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Minerva McGonagall – Transfiguration Professor1560

The worldwide ranking generated by 12.9k votes

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Minerva McGonagall – Transfiguration Professor1560

Remus Lupin – Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor1495

Albus Dumbledore – Transfiguration Professor / Headmaster1484

Severus Snape – Potions Professor / DADA Professor1456

Rubeus Hagrid – Care of Magical Creatures Professor1363

Filius Flitwick – Charms Professor1268

Alastor Moody – Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor1197

Horace Slughorn – Potions Professor1177

Pomona Sprout – Herbology Professor1171

#10

Rolanda Hooch – Flying Instructor1104

#11

Sybill Trelawney – Divination Professor1038

#12

Gilderoy Lockhart – Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor884

#13

Quirinus Quirrell – Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor881

#14

Dolores Umbridge – Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor724

What the community says

Minerva McGonagall – Transfiguration Professor leads the Harry Potter ranking with 1522 ELO points over 592 duels, ahead of Remus Lupin and Albus Dumbledore.

The podium splits on tight margins: just 29 ELO points separate McGonagall from Lupin, and 13 more place Dumbledore in third. The widest gap opens between ranks 4 and 5, where 52 ELO points set Severus Snape apart from Rubeus Hagrid. McGonagall wins 72% of her duels, a striking rate that cements her dominance. Dumbledore and Snape share a 64% win rate despite their different ELO scores, revealing how duel volume and matchup results shape the standings. At the bottom, Dolores Umbridge sits at rank 14 with 737 ELO points and a 16% win rate, a harsh verdict from voters who remember her tyranny. Quirinus Quirrell and Gilderoy Lockhart hover just above, both at 32% win rates, clustering the ranking's least favored professors.

This ranking draws on 12849 duels cast by 352 players across 14 contenders, updated on 11 October 2026. The sample captures the full teaching staff, from Hogwarts legends to short-lived disasters. McGonagall's lead suggests voters prize competence and loyalty over raw power or fame. The gap between Snape and Hagrid hints at a split between rigorous instruction and affection: Snape's harsh methods score higher than Hagrid's warmth. Vote now to shape the next update and decide which professor deserves 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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