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Cloud & Tifa (Final Fantasy VII)1370

The worldwide ranking generated by 10.4k votes

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Cloud & Tifa (Final Fantasy VII)1370

Mario & Luigi (Mario)1338

Geralt & Ciri (The Witcher)1337

Nate & Sully (Uncharted)1333

Joel & Ellie (The Last of Us)1326

Sonic & Tails (Sonic)1322

Donkey & Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)1319

Chris & Jill (Resident Evil)1315

V & Johnny (Cyberpunk 2077)1306

#10

Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank)1297

#11

Peter & Miles (Spider-Man 2)1286

#12

Max & Chloe (Life is Strange)1284

#13

Sora & Riku (Kingdom Hearts)1281

#14

Kratos & Atreus (God of War)1281

#15

Ken & Ryu (Street Fighter)1279

#16

Dante & Trish (Devil May Cry)1265

#17

Link & Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)1262

#18

Lee & Clementine (The Walking Dead)1262

#19

Shepard & Garrus (Mass Effect)1227

#20

Kratos & Mimir (God of War)1224

#21

Jak & Daxter (Jak and Daxter)1219

#22

Layton & Luke (Professor Layton)1217

#23

Master Chief & Cortana (Halo)1215

#24

Solid Snake & Otacon (Metal Gear Solid)1214

#25

Nate & Elena (Uncharted)1211

#26

Liu Kang & Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)1211

#27

Cal Kestis & BD-1 (Star Wars)1205

#28

Amicia & Hugo (A Plague Tale)1200

#29

Red & his Starter (Pokémon)1196

#30

CJ & Cesar (GTA San Andreas)1196

#31

Atlas & P-Body (Portal 2)1193

#32

Kazuma & Goro (Yakuza)1186

#33

Goku & Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)1183

#34

Ori & Naru (Ori and the Blind Forest)1176

#35

Alan & Saga (Alan Wake)1166

#36

Sadie & Arthur (Red Dead Redemption)1151

#37

Marcus & Dom (Gears of War)1151

#38

Abby & Lev (The Last of Us)1146

#39

May & Cody (It Takes Two)1142

#40

Gordon & Alyx (Half-Life 2)1140

#41

Lucas Grey & Agent 47 (Hitman)1138

#42

Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)1135

#43

Booker & Elizabeth (BioShock)1104

#44

Traveler & Paimon (Genshin Impact)1085

#45

Price & Soap (COD Modern Warfare)1031

#46

Red & Antea (Banishers)1029

#47

Kay & Yu (Haven)1004

#48

Naiee & Naia (Brothers)988

#49

Simon & Catherine (Soma)951

What the community says

Cloud & Tifa (Final Fantasy VII) leads with an ELO of 1,370, ahead of Mario & Luigi (Mario) (1,338) and Geralt & Ciri (The Witcher) (1,337). Ranked over 10,367 duels between 49 contenders, last updated August 24, 2026.

Rank your favorite video game duos from 49 iconic pairs: Mario & Luigi, Joel & Ellie, Kratos & Atreus and many more.

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.