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Best YU-GI-OH monsters

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19contenders high-voltage

2kvotes

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0commentsUpdated on 08/24/2026 at 07:00 AM

Dark Magician1386

The worldwide ranking generated by 2k votes

19 / 19

Dark Magician1386

Exodia the Forbidden One1341

The Winged Dragon of Ra1312

Obelisk the Tormentor1301

Blue-Eyes White Dragon1300

Dark Magician Girl1297

Slifer the Sky Dragon1272

Red-Eyes Black Dragon1233

Number 39: Utopia1214

#10

Elemental HERO Neos1207

#11

Stardust Dragon1192

#12

Black Rose Dragon1177

#13

Cyber Dragon1173

#14

Red Dragon Archfiend1169

#15

Yubel1148

#16

Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon1125

#17

Firewall Dragon1041

#18

Decode Talker966

#19

Odd-Eyes Dragon946

What the community says

Dark Magician leads with an ELO of 1,386, ahead of Exodia the Forbidden One (1,341) and The Winged Dragon of Ra (1,312). Ranked over 2,004 duels between 19 contenders, last updated August 24, 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.