Best Detective Conan characters

Conan Edogawa (Shinichi Kudo) leads the Detective Conan ranking with 1535 ELO points over 251 duels, ahead of Ran Mouri and Ai Haibara.

The gap between first and second place is significant: 66 ELO points separate Conan Edogawa (Shinichi Kudo) from Ran Mouri, a margin that reflects the protagonist's dominance among fans. Ai Haibara claims third with 1432 ELO points, followed closely by Kaito Kid (Kaito Kuroba) at 1415. The podium holds few surprises, with the series' central characters claiming the top spots. Heiji Hattori rounds out the top five with 1363 ELO points and a 59 percent win rate across 312 duels. At the bottom, Konosuke Jii ranks last with 923 ELO points and a 29 percent win rate over 202 duels, while Akako Koizumi and Eisuke Hondo occupy the two positions just above. The lower ranks reveal how secondary characters from the extended cast struggle to compete with the core lineup that drives the series forward.

This ranking draws from 9797 duels judged by 110 players across 28 contenders, updated on 10 October 2026. Each vote adds weight to the community's preferences, sharpening the distinctions between characters who define the series and those who remain in the background. The hierarchy continues to shift with every new duel, reflecting how fans weigh detective skills, personality, and story impact. Cast your own vote to shape the ranking and see how your favorite character stacks up against the rest of the Detective Conan universe.

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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