Best MCU Phase 2 films

229 ELO points separate Avengers: Age of Ultron from Iron Man 3 in the Marvel ranking, with Guardians of the Galaxy leading at 1378 points after 2733 duels.

Guardians of the Galaxy claims the top spot with 1378 ELO points and a 70% win rate across 421 duels, edging out Captain America: The Winter Soldier by 21 points. The Winter Soldier itself holds 1357 points with a 62% win rate over 429 duels, keeping the top two contenders closely matched. The sharpest divide in the ranking appears between ranks 3 and 4: Avengers: Age of Ultron holds 1342 points while Iron Man 3 trails at 1113, a gap of 229 points that effectively splits Phase 2 into two distinct tiers. Ant-Man sits at rank 5 with 1015 points and a 35% win rate, while the bottom of the ranking tells a clear story about what fans reject. Thor: The Dark World sits last with 990 points and wins only 24% of its duels across 336 matchups, marking it as the least favored entry in this six-film phase.

This ranking draws on 2733 duels submitted by 276 players, covering all 6 contenders from the MCU's Phase 2. The data was updated on 10 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own votes and shift the standings: every duel refines the ELO scores and brings the community's true preferences into sharper focus.

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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