Best My Wife and Kids characters

Michael Kyle leads with an ELO of 1,321, ahead of Junior Kyle (1,212) and Claire Kyle (1,208). Ranked over 516 duels between 5 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Which character do you prefer in the Kyle family? Rank the My Wife and Kids members: Claire, Michael, Junior, Janet and Kady.

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.