On the 10th anniversary of Doom's release, a bunch of Doomworld regulars got together and came up with a list of the Top 100 WADs of All Time, with ten representatives from every year. Unofficially, this feature constitutes the first ten years of Doomworld's current annual institution, the Cacowards, though the Cacowards are a bit more extended. Because these WADs come so highly recommended, they're part of my review itinerary. And, well, I figured I'd slap together a master list for visitors to leaf through. The lists are hidden via javascript; click on the headings to reveal them.
Doomworld's Cacowards aren't a definitive list of the ten best WADs of their eras, a fact detractors take care to point out. They're a good starting point, though, for those wishing to sample the cream of the crop with regards to PWADs.
1994 Top Ten WADs 
| Crossing Acheron | Aliens TC |
| Doomsday of UAC | Galaxia |
| Serenity | Eternity |
| The Unholy Trinity | Return to Phobos |
| Slaughter Until Death | The Evil Unleashed |
1995 Top Ten WADs
| Fava Beans | Infinity |
| Boothill / A Fistful of Doom | H2H-Xmas |
| The Final Gathering | Artifact |
| Nostromo's Run | Obituary |
| The Enigma Episode | DWANGO5 |
1996 Top Ten WADs
1997 Top Ten WADs
| Requiem | Eternal Doom |
| Gothic DM | STRAIN |
| Mordeth | The Talosian Incident |
| Dawn of the Dead | Hell Revealed |
| Hell's Eventide | CHORD_NG |
1998 Top Ten WADs
1999 Top Ten WADs
| Batman Doom | The Darkening |
| KZDoom1 | Crusades |
| Chord G | Jägermörder |
| Twilight Warrior | Demonfear |
| Tei Tenga | Herian 2 |
2000 Top Ten WADs
| The Darkening Episode 2 | 10 Sectors |
| Chord 3 | Classic Episode |
| Hell Factory | Painful Evil |
| ZanZan | KZDoom6 |
| Atomic Tomb | Containment Area |
2001 Top Ten WADs
2002 Top Ten WADs
| Alien Vendetta | 2002: A Doom Odyssey |
| Caverns of Darkness | Dark 7 / Mission Pack |
| Nimrod | CH Retro Episode |
| Ruma | License to Spell Doom |
| Rip It, Tear It, Smash It | Congestion Control |
2003 Top Ten WADs
| Phobos: Anomaly Reborn | Void |
| Scythe | Brotherhood of Ruin |
| Doom 64: Absolution | Massmouth 2 |
| Doom Raider | Helpyourselfish |
| RTC-3057 Demo | Space Station Omega |
2004 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best DM Level | Honorable Mentions |
| Action Doom | 8-Bit DM | Super Sonic Doom |
| Decade | Worst WAD | Deus Vult |
| RTC-3057 | Doom: Rampage Edition | Massmouthmas |
| Grove | Mordeth Award | Daedalus |
| Tremor | Hellcore | |
| Chosen | Mockaward | |
| Phobos Revisited | Doomworld Forums 3 | |
| Hell Revealed 2 | Mapper of the Year | |
| Community Chest 2 | B.P.R.D. | |
| ZDoom Community Map |
2005 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best DM Level |
| Simplicity | Nimrod: Project Doom |
| Scythe 2 | Worst WAD |
| HedRox | 1994 WADs |
| Suspended in Dusk | Mordeth Award |
| Kama Sutra | Jägermörder 02: Terra Nova |
| Congestion 1024 | Mockaward |
| Hi-Tech Hell 2: Alien Tech | Kama Sutra |
| Temple of Chaos 2: Warped Reality | Mapper of the Year |
| Crimson Canyon | AgentSpork |
| Total Control | |
| Honorable Mentions | |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | Altar of Evil |
2006 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best DM Level |
| Phocas Island 2 | Dynamite Deathmatch |
| IC2005 | Worst WAD |
| Hellcore v2.0 | Auferstehung |
| Newdoom Community Map Project | Mordeth Award |
| Operation Overlord | Crucified Dreams |
| Vae Victus 2 | Mockaward |
| Phobia: The Age | How Not to Be Seen |
| Foreverhood v1.0 | TurboCharged Arcade! |
| Classic Episode 2: Singularity Complex | Mapper of the Year |
| Crucified Dreams | Dutch Devil |
| Honorable Mentions | |
| Impossible: A New Reality | Oniria |
| Zen Dynamics | |
2007 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best DM Level |
| Genesis of Descent | 32in24-5 |
| Cheogsh | Worst WAD |
| Songs of the Damned | Anything Gamarra |
| The Dying End | Mordeth Award |
| Sine Die | Knee Deep in ZDoom |
| Knee Deep in ZDoom | Mockaward |
| Community Chest 3 | It Only Gets Worse |
| Epic | Mapper of the Year |
| Ultimate Torment and Torture | Alexander "Eternal" S. |
| The Outer Darkness | |
| Honorable Mentions | |
| Demons of Problematique | Wonderful Doom |
2008 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best DM Level |
| Deus Vult II | 32in24-7 |
| Gravity | Worst WAD |
| Urban Brawl: Action Doom II | UAC Military Nightmare |
| Eternal Doom IV | Mordeth Award |
| Thunderpeak | Deus Vult II |
| Back to Basics | Mockaward |
| BGPA Missions: Liberation | Community is Falling 3 |
| Chex Quest 3 | Mapper of the Year |
| Escape from Castle Chezcrea | Björn "Vader" Ostmann |
| Cold as Hell | |
| Honorable Mentions | |
| Remain III | XXXI Cybersky |
| Diaz: Last Hours of Purity | |
2009 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best DM Level |
| Hell Ground | UDMX |
| NewDoom Community Project II | Worst WAD |
| Harmony | Tormentor667's Detail Guide |
| Mapgame | Mordeth Award |
| Legacy of Suffering | Plutonia 2 |
| Tribute | Mockaward |
| Ghouls vs. Humans | Killing Adventure |
| Whispers of Satan | Mapper of the Year |
| Demons of Problematique 2 | Brett "Mechadon" Harrell |
| Plutonia 2 | |
| Honorable Mentions | |
| Happy Time Circus 2 | Cheogsh 2 |
2010 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| No Rest for the Living | Megaman Deathmatch | Beyond Revival |
| Arcadia Demade | Worst WAD | Base Ganymede ep2 |
| Curse of D'sparil | Æons of Death | Doom: Threshold of Pain |
| UAC Ultra | Mordeth Award | Realm of Cheogsh |
| Unloved | Stronghold | Serpent: Resurrection |
| Valhalla | Mockaward | Temple of the Lizard Men 2 |
| Speed of Doom | Paranoid | |
| Drip Feed | TurboCharged ARCADE! The Sequel Episode | |
| Epic 2 | Mapper of the Year | |
| Stronghold | Jon "40oz" Vail |
2011 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer |
| Plutonia Revisited | 32in24-11: Occupy Doomworld |
| Vapordemo | Best Gameplay Mod |
| Lunatic | Brutal Doom |
| Double Impact | Mordeth Award |
| Vanguard | 1994 Tune-up Community Project |
| Reverie | Mapper of the Year |
| Jenesis | Paul "Skillsaw" DeBruyne |
| Icebound | Honorable Mentions |
| Mandrill Ass Project | Doom II Redux |
| Khorus's Speedy Shit | Doom64 EX |
2012 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| Doom the Way id Did | WhoDunIt? | Beyond Reality |
| Strife: Absolute Order | Best Gameplay Mod | Masters of Chaos |
| Putrefier | Russian Overkill | Frozen Time |
| 5till L1 Complex | Mordeth Award | Planisphere 2 |
| Community Chest 4 | Community Chest 4 | Coffee Break Ep. 1 |
| Reelism | Mockaward | |
| The Eye | Call of Dooty II | |
| Combat Shock 2 | Mapper of the Year | |
| Winter's Fury | Adam "Khorus" Woodmansey | |
| Base Ganymede: Complete |
2013 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| Back to Saturn X: Episode 1 | Eyedea | Interception |
| Doom 2 the Way id Did | Samsara | Hadephobia |
| Unholy Realms | Eon Deathmatch | Hellbound |
| ZDoom Community Map Project: Take 2 | Best Gameplay Mod | High / Low 5 |
| Fuel Devourer | Project MSX | Soulcrusher |
| Kuchitsu | Mordeth Award | Stomper |
| Forsaken Overlook | ZDCMP2 | |
| Stardate 20X6 | Mockaward | |
| Pirate Doom | Extreme Weapon Pack | |
| Swim With the Whales | Mapper of the Year | |
| Ribbiks |
2014 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| Going Down | 32in24-13 | Bauhaus |
| The Adventures of Square | Push | Bloody Steel |
| Back to Saturn X: Episode 2 | Rage CTF | Mayhem 2048 |
| Plasmaplant | Best Gameplay Mod | Whitemare 2 |
| Shadows of Chronos | DemonSteele | You Dig |
| Monster Hunter Ltd. 1/2 | Mordeth Award | The Wailing Horde |
| Resurgence | Doom 2 in Name Only | Reconstruction/ |
| Mayan Mishap | Mockaward | Decomposition |
| Urban Brawl: Dead of Winter | Brutalist Doom | |
| Thy Flesh Turned Into a Draft Excluder | Mapper of the Year | |
| Joshy |
2015 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| Sunlust | Don't Be a Bitch Remastered | Doomed Space Wars |
| Erkattäññe | ChaosCore CTF | Crumpets |
| Skulldash | Best Gameplay Mod | Prime Directive |
| Swift Death | DoomRL Arsenal | Pinnacle of Darkness |
| Breach | Mordeth Award | Ol' No Name |
| Valiant | ChaosCore CTF | 32in24-14 |
| 50 Shades of Graytall | Mockaward | |
| Sheer Poison | InstaDoom | |
| dead.wire | Mapper of the Year | |
| Return to Hadron | dannebubinga |
2016 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| Tech Gone Bad | AeonDM | Warphouse |
| Ancient Aliens | 32in24-16 | THT: Threnody |
| Nihility: Infinite Teeth | Best Gameplay Mod | Bloodstain |
| Mutiny | Doom 4 Doom | Strange Aeons |
| Absolutely Killed | Mordeth Award | Echelon |
| Elf Gets Pissed | Doom the Way id Did: | Shadow of the Wool Ball |
| Comatose | The Lost Episodes | |
| Miasma | Mockaward | |
| Alpha Accident: Terra Nova | Ludicrium | |
| Japanese Community Project | Mapper of the Year | |
| Blades of Agony E1 | Lainos |
2017 Cacowards
| The Top Ten | Best Multiplayer | Runners Up |
| Lilith | Pyrrhic | Rise of the Wool Ball |
| Shadows of the Nightmare Realm | Progressive Duel | Return to Hadron Episode 2 |
| No End In Sight | Best Gameplay Mod | TNT: Revilution |
| dead.air | Doom Delta | Waterlab GZD |
| Brigandine | Final Doomer | Disjunction |
| Counterattack | High Noon Drifter | Hexen: Curse of the Lost Gods |
| Legacy of Heroes | Mordeth Award | Water Spirit |
| Saturnine Chapel | TNT: Revilution | Hellscape |
| Stardate 20X7 | Machaward | Dark Tide |
| Void and Rainbow | The Gift | |
| Codeaward | Mapper of the Year | |
| OBLIGE | dobu gabu maru |
Top 25 Missed Cacowards
| Scythe X | Invasion... Level 2: The Upper Decks | The Warlock's Hearth |
| Sunder | Zaero: Episode 1 | Plutonium Winds |
| Jade Earth | Nova II: New Dawn | Alpha 1 Trilogy |
| Doom: The Golden Souls | SkePLand | Toilet of the Gods |
| A.L.T. | The Inquisitor 3 | DemoniZed |
| Osiris | Rylayeh | City of the Damned: Apocalypse |
| Vrack 3 | Eternal Slumber Party | Sacrament |
| No Chance | Vile Flesh | Hideous Destructor |
| Psychic |
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