Best Naruto kage ranking

Gaara – 4th Kazekage wins 69% of its duels and tops the Naruto ranking ahead of A – 4th Raikage.

The sharpest divide sits not at the summit but between second and third place, where 85 ELO points separate A – 4th Raikage from Mei Terumī – 5th Mizukage. Gaara's 1352 ELO score reflects a clear preference among voters, built across 55 duels that establish him as the standout choice for style among the assembled leaders. A – 4th Raikage holds firm with 1269 ELO across 74 duels, while Mei Terumī – 5th Mizukage sits at 1184 ELO after 72 matchups. The bottom of the ranking tells its own story: Mifune – General of the Land of Iron languishes at rank 6 with 1085 ELO and a 35% win rate across 63 duels, suggesting the community reserves its favor for the actual Kage rather than their contemporaries. Danzō Shimura – 6th Hokage occupies fifth place with 1145 ELO, a positioning that may reflect mixed feelings about the controversial leader.

This ranking draws from 2738 duels submitted by 306 players, comparing all 6 contenders who attended the 2nd Five Kage Summit. The figures reflect the state of the vote as of 10 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own duels and shift the standings: every matchup you judge reshapes the ELO scores and determines which heavy hitter truly commands the most drip.

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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