HiScores

The hiscores are an implementation in which all players are ranked by their experience in skills.

For players to appear in the hiscores,
 * They must be in the top 1 million (for any skill)
 * They must have a minimum skill level of 30 in the skill they have in the top million players (13,363 experience points).
 * The player must not be banned.
 * The player cannot be Jagex staff.

The hiscores have caused a very competitive atmosphere, and players are very critical of others based upon their ranks. High ranked players, such as Zezima, Uloveme, Svulle, Yogosun and N0valyfe are often sources of discussion, both positive and negative. The hiscores are updated with a players' stats each time they log off.

History
The original hiscores table was updated weekly with players' ranks overall, levels, experience, and change in rank. The top limit was changed from 500,000 to 1,000,000 in 2005.

Skill level of a 1,000,000 ranking player
The table shows the level of a player with a rank of 1,000,000 for each particular skill. A player needs at least this level to be in the top 1 million in that skill in order to appear in the hiscores. If a player falls below the top 1 million, then that skill falls out of the player's hiscores.

Most players develop their combat skills as well as Mining/Smithing/Crafting and Fishing/Cooking.

Skills with fewer than 1 million players above level 30 are marked with a dash. See the next section.

Level 30 rankings
The second table shows the ranking of a level 30 player for those skills with less than 1,000,000 players. Obtaining level 30 in any of these skills will place a player in the hiscores as long as they stay in the top 1 million. Farming and construction are the least used skills among players.

Skills marked with a dash have more than 1 million players with levels over 30. See first table above.

Sometimes the top million scores require more than level 30 to appear. (e.g. Magic, in which hiscores appear at level 51.)