The 2021 edition of the G1 Climax took place from September 18th to October 21st. This page will be your hub for all of Dave Meltzer’s star ratings from every day of the tournament.
The ratings are from his Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here). He rates them on a 5-star scale [here are all of the five-star ratings that he has ever given out].
Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NJPW G1 Climax 31 (2021)
Night 1 (September 18th)
Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Rating: 5.5 stars
Toru Yano vs. KENTA
- Rating: -1 star
Great-O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Rating: 4.5 stars
Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Rating: 3.25 stars
Night 2 (September 19th)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
- Rating: 4.75 stars
SANADA vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Jeff Cobb vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.25 stars
YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Night 3 (September 23rd)
Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Rating: 4.75 stars
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Nagata vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: 3.25 stars
KENTA vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Rating: 3.00 stars
Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan
- Rating: 1.00 star
Night 4 (September 24th)
Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL
- Rating: 3.75 stars
SANADA vs. Taichi
- Rating: 3.75 stars
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jeff Cobb
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Tama Tonga vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Night 5 (September 26th)
Shingo Takagi vs. Nagata
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Rating: 4.00 stars
Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Toru Yano vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: 1.25 stars
Great-O-Khan vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Rating: 1.75 stars
Night 6 (September 29th)
Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb
- Rating: 3.75 stars
SANADA vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Taichi vs. EVIL
- Rating: 2.75 stars
Night 7 (September 30th)
Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Yujiro Takahashi vs BUSHI
- Rating: 3.00 stars
Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
- Rating: Not Rated
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. The Great-O-Khan
- Rating: 4.00 stars
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Night 8 (October 1st)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA
- Rating: 4.5 stars
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto
- Rating: 3.5 stars
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi
- Rating: 2.00 stars
EVIL vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.00 stars
Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: 3.25 stars
Night 9 (October 3rd)
Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi
- Rating: 4.75 stars
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Toru Yano vs BUSHI
- Rating: 1.75 stars
Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Great-O-Khan vs. KENTA
- Rating: 2.25 stars
Night 10 (October 4th)
Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA
- Rating: 4.5 stars
Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Rating: 4.25 Stars
Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi
- Rating: 4.25 stars
EVIL vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Night 11 (October 7th)
Hiromu Takahashi vs KENTA
- Rating: Not rated
Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Great-O-Khan
- Rating: 3.25 stars
Toru Yano vs. Shingo Takagi
- Rating: 3.25 stars
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Night 12 (October 8th)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi
- Rating: 4.00 stars
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
- Rating: 3.5 stars
SANADA vs. Jeff Cobb
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.25 stars
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: 3.00 stars
Night 13 (October 9th)
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Shingo Takagi vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Yujiro Takahashi vs. Toru Yano
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KENTA
- Rating: 4.5 stars
Night 14 (October 12th)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb
- Rating: 3.75 stars
Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Kazuchika Okada vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.5 stars
YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA
- Rating: 3.00 stars
Taichi vs. Tanga Tonga
- Rating: 3.00 stars
Night 15 (October 13th)
Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
- Rating: Not Rated
Shingo Takagi vs. The Great-O-Khan
- Rating: Not Rated
Toru Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr.,
- Rating: Not Rated
KENTA vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: Not Rated
Yujrio Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Rating: Not Rated
Night 16 (October 14th)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: Not Rated
Jeff Cobb vs. EVIL
- Rating: Not Rated
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
- Rating: Not Rated
Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
- Rating: Not Rated
Taichi vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: Not Rated
Night 17 (October 15th)
Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano
- Rating: Not Rated
Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Rating: Not Rated
Tetsuya Natio vs. Great-O-Khan
- Rating: Not Rated
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tanga Loa
- Rating: Not Rated
Night 18 (October 20th)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
- Rating: 4.5 stars
Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga
- Rating: 3.75 stars
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens
- Rating: 3.00 stars
SANADA vs. EVIL
- Rating: 2.5 stars
Night 19
Sabre Jr. vs Shibata
- Rating: 3.5 stars
Ibushi vs Okada
- Rating: 4.00 stars
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