Best viennoiseries

Croissant wins 72% of its duels and tops the Pastries ranking ahead of Pain au chocolat.

Pain au chocolat trails by 27 ELO points at rank 2, while Chocolate brioche suisse holds rank 3 with 1322 points. The sharpest divide appears between ranks 4 and 5, where Chocolate brioche edges out Apple turnover by 50 ELO points despite both attracting strong win rates above 59%. At the summit, Croissant commands clear authority with 1364 ELO points across 179 duels, a margin that sets it apart from every challenger. The bottom of the ranking reveals the community's distaste for certain classics: Candied fruit brioche languishes at rank 19 with just 952 ELO points and a 21% win rate, while Pudding fares only marginally better at rank 18. Pain aux raisins, stuck at rank 17, fails to escape the lower tier despite 175 duels.

This ranking draws on 1660 duels submitted by 31 players who weighed 19 contenders against one another. The figures reflect votes recorded as of 12 October 2026. The Pastries TopList remains open: cast your own votes to shift the standings or cement the current leaders in place.

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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