Best My Hero Academia seasons

Season 6 wins 67% of its duels and tops the My Hero Academia ranking ahead of Season 3.

The sharpest divide appears between Season 4 at rank 3 and Season 2 at rank 4, separated by 99 ELO points. Season 6 claims the top spot with 1332 ELO points over 175 duels, demonstrating the strongest performance in head-to-head matchups. Season 3 follows at 1263 points after facing 232 duels, while Season 4 secures third place at 1251 points across 234 confrontations. The podium belongs entirely to the series' later installments, reflecting a clear preference for the anime's more developed arcs. Season 2 sits at 1152 points with a 49% win rate, while Season 5 struggles at rank 5 with just 34% of duels won. Season 1 lands at the bottom with 1090 ELO points and a 40% win rate across 204 duels, suggesting fans favor the heightened drama and evolved animation quality of later seasons over the show's introductory chapters.

This ranking captures 6134 duels cast by 651 players across all 6 seasons, updated on 10 October 2026. The data reveals how the My Hero Academia community weighs narrative ambition and character growth as the series matures. Cast your own vote to influence the ranking and compare your favorite season against the collective judgment.

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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