Best House Stark characters

Arya Stark wins 71% of her duels and tops the Game of Thrones House Stark ranking ahead of Jon Snow.

Arya Stark leads with 1484 ELO points, edging out Jon Snow by 48 points after 143 duels. Jon Snow sits at 1436 ELO with a 67% win rate across 146 duels, while Ned Stark holds third place at 1419 ELO. The three characters occupy the podium with relatively tight margins, but the sharpest divide in the ranking falls between fourth and fifth place. Robb Stark occupies fourth with 1346 points, while Sansa Stark trails at 1222 ELO: 124 points separate the siblings, marking the clearest break in community preference. At the bottom, Rickon Stark languishes at 940 ELO with a 28% win rate across 120 duels, narrowly trailing Lyanna Stark at 982 points. Talisa Stark ranks ninth, suggesting the community reserves its warmest feelings for blood members of the House rather than those who married in.

This ranking draws on 3426 duels contributed by 137 players across 11 contenders. The results were updated on 10 October 2026. Cast your own vote and shape the hierarchy: every duel shifts the ELO standings and brings the ranking closer to the collective truth about House Stark.

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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