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IX Blood Angels1337

The worldwide ranking generated by 617 votes

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IX Blood Angels1337

XIX Raven Guard1286

I Dark Angels1274

VI Space Wolves1236

XIII Ultramarines1234

VII Imperial Fists1234

XIV Death Guard1217

V White Scars1216

VIII Night Lords1210

#10

IV Iron Warriors1205

#11

XVI Luna Wolves / Sons of Horus / Black Legion1201

#12

XVIII Salamanders1183

#13

X Iron Hands1166

#14

III Emperor's Children1163

#15

XV Thousand Sons1148

#16

XX Alpha Legion1127

#17

XII World Eaters1127

#18

XVII Word Bearers1035

What the community says

IX Blood Angels leads with an ELO of 1,337, ahead of XIX Raven Guard (1,286) and I Dark Angels (1,274). Ranked over 617 duels between 18 contenders, last updated November 6, 2026.

Discover your favorite Astartes Legion among the 18 Space Marine legions from Warhammer 40K.

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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