Best characters from The Boys

William "Billy" Butcher leads with an ELO of 1,382, ahead of Annie January / "Starlight" (1,219) and Kimiko Miyashiro / "The Female" (1,190). Ranked over 661 duels between 6 contenders, last updated September 21, 2026.

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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.