Best Scrubs characters

68 ELO points separate Percival Ulysses Cox – Perry from Janitor at the top of the Scrubs ranking, after 851 duels.

Percival Ulysses Cox – Perry commands the podium with 1390 ELO points and a 73% win rate across 45 duels, establishing clear dominance among Sacred Heart's most memorable figures. The sharpest divide in the ranking sits between Janitor at 1363 points and John Michael Dorian – J.D. at 1295, a 68-point gap that pushes the show's protagonist to third place behind its sardonic attending physician and enigmatic custodian. Robert Kelso – Bob Kelso holds fourth with 1260 points over 49 duels, while Christopher Duncan Turk rounds out the top 5 at 1236 points. At the bottom, Todd Quinlan scrapes by with 1051 points and a 27% win rate, suggesting the community reserves its affection for characters with more narrative weight than comic relief alone.

This ranking draws from 851 duels completed by 32 players across 12 contenders, updated 12 October 2026. The data reflects a fanbase that gravitates toward authority figures and comic foils over the series lead, an unexpected but decisive verdict. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own vote and shift the standings, or browse other TopList rankings to compare community preferences across shows, genres and eras.

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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