Best gta protagonists

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Niko Bellic – GTA IV1450

The worldwide ranking generated by 9.5k votes

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Niko Bellic – GTA IV1450

CJ / Carl Johnson – GTA San Andreas1374

Franklin Clinton – GTA V1341

Michael De Santa – GTA V1321

Trevor Philips – GTA V1296

Tommy Vercetti – Vice City1230

Johnny Klebitz – The Lost and Damned (GTA IV)1151

Claude Speed – GTA II & GTA III1145

Toni Cipriani – Liberty City Stories1079

#10

Victor Vance – Vice City Stories1031

#11

Luis Fernando Lopez – The Ballad of Gay Tony (GTA IV)1022

#12

Huang Lee – Chinatown Wars951

What the community says

Niko Bellic – GTA IV leads with an ELO of 1,450, ahead of CJ / Carl Johnson – GTA San Andreas (1,374) and Franklin Clinton – GTA V (1,341). Ranked over 9,462 duels between 12 contenders, last updated October 6, 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.