Best Game of Thrones fighters

65 ELO points separate Arthur Dayne from Arya Stark at the top of the Game of Thrones best fighter ranking, after 7365 duels.

Arthur Dayne dominates with 1526 ELO points and a 66% win rate across 308 duels, establishing a commanding lead over the rest of the field. Arya Stark and Oberyn Martell share second place at 1461 points each, though their win rates diverge sharply: Arya converts 58% of her 1604 duels into victories, while Oberyn manages only 49% across 756 encounters. Jaime Lannister trails by just 10 points in fourth with 1451 ELO, despite facing the most duels of any top contender at 2320. Barristan Selmy rounds out the top 5 at 1450 points, posting an impressive 64% win rate. At the opposite end, Samwell Tarly anchors the ranking at 761 ELO with a 23% win rate, sandwiched between Ellaria Sand at 896 points and Davos Seaworth at 938.

This ranking draws from 7365 duels fought by 44 players across 42 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The data reflects community judgment on combat prowess throughout the series, from legendary swordsmen to characters whose strengths lie elsewhere. Cast your vote to shape the standings and settle the debate over Westeros's deadliest warrior.

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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