Strongest One Piece characters

208 ELO points separate Gol D. Roger – The Pirate King from Edward Newgate – Whitebeard at the top of the One Piece ranking, after 17890 duels.

The gap between the first and second positions reflects the community's clear verdict on the Pirate King's supremacy. Gol D. Roger – The Pirate King dominates with 1894 ELO points and an 85 percent win rate across 376 duels, establishing a commanding lead over Edward Newgate – Whitebeard at 1686 points. Shanks follows closely in third place with 1676 ELO, trailing Whitebeard by just 10 points. Marshall D. Teach – Blackbeard sits at rank 4 with 1560 ELO after 711 duels, while Monkey D. Luffy rounds out the top 5 with 1509 points and a 62 percent win rate. The ranking's lower reaches reveal the community's skepticism about certain high-bounty threats: Buggy languishes at rank 20 with only 694 ELO points and a 15 percent win rate, suggesting voters distinguish sharply between inflated reputation and actual combat power.

This ranking draws on 17890 duels contributed by 308 players, comparing 21 contenders who each carry bounties exceeding 1 billion. The data was updated on 12 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own votes and shape the leaderboard, pitting these legendary pirates and powerhouses against each other in head-to-head matchups.

Updated on October 12, 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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