Best Dr. Stone manga covers

3577 duels later, Volume 10 – Wings of Humanity remains #1 in the Dr. Stone manga cover ranking, with Volume 6 – Stone Wars trailing behind.

Volume 10 – Wings of Humanity commands the top spot with 1313 ELO points and a 64% win rate across 42 duels, pulling 31 points clear of Volume 6 – Stone Wars at 1282 ELO. Volume 13 – Science Wars matches Volume 6 at 1282 ELO but edges ahead on win rate with 63%, creating a tight race for second place. The top five closes with Volume 15 – The Most Powerful Weapon at 1268 ELO and Volume 5 – Tales for the Ages at 1263 ELO, showing readers favor covers from the series' mid-to-late run. The bottom of the ranking tells a different story: Volume 18 – Science is elegant sits at 1093 ELO with a 37% win rate, while Volume 11 – First Contact and Volume 2 – The Two Kingdoms of the Stone World hover just above at 1107 and 1110 ELO respectively, suggesting early and late volumes struggle to capture the same visual appeal as their middle counterparts.

The ranking draws from 3577 duels submitted by 52 players across 22 contenders, with data current as of 12 October 2026. Each duel asks voters to pick their favorite cover, building a collective picture of which designs resonate most with Dr. Stone fans. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your vote and shape the ranking.

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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