Best Game of Thrones couples

Jon Snow Ygritte wins 71% of its duels and tops the Game of Thrones ranking ahead of Brienne of Tarth Jaime Lannister.

A 160 ELO point gap separates Jon Snow Ygritte from second-placed Brienne of Tarth Jaime Lannister, the widest margin in the ranking and a clear statement of fan preference. The top 5 cluster tightly after that opening chasm, with just 34 points between ranks 2 and 5: Eddard Stark Catelyn Stark holds third at 1342, Daenerys Targaryen Khal Drogo follows at 1339, and Samwell Tarly Gilly rounds out the top tier at 1334. This tight grouping suggests the community values these partnerships nearly equally, each representing different facets of loyalty and connection. At the opposite end, the data tells a darker story. Ramsay Bolton Sansa Stark sits at rank 17 with 635 ELO points and an 11% win rate, trailing Sansa Stark Joffrey Baratheon at 920 points. Sansa Stark Lord Baelish completes the bottom three at 961 points, proving that fans firmly reject relationships built on manipulation, cruelty and abuse.

This ranking draws from 8189 duels cast by 171 players across 17 contenders, last updated on 11 October 2026. Whether you favored the doomed romance beyond the Wall or the slow-burn tension between a knight and a kingslayer, the data captures which partnerships moved viewers most. Cast your own votes to reshape the standings.

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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