Best Rap albums of 2015

12 ELO points separate Le Monde Chico – PNL from Nero Nemesis – Booba at the top of the rap album ranking, after 8354 duels.

The podium reflects tight competition, with Le Monde Chico – PNL claiming first place at 1547 ELO points across 578 duels and a 73 percent win rate. Booba's Nero Nemesis trails closely at 1535 points with 649 duels, while A7 – SCH secures third with 1531 points. The sharpest drop in the ranking appears between ranks 3 and 4, where 176 ELO points separate A7 – SCH from Le bruit de mon âme – Kaaris. This gap marks the clearest dividing line in the ranking, setting the top three apart from the rest of the field. Kaaris appears twice in the top 5 with both Le bruit de mon âme at rank 4 and Double F**k at rank 5. At the bottom, Sneazzy's Super sits at 859 points with a 23 percent win rate, the lowest in the ranking, while Bleu Noir – Georgio and La cour des grands – Bigflo & Oli occupy ranks 25 and 24 respectively.

This ranking draws from 8354 duels submitted by 103 players across 26 contenders. The data was updated on 12 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your vote and shape this ranking through direct comparisons between albums.

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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