dictator), Jason Nelson (old Sagat), Justin Wong (old Ken and old Sagat).
To see the individual contributions click on the name of the players
The original chart (mirror) is from the Nohoho blog

The players involved in the sources for this average are: John Choi, David Doyle, FlashG, Jesse Howard, CigarBoB, Wes Truelson, Bill Gould, Sirlin, UltraDavid, Buktooth, Chris Doyle, Jeron Grayson, NKI^**, Antonio, Fatboy, Nohoho, Damdai^**, UltraDavid, Brian, Axel Kelly, Jason Cole^**, John Rambo, Arturo Sanchez, Henry Cen, Jason Wilson, James Chen^**, Jumpsuit^**, AfroLegends^**, Julien Beasley, Graham Wolfe, Julian Robinson, Professor Jones, Jason Nelson, Justin Wong, DGV, MikeIdge, Shotosallday, Moocus, Kuroppi, RoboKop, RealDecoy, Fromo, Tecmo, Riz0ne, CVital, PAPERCUT, AquaSnake, MuffinMan, Ganelon, Immortal, Zaspacer, Ultracombo.
To see individual contributions click on the name of the players
Players with ^** were asked to give their scores in more than one source
There is no direct data provided for new Sagat

Players involved in the score are: Orf (Ryu), Evildindon (Ken), Milanea (Honda), Wolmar (ChunLi and Dhalsim), Er Commander (Blanka and Zangief), Old Samir (Guile), Bob Sagat (Hawk), Max 31 (Cammy), Balcork (FeiLong), Mr. Pogo (DJ), Oldyassine (Boxer), Spinalblood (Sagat), Fort Europa (Dictator)
To see individual contributions click on the name of the players
There is no direct data provided for Claw
The original chart (mirror) is from STRevival

FAQ

#01: What are the sources used for these charts?

There are several sources involved. Popular Japanese gaming magazines (Gamest and Arcadia), Japanese ST wikis (T. Akiba, GameDB, Huekie Saver), USA ST Websites (STRevival, Nohoho), etc

#02: Does matchup data really matter? Isn't it all based on player skills?

Matchup data are only a theoretical reference of the balance of the match at the highest level of play. In practice, there are infinite factors that will decide the outcome of the match. If you are not interested in such references then this site is not for you.

#03: I disagree with the numbers given for a specific matchup. Does it matter?

The best case scenario is that you do some research of why other players think differently, debate it and learn more about the match. Numbers differ (sometimes by more than 2 points) when asked different players from different regions. Sometimes numbers even differ when asked the same player after few years. That's why we provide average data when possible.

#04: I still think it's all wrong

Ok. Good for you.

#05: What is this 'refactoring' of the numbers I have seen in the menus? How has the average been calculated?

When data is provided by the players the numbers are usually refactored so the data from the opponent characters are taken into account. For instance, in the Ryu vs. Zangief matchup an average is calculated between the numbers provided by the Ryu players and the numbers provided by the Zangief players. In some charts, we added an option to disable this refactoring 'Show numbers without refactoring' so only the Ryu numbers are taken into account in the given row.

#06: How are numbers rounded in the charts?

As silly as it sounds, this was the most complicated part. We ended up using a custom variation of the 'Round half away from zero' so that the resulting number of an average had to be between .26 and .74 to round to .5; there is also a 'round numbers' option in some charts that oversimplify the numbers by using a floor rounding method.

#07: I'm a commentator. I will use these charts as a reference in the next tournament.

Please.