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Malcolm in the Middle1383

The worldwide ranking generated by 20.5k votes

40 / 40

Malcolm in the Middle1383

Breaking Bad1382

Game of Thrones1363

Stranger Things1347

The Big Bang Theory1347

Squid Game1319

Friends1297

Vikings1272

Desperate Housewives1264

#10

Peaky Blinders1254

#11

Wednesday1245

#12

Lost1236

#13

Doctor Who1231

#16

American Horror Story1222

#17

Scrubs1215

#18

Better Call Saul1212

#19

Dexter1205

#20

House of the Dragon1200

#21

Money Heist1197

#22

Orange Is the New Black1195

#23

Narcos1193

#24

Charmed1180

#25

The Walking Dead1178

#26

Shameless1177

#27

Pretty Little Liars1164

#28

Mr. Robot1156

#29

Buffy the Vampire Slayer1132

#30

Lucifer1129

#31

True Detective1127

#32

Smallville1126

#33

Oz1124

#34

Westworld1079

#35

Rome1065

#36

The Pretender1064

#37

Riverdale1055

#38

Sons Of Anarchy1054

#39

The Shield1042

#40

Six Feet Under1001

What the community says

Malcolm in the Middle leads with an ELO of 1,383, ahead of Breaking Bad (1,382) and Game of Thrones (1,363). Ranked over 20,455 duels between 40 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Rank your favorite TV series from 40 global classics, spanning the 90s through 2020.

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.