Cutest Marvel animals

Lucky – Hawkeye wins 79% of its duels and tops the Marvel ranking ahead of Goose – Captain Marvel.

Lucky – Hawkeye holds the top spot with 1408 ELO points after 71 duels, while Goose – Captain Marvel follows at 1312 points. The sharpest drop appears between second and third place, where 120 ELO points separate Goose – Captain Marvel from The Rat – Avengers Endgame. That gap confirms a clear divide between the top two and the rest of the field. The Rat – Avengers Endgame sits at third with 1192 points, just ahead of Antoinette – Ant-Man at 1184 points. Morris – Shang-Chi rounds out the top five with 1135 points and a 43% win rate. Lower in the ranking, Gus – Moon Knight sits at the bottom with 1043 points and a 32% win rate, suggesting the community reserves its affection for the animals at the top.

This ranking reflects 1450 duels cast by 118 players across 7 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The results capture how voters weigh charm against screen time and narrative weight when deciding which Marvel animal earns the title of cutest. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own vote and shift the standings.

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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