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The Joker (The Dark Knight)1485

The worldwide ranking generated by 4.1k votes

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The Joker (The Dark Knight)1485

James Bond1431

Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)1421

Anakin Skywalker – Darth Vader (Star Wars)1387

Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings)1385

Voldemort (Harry Potter)1346

Sirius Black (Harry Potter)1338

Maximus (Gladiator)1335

Peter Parker – Spider-Man1327

#10

Tony Stark – Iron Man (MCU)1305

#11

Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)1304

#12

Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings)1299

#13

Severus Snape (Harry Potter)1298

#14

Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)1296

#15

Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)1291

#16

Emmett Brown – Doc (Back to the Future)1289

#17

Tony Montana (Scarface)1287

#18

Marty McFly (Back to the Future)1280

#19

Neo (The Matrix)1280

#20

Jack Torrance (The Shining)1272

#21

Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds)1264

#22

Thanos (MCU)1257

#23

Vito Corleone (The Godfather)1255

#24

Yoda (Star Wars)1249

#25

Will Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean)1248

#26

Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)1247

#27

Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction)1245

#28

Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street)1243

#29

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)1234

#30

Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction)1233

#31

Jack Dawson (Titanic)1233

#32

Red (The Shawshank Redemption)1232

#33

Rocky Balboa (Rocky)1229

#34

Jimmy Conway (Goodfellas)1217

#35

Captain America – Steve Rogers (MCU)1213

#36

Indiana Jones1210

#37

T-800 (Terminator)1210

#38

Han Solo (Star Wars)1208

#39

Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)1208

#40

Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean)1204

#41

Calvin Candie (Django Unchained)1201

#42

R2-D2 (Star Wars)1198

#43

Detective David Mills (Se7en)1192

#44

Otto Octavius (Spider-Man)1188

#45

Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park)1186

#46

Django (Django Unchained)1183

#47

Sebastian Wilder (La La Land)1181

#48

Léon (Léon: The Professional)1180

#49

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)1180

#50

Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)1170

#51

Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)1167

#52

Tyler Durden (Fight Club)1160

#53

Mia Dolan (La La Land)1160

#54

Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)1156

#55

Rose DeWitt Bukater (Titanic)1156

#56

Ellen Ripley (Alien)1148

#57

Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)1146

#58

Frodo Baggins (The Lord of the Rings)1146

#59

Dr. King Schultz (Django Unchained)1137

#60

The Dude – Jeffrey Lebowski (The Big Lebowski)1128

#61

Adonis Creed (Creed)1127

#62

Jack Conrad (Babylon)1121

#63

Biff Tannen (Back to the Future)1119

#64

Sergeant Sean Dignam (The Departed)1107

#65

Stephen (Django Unchained)1099

#66

Harvey Dent (The Dark Knight)1096

#67

Will Hunting (Good Will Hunting)1095

#68

Dominic Toretto (Fast and Furious)1093

#69

Ellie Sattler (Jurassic Park)1089

#70

Detective William Somerset (Se7en)1079

#71

Frank Costello (The Departed)1076

#72

Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting)1075

#73

Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption)1066

#74

John Hammond (Jurassic Park)1065

#75

Caledon Hockley (Titanic)1035

#76

Captain Oliver Queenan (The Departed)1016

#77

Joseph Cooper (Interstellar)1016

#78

Terence Fletcher (Whiplash)1010

#79

Donnie Azoff (The Wolf of Wall Street)1006

#80

Andrew Neiman (Whiplash)950

What the community says

The Joker (The Dark Knight) leads with an ELO of 1,485, ahead of James Bond (1,431) and Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) (1,421). Ranked over 4,142 duels between 80 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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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.