Best Super Mario games

Super Mario 64 leads the Mario ranking with 1107 ELO points over 363 duels, ahead of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Odyssey.

The podium bunches tight at the top, with just 12 points separating Super Mario 64 from Super Mario Galaxy in second place. The real chasm opens at rank 3: a 46-point gap divides Super Mario Odyssey from Super Mario Bros Wonder in fourth, the sharpest drop in the entire ranking. Super Mario Galaxy claims the highest win rate at 69%, yet sits in second place behind the Nintendo 64 classic that redefined 3D platforming. Super Mario Galaxy 2 rounds out the top 5 at 1022 ELO points, while the bottom tells a different story. Super Mario Land 3 struggles with a 19% win rate and just 620 ELO points, while Super Mario Advance closes the ranking at 617 points. The community clearly reserves little affection for early Game Boy titles and portable remakes, favoring the ambitious 3D adventures that pushed hardware boundaries.

After 8723 duels cast by 158 players across 23 contenders, this Mario ranking was last updated on 10 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own vote and push your favorite title higher, whether you champion the experimental 3D platformers, the classic side-scrollers, or the underrated portable entries. Every duel shifts the standings and reshapes the hierarchy.

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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