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0commentsUpdated on 08/24/2026 at 12:00 AM

Asuna1507

The worldwide ranking generated by 9.5k votes

78 / 78

Asuna1507

Kazuto (Kirito)1496

Alice1438

Quinella1433

Fanatio1425

Suguha1397

Eugeo1397

Sinon1394

Tiese1393

#10

Yuuki1383

#11

Yui1346

#12

Eiji1344

#13

Yuna1331

#14

Lisbeth1328

#15

Klein1323

#16

PoH1323

#17

Silica1322

#18

Cardinal1303

#19

Rika1297

#20

Scheta1294

#21

Iskahn1293

#22

Bercouli1292

#23

Renri1271

#24

Ronie1266

#25

Aiko1255

#26

Eldrie1250

#27

Selka1246

#28

Musketeer X1242

#29

Siune1233

#30

Alicia1229

#31

Deusolbert1228

#32

Natsuki1225

#33

Sakuya1221

#34

Akihiko1221

#35

Yolko1220

#36

Agil1217

#37

Sachi1217

#38

Gabriel Miller1215

#39

Medina1203

#40

Urðr1200

#41

Verdandi1199

#42

Lipia1199

#43

Griselda1198

#44

Karen1187

#45

Kizmel1177

#46

Higa1173

#47

Rinko1164

#48

Ducker1161

#49

Shinohara1148

#50

Kikuoka1144

#51

Rosalia1142

#52

Jun1139

#53

Shasta1133

#54

Vassago1122

#55

Yulier1121

#56

Diavel1120

#57

Sasha1115

#58

Keita1113

#59

Oosawa1100

#60

Tetsuo1093

#61

Eugene1084

#62

Recon1078

#63

Dee Eye Ell1075

#64

Kurahashi1074

#65

Kyouko1073

#66

Talken1059

#67

Godfree1042

#68

Sasamaru1039

#69

Critter1036

#70

Thinker1035

#71

Thor1034

#72

Sigurd1024

#73

Thrym1003

#74

Charlotte999

#75

Kyouji993

#76

Kuradeel964

#77

Oberon938

#78

Chudelkin880

What the community says

Asuna leads with an ELO of 1,507, ahead of Kazuto (Kirito) (1,496) and Alice (1,438). Ranked over 9,497 duels between 78 contenders, last updated August 24, 2026.

Who's your favorite Sword Art Online character? Rank all 78 iconic SAO characters through interactive duels.

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.