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Best Warhammer 40k armies

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0commentsUpdated on 10/17/2026 at 04:00 AM

Black Templars1319

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.5k votes

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Black Templars1319

Space Marines1314

Space Wolves1293

Necrons1285

Dark Angels1272

Grey Knights1271

Thousand Sons1251

Orks1251

Adeptus Mechanicus1228

#10

Chaos Space Marines1225

#11

Astra Militarum1222

#12

Adeptus Custodes1217

#13

Adepta Sororitas1216

#14

Blood Angels1212

#15

Chaos Knights1210

#16

Death Guard1190

#17

Aeldari1187

#18

World Eaters1186

#19

Chaos Daemons1179

#20

T'au Empire1161

#21

Imperial Knights1142

#22

Tyranids1137

#23

Adeptus Titanicus1136

#24

Agents of the Imperium1127

#25

Drukhari1121

#26

Leagues of Votann1083

#27

Genestealer Cults966

What the community says

Black Templars leads with an ELO of 1,319, ahead of Space Marines (1,314) and Space Wolves (1,293). Ranked over 1,538 duels between 27 contenders, last updated October 17, 2026.

Discover and vote for your favorite Warhammer 40k faction among 27 iconic armies: Space Marines, Necrons, Eldars, Orks 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.

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