>>58036694
Some suggestions on some changes from what we see of the Masters 8 Tournament from the anime. Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) Of trainers to compete we have a small list of trainers who actually reached the top 8 spots of a worldwide tournament, if only temporarily. This means they would be minimum champion tier even though they themselves have never been champions.

First up is obviously Raihon, who in game and anime is said to be a serious competitor to Leon. He's also the 9th ranked best trainer in the world at final count. Next is Flint, who is already E4 tier, but reaching top 8 even if temporarily still would make him champ tier. We also know he has a supposedly equal rival in Volkner which would logically mean Volkner is champ tier too. While I feel like these placings can be debated, they at least put their names in the top 50 easily.

And while we are at it, it would feel incomplete not to at least bring up Alain and the protagonist from Pokemon Puzzle League (what a fucking obscure game to pull a Masters 8 competitor from). Xmxyt