Best Korean Rappers

RM leads with an ELO of 1,374, ahead of Felix (1,353) and J-HOPE (1,344). Ranked over 20,863 duels between 38 contenders, last updated September 26, 2026.

Rank your favorite Korean rappers. Discover who's the best among the biggest names in K-rap hip-hop and Korean music.

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.