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Joey and Chandler (Friends)1358

The worldwide ranking generated by 630 votes

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Joey and Chandler (Friends)1358

Malcolm and Reese (Malcolm in the Middle)1338

Walter White and Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)1317

Jake and Charles (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)1298

Sherlock Holmes and Watson (Sherlock)1289

Monica and Rachel (Friends)1287

Joel and Ellie (The Last of Us)1259

Sheldon and Leonard (The Big Bang Theory)1221

Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy)1212

#10

Booth and Brennan (Bones)1205

#11

Dean and Sam (Supernatural)1183

#12

Eve and Villanelle (Killing Eve)1176

#13

Will and Carlton (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)1138

#14

Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: SVU)1114

#15

Troy and Abed (Community)1109

#16

Riggs and Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon)1095

#17

Carly and Sam (iCarly)1079

#18

Magnum and Higgins (Magnum P.I.)1072

#19

Grace and Frankie (Grace and Frankie)1051

What the community says

Joey and Chandler (Friends) leads with an ELO of 1,358, ahead of Malcolm and Reese (Malcolm in the Middle) (1,338) and Walter White and Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad) (1,317). Ranked over 630 duels between 19 contenders, last updated October 17, 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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