Best Fullmetal Alchemist covers

Volume 27 leads with an ELO of 1,355, ahead of Volume 23 (1,295) and Volume 21 (1,287). Ranked over 1,708 duels between 27 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Rank the best Fullmetal Alchemist manga covers. Discover the coolest volumes of this cult series through interactive duels.

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.