Best Justice League founders

Batman leads the DC Comics ranking with 1483 ELO points over 155 duels, ahead of Superman and Wonder Woman.

The Dark Knight dominates with a 76% win rate, opening a gap of 153 points over Superman in second place. Yet the most dramatic split appears lower down: 160 ELO points separate Flash from Green Lantern at ranks 4 and 5, the sharpest divide in the ranking. Wonder Woman and Flash share identical 1256 ELO scores at ranks 3 and 4, though Flash edges ahead with a 56% win rate against Wonder Woman's 54%. At the bottom, Hawkgirl trails at rank 7 with 946 points and a 28% win rate, while Martian Manhunter sits just above at 1033 points, suggesting the shapeshifting detective struggles to match the appeal of the League's headline heroes.

This ranking draws from 2101 duels submitted by 173 players across 7 contenders, updated on 10 October 2026. The vote reveals a clear hierarchy: the trinity of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman command the top three positions, while the original League's deeper roster fights for recognition. Whether you side with Gotham's strategist or Metropolis's symbol of hope, cast your vote and shape the debate over DC's founding champions.

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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