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718votes

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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 06:00 PM

Birman1408

The worldwide ranking generated by 718 votes

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Birman1408

Cymric1402

Tiffany1387

Siberian1366

Norwegian Forest Cat1365

Maine Coon1335

York Chocolate1316

Snowshoe1311

Havana Brown1304

#10

Bombay1303

#11

Manx1298

#12

Savannah1290

#13

Kurilian Bobtail1283

#14

Balinese1274

#15

Russian Blue1270

#16

Chartreux1265

#17

Turkish Angora1263

#18

Korat1262

#19

Highland Lynx1261

#20

Siamese1237

#21

Scottish Fold1229

#22

Bengal1225

#23

Japanese Bobtail1223

#24

Persian1223

#25

Ragdoll1221

#26

Norwegian Forest Cat1220

#27

American Bobtail1220

#28

Selkirk Rex1217

#29

American Curl1217

#30

Sokoke1215

#31

Somali1209

#32

Ocicat1207

#33

Toyger1201

#34

British Shorthair1191

#35

Tonkinese1189

#36

American Wirehair1188

#37

Munchkin1181

#38

Turkish Van1176

#39

Singapura1172

#40

Abyssinian1162

#41

Chausie1150

#42

European Shorthair1149

#43

American Shorthair1146

#44

Pixie-Bob1137

#45

Exotic Shorthair1134

#46

Ceylon1134

#47

Burmese1120

#48

LaPerm1120

#49

Egyptian Mau1119

#50

Burmilla1115

#51

Thai1111

#52

California Spangled1047

#53

Donskoy1043

#54

Devon Rex1042

#55

Cornish Rex1029

#56

Peterbald1018

#57

Javanese1009

#58

German Rex1006

#59

Sphynx999

What the community says

Discover your favorite cat breed among 59 feline breeds from around the world.

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.