The best players of SC2 (extra dry read!)

1. Mvp (7.592 points)
2. Life (7.458 points)
3. MC (7.175 points)
4. MMA (6.692 points)
5. TaeJa (6.083 points)
6. Polt (4.866 points)
7. Maru (4.65 points)
8. DongRaeGu (4.292 points)
9. PartinG (4.25 points)
10. INnoVation (4.075 points)

1. Mvp (3.625 points)
2. soO (3.25 points)
3. DongRaeGu (2.979 points)
4. Life (2.967 points)
5. Zest (2.875 points)
6. MMA (2.808 points)
7. Soulkey (2.65 points)
8. INnoVation (2.5375 points)
9. Jaedong (2.417 points)
10. Maru (2.4 points)

1. Mvp (6.675 points)
2. MC (5.008 points)
3. DongRaeGu (4.125 points)
4. NesTea (3.517 points)
5. MMA (3.467 points)
6. MarineKing (2.992 points)
7. Life (2.416points)
8. Leenock (2.1 points)
9. TaeJa (2.083 points)
10. Polt/PartinG (2.025 points)

1. Mvp (3.625 points)
2. DongRaeGu (2.979 points)
3. MMA (2.808 points)
4. Life (2.417 points)
5. NesTea (2.375 points)
6. MC (2.167 points)
7. TaeJa (1.833 points)
8. Rain (1.8 points)
9. PartinG (1.775 points)
10. MarineKing (1.6 points)

1. Life (5.042 points)
2. Maru (4.65 points)
3. soO & TaeJa (4.00 points)
5. INnoVation (3.575 points)
6. Zest (3.5 points)
7. Jaedong (3.4 points)
8. MMA (3.225 points)
9. Polt (2.842 points)
10. Soulkey (2.817 points)

1. soO (3.25 points)
2. Life (2.967 points)
3. Zest (2.875 points)
4. Soulkey (2.65 points)
5. Jaedong (2.417 points)
6. Maru (2.4 points)
7. INnoVation (2.325 points)
8. TaeJa (2.092 points)
9. sOs (2.025 points)
10. Dear (2.0 points)

1. Stephano (2.133 points)
2. NaNiwa (1.817 points)
3. HuK (1.375 points)
4. MaNa (0.917 points)
5. ThorZaIN (0.908 points)

1. Stephano (1.217 points)
2. NaNiwa (0.983 points)
3. Jinro (0.8 points)
4. HuK (0.725 points)
5. ThorZaIN (0.575 points)

The Five Tiers of Tournaments:
Tier 1 - Preparation tournaments of the highest level of their time with a certain factor of exclusiveness usually granted through a tough qualification process. E.g. GSL, WCS KR, NSSL 2012-2015, OSL 2013

Tier 2 - Tournaments that for a certain reason (e.g. lack of preparation time or too high frequency of the tournament in a year) do not make Tier 1. E.g. GSL 2011, OSL 2012, WCS Blizzcon Finals

Tier 3 - Similar to Tier 2 tournaments which are usually below T1 and T2 tournaments in tournament length, price pool and prestige, yet still feature the absolute top players in the world. E.g. Hot6ix Cup, GSL Blizzard Cup, IEM WC 2014 & 2015, GSL World Championship 2011, WCS AM, WCS EU

Tier 4 - Frequent Premier Tournament Series which usually include a lot of traveling, no preparation time for opponents and are usually held at LAN events. E.g. MLG, DH, IEM

Tier 5 - Like Tier 4, but with a weaker player line up, a very small bracket or less of a competetive character. Basically all the other tournaments that are not listed in the other Tiers. E.g. HomeStoryCup, Red Bull Battlegrounds, MLG/DH/IEMs with weak player line ups.

For each placement as 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th player in an SC2 Premier Tournament, said player gets points.
Tier 1 - 1 point/0.75points/0.5points/0.5points
Tier 2 - 0.8 points/0.6points/0.4points/0.4points
Tier 3 - 0.5 points/0.375points/0.25points/0.25points
Tier 4 - 0.33 points/0.25points/0.17points/0.17points
Tier 5 - 0.15 points/0.1points/0.075points/0.075points

So, to put it into perspective: you need three Dreamhack championships to match the points of one Code S champion. For every one point a player has, he has achieved as much as Seed. A player that won one Tier 1 GSL, but never ever placed top4 elsewhere.
Example: Mvp's overall achievments are more impressive than winning 7 GSL titles through all of SC2's lifetime. More than the best 5 foreigners combined.

The second statistic I'm showcasing here is the peak performance of a player. The performance is a curve that is a weighted sum of overall points achieved within a thirdteen month time frame.
E.g. Mvp peaking at 3.625points in October 2011 means that the sum of points he has achieved between July'11 and Jan'12 as well as half the points he got from April'11-June'11 and Feb'12-April'12 is worth more than 3 GSL wins.
Only the peak performances (hence the highest point of a players performance curve) are given above. For some complete graphs look below.

Mvp vs Life+ Show Spoiler +

MMA, MC, TaeJa+ Show Spoiler +

Rain, sOs, Zest, Dear, herO, PartinG+ Show Spoiler +

Maru vs INnoVation+ Show Spoiler +

Life, Soulkey, soO+ Show Spoiler +

Seed, jjakji, Sniper, Classic, RorO + Show Spoiler +

Stephano vs NaNiwa+ Show Spoiler +

Flash vs Jaedong+ Show Spoiler +

herO vs HerO+ Show Spoiler +

DRG vs NesTea + Show Spoiler +

soO vs Zest + Show Spoiler +