Best New Girl characters

Winston leads the New Girl ranking with 1341 ELO points over 4 duels, ahead of Jess and Schmidt.

Winston holds the top spot with a perfect 100% win rate across his 4 duels, building a 64-point lead over Jess in second place. Schmidt trails closely at rank 3 with 1252 points and a 67% win rate over 6 duels, while Nick sits at rank 4 with 1213 ELO and a 43% win rate across 7 duels. The sharpest divide in the ranking appears between Nick and Cece, with a 106-point gap separating fourth from fifth place. Cece holds rank 5 with 1107 points despite winning only 33% of her 6 duels. At the bottom, Coach occupies the last position with 1010 points and a 0% win rate over 3 duels, suggesting the loft's original roommate struggles to win over fans compared to the core group that defined the show's seven seasons.

This ranking draws from 408 duels submitted by 45 players, comparing all 6 contenders from the Fox sitcom. The data was updated on 12 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your votes and shape the standings—every duel between two characters shifts their ELO scores and redraws the hierarchy of New Girl favorites.

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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