Best Johnny Depp 2010s films

2158 duels later, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is still #1 in the Johnny Depp ranking, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest close behind.

The first Pirates film dominates with 1517 ELO points and an 83% win rate over 46 duels, edging out Dead Man's Chest by 28 points. The trilogy sweeps the podium, but a sharp 148-point gap separates Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in fourth place. This chasm reveals how completely Jack Sparrow's swashbuckling adventures overshadow Depp's other work in the eyes of voters. At the bottom, The Libertine languishes with just 893 ELO points and a 16% win rate, suggesting the community has little appetite for his darker period pieces from this era.

This ranking draws on 2158 duels cast by 41 players across 20 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The data confirms that Depp's defining role was Captain Jack Sparrow, with the franchise claiming the top three spots and absorbing the lion's share of victories. Vote now to shape the Johnny Depp ranking and decide whether his best performance truly belongs to the Pirates saga or if films like Sweeney Todd deserve higher ground.

Updated on October 12, 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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