Best Harry Potter Characters

79 ELO points separate Severus Snape from Albus Dumbledore at the top of the Harry Potter Characters ranking, after 10265 duels.

Hermione Granger leads with 1546 ELO points, but Severus Snape trails by just 4 points at 1542. The gap widens dramatically after that: Snape holds 79 points over third-placed Albus Dumbledore, the sharpest divide in the top ranks. Remus Lupin sits at 1454 points in fourth, with Bellatrix Lestrange rounding out the top 5 at 1449. The narrow race between Hermione and Snape suggests the community remains split on their respective merits, while Dumbledore's distance from the leaders indicates a clear tier break. At the bottom, Gregory Goyle languishes at 905 ELO points in 64th place, barely ahead of Vincent Crabbe at 924 and Rita Skeeter at 941, revealing which characters failed to win over voters.

This ranking draws from 10265 duels across 64 contenders, with 32 players shaping the results. The standings were updated on 11 October 2026. The tight margin at the top and the decisive gap below Snape show how head-to-head voting can expose both consensus favorites and clear divisions. Vote now to influence the next update and see if Hermione can maintain her narrow edge or if Snape will finally claim the top spot.

Updated on October 11, 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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