Best Disney villains

26 ELO points separate Scar from Hades at the top of the Disney villain ranking, after 17456 duels.

Scar claims the throne with 1419 ELO points, but Hades stays close at 1393, a gap too narrow to feel secure. The real fracture appears further down: 74 points divide Jafar in third place from Mother Gothel in fourth, the widest split in the ranking. Hades posts a 69% win rate across 1024 duels, the strongest conversion at the top, while Scar's 65% over 1075 encounters still proves enough to edge ahead. At the bottom, Lyle Tiberius Rourke languishes at rank 30 with 1027 ELO and a 36% win rate, while Madame Medusa and Madam Mim occupy the two spots just above. The community reserves its harshest judgment for these less iconic antagonists, a clear sign that nostalgia and screen presence tip the scales.

This ranking draws on 17456 duels logged by 156 players across 30 contenders, updated on 10 October 2026. The volume of votes confirms that Disney villainy remains a matter of passionate debate, with each duel reshuffling the hierarchy. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own votes and shift the balance between Scar's cunning and Hades' fire.

Updated on October 10, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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