Best Attack on Titan covers

42 ELO points separate Volume 22 from Volume 30 at the top of the Attack on Titan ranking, after 26772 duels.

Volume 22 commands the podium with 1404 ELO points and a 68% win rate across 139 duels, edging out Volume 30 by the ranking's widest margin. Volume 30 follows at 1362 ELO, while Volume 34 takes third place with 1338 points. The gap narrows sharply below: Volume 34 – Limited Edition trails the standard edition by just 21 points, and Volume 20 sits 3 points behind at 1314 ELO. At the other end, Volume 5 languishes at the bottom with 941 ELO and a 25% win rate, suggesting the series' early cover designs hold less appeal for voters. Volume 2 fares only marginally better at 1027 points, while Volume 33 – Limited Edition rounds out the bottom three.

This ranking draws on 26772 duels cast by 209 players across 39 contenders, updated on 10 October 2026. The data captures a clear preference for covers from the manga's later arcs, with volumes from the final stretch dominating the top five. Cast your own duels on VAINKEURZ to shape the standings and defend your favorite cover.

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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