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Breaking Bad

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1.9kvotes

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0commentsUpdated on 10/26/2026 at 05:00 PM

Jesse Pinkman1614

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.9k votes

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Jesse Pinkman1614

Walter White1476

Mike Ehrmantraut1454

Saul Goodman1417

Gustavo Fring1382

Jane Margolis1324

Brandon Mayhew "Badger"1321

Tuco Salamanca1318

Skinny Pete1318

#10

Hank Schrader1301

#11

Huell Babineaux1294

#12

Hector Salamanca "Tio"1270

#13

Steven Gomez1258

#14

Marie Schrader1255

#15

Skyler White1253

#16

Walter White Jr.1248

#17

Old Joe1240

#18

Christian Ortega "Combo"1239

#19

Andrea Cantillo1238

#20

Marco and Leonel Salamanca1231

#21

Gale Boetticher1225

#22

Todd Alquist1217

#23

Wendy1213

#24

Ed1205

#25

Victor1197

#26

Don Eladio1193

#27

Domingo Molina "Krazy-8"1184

#28

Patrick Kuby1175

#29

Jack Welker1172

#30

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle1165

#31

Support group leader1157

#32

Francesca Liddy1139

#33

Tyrus Kitt1130

#34

Carmen Molina1117

#35

Donald Margolis1112

#36

Tim Roberts1110

#37

Gretchen Schwartz1073

#38

Ted Beneke1072

#39

Declan1071

#40

George Merkert1070

#41

Dr. Delcavoli1057

#42

Elliott Schwartz1052

#43

Duane Chow1050

#44

Juan Bolsa1034

#45

Kenny1022

#46

Adam Pinkman990

#47

Bogdan Wolynetz962

#48

Diane Pinkman956

What the community says

Jesse Pinkman leads with an ELO of 1,614, ahead of Walter White (1,476) and Mike Ehrmantraut (1,454). Ranked over 1,851 duels between 48 contenders, last updated October 26, 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.

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