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IX Blood Angels1349

The worldwide ranking generated by 592 votes

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IX Blood Angels1349

XIX Raven Guard1294

I Dark Angels1285

XIII Ultramarines1254

VII Imperial Fists1245

VI Space Wolves1237

V White Scars1226

IV Iron Warriors1224

XVI Luna Wolves / Sons of Horus / Black Legion1213

#10

XIV Death Guard1199

#11

XVIII Salamanders1188

#12

X Iron Hands1171

#13

VIII Night Lords1150

#14

III Emperor's Children1136

#15

XX Alpha Legion1133

#16

XII World Eaters1131

#17

XV Thousand Sons1131

#18

XVII Word Bearers1034

What the community says

IX Blood Angels leads with an ELO of 1,349, ahead of XIX Raven Guard (1,294) and I Dark Angels (1,285). Ranked over 592 duels between 18 contenders, last updated October 16, 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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