Best Pasta dishes

18942 duels later, Pasta Carbonara is still #1 in the Pasta ranking, with Salmon Pasta close behind.

The sharpest divide sits between ranks 2 and 3, where 57 ELO points separate Salmon Pasta from Lasagna. Pasta Carbonara wins 71% of its duels, establishing clear dominance at the top despite Salmon Pasta's higher duel count of 918. The #1 dish scored 1389 ELO points across 743 duels, demonstrating consistent appeal. Pasta Bolognese trails just behind the podium with 1318 ELO points and a 61% win rate over 829 duels, while Chicken Curry Pasta rounds out the top 5 with 1306 ELO points. At the bottom, Squid Ink Pasta struggles with only 24% of its duels won over 630 matchups, suggesting the community favors traditional preparations over adventurous variations. Goat Cheese and Walnut Pasta sits just above it at rank 24 with 1068 ELO points, while Rigatoni occupies rank 23 with 1107 ELO points despite a respectable 45% win rate.

This ranking draws from 18942 duels submitted by 256 players across 25 contenders, updated 10 October 2026. The wide gap between the podium and the lower ranks reveals strong preferences for Italian classics and cream-based sauces, while niche recipes with bold flavors remain divisive. Cast your vote to shape the ranking and see how your pasta preferences stack up against the community's choices.

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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