Have you ever wondered whether the top Ludum Dare competitors tend to win again and again, or show up once and then disappear?

Have you ever wondered who the absolute TOP compo developer is when you look over the last several years of Ludum Dare?

I got answers.

What we want is a list of all the LD compo contestants for the last several years who placed in the top-100 overall. We can then count up how many times they placed, and maybe even compare how well they tend to place over time.

The table below shows exactly that.

This table shows all the compo contestants from LD26 through LD41 who have placed in the top 100 at least twice. In this table, NAME is the disambiguated name of the competitor. "Disambiguated" means that two usernames are considered identical if they are the same when converted to lowercase and having all spaces removed. WINS is the number of times that competitor has appeared in the top-100 overall between LD26 and LD41.

SCORE gives each contestant an overall score, calculated in the following way. Your score for a given contest is (101 - your placement); so the top finisher for a given Ludum Dare event gets 100 points and the person in 100th place gets 1 point. Your total score across the contests, then, is the sum of these single-contest scores. Higher is better.

In order from most wins to least, here are the top-100 winners with at least two top-100 Overall wins.

NAME WINS SCORE TijmenTio 12 394 dalbinblue 10 415 quill18 10 385 Benjamin 10 209 rxi 9 314 Managore 9 148 deepnight 9 141 DragonXVI 8 220 Split82 8 138 Sheepolution 7 480 TerraCottaFrog 7 361 aeveis 7 346 HolyBlackCat 7 269 ShaunJS 7 256 Nanolotl 7 256 01010111 7 167 ncannasse 7 150 timtipgames 6 461 pkenney 6 367 zillix 6 332 JaJ 6 288 nicotuason 6 287 Jezzamon 6 227 DDRKirby(ISQ) 6 168 dvdking 5 283 GeorgeBroussard 5 253 steve 5 243 Miltage 5 235 Zanzlanz 5 228 rubna 5 210 SaintHeiser 5 195 Jonathan Whiting 5 185 madjackmcmad 5 182 flyingbear 5 169 Danman9914 5 161 Multiplexor 5 128 Ditto 5 126 reheated 5 121 AdventureIslands 5 90 rnlf 4 284 Phil Strahl 4 275 Ozeotropo 4 264 TomBoogaart 4 254 Josh Riley 4 246 uheartbeast 4 240 Sanguine 4 224 bitslap 4 218 juxipolo 4 212 JokerDen 4 204 OldPeculier 4 198 ripatti 4 187 RHY3756547 4 186 NuSan 4 183 thomz12 4 180 sputnik 4 178 HacksawUnit 4 176 Tuism 4 166 dietzribi 4 150 mtrc 4 142 Evgiz 4 140 Andrew Shouldice 4 133 Xaychru04 4 122 Lancelot Gao 4 109 zatyka 4 108 handCraftedRadio 3 247 vicious_br 3 238 ruthiepee 3 236 bradur 3 234 Erkberg 3 219 jahlgren 3 210 jsmars 3 209 Antti Haavikko 3 204 tayl1r 3 203 headchant 3 202 TomboFry 3 201 Aaants 3 200 WhoaConstrictor 3 200 xel 3 196 sorceress 3 189 DrPrettyPatty 3 189 guoboism 3 189 hexagore 3 186 blobo 3 185 Knighty 3 181 JOrbits 3 180 Broxxar 3 177 FrozenCow 3 174 greysphere 3 169 Volute 3 167 EpaceGames 3 165 Frozen Fractal 3 153 arkeus 3 150 el-pepi 3 145 zorfmorf 3 144 cinnamonmelonpig 3 143 stevenjmiller 3 141 BlackBulletIV 3 140 boddiul 3 136 lectvs 3 134 Ysty 3 132 impbox 3 131 tripleVisionGames 3 126 candlesan 3 125 francoisvn 3 125 rujo 3 123 Crumpet 3 119 mahalis 3 117 Xaychru 3 108 harusame 3 108 kepons 3 107 BuffaloPhil 3 106 rezoner 3 105 nicso 3 104 bigbadwofl 3 104 ekun 3 102 Quaternius 3 102 Gao Ming 3 100 Lukbebalduke 3 80 mortus 3 77 Hypnohustla 3 73 Hempuli 3 70 SteveSalmond 3 65 gwinnell 2 190 Jod 2 179 ApoorvaJ 2 175 Peredom 2 173 Mental Atrophy 2 173 Farfin 2 166 Rulrite 2 164 NekuSoul 2 163 pixelgriffin 2 159 PapaCheech 2 157 thebrickanator 2 155 NicMagnier 2 152 Chaoclypse 2 152 BluShine 2 149 Myko 2 149 PeculiarCarrot 2 147 ehtd 2 147 ryguydavis 2 146 Fonserbc 2 146 Rahazan 2 145 patrickgh3 2 145 Simple Ghost 2 141 Marc Grabow 2 141 Jimbly 2 140 Erhune 2 138 Nick Weihs 2 137 snapman_GT 2 134 Carduus 2 132 Chaseplays 2 131 jeroenwimmers 2 131 flatgub 2 130 Andrio 2 130 karlipoppins 2 129 javicepa 2 129 Bernhard 2 129 Graf_Grun 2 129 nesis 2 127 Robotic 2 127 Devark 2 127 slovnoslomo 2 125 BinarySpark 2 125 pjchardt 2 124 TobiasNL 2 122 Sink 2 122 Rscar 2 120 navot 2 120 DrHahn 2 118 aamatniekss 2 117 designernap 2 116 adamgryu 2 116 CustomPhase 2 115 Spierek 2 113 JeffChen 2 113 Sophie Houlden 2 112 feiss 2 110 WeaselZone 2 110 Noisette 2 109 jwin 2 109 kbjwes77 2 109 Zener 2 108 glimaleite 2 108 Insality 2 108 gelisam 2 108 drilltail 2 107 Bogden 2 107 Ethan Allwood 2 107 farmergnome 2 107 krzymsky 2 106 GhostBomb 2 106 0x0961h 2 106 KilledByAPixel 2 106 pinkmonkeyhead 2 105 Conk 2 105 adcrusher 2 105 ShellfishGames 2 105 leafo 2 104 martincohen 2 104 egordorichev 2 104 NMcCoy 2 103 pirate-rob 2 102 dvdfu 2 101 manabreak 2 99 vrld 2 98 Ian Morrison 2 98 MrLeePerry 2 95 LancesCaterpie 2 95 little-burrito 2 95 Zarkonnen 2 94 FrankieSmileShow 2 94 qbicfeet 2 94 primaerfunktion 2 94 Hayden McCraw 2 93 myachin 2 93 mikelovesrobots3 2 93 ianburnette 2 93 cesisco 2 93 Suese 2 90 morphine 2 89 NickZangus 2 89 silkworm_sweatshop 2 89 Angela He 2 88 Jools64 2 88 adnzzzzZ 2 87 torcado194 2 87 Lynx 2 87 Romixal 2 87 btwj 2 86 Madsj 2 85 DiscoFish 2 85 pereubu 2 84 Trasevol_Dog 2 82 ZYXer 2 82 JohnnySix 2 82 dukope 2 82 Leon Möhring 2 81 vegapomme27 2 77 Fervir 2 77 AgentParsec 2 76 Cell 2 75 Alexandre Szybiak 2 75 invi 2 74 Steven Miller 2 72 Aomeas 2 72 Christian S. 2 71 andrewkennedy 2 71 Eshford 2 71 saint11 2 70 rjhelms 2 69 SeanNoonan 2 68 andrewjoy 2 68 Domantas 2 68 MicroMacro 2 68 Tom 7 2 66 ghostonline 2 64 Max Amaden 2 63 Jeremias 2 63 Ludipe 2 63 StaNov 2 61 kebabskal 2 60 Matthew Roelle 2 57 Remicy 2 57 Ellian 2 55 torcado 2 55 jebouin 2 54 Skoggy 2 54 Benn 2 53 mhsco 2 53 merrak 2 52 NickMakesGames 2 51 ForeignGuyMike 2 51 ENDESGA 2 51 ProjectX593 2 49 bushmango 2 49 Cosmologicon 2 49 OddballDave 2 48 Zelos 2 48 savethejets1 2 48 UltimateWalrus 2 47 euske 2 45 Wheffle 2 43 MrSun 2 41 Gurbx 2 38 lokijki 2 33 Brackeys 2 33 cjke.7777 2 30 ladybenko 2 24 TyrusPeace 2 22

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