Best 8000 meter peaks

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K2 | 8,611 meters1389

The worldwide ranking generated by 319 votes

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K2 | 8,611 meters1389

Everest | 8,848 meters1319

Kangchenjunga | 8,586 meters1275

Annapurna I | 8,091 meters1259

Nanga Parbat | 8,126 meters1223

Manaslu | 8,163 meters1205

Dhaulagiri | 8,167 meters1191

Lhotse | 8,516 meters1175

Cho Oyu | 8,188 meters1166

#10

Shishapangma | 8,027 meters1155

#11

Gasherbrum II | 8,035 meters1141

#12

Makalu | 8,485 meters1127

#13

Gasherbrum I | 8,080 meters1091

#14

Broad Peak | 8,051 meters1083

What the community says

Which is the most beautiful 8000m+ peak? Rank the 14 highest summits in the world: Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga and more.

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.

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