Industry Top 5 Actors Ranking: Last 5 Years: Until Lockdown 2020

1 Rajini/Vijay
2 Ajith
3 Suriya
4 Siva Karthikeyan
5 Dhanush
6 Karthi
7 JRavi
8 VJSethu

Based On:
B.O & Consistency
Hit%
Pre RLS Biz
WW Market Value
Satellite, OTT, Dubbing & Other rights value
TRP
Fan following

Coming to the "1" thing!!

Ok, in recent 5 years Vijay reached almost there at numero uno position!! With Highest Grosser of 2017, 2019 tags& 3 back to back 250C Grossers!

Also Superstar had huge numbers with
#Kabali , 2.0 #Petta etc! Also Other State/WW market factor, Hindi

Rajini's Reach in Hindi belt, dubbing version stats & superstardom & record numbers esp. in Karnataka, AP/TG, Overseas over a period of time untill now! It's neck to neck between VJ &RJ

While Vijay is scoring even what was considered as his weakest zone Andhra & Telangana now

If you take jus the previous 2 movies alone of the 2!
Vijay has outperformed a bit in most max zone better than Rajinikanth!

There was once a talk, even a conclusion that only Rajini could do such massive records not just in TN but in nook & corner of wer tamil film is rlsd

Vijay (esp considering previous 2 or 3 years) has stepped into Rajini's shoes &in fact his films almost doing much more than Rajini's in most max zones Mal, SG, gulf, UK, Fra, SL, Ker, TN even APTG!!

He is setting new records & breaking it back to back!! That growth of Vijay

If you consider last 2/3 films then Vijay is in No 1

If you compare previous 5 years then maybe, its neck to neck, but considering all factors superstar should be in No1 imo

If you compare Entire career wise Superstar is a legend &cannot be compared & has many hit% throughout

Among the Current gen big Stars, rivalry was between 3
Vijay vs Ajith vs Suriya considering since maybe mid or late 2000's

If you take esp. Last 5 years or so the rivalry is close between Ajith &Vijay or wat is called as #ThalaThalapathy ERA!
Certainly we know VJ in Lead a bit,

Most of VJ movies had free solo festive(esp Diwali) #Mersal #Sarkar run while most Ajith fans feel they didn't get 1 such! If say a Solo Diwali RLS, then will know the full max potential! Some movies like #Yennaiarindhaal got rlsd in worst dates , so in next few movies will be

While AJ had films like #Viswasam had epic clash with the likes of Sun pictures & Superstar's #petta & did massive numbers esp In TN& proves Ajith's strong foothold in home turf! Even a pure offbeat #Nerkondapaarvai did big numbers here!
If you consider last 5 year Ajith is too

While VJ is outperforming in all other zones with record collections from Andhra to America! Ajith is yet to open to such big numbers outside TN(good not huge tho) & #HVinoth movie would have been a Trump card for that!
Will see how the rivalry between the 2 will be post 2020

Coming to suriya,,,wen he once was projected as Golden boy of tamil cinema, & ranked next to Superstar (yes) in between 2005 to 2011 maybe? Now a series of Failures but wat #sooraraipottru looks like could be that golden ticket to be back in the