Zain (gamer)

Zain
Zain
	Naghmi in 2023
Personal information
Name	Zain Naghmi
Born	June 11, 1996
Nationality	American
Signature
Career information
Game	Super Smash Bros. Melee
Playing career	2014–present
Team history
2018–2019	Panda Global
2020–2023	Golden Guardians
2023–2025	Moist Esports
2025–present	Shopify Rebellion
Career highlights and awards
	(21 majors won) 2x Shine champion (2018, 2022); 2x GENESIS champion (2020, 2022); 2x Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series champion (2020, 2022); 2x Get On My Level champion (2023, 2024); Smash Summit 10 champion (2020); Four Loko Fight Night champion (2020); Pound champion (2022); Ludwig Smash Invitational champion (2022); Tipped Off 14 champion (2023); Fête 3 champion (2023); Super Smash Con champion (2023); Collision champion (2024); Pat's House 4 champion (2024); Riptide champion (2024); Wavelength champion (2024); Luminosity Makes Moves Miami champion (2024); Battle of BC 7 champion (2025);
	Twitch information
Channel	ZainNaghmi;
Followers	90,000
	Last updated: March 2025

Zain Naghmi (/zæn/ or /zeɪn/, born June 11, 1996), more commonly known by his tag Zain, is an American Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Reston, Virginia. Beginning his career in 2014, he rapidly climbed the ranks, becoming a ranked top 100 player in the world within only two years, a top 10 player since 2018 and was ranked the number one player in the world in 2022 and 2024. Naghmi plays Marth and is currently considered the best Marth player in the world. He was sponsored by Golden Guardians from February 2020 to March 2023. In April 2023, he was signed by Moist Esports.

His most notable tournament placings include first at GENESIS 7 and GENESIS 8, second at The Big House 9 and Smash Summit 11 and third at Smash Summit 12 and Super Smash Con 2019.
A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked Naghmi as the ninth-greatest Melee player of all time.