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Best Warhammer 40k armies

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0commentsUpdated on 09/16/2026 at 12:00 AM

Black Templars1313

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.5k votes

27 / 27

Black Templars1313

Space Marines1301

Dark Angels1298

Grey Knights1279

Necrons1273

Orks1272

Space Wolves1259

Astra Militarum1256

Adeptus Custodes1248

#10

Blood Angels1240

#11

Aeldari1223

#12

Adeptus Mechanicus1222

#13

Thousand Sons1216

#14

Adepta Sororitas1209

#15

Chaos Knights1205

#16

Imperial Knights1183

#17

Chaos Space Marines1178

#18

World Eaters1178

#19

Death Guard1176

#20

Adeptus Titanicus1167

#21

Tyranids1167

#22

T'au Empire1147

#23

Chaos Daemons1128

#24

Agents of the Imperium1116

#25

Drukhari1111

#26

Leagues of Votann1076

#27

Genestealer Cults959

What the community says

Black Templars leads with an ELO of 1,313, ahead of Space Marines (1,301) and Dark Angels (1,298). Ranked over 1,538 duels between 27 contenders, last updated September 16, 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.