Best Dragon Ball z arcs

3854 duels later, Cell Saga remains #1 in the Dragon Ball arc ranking with 1512 ELO points, while Namek Saga holds #2 at 1434 points.

Cell Saga wins 69% of its duels, establishing clear dominance at the top of this ranking. Namek Saga trails in second place with 1434 ELO points, followed by Majin Buu Saga at 1398 points. The sharpest divide appears between ranks 3 and 4, where an 87 ELO point gap separates Majin Buu Saga from Saiyan Saga. This split suggests the community draws a firm line between Dragon Ball Z's most celebrated storylines and the rest of the field. Android Saga rounds out the top 5 with 1282 points. At the opposite end, the ranking reveals which arcs failed to capture fans. Garlic Jr. Saga languishes at the bottom with just 831 ELO points and a 21% win rate, confirming its status as the least favored among these nine contenders.

This ranking stems from 3854 duels involving 219 players who voted on their preferred Dragon Ball arcs. The data was updated on 10 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your vote and influence this ranking with every duel you play.

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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