Best Itaewon Class characters

33 ELO points separate Park Sae-ro-yi from Jo Yi-seo at the top of the Itaewon Class ranking, after 809 duels.

Park Sae-ro-yi commands the podium with 1325 ELO points, winning 62% of his duels. Jo Yi-seo sits 33 points behind at 1292, while Jang Geun-soo claims third with 1283. The tightest battle appears further down: a 58-point gap divides Kang Min-jeong at rank 4 from Ma Hyeon-yi at rank 5, the sharpest divide in the ranking. Jang Geun-soo posts the highest win rate among the top three at 69% across 13 duels, yet trails both Park Sae-ro-yi and Jo Yi-seo in overall ELO strength. At the bottom, Kim Toni struggles at rank 10 with 1037 ELO points and a 17% win rate, revealing a character who fails to connect with the community despite his presence in the series. Oh Soo-ah and Choi Seung-kwon occupy ranks 8 and 9, both winning roughly a third of their matchups.

This ranking draws from 809 duels across 38 players who voted on 10 contenders from the K-drama. The standings were updated on 12 October 2026. Cast your vote now to shift the balance between Park Sae-ro-yi and the challengers pursuing him.

Updated on October 12, 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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