Best Red Dead Redemption 2 characters

4040 duels later, Arthur Morgan is still #1 in the Red Dead Redemption 2 ranking, with John Marston close behind.

Arthur Morgan's dominance at the top is emphatic: a 238 ELO point lead separates him from John Marston in second place, the widest gap in the entire ranking. Morgan wins 90% of his duels, an extraordinary figure that reflects his status as the game's protagonist and the emotional core of the story. Behind Marston, Hosea Matthews and Sadie Adler are virtually tied at third and fourth, separated by just 16 ELO points. At the bottom, the ranking's verdict is harsh but expected: Micah Bell languishes at rank 22, Molly O'Shea at 23, and Leopold Strauss anchors the list at 24 with 897 ELO points. The community has spoken clearly about which gang members resonated and which failed to earn affection.

This ranking draws from 4040 duels submitted by 51 players, comparing all 24 members of Dutch's gang. The data was last updated on 11 October 2026. If you have your own favorites from the Van der Linde gang, head to VAINKEURZ and cast your votes in head-to-head matchups. Every duel shifts the rankings and helps build a clearer picture of how the community ranks these outlaws, gunslingers, and misfits.

Updated on October 11, 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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