With EVO 2016 rapidly approaching, tournament CEO Joey Cuellar has revealed the final number of entrants that will be competing in the largest fighting game tournament in the world.

Topping the list is Street Fighter V, which will have an astounding 5107 world warriors vying to be the king of the street fighting mountain.

Evo 2016 Numbers – SFV 5107, Smash 4 – 2662, Melee – 2372, Pokken – 1180, GGxrd – 910, UMvC3 – 782, MKXL – 713, T7FR – 549, KI – 546

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 7, 2016

Super Smash Bros for Wii U is in second place, surprisingly topping the ever-popular Super Smash Bros. Melee, with 2662 players, versus Melee’s 2372.

The wild card of the bunch, Pokken Tournament, comes in next with a respectable 1180 entrants.

Next up is the recently released Guilty Gear Xrd – Revelator – which weighs in with 910 players.

There’s a ton of people ready to play Street Fighter V at EVO 2016

Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 stays strong with 782 players, with Mortal Kombat XL right behind it with 713.

Rounding out the list are Tekken 7: Fated Retribution, which signed 549 players, and Killer Instinct, who has 546.

Daily Dot reporter Steve Jurek posted an interesting comparison on his Twitter feed showing the growth rate of some of the returning titles this year over last. Most notable is the exponential growth of Street Fighter V over last year’s Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament, which only had 2227 players committed to play.

Also interesting is the sharp 39% drop in participation in the Mortal Kombat XL tournament.

Quick comparison of entrant counts between #EVO2015 and #EVO2016, excluding P4AU (437 in '15) & Pokken (1165 in '16) pic.twitter.com/qO6XITZk5L

— AceKingOffsuit (@acekingoffsuit) July 1, 2016

EVO 2016 will be taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada starting next Friday, July 15th, and will run through Sunday, the 17th. All nine titles will be streamed live via Twitch.tv.

In addition to the live stream, it was announced last week that EVO 2016’s Street Fighter V Top 8 finals will also be broadcast live on ESPN 2, Sunday, July 17th.

Yours truly will be flying out to Vegas next week to catch all the action in person, so stay tuned for more live coverage of EVO 2016, right here at NerdBacon.

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