Best One Tree Hill characters

81 ELO points separate Brooke Davis from Nathan Scott at the top of the One Tree Hill ranking, after 245 duels.

Brooke Davis claims the top spot with 1293 ELO points and a 65% win rate across 66 duels, but Nathan Scott pushes close behind at 1269 points after 82 duels. The real shock comes at rank 3, where an 81-point gap drops Lucas Scott to 1188 ELO despite facing 84 duels. Nathan edges out his half-brother by this substantial margin, the largest in the ranking and a clear statement from voters about which Scott brother resonates more. Haley James holds rank 4 with 1156 points and a 43% win rate over 83 duels, while Peyton Sawyer rounds out the top 5 at 1095 ELO with a 32% win rate across 65 duels. The bottom of this ranking suggests the community has drawn clear lines between the core cast members, with Brooke and Nathan dominating the vote.

This One Tree Hill character ranking draws from 245 duels submitted by 33 players, comparing all 5 contenders in the list. The figures were updated on 12 October 2026. If you have a favorite character from the show, cast your vote in new duels to shift the standings and see how your choice measures up against the community.

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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