Plup

{{Short description|American professional esports player}}

{{distinguish|Plupp|Pulp (disambiguation){{!}}Pulp}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2021}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox Pro Gaming player

| ID = Plup

| name = Justin McGrath

| name_trans =

| image = Plup at Big House 7 (cropped).jpg

| caption = McGrath at The Big House 7 in 2017

| status =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|24}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = American

| league =

| games = {{ubl

|Super Smash Bros. Melee

|Project M

|Super Smash Bros. Wii U

|Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

|Rivals of Aether II

}}

| career_start = 2010

| career_end =

| team1 = Panda Global

| years1 = 2015–2022

| team2 = Red Bull

| years2 = 2018–present

| highlights = ;Super Smash Bros. Melee

(7 majors won)

• 2x DreamHack champion (2017, 2018)
• 2x CEO champion (2022, 2023)
• GENESIS champion (2018)
• Smash World Tour champion (2021)
• Riptide champion (2023)

;Rivals of Aether II

• Genesis champion (2025)

| module1 = {{Infobox Twitch streamer

| subbox = yes

| channel_name=plup

| followers= 105,000

| stats_update = January 2025

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}}

}}

Justin McGrath, better known as Plup, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Orlando, Florida. McGrath is considered to be one of the best Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top 10 Melee players every year since 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/ssbmrank-2017-10-1|title=SSBMRank 2017|last=|first=|date=|website=Red Bull|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/mpgr-2019-10-1|title=#MPGR2019: 10-1|website=Red Bull|language=en|access-date=February 7, 2020}}

McGrath initially rose to prominence in 2015 after placing highly in several major tournaments.{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/16956951/plup-rise-challenge | title=Plup could be first ever to defeat all of Big 6| date=July 10, 2016}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/16429979/ceo-2016-smash-bros-preview-rivalry-robot-rest | title=CEO 2016 Smash Bros preview - the rivalry, the robot, the rest| date=June 22, 2016}} Among his best placings are first at GENESIS 5, second at The Big House 7 and Smash Summit 9, and third at EVO 2016 and EVO 2018. McGrath was initially the best Samus player in the world but later switched to primarily playing Sheik. In addition to playing Samus and Sheik, McGrath uses Fox as a secondary. McGrath has also competed professionally in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, playing primarily with Mega Man and Ridley, and Project M playing primarily with Samus. McGrath was formerly sponsored by Panda Global.Justin McGrath [@Panda_Plup] (December 3, 2022) "[https://twitter.com/panda_plup/status/1599162201952378880?s=21 I'm quitting Panda. I've truly enjoyed my time there, and they treated me well. I know that, at a certain point, they had the community's best interests in mind. I just don't think I can support them anymore. Now I must sleep 1000 years in preparation for da next tournament]" (Tweet). Retrieved December 3, 2022 – via Twitter. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked McGrath as the tenth-greatest Melee player of all time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgstats.com/articles/the-melee-stats-top-100-the-top-10|title=The Melee Stats Top 100: The Top 10|website=PGstats|date=November 22, 2021|language=en|access-date=November 22, 2021}}