Best Desperate Housewives characters

Bree Van de Kamp wins 67% of her duels and tops the Desperate Housewives ranking ahead of Gabrielle Solis.

A 147-point gap separates Bree Van de Kamp from Gabrielle Solis at the top, the sharpest divide in this ranking and a significant margin that underscores Bree's dominance. Both share the same 67% win rate, but Bree's 1409 ELO secures her lead over Gabrielle's 1262 points. Edie Britt claims third place with 1161 points despite a modest 44% win rate over 272 duels, suggesting she often faces stronger opponents or splits opinion among voters. Lynette Scavo follows closely with 1146 points, while Katherine Mayfair rounds out the top 5 with 1145 points and a 29% win rate. The bottom tells a different story: Susan Mayer lands last with 1077 ELO and a 40% win rate across 280 duels, the highest duel count in the ranking. Her position reveals a community that consistently favors the other housewives over Wisteria Lane's most accident-prone resident.

This ranking draws on 1328 duels submitted by 130 players across 6 contenders. Updated on 10 October 2026, it reflects the community's current preferences. Cast your vote in head-to-head duels to shift the rankings and see how your favorite housewife measures up against the rest of Wisteria Lane.

Updated on October 10, 2026

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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