I have updated the table and chart on the
front page of this thread.
Since the day the enhanced restrictions and requirements for newbies were introduced on the forum, 4,731 members have supported 18,083 newcomers.
I also published statistics for October and September 2021.
Ratimov is the leader of this TOP-200 in both months. It looks like he will soon gain first place on the main list.

Both Bitcoin and Bitcointalk can't grow without new users!
These are
golden words. I daresay Bitcointalk is the best place to discuss Bitcoin. Smart and intelligent newcomers should always be welcomed into the community.
I sometimes call myself a legend, but I haven't become one officially. Let alone a legendary...

This is a feature of Coin-1's statistics;

I have also been in Legendary status for a long time. He, apparently, forms statuses not in fact, but according to the number of merits earned.
Ratimov is right. Since user activity is a volatile characteristic that may even
diminish due to the deletion of posts, I added the following note when creating this thread in September 2018:
[1] - the rank that is based on the merit amount regardless of current activity
So if i give a merit to a newbie who have already one merit, giving him merit won't be counted to be eligible to be in the part of this list ?
He or she should have 0 merits

Yes. You must be the user who will send the newbie his first merit, this will be your help for the newbie. The newbie you want to help must have 0 merit.
Ratimov is right again. This algorithm takes in consideration only the first merit received by the newbie. It
ignores other merits.