Best Inazuma Eleven season 1 captains

1198 duels later, Jude remains #1 in the Inazuma Eleven season 1 captains ranking with 1543 ELO points, Byron close behind at 1536.

The top three captains cluster within 27 ELO points, but a sharp divide follows: Mark at rank 3 holds 1516 points, while Axel at rank 4 sits at 1213, opening a 303-point chasm that splits the ranking in two. This gap suggests the community draws a clear line between the elite captains and the rest of the field. Jude edges out Byron by just 7 points despite a slightly lower win rate of 73% over 88 duels, while Byron wins 74% of his 91 duels. Mark at rank 3 posts the highest win rate on the podium at 76% across 92 duels, yet trails both leaders in ELO. At the bottom, Nelly languishes at rank 10 with 878 ELO points, trailing the leader by 665 points and winning only 26% of 78 duels. Tod at rank 9 fares barely better with 890 points and a 24% win rate over 79 duels, underlining how sharply the community divides its favorites from the rest.

This ranking compiles 1198 duels cast by 54 players across 10 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The tight race at the top and the dramatic falloff after rank 3 reveal how the fanbase separates its most beloved captains from the overlooked ones. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own votes and reshape the standings.

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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