Best KPOP Girl Groups

50728 duels later, Blackpink holds the top spot in the KPOP Girl Groups ranking with 1687 ELO points, while Aespa trails at 1529.

Blackpink dominates with a commanding 158-point lead over Aespa, the widest gap in the entire ranking. This margin reflects the group's sustained popularity among voters, though Aespa's second-place position demonstrates strong fan support despite fewer duels. The podium rounds out with (G)I-dle at 1509 points, just 20 points behind Aespa and showing competitive strength across 1475 duels. Twice and Itzy complete the top 5, both hovering around 1450 points and separated by a mere 7-point difference. At the opposite end, the bottom three tell a different story: Gugudan sits at 925 points with a 34% win rate across 1161 duels, trailing EXID and Brave Girls who occupy ranks 33 and 32 respectively. The lower positions suggest these groups struggle to gain traction with the current voting community.

This ranking draws from 50728 duels cast by 441 players across 34 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The scale of participation reflects the passionate divisions within KPOP fandom, where group loyalty shapes every head-to-head choice. Whether you lean toward the established giants or the rising acts, the ranking remains open: cast your own duels and shift 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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