Best Battlefield games

Battlefield 1 leads the Battlefield ranking with 1409 ELO points over 35 duels, ahead of Battlefield 3 and Battlefield V.

The podium reflects a sharp divide at the top. Battlefield 1 holds a commanding 66 ELO point lead over Battlefield 3, the largest gap in the ranking. Battlefield 3 itself sits 54 points ahead of Battlefield V in third place. Battlefield 1 wins 74% of its duels, while Battlefield 3 takes 70% of its matchups. Further down, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 2 occupy the middle ground with 1227 and 1210 ELO respectively. The bottom tier tells a harsher story: Battlefield 2042 languishes at rank 7 with 1099 ELO, followed by Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 2142, which sit at 1077 and 1029 ELO. Battlefield 2142 wins just 28% of its duels, placing it firmly at the bottom of the community's esteem.

This ranking draws from 693 duels involving 40 players across 9 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The votes reveal a clear preference for the modern era entries over the experimental or futuristic installments. Whether you champion the trench warfare of Battlefield 1 or argue for the tactical depth of an earlier entry, you can vote now and shift the standings. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your duel and see how your favorite stacks up against the rest of the series.

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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