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Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)1445

The worldwide ranking generated by 8.4k votes

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Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)1445

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)1420

Guts (Berserk)1392

Goku (Dragon Ball)1386

Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia)1380

Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)1357

Gon Freecss (Hunter x Hunter)1349

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)1347

Saitama (One Punch Man)1343

#10

Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)1330

#11

Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)1327

#12

Senku Ishigami (Dr. Stone)1326

#13

Light Yagami (Death Note)1321

#14

Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)1306

#15

Eikichi Onizuka (GTO)1300

#16

Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer)1296

#17

Boruto Uzumaki (Boruto)1291

#18

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)1288

#19

Yuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen)1284

#20

Tetsuya Kuroko (Kuroko's Basketball)1274

#21

Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)1273

#22

Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)1270

#23

Baki Hanma (Baki)1269

#24

Mash Burnedead (Mashle)1269

#25

Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins)1264

#26

Kirito (Sword Art Online)1264

#27

Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)1263

#28

Denji (Chainsaw Man)1252

#29

Yoichi Isagi (Blue Lock)1251

#30

Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)1249

#31

Shin (Kingdom)1237

#32

Gabimaru (Hell's Paradise)1228

#33

Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)1228

#34

Frieren (Frieren)1226

#35

Taro Sakamoto (Sakamoto Days)1225

#36

Emma (The Promised Neverland)1213

#37

Shigeo Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100)1205

#38

Seiya (Saint Seiya)1197

#39

Yoh Asakura (Shaman King)1195

#40

Kafka Hibino (Kaiju No. 8)1194

#41

Toriko (Toriko)1192

#42

Yugi Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh!)1188

#43

Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)1187

#44

Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)1187

#45

Shinra Kusakabe (Fire Force)1178

#46

Takemichi Hanagaki (Tokyo Revengers)1176

#47

Yato (Noragami)1154

#48

Alucard (Hellsing)1151

#49

Sunraku (Shangri-La Frontier)1150

#50

Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero)1149

#51

Violet Evergarden1147

#52

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)1144

#53

Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)1143

#54

Ryo Saeba (City Hunter)1141

#55

Demon Eyes Kyo (Samurai Deeper Kyo)1140

#56

Musashi Miyamoto (Vagabond)1121

#57

Usagi (Sailor Moon)1112

#58

Oga Tatsumi (Beelzebub)1106

#59

Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)1106

#60

Allen Walker (D.Gray-Man)1085

#61

Akame (Akame ga Kill!)1084

#62

Tsunayoshi Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)1066

#63

Raku Ichijo (Nisekoi)1057

#64

Ogami Rei (Code:Breaker)1054

#65

Nana Osaki (Nana)1047

#66

Souichiro Nagi (Tenjho Tenge)1031

#67

Clare (Claymore)1023

#68

Lucy (Elfen Lied)1014

#69

Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)1008

#70

Ginta Toramizu (MÄR)1007

#71

Aladdin (Magi)1004

#72

Negi Springfield (Negima!)995

#73

Ban Mido & Ginji Amano (Get Backers)980

#74

Koinzell (Ubel Blatt)939

What the community says

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) leads with an ELO of 1,445, ahead of Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) (1,420) and Guts (Berserk) (1,392). Ranked over 8,375 duels between 74 contenders, last updated September 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.