Solar System planets ranking

47 ELO points separate Mercury from Earth at the top of the Solar System ranking, after 2159 duels.

Mercury claims the crown with 1294 ELO points and a 62% win rate across 133 duels, edging past Earth at 1278 ELO. The sharpest divide in the ranking splits Earth from Uranus in third place, a 47-point gap that draws the line between the podium and the rest. Saturn, often admired for its rings, sits fourth at 1218 ELO, while Jupiter rounds out the top five with 1199 points. The gap between second and third reveals a clear threshold: Mercury and Earth form an elite pair at the summit, while the remaining planets cluster below. Mars anchors the bottom at rank 8 with 1041 ELO and a 36% win rate, suggesting the Red Planet struggles to convince voters of its beauty despite its cultural prominence. The lower half of the ranking points to a community that favors proximity or dramatic features over the subtler qualities of distant ice giants and desert worlds.

This ranking draws on 2159 duels submitted by 131 players, comparing all 8 contenders in head-to-head matchups. The data reflects the state of the vote as of 10 October 2026. Each duel asks voters to choose between two planets, building a collective portrait of aesthetic preference across the Solar System. The results capture how beauty is weighed against familiarity, color, texture and the pull of distant worlds. Vote now to shift the order or confirm the current hierarchy.

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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