Compare and contrast number of matches played in winners bracket, losers bracket, and grand finals for each player in the 2017 SSBMRank top 20.
See the ChartWe note that Hungrybox (1) and Armada (2) are the only players to spend more time in tournament grand finals than they do in losers brackets across 2017, which is no small feat. Hbox also very clearly has the highest number of not only winners bracket matches, but of all matches played, indicating his prolific 2017. Armada, on the other hand, has the fewest losers bracket appearances, which is in keeping with his extremely short list of players to whom he has a tournament loss.
Even though Mang0 (3) has a reputation for his impressive losers bracket runs, 2017 found "demigod"-tier players like Axe (7) and SFAT (9) spend the greatest proportions of time in losers bracket: each spent near a third of recorded matches in losers. Speculatively, this is in keeping with a calibur of player who gets beaten in winners by a top-6 player and proceeds to make top 8 from losers side.