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Malcolm in the Middle1401

The worldwide ranking generated by 19.7k votes

40 / 40

Malcolm in the Middle1401

Stranger Things1373

Game of Thrones1370

Breaking Bad1348

Squid Game1345

Peaky Blinders1314

The Big Bang Theory1303

Prison Break1299

Desperate Housewives1294

Friends1275

Wednesday1275

Vikings1242

The Walking Dead1241

Money Heist1239

Dexter1236

Shameless1231

Orange Is the New Black1223

#18

Better Call Saul1221

#19

Narcos1214

#20

House of the Dragon1199

#21

Lost1187

#22

Doctor Who1174

#23

The Sopranos1174

#24

Pretty Little Liars1173

#25

American Horror Story1168

Scrubs1166

Lucifer1162

Charmed1155

Buffy the Vampire Slayer1144

#30

Oz1120

#31

Smallville1111

#32

Mr. Robot1110

#33

Rome1107

#34

True Detective1106

#35

Sons Of Anarchy1077

#36

Riverdale1057

#37

Westworld1030

#38

The Pretender1015

#39

Six Feet Under1010

#40

The Shield1000

What the community says

Malcolm in the Middle leads with an ELO of 1,401, ahead of Stranger Things (1,373) and Game of Thrones (1,370). Ranked over 19,696 duels between 40 contenders, last updated August 25, 2026.

Rank your favorite TV series from 40 global classics, spanning the 90s through 2020.

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.