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0commentsUpdated on 08/25/2026 at 11:00 AM

Link1420

The worldwide ranking generated by 36.7k votes

95 / 95

Link1420

Kratos1415

Leon S. Kennedy1404

Cloud1374

Ganondorf1370

Peter Parker1364

Lara Croft1353

Sonic1353

Batman1352

#10

Joker1344

#11

Ezio Auditore1337

#12

Mario1333

#13

Tifa1332

#14

Ciri1326

#15

Geralt of Rivia1319

#16

Jin Sakai1316

#17

Arthur Morgan1306

#18

Venom1301

#19

Shadow1300

#20

Sephiroth1294

#21

Joel Miller1288

#22

Ada Wong1281

#23

Solid Snake1278

#24

Ryu1277

#25

Sub-Zero1270

#26

Master Chief1262

#27

Sam Fisher1258

#28

Chun-Li1258

#29

Yennefer1255

#30

John Marston1254

#31

Dante1247

#32

Aerith1244

#33

Kazuya1242

#34

Princess Peach1241

#35

Triss Merigold1241

#36

Scorpion1237

#37

Clementine1237

#38

Ratchet1237

#39

Jill Valentine1236

#40

Altaïr1233

#41

Marcus1232

#42

Shepard1228

#43

Connor1226

#44

Claire Redfield1220

#45

Ellie1212

#46

Ghost1212

#47

Johnny Silverhand1211

#48

Bayek1211

#49

Miles Morales1209

#50

Jin Kazama1209

#51

Albert Wesker1199

#52

Nathan Drake1196

#53

Rayman1194

#54

Chris Redfield1193

#55

Victor Sullivan1183

#56

Eivor1182

#57

Knuckles1179

#58

Kiryu Kazuma1173

#59

Mimir1170

#60

Aloy1163

#61

Marcus Fenix1161

#62

Raiden1152

#63

Captain Price1152

#64

Cassandra1152

#65

Baldur1145

#66

Alan Wake1142

#67

Liu Kang1142

#68

Cole MacGrath1141

#69

Cal Kestis1140

#70

Freya1139

#71

Elena Fisher1135

#72

Tommy Miller1129

#73

Kitana1126

#74

Max Payne1123

#75

Solomon Reed1120

#76

Jak1119

#77

Kara1115

#78

Soap MacTavish1114

#79

Vesemir1111

#80

Lady Dimitrescu1097

#81

Abby1088

#82

Chloe Frazer1085

#83

Faith1078

#84

Vito Scaletta1061

#85

Atreus1055

#86

A thief uhh Tom Nook1052

#87

Dina1045

#88

Basim1038

#89

Jesse Faden1025

#90

Astarion1021

#91

Jack Becker1001

#92

Senua1001

#93

Farah957

#94

Saga Anderson923

#95

Lev919

What the community says

Link leads with an ELO of 1,420, ahead of Kratos (1,415) and Leon S. Kennedy (1,404). Ranked over 36,713 duels between 95 contenders, last updated August 25, 2026.

Rank the best video game characters of all time. From iconic heroes like Mario, Link and Kratos to modern protagonists.

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.