Power rankings of SNL cast members* from Season 37 (2011-12):
1. Kristen Wiig
2. Bill Hader
3. Fred Armisen
4. Jason Sudeikis
5. Andy Samberg
6. Bobby Moynihan
7. Taran Killam
8. Abby Elliott
9. Nasim Pedrad
10. Kate McKinnon**
11. Kenan Thompson
12. Vanessa Bayer
13. Paul Brittain
14. Jay Pharoah***
* - Seth Meyers was excluded because of the difficulty in comparing "Weekend Update" to normal sketches.
** - Her performances elsewhere would warrant a higher ranking.
*** - The only spot that cannot be debated. Incidentally, this is the only one of these performers whom I have seen perform live.
More controversially, power rankings of SNL casts* (roughly) by era:
1. '80s/'90s (Hartman, Carvey, Myers, Lovitz, Hooks, Nealon, Miller, Jackson)
2. '70s (Murray, Belushi, Radner, Aykroyd, Chase, Curtin, Morris, Newman)
3. '90s/'00s (Ferrell, Hammond, Oteri, Kattan, Parnell, Meadows, Dratch, Morgan, Sanz, Fallon, Gasteyer, Shannon)
4. '90s (Hartman, Myers, Sandler, Spade, Nealon, Meadows, Farley, Sweeney, Rock, Schneider)
5. Recent (see above)
6. 2000s (Fey, Forte, Armisen, Rudolph, Poehler)
7. 1979/Early '80s (Murphy)
8. Mid-'80s (???)
* - Rankings are limited to the show, not to what the cast members have done elsewhere.
** - I spent roughly an hour ordering and reordering these rankings. At one point, the '90s cast was No. 1. I probably don't know anything.
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