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Volume 22 [Kiss And Fly]1348

The worldwide ranking generated by 5.3k votes

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Volume 22 [Kiss And Fly]1348

Volume 1 [Aincrad]1346

Volume 7 [Mother's Rosario]1338

Volume 21 [Unital Ring I]1305

Volume 25 [Unital Ring IV]1303

Volume 16 [Alicization Exploding]1296

Volume 6 [Phantom Bullet]1273

Volume 18 [Alicization Lasting]1265

Volume 5 [Phantom Bullet]1235

#10

Volume 15 [Alicization Invading]1225

#11

Volume 23 [Unital Ring II]1223

#12

Volume 9 [Alicization Beginning]1221

#13

Volume 24 [Unital Ring III]1208

#14

Volume 4 [Fairy Dance]1201

#15

Volume 12 [Alicization Rising]1189

#16

Volume 14 [Alicization Uniting]1189

#17

Volume 19 [Moon Cradle]1179

#18

Volume 2 [Aincrad]1171

#19

Volume 3 [Fairy Dance]1166

#20

Volume 20 [Moon Cradle]1161

#21

Bonus Volume [Hopeful Chant]1158

#22

Bonus Volume [Cordial Chord]1129

#23

Volume 10 [Alicization Running]1124

#24

Volume 26 [Unital Ring V]1116

#25

Volume 17 [Alicization Awakening]1114

#26

Volume 8 [Early And Late]1084

#27

Volume 13 [Alicization Dividing]1032

#28

Volume 11 [Alicization Turning]1017

What the community says

Volume 22 [Kiss And Fly] leads with an ELO of 1,348, ahead of Volume 1 [Aincrad] (1,346) and Volume 7 [Mother's Rosario] (1,338). Ranked over 5,341 duels between 28 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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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.