So, on several occasions I've found myself explaining to noobs how stats are rank triggers and that you can guess someone's stat range just by looking at their rank and visible triggers. I checked to see if there was any direction I could send them in for further reading, but all I could find were the normal rank guide, which is mostly just explaining triggers, and a target-finding guide that mentioned the possibility, but did not explain the process in detail.

Therefore, that's what I'm going to do, explain the process of guessing stats by rank and show some examples. It can work on anyone, but only provides a range if the person is below 250m total. When it comes to battle stat rank triggers, we will be using the high-end of them to make our estimates. For example, if the person has the 2k-2.5k trigger, we will be assuming the minimum to be the highest option, 2,500.

So basically this is intended to help new players, as its usefulness is minimal for stronger players.

To start, get the shortcomings of this out of the way.

a) If a person has unbalanced stats, the triggering of a rank can be delayed. It's generally stated that more balanced people will have their rank trigger faster, but there's no clear guideline for specific different unbalanced builds.

b) You cannot drop in rank, but you can lose networth triggers (which have to be held for 7 days to be gained in the first place). For example, if you get a rank up from 5b networth but drop below 5b networth, that becomes a so-called "ghost trigger". You cannot rank up unless you regain or replace that trigger. For example, if someone reaches Elite rank with 50b networth at level 99, drops in networth, then levels up to 100, they cannot become Invincible because they are now missing the 50b networth trigger.

Although I will explain everything here, for reference, you can use the wiki page for rank. Clicky.

There are four categories of rank triggers - levels, crimes, networth, and battle stats. Reaching each of these adds +1 to your rank. You cannot level down or reduce crimes, so those cannot be lost. Networth can drop, however, so those are the ones that can most typically become ghost triggers. In theory you can drop below a stat trigger if your stats are really low and you have Speed/PCP overdoses but... let's not go down that rabbit hole.

There are a grand total of 26 ranks, and everyone starts at rank 1, so there are 25 ranks you can gain. 

Obviously, to calculate the amount of stats triggers, you need to know the level, total crimes, and networth of your targets. The level is visible on the profile without any action needed, but you need to actively check the other two.

To do this, you can click the option to view personal stats on the person's profile.



And check the total criminal offences and networth on the stats, either by scrolling down or by clicking the respective icons to quickly reach them (in this picture, crimes are circled red and other, where networth is located, is circled blue).



Alternatively, you can use a script that shows the personal stats right there on their profile, such as Torn Stats or another. Such scripts typically allow you to select which stats are shown, so if you're attempting to guess stats by rank, you can just make it show you their criminal offences and networth.



There are several ways in which you can calculate stat range based off rank - you can manually count down the ranks, crossing off every rank they have, or just calculate it mathematically.

Let's begin with our first example, using both methods. (Volunteer's stat total is about - 600,000,000+)



To manually count the ranks, you have to mark out one trigger that they have for every rank they have (ignoring Absolute beginner as that involves no triggers).

If you need a guideline, look at the table as shown on the wiki.



Let's start from the top, on level triggers, and at Beginner. Does the person have that trigger? If so, cross it out and move horizontally to the next within the category, then repeat the process until you find a trigger they don't have, or are out of triggers. Once that happens, move down to the next category. For each rank they do have, cross out a trigger.

windy, our volunteer who may or may not be a noob, has Idolised rank at level 69. This means he has the ranks from Beginner to Idolised (as I said, Absolute beginner is the start and it's irrelevant).

Let's begin. Cross out level 2 for Beginner. Cross out level 6 for Inexperienced. Cross out level 11 for Rookie. Cross out level 26 for Novice. Cross out level 31 for Below average. Cross out level 50 for Average. He is below level 71, so there are no more rank triggers to be found here. Move down to crime triggers next. 

Cross out 100 crimes for Reasonable. Cross out 5k crimes for Above average. Cross out 10k for Competent. Cross out 20k for Highly competent. He has 21k crimes, so there are no more rank triggers to be found here. Move down to networth triggers next.

Cross out 5m networth for Veteran. Cross out 50m networth for Distinguished. Cross out 500m networth for Highly distinguished. Cross out 5b networth for Professional. He has 5.9b networth, so there are no more rank triggers to be found here.

We're done counting the public triggers, now we have to calculate the stat ones. We made it all the way to rank #15 Professional, and windy is rank #21 Idolised, which means there's 6 battle stats rank triggers. You can see where this is going.

Cross out 2k-2.5k for Star. Cross out 20k-25k for Master. Cross out 200k-250k for Outstanding. Cross out 2m-2.5m for Celebrity. Cross out 20m-35m for Supreme. Cross out 200m-250m for Idolised.

So in the end, you have something like this:



Obviously a bit rudimentary, but it helps you count it all down. 

Now, let's try to do this mathematically. If he has Idolised rank, he has 20 rank triggers.

Level 69 gives him 6 level triggers.

21k crimes give him 4 crime triggers.

5.9b networth gives him 4 networth triggers.

That leads up to:

20-6=14 (subtract 6 level triggers)

14-4=10 (subtract 4 crime triggers)

10-4=6 (subtract 4 networth triggers)

That means, as above, that he has 6 battle stats rank triggers, which leads up to 250m+ total stats.

As a guideline, based off the amount of battle stats rank triggers once you have calculated it, you can estimate:

 

Amount of battle stat triggers	Estimated stat range
0	Less than 2,500
1	2,500 to 25,000
2	25,000 to 250,000
3	250,000 to 2,500,000
4	2,500,000 to 35,000,000
5	35,000,000 to 250,000,000
6	250,000,000 or higher

 

Note: remember that given the inaccurate nature of rank triggers on unbalanced people, these ranges remain estimates, so it's possible for someone to be slightly below or above the range if greatly unbalanced.

With all that spelled out, let's look at some more examples in quick succession. We already have windy as example of 250m+ so let's look into the other ranges.

An example of 35m-250m range, the one who originally asked me for an explanation on how to calculate this. (Stat total is around 41,000,000) 



 

Total rank triggers=16

Level triggers: 5
Crime triggers: 2
Networth: 4 

16-5=11

11-2=9

9-4=5

That leaves us at 5 battle stats rank triggers.

5 battle stats rank triggers mean 35,000,000 to 250,000,000 stat range estimate.

See?

Volunteer example for 2.5m-35m range now. (Around - 3,000,000)





Total rank triggers = 13

Level triggers: 5
Crime triggers: 1
Networth triggers: 3

13-5=8

8-1=7

7-3=4

That leaves us at 4 battle stats rank triggers.

4 battle stats rank triggers mean an estimate of 2,500,000 to 35,000,000 stats.

Getting the point? Now let's see some more examples. Here's a volunteer on the 250k-2.5m range. (Volunteer's stat total is around - 1,000,000)





Total rank triggers = 12

Level triggers: 3
Crime triggers: 2
Networth triggers: 4

12-3=9

9-2=7

7-4=3

That means there's 3 battle stats rank triggers. 

3 battle stats rank triggers mean 250,000 to 2,500,000 estimated stat range.

Here's a volunteer on the 25k-250k stat range and oh gosh I can't believe I ended up looking for examples of almost all ranges.

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Total rank triggers = 8

Level triggers: 3
Crime triggers: 1
Networth triggers: 2

8-3=5

5-1=4

4-2=2

So 2 battle stats rank triggers.

That means 25,000 to 250,000 stat range estimated.

Told you I'd try to get an example of every range. :')

Here's a volunteer example of, I don't know, let's find out. (Spoiler - around 17,000)





Total rank triggers = 7

Level triggers: 3
Crime triggers: 1
Networth triggers: 2



7-3=4

4-1=3

3-2=1

That leaves us at 1 battle stats rank. Or at the 2,500 to 25,000 total stats range.

I could include more examples here, but I think everyone gets the point by now, so I'll just move on to a note on ghost triggers.

As stated, ghost triggers are triggers you have lost, usually networth triggers. You can't rank down, but if you lose a trigger, you can't gain a new rank until you regain or replace the lost one.

Here's a volunteer who ended up having a ghost trigger (total about - 6,000,000):





Now, there's something wrong in here.

To be Professional rank, he must have 14 rank triggers.

Yet as you can see...

Level triggers: 5
Crime triggers: 2
Networth triggers: 2

14-5=9

9-2=7

7-2=5

That would leave him at 5 battle stats rank triggers, or on the 35,000,000 to 250,000,000, but I know this is not the case, he is on the range of 2,500,000 to 35,000,000.

I know this example might not be too clear, but it's decent enough. He had a rank trigger (500m networth) and he lost it. That causes his triggers to be out of place. He has a ghost trigger for that lost networth now, which makes it look like he must have another trigger elsewhere (battle stats) when looking at the raw numbers, but he does not.

Basically, ghost triggers don't just prevent new rank-ups til they are handled, they mess up calculations. So if something doesn't look right, check the person's networth graph for any signs of them having previously had a higher rank trigger before drawing certain conclusions on your calculations.



Now, now... I hope this helped you figure out how the calculations work?

In any case, I have this thing, which I left for the end because otherwise people probably wouldn't have read all the above.

This calculator is designed to determine the stat range based off the numbers you provide. It was made on an excel sheet then turned into a google sheet, so if there's any errors with the google sheet version, please inform me and I'll try to fix it ASAP.

Going to include one last volunteer to show you how the calculator works (total about 15,000,000).



Here's how it goes:



So..... That is all, I guess.  I hope this helps some noobs!