Best Game of Thrones seasons

115 ELO points separate Season 3 from Season 6 at the top of the Game of Thrones ranking, after 990 duels.

Season 4 claims the top spot with 1439 ELO points and a 74% win rate across 111 duels, edging out Season 3 by 43 points. The sharpest drop in the ranking occurs between Season 3 at 1396 points and Season 6 at 1281 points, a 115-point gap that marks the divide between the series' most celebrated seasons and the rest. Season 6 holds third place despite this distance, while Season 1 and Season 2 occupy the middle ground. The bottom three tell a familiar story: Season 5 sits at 1134 points, but Season 7 and Season 8 languish far below, with Season 8 scraping the bottom at 989 points and a 27% win rate. The community has spoken clearly about the show's later years.

This ranking draws from 990 duels submitted by 62 players across 8 contenders, updated on 11 October 2026. Whether you champion the early world-building or the mid-series battles, your vote shapes the consensus. Head to the Game of Thrones TopList and pick your favorite season in a head-to-head duel.

Updated on October 11, 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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