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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 10:00 AM

Ezio Auditore1411

The worldwide ranking generated by 38k votes

95 / 95

Ezio Auditore1411

Link1408

Mario1389

Peter Parker1367

Shadow1353

Lara Croft1350

Sonic1344

Kratos1335

Batman1335

#10

Solid Snake1308

#11

Leon S. Kennedy1306

#12

Joel Miller1306

#13

Ganondorf1305

#14

Geralt of Rivia1299

#15

Johnny Silverhand1297

#16

Joker1292

#17

John Marston1285

#18

Master Chief1274

#19

Arthur Morgan1269

#20

Cloud1265

#21

Yennefer1263

#22

Jin Sakai1261

#23

Dante1258

#24

Ciri1257

#25

Tifa1256

#26

Clementine1256

#27

Venom1254

#28

Ada Wong1251

#29

Ryu1250

#30

Altaïr1246

#31

Ratchet1243

#32

Nathan Drake1241

#33

Rayman1241

#34

Triss Merigold1239

#35

Lady Dimitrescu1239

#36

Sephiroth1238

#37

Claire Redfield1237

#38

Aerith1235

#39

Ellie1231

#40

Chris Redfield1230

#41

Shepard1227

#42

Miles Morales1226

#43

Princess Peach1226

#44

Albert Wesker1224

#45

Chun-Li1215

#46

Marcus1210

#47

Knuckles1210

#48

Sub-Zero1206

#49

Jin Kazama1192

#50

Connor1189

#51

Abby1185

#52

Kazuya1185

#53

Solomon Reed1184

#54

Jill Valentine1183

#55

Marcus Fenix1182

#56

Elena Fisher1176

#57

Liu Kang1172

#58

Scorpion1169

#59

Tommy Miller1168

#60

Cal Kestis1168

#61

Bayek1166

#62

Ghost1161

#63

Jak1158

#64

Aloy1157

#65

Kiryu Kazuma1152

#66

Raiden1142

#67

Kitana1141

#68

Max Payne1138

#69

Baldur1138

#70

Cole MacGrath1136

#71

Victor Sullivan1136

#72

Astarion1135

#73

Freya1132

#74

Sam Fisher1129

#75

Vesemir1127

#76

Eivor1125

#77

Alan Wake1121

#78

A thief uhh Tom Nook1120

#79

Kara1120

#80

Vito Scaletta1116

#81

Dina1114

#82

Jack Becker1112

#83

Cassandra1111

#84

Captain Price1109

#85

Atreus1094

#86

Faith1087

#87

Mimir1082

#88

Jesse Faden1071

#89

Chloe Frazer1063

#90

Basim1063

#91

Senua1046

#92

Soap MacTavish1045

#93

Farah1037

#94

Lev1001

#95

Saga Anderson896

What the community says

Ezio Auditore leads with an ELO of 1,411, ahead of Link (1,408) and Mario (1,389). Ranked over 38,017 duels between 95 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Rank the best video game characters of all time. From iconic heroes like Mario, Link and Kratos to modern protagonists.

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.