Best Sports anime

8 ELO points separate Kuroko's Basketball from Haikyu!! at the top of the Sports anime ranking, after 2179 duels.

The podium remains tightly contested. Kuroko's Basketball holds 1363 ELO points with a 63% win rate across 379 duels, just ahead of Haikyu!! at 1355 points. Blue Lock secures third place with 1347 points, but the sharpest divide appears below: 46 ELO points separate Blue Lock from Inazuma Eleven at rank 4, creating a clear break between the top tier and the rest. The bottom of the ranking reveals the community's preferences for fast-paced team sports over individual or unconventional disciplines. Yuri!!! On Ice sits at rank 11 with 982 points and a 31% win rate, while Ping Pong closes the ranking at 971 points with just 26% of its duels won.

This ranking draws from 2179 duels judged by 73 players across 12 contenders, updated on 11 October 2026. The figures reflect ongoing shifts in taste as voters weigh storytelling, animation quality and the visceral appeal of each sport. Your vote shapes these results. Head to VAINKEURZ to pair two titles, pick your favorite and move the ranking forward. Every duel counts.

Updated on October 11, 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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