Best Death Note covers

Death Note – Volume 13 leads with an ELO of 1,353, ahead of Death Note – Volume 10 (1,343) and Death Note – Volume 1 (1,329). Ranked over 566 duels between 13 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

What's your fave Death Note volume? Discover and rank all 13 manga covers of the iconic Death Note series based on your taste in this interactive ranking.

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.