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Link & Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)1405

The worldwide ranking generated by 11.2k votes

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Link & Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)1405

Sonic & Tails (Sonic)1370

Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank)1366

Donkey & Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)1351

Mario & Luigi (Mario)1340

Red & his Starter (Pokémon)1304

Chris & Jill (Resident Evil)1300

Max & Chloe (Life is Strange)1295

Geralt & Ciri (The Witcher)1294

#10

Peter & Miles (Spider-Man 2)1291

#11

Jak & Daxter (Jak and Daxter)1280

#12

Ken & Ryu (Street Fighter)1273

#13

Kratos & Atreus (God of War)1265

#14

V & Johnny (Cyberpunk 2077)1256

#15

Goku & Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)1253

#16

Cloud & Tifa (Final Fantasy VII)1253

#17

Dante & Trish (Devil May Cry)1248

#18

Sora & Riku (Kingdom Hearts)1238

#19

Joel & Ellie (The Last of Us)1234

#20

Atlas & P-Body (Portal 2)1227

#21

Layton & Luke (Professor Layton)1223

#22

Nate & Sully (Uncharted)1219

#23

Lee & Clementine (The Walking Dead)1218

#24

Kratos & Mimir (God of War)1209

#25

Nate & Elena (Uncharted)1207

#26

CJ & Cesar (GTA San Andreas)1198

#27

May & Cody (It Takes Two)1198

#28

Ori & Naru (Ori and the Blind Forest)1198

#29

Liu Kang & Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)1194

#30

Master Chief & Cortana (Halo)1193

#31

Gordon & Alyx (Half-Life 2)1193

#32

Cal Kestis & BD-1 (Star Wars)1186

#33

Amicia & Hugo (A Plague Tale)1185

#34

Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)1172

#35

Solid Snake & Otacon (Metal Gear Solid)1150

#36

Sadie & Arthur (Red Dead Redemption)1150

#37

Kazuma & Goro (Yakuza)1146

#38

Abby & Lev (The Last of Us)1143

#39

Booker & Elizabeth (BioShock)1134

#40

Traveler & Paimon (Genshin Impact)1134

#41

Shepard & Garrus (Mass Effect)1129

#42

Marcus & Dom (Gears of War)1108

#43

Alan & Saga (Alan Wake)1095

#44

Lucas Grey & Agent 47 (Hitman)1093

#45

Red & Antea (Banishers)1085

#46

Price & Soap (COD Modern Warfare)1068

#47

Simon & Catherine (Soma)1022

#48

Naiee & Naia (Brothers)1013

#49

Kay & Yu (Haven)991

What the community says

Link & Zelda (The Legend of Zelda) leads with an ELO of 1,405, ahead of Sonic & Tails (Sonic) (1,370) and Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank) (1,366). Ranked over 11,185 duels between 49 contenders, last updated October 6, 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.