Best sleeping positions

155 ELO points separate On your side from Fetal position at the top of the Sleep ranking, after 488 duels.

On your side dominates with 1356 ELO points and a 73% win rate across 66 duels, establishing a commanding lead in this contest of preferred sleeping positions. The gap to second place is stark: Fetal position trails at 1201 points, while On your stomach sits just 2 points behind at 1199. These two middle contenders are locked in a tight race, nearly indistinguishable in the eyes of voters. At the bottom, On your back lags at 1044 ELO with only a 25% win rate over 63 duels, suggesting this position finds little favor among the community. The sharp drop from the leader reveals a clear consensus: lateral sleeping reigns supreme, while back sleeping struggles to win converts. The middle positions tell a different story, where personal comfort divides voters almost evenly between curled and prone postures.

This ranking draws from 488 duels submitted by 100 players across 4 contenders, updated on 11 October 2026. The data captures a snapshot of collective sleep habits, but the race between Fetal position and On your stomach remains unresolved, separated by a margin so thin it could shift with a handful of votes. Head to the Sleep TopList and cast your vote to tip the balance between these near-equals, challenge the dominance of side sleeping, or defend your own preferred position.

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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