Best Manga artists

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Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk/Vagabond)1351

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.8k votes

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Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk/Vagabond)1351

Kentaro Miura (Berserk)1342

Yusuke Murata (OPM/Eyeshield 21)1300

Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga)1278

Boichi (Sun-Ken Rock/Dr. Stone)1225

Takeshi Obata (Death Note)1188

Yasuhisa Hara (Kingdom)1127

Inio Asano (Goodnight Punpun)1114

Naoki Urasawa (Pluto/Monster)1058

#10

Yukito Kishiro (Battle Angel Alita)1019

What the community says

Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk/Vagabond) leads with an ELO of 1,351, ahead of Kentaro Miura (Berserk) (1,342) and Yusuke Murata (OPM/Eyeshield 21) (1,300). Ranked over 1,830 duels between 10 contenders, last updated August 24, 2026.

Rank the best manga artists by their artistic talent.

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.