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Kisuke Urahara – 12th Division1489

The worldwide ranking generated by 28k votes

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Kisuke Urahara – 12th Division1489

Shunsui Kyōraku – 1st Division (formerly 8th)1445

Sōsuke Aizen – 5th Division1400

Retsu Unohana – 4th Division1372

Jūshirō Ukitake – 13th Division1357

Kenpachi Zaraki – 11th Division1329

Shinji Hirako – 5th Division1326

Byakuya Kuchiki – 6th Division1319

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto – 1st Division1307

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Gin Ichimaru – 3rd Division1306

#11

Yoruichi Shihōin – 2nd Division1296

#12

Tōshirō Hitsugaya – 10th Division1269

#13

Kaname Tōsen – 9th Division1261

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Mayuri Kurotsuchi – 12th Division1257

#15

Sajin Komamura – 7th Division1225

#16

Suì-Fēng – 2nd Division1205

#17

Kirio Hikifune – 12th Division1154

#18

Isshin Kurosaki – 10th Division1147

#19

Isane Kotetsu – 4th Division1079

#20

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki – 11th Division1061

#21

Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi – 3rd Division1051

#22

Sōya Azashiro – 11th Division1026

#23

Lisa Yadōmaru – 8th Division1024

#24

Kensei Muguruma – 9th Division1020

#25

Shūsuke Amagai – 3rd Division1019

#26

Tetsuzaemon Iba – 7th Division990

#27

Ginrei Kuchiki – 6th Division954

#28

Love Aikawa – 7th Division889

What the community says

Kisuke Urahara – 12th Division leads with an ELO of 1,489, ahead of Shunsui Kyōraku – 1st Division (formerly 8th) (1,445) and Sōsuke Aizen – 5th Division (1,400). Ranked over 28,002 duels between 28 contenders, last updated September 16, 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.