Best Death Note covers

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Death Note – Volume 11349

The worldwide ranking generated by 588 votes

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Death Note – Volume 11349

Death Note – Volume 131345

Death Note – Volume 101339

Death Note – Volume 121297

Death Note – Volume 51202

Death Note – Volume 91193

Death Note – Volume 61174

Death Note – Volume 71172

Death Note – Volume 81153

#10

Death Note – Volume 21142

#11

Death Note – Volume 41124

#12

Death Note – Volume 31075

#13

Death Note – Volume 111036

What the community says

Death Note – Volume 1 leads with an ELO of 1,349, ahead of Death Note – Volume 13 (1,345) and Death Note – Volume 10 (1,339). Ranked over 588 duels between 13 contenders, last updated October 24, 2026.

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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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