Top 20 Best Characters in Game of Thrones

Honorable Mentions:

Theon Greyjoy - I think his arc in season 2 is perfect, but I don’t really like the reek character arc. It’s very repetitive because in almost every scene, Ramsay is torturing Theon, and after a while, I got a bit bored of it. Not to mention that that lasts for 3 seasons of him serving Ramsay. So Theon doesn’t really have much to do besides getting tortured for most of his screen time. Him escaping and reconciling with his sister is pretty good and is another well-done aspect in the later seasons. However, by that point, I wasn’t that attached to him.

Sansa Stark - Sophie Turner did a great job in her role and her performance was always amazing. The main issue I have with Sansa is that she never has any impact on the story and is mostly passive throughout her whole journey until the end of season 5. And by that time her character was getting butchered by David and Dan. So in essence, I think she has a similar pitfall to Dany in that the later seasons should have been her best, but weren’t. Leaving me to judge her first 5 seasons in which she didn’t have a lot to do. However, Dany had a much better first 4 seasons than she did.

Samwell Tarly - Sam as a character isn’t really flawed, but I don’t think he can really compete with the characters on my list. The two best aspects are his humorful spirit that contrasts the dreary mood of the Night's Watch and his character arc of becoming braver. The character arc though is pretty generic and right away that would make me put him under other characters. Not to mention he spends a lot of time with Gilly and I think she’s genuinely a boring character.

Hodor - Hodor

Khal Drogo - I LOVE JASON MAMOA, so it pained me not to include him. His portrayal as Khal Drogo was excellent, but when looking at the actual character there’s not a lot of depth. His small arc is pretty straightforward and he sadly dies right when he starts getting great :(

Sir Jorah Mormont - He’s a cute man whose main function is serving Dany and doesn’t have a lot going on for himself, besides just serving Dany and loving her. So right away I don’t think he can compete in the top 20. The traitor scene was great, but once that happens he kind of gets deleted out of the story until he bumps into Tyrion.

Brienne of Tarth - Besides the scenes where she’s talking about her past with Podrick and calling out Jaimie for being a wimp, I never really connected with Brienne on an emotional level. I like her backstory and the concept of her character is cool. It’s just that, most of her time is spent traveling around and there are barely any good dialogue scenes for her character. She kind of peaks during her travels with Jaime and It’s also ironic that one of her best scenes comes from season 8.

Davos Seaworth - Davos feels like a neutral character. He doesn’t do a lot that I love nor does he do anything that I dislike. Thus making me consider him more for a top 30 instead of 20.

Tormund - He’s a really fun character who’s definitely uplifted by the great work of Kristofer Hivju. It’s just that, he isn’t really complex. I think he’s similar to Bronn but he lacks different aspects that makes Bronn work so well. He’s also a character that primarily gets most of his screen time later on in the show which was when the writing took a dive.

Weird fact; but when he ranks Catelyn as 18th, the music in the background is from Ghost of Tsushima. I think its the theme played when Jin goes into the Hot Springs.

As for Joffrey at number 9, its the theme for little nightmares

Bronn should have died in the Spoils of War imo

The show actually gave a lot more love to rob stark than the books..

I love the witcher & skyrim background music <3. makes the video 10x better

Bobby B and Stannnis the Menace, unbelieveable nicknames lmfaooo

The hound will always be my favorite character 🐶

1 Drogon
2 Arya
3 Tyrion
4 John
5 Sam

I spit my damn drink out when I heard Ramsey Bolton

ooo interesting, no Margaery

Someone is a fan of The Lanisters😂😂

I disagree

I love Draeneris, I was the only one in my family that called she going mad too or becoming evil, Dont get it wrong I disliked her attitud and her as a whole but she was a damned good character, she only did good because of ure narcisim and that is what only I saw.

Glad you added some Ghost of Tsushima music in there 😊

These are my personal choices, not saying they’re the best. I’m just selecting my faves and ordering them. Honourable mentions to Thoros of Myr, Beric Dondarrion, Catelyn Stark, Hodor, Roose Bolton, Ramsay Bolton, Joffrey Baratheon, Robert Baratheon, Olenna Tyrell, Mance Rayder, Tormund Giantsbane, Podrick Payne, Renly Baratheon, and Gendry Baratheon
20: Cersei Lannister
19: Daenerys Targaryen
18: Varys
17: Barristan Selmy
16: Petyr Baelish
15: Arya Stark
14: Jorah Mormont
13: Brienne of Tarth
12: Ned Stark
11: Bronn of the Blackwater
10: Robb Stark
9: Stannis Baratheon
8: Davos Seaworth
7: Tywin Lannister
6: Prince Oberyn Martell
5: Jaime Lannister
4: Theon Greyjoy
3: Tyrion Lannister
2: Jon Snow (Aegon Targaryen)
1: Sandor Clegane
Characters I either don’t much care for, or who I wholeheartedly do not like, are Shaye, Sansa, Lysa, Brann, Janos Slynt, Thorne, Olly, Rast, Euron Greyjoy, Gilly.
Apologies for any spelling errors this is all from memory lmao. Great video btw.

i couldn't agree more on your top five considering that this is based on the first 4 seasons because after that arya became the cringiest character ever , and i'm surprised queen margaery could not make it to your list instead of ramsay

My list

Arya
Jon
Tyrion
Dany
Ned
Brienne
Bronn
Margaery
Olenna
Robb
Tywin
Cersei
Jamie
Littlefinger
Euron
Catelyn
The Hound
Greyworm
Missandei
Sansa

Where is Sansa???

She's the sMaRtEsT PeRsOn Arya knows!

where is ntaavos tho?

That hodor meme is so perfect

MY TOP 20


20 geoffrey baratheon
19 karl tanner
18 theon greyjoy
17 ellaria sand
16 arya stark
15 euron greyjoy
14 maester qyburn
13 olenna tyrell
12 brienne of tarth
11 khal drogo
10 ser bronn
9 ramsay bolton
8 john snow
7 sandor clegane
6 cersei lannister
5 tyrion lannister
4 auberyn martell
3 jaimie lannister
2 baelish (littlefinger
1 Tywin lannister

I'm glad that Sanza the fool didn't have a place here

Disorienting to hear music from The Witcher in a GoT video

You put the bird brained Catelyn above Ned and Robb? 😂 wow

I love how your videos are like.. „yea, I’m gonna talk about GoT and I’ll put the Witcher wild hunt soundtrack into the background”. Love that, thank you for making these videos :)

Thanks for keeping Sansa 🧙🏻‍♀️ off the list 🎊 🎉!!!!!

top 20 Got and Hotd characters
1.Jon Snow
2.Jamie Lannister
3.Tyrion Lannister
4.Tywin Lannister
5.Arya Stark
6.Cersie Lannister
7.Daenerys Targaryen
8.Joffrey Baratheon
9.Olenna Tyrell
10. Varys
11.Sandor “The Hound” Clegane
12.Robb Stark
13.Daemon Targaryen
14.Ned Stark
15.Petyr “littlefinger” Baelish
16Viserys Targaryen
17.Theon Greyjoy
18Catelyn Stark
19.Bronn
20.Davos Seaworth

Putting Gaunter O'Dimm's theme when talking about Petyr Baelish, I can see you're a man of culture.

justice for theon

Olenna Tyrell is an underrated character. She is in my top 5 with her death scene alone (one of the very few things Dave and Dan got right in seasons 6-8)

My favorite characters are

1. Tywin (No explanation needed, he´s Tywin)
2. Ned (I loved how in this world of dirty betrayal he was a truthful and honorable man and I am sure that without a character like Ned the whole Nature of the show wouldn´t have been as impactful to me)
3. Bobby B (He was a character that I didn´t really care for in my first watchthrough since I knew "Oh he´ll just die, no reason to care for him" but he really grew on me with his depth that´s hidden under the sad facade of selfdestruction)
4. Olena (A woman with simultaneously low power but immense authority compared to some of the other characters that just kept being a major player with insane dialogue, gotta love her)

Hmm what a coincidence, none of these characters got shafted after Season 4 to become shallow Parodies of themselves. I absolutely loved Jon, Tyrion, Arya and many others in the early Seasons, but I just can´t forget how stupid and terrible they became in later seasons. After Ned´s death Jon actually became my favorite character because he remained the "good guy".

SIR DAVOS TOP 20

Only 3 characters dominated every scene they were in: Tywin, Oberyn, and Olenna. I am a sucker for that supremely confident demeanor.

Jorah>>>>>> Stannis

Who the hell could possibly dislike Catelyn? Michelle Fairley was amazing and her death was (for me) the most tragic part of that whole tragic episode.

Gregor Clegane's hired man "SHITMOUTH". He deserves a spinoff series!

NIMBEL DICK CRABB!

Wtf margaery ???

Crazy how much good characters there are in this show... so much still missing like davos, sam, theon which should really be in this list and there are also some main characters like sansa or bran

1. Tywin
2. Tyrion
3. Joffrey
4. Dany
5. Cersei
6. Jaime
7. Littlefinger
8. Varys
9. Olenna
10. Bronn
11. Hound
12. Arya
13. Jorah
14. Stannis
15. Jon
16. Barristan
17. Robert
18. Mountain
19. ROBB !!!
20. Ned

My all-time favorite is Roose Bolton so charasmatic

We dislike Catelyn because she’s petty and selfish. She hates Jon for something that was 1000% not his fault, only because she’s too proud to hate Eddard, the actual person responsible. Fans of Jon are fucking disgusted by that, because Jon didn’t choose to be a fucking bastard. Stop hating him. He’s just as much a victim as you are. He didn’t do a damn thing to you. People already look down on him for being a bastard. Now he has to get it from his own fucking family?

Arya goes in the worst. Never liked that character.

Top not put theon here is insanity best arc on got

Look danerys has to be in top 3
She was the daughter of a powerful king...
Her family has wiped
Her kingdom taken
Used as a tool by her own brother
Gettting sold and rapped at the edge of the world
Losing her husband
Been left to starve to death
And then becoming a queen
And u put one trick character like clegane amd arya above her ??????

What's the deal with calling the men cute and sexy... kind of weird :/

Sansa stark and Brandon stark
Asap

Your also using witcher 3 blood and wine Toussaint theme

top 12 characters for me going off the books combined with the show
1.Jon Snow
2.Tyrion Lannister
3.Sir Davos
4.Jaime Lannister
5.Sir Barristan Selmy
6.Danerys Targaryen
7.Ned Stark
8.Tywin Lannister
9.Stannis Baratheon
10.Robert Baratheon
11.Sir Jorah Mormont
12.The Hound