Best James Bond actors

380 duels later, Daniel Craig is still #1 in the James Bond ranking, with Sean Connery close behind at 1295 ELO points.

Craig edges out Connery by a single point at the summit, with 1296 ELO against 1295, making this one of the tightest rivalries in the ranking. Both actors have proved themselves through substantial testing: Connery leads with 26 duels and a 65% win rate, while Craig has faced 22 duels with a 59% success rate. The fight for third reveals a sharper divide: Roger Moore sits 59 ELO points ahead of Pierce Brosnan at 1249, the widest gap in the ranking and a clear marker of where the community's judgment splits. Brosnan holds fourth with 1190 points after 28 duels, followed by Timothy Dalton at 1158. George Lazenby sits alone at the bottom with just 998 ELO and a 17% win rate across 23 duels, a harsh verdict on his single outing in the role.

The ranking reflects 380 duels played by 41 players across all 6 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The race at the top remains wide open, with Craig's narrow lead vulnerable to any shift in the vote. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own duels and shape the order.

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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