All Match Results

Entrants are listed by final votes, so the first line is the winner. Click a column heading to sort, or an entrant / contest in the table to filter.

See also: All Match Pictures — the same matches with their contest artwork.

Contest: All · SC2K2 · SC2K3 · Spring 2K4 · SC2K4 · Spring 2K5 · SC2K5 · BSE2K6 · CB2K6 · CB VI · CB VII · BGE 2K9 · CB VIII · GOTD · Rivalry · CB IX · BGE 2K15 · Best Year · CB X · GOTD 2

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By margin: closest (%) · biggest blowout (%) · closest (votes) · biggest blowout (votes)

By Oracle: consensus nailed it · wrong-winner calls only

Filtered: entrant = Link [×] — 51 of 1,514 matches show all

51 matches · 2-entrant 32 · 3-entrant 4 · 4-entrant 13 · 5-entrant 1 · 6-entrant 1 · 1 bonus match hidden — show bonus

#	Poll ▼	Contest	Date	Round	Division	Result	Total	Margin (%)	Margin (votes)	Bracket Pick %	Oracle Consensus	Oracle MAE
1	7387 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle X (2018)	2018-12-14	Final Battle	—	Link 16,554 · 59.27% Cloud Strife 11,375 · 40.73%	27,929	18.54%	5,179	35.42%	Link 60.33% Cloud Strife 39.67%	1.06
2	7384 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle X (2018)	2018-12-11	Final	—	Link 18,399 · 63.56% Zelda 10,547 · 36.44%	28,946	27.13%	7,852	35.96%	Link 62.77% Zelda 37.23%	0.79
3	7378 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle X (2018)	2018-12-07	Semifinal	—	Link 17,763 · 60.52% Cloud Strife 11,590 · 39.48%	29,353	21.03%	6,173	48.79%	Link 59.09% Cloud Strife 40.91%	1.43
4	7370 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle X (2018)	2018-12-03	Quarterfinal	—	Link 20,129 · 68.41% Pikachu 9,295 · 31.59%	29,424	36.82%	10,834	62.93%	Link 64.47% Pikachu 35.53%	3.94
5	7358 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle X (2018)	2018-11-27	Legends	—	Link 22,974 · 79.64% Ganondorf 5,874 · 20.36%	28,848	59.28%	17,100	77.03%	Link 82.59% Ganondorf 17.41%	2.95
6	5253 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle IX (2013)	2013-09-02	Division Final	Division 1	Draven 54,468 · 44.65% Link 53,703 · 44.02% Commander Shepard 13,829 · 11.34%	122,000	0.63%	765	—	—	—
7	5225 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle IX (2013)	2013-08-19	Round 2	Division 1	Link 16,652 · 60.05% Raiden 6,127 · 22.09% Yoshi 4,953 · 17.86%	27,732	37.95%	10,525	—	—	—
8	5143 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle IX (2013)	2013-07-09	Round 1	Division 1	Link 21,024 · 72.67% Isaac (Binding) 4,443 · 15.36% Tingle 3,463 · 11.97%	28,930	57.31%	16,581	—	Link 78.26% Isaac (Binding) 8.84% Tingle 6.73%	5.78
9	3856 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-03-21	Final	—	Link 69,074 · 53.54% Cloud Strife 59,944 · 46.46%	129,018	7.08%	9,130	36.55%	Link 57.17% Cloud Strife 42.83%	3.63
10	3854 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-03-19	Semifinal	—	Link 67,456 · 64.57% Mario 37,006 · 35.43%	104,462	29.15%	30,450	50.88%	Link 61.39% Mario 38.61%	3.18
11	3850 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-03-17	Quarterfinal	—	Link 37,755 · 70.23% Sonic the Hedgehog 16,004 · 29.77%	53,759	40.46%	21,751	68.79%	Link 64.91% Sonic the Hedgehog 35.09%	5.32
12	3842 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-03-13	Division Final	Hyrule	Link 41,062 · 71.13% Luigi 16,669 · 28.87%	57,731	42.25%	24,393	75.43%	Link 69.63% Luigi 30.37%	1.50
13	3826 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-03-05	Round 3	Hyrule	Link 36,790 · 67.28% Mega Man X 17,891 · 32.72%	54,681	34.56%	18,899	83.53%	Link 67.88% Mega Man X 32.12%	0.60
14	3794 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-02-17	Round 2	Hyrule	Link 43,055 · 71.79% Alucard 16,916 · 28.21%	59,971	43.59%	26,139	90.89%	Link 71.71% Alucard 28.29%	0.08
15	3730 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VIII (2010)	2010-01-16	Round 1	Hyrule	Link 48,367 · 79.81% Thrall 12,232 · 20.19%	60,599	59.63%	36,135	96.52%	Link 85.10% Thrall 14.90%	5.29
16	3306 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VII (2008)	2008-11-19	Final	—	Link 49,345 · 33.68% Solid Snake 40,663 · 27.76% Cloud Strife 38,581 · 26.33% Crono 17,916 · 12.23%	146,505	5.93%	8,682	29.17% / 10.74% 6.55% / 3.59% — —	Link 33.00% Solid Snake 24.81% Cloud Strife 27.05% Crono 15.30%	1.85
17	3304 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VII (2008)	2008-11-17	Semifinal	—	Link 50,315 · 38.45% Crono 33,087 · 25.28% Mario 25,594 · 19.56% Samus Aran 21,871 · 16.71%	130,867	13.16%	17,228	46.50% / 12.53% 8.13% / 1.31% — —	Link 38.51% Crono 24.02% Mario 20.96% Samus Aran 16.25%	0.79
18	3300 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VII (2008)	2008-11-13	Quarterfinal	—	Link 54,357 · 40.28% Mario 29,244 · 21.67% Zack Fair 28,099 · 20.82% Mega Man X 23,237 · 17.22%	134,937	18.61%	25,113	61.74% / 13.32% 40.90% / 9.96% — —	Link 39.20% Mario 22.41% Zack Fair 17.78% Mega Man X 20.93%	2.15
19	3292 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VII (2008)	2008-11-05	Division Final	Division 1	Link 74,138 · 51.52% Zack Fair 31,794 · 22.09% Duke Nukem 20,797 · 14.45% Altair 17,184 · 11.94%	143,913	29.42%	42,344	78.03% / 6.77% 6.96% / 6.40% — —	Link 47.22% Zack Fair 22.58% Duke Nukem 15.87% Altair 14.52%	2.20
20	3276 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VII (2008)	2008-10-20	Round 2	Division 1	Link 73,802 · 53.34% Zack Fair 33,069 · 23.90% Zidane Tribal 16,819 · 12.16% Wario 14,665 · 10.60%	138,355	29.44%	40,733	62.75% / 30.13% 16.33% / 13.26% — —	Link 50.10% Zack Fair 24.01% Zidane Tribal 15.16% Wario 10.76%	1.63
21	3245 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VII (2008)	2008-09-19	Round 1	Division 1	Link 82,662 · 60.72% Zidane Tribal 24,085 · 17.69% Shadow the Hedgehog 21,054 · 15.47% Luke fon Fabre 8,333 · 6.12%	136,134	43.03%	58,577	94.68% / 3.14% 36.34% / 1.92% — —	Link 60.75% Zidane Tribal 14.90% Shadow the Hedgehog 18.75% Luke fon Fabre 5.83%	1.60
22	2925 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VI (2007)	2007-11-04	Final	—	L-Block 65,462 · 33.51% Link 58,100 · 29.74% Cloud Strife 47,834 · 24.49% Solid Snake 23,964 · 12.27%	195,360	3.77%	7,362	0.27% / 0.72% 9.00% / 32.47% — —	L-Block 28.88% ✗ Link 30.80% Cloud Strife 25.68% Solid Snake 14.62%	2.30
23	2923 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VI (2007)	2007-11-02	Semifinal	—	Link 55,996 · 39.02% Cloud Strife 40,836 · 28.46% Samus Aran 24,078 · 16.78% Sephiroth 22,582 · 15.74%	143,492	10.57%	15,160	18.57% / 30.90% 15.71% / 38.20% — —	Link 35.56% Cloud Strife 28.23% Samus Aran 15.58% Sephiroth 20.64%	2.45
24	2920 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VI (2007)	2007-10-30	Quarterfinal	—	Link 52,795 · 36.42% Sephiroth 45,633 · 31.48% Mario 32,239 · 22.24% Vincent Valentine 14,277 · 9.85%	144,944	4.94%	7,162	22.25% / 48.09% 15.06% / 46.91% — —	Link 39.16% Sephiroth 28.98% Mario 17.86% Vincent Valentine 13.92%	3.42
25	2914 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VI (2007)	2007-10-24	Division Final	Division 4	Link 64,214 · 45.37% Vincent Valentine 30,825 · 21.78% Crono 29,123 · 20.58% Zero 17,359 · 12.27%	141,521	23.59%	33,389	81.52% / 5.77% 5.64% / 5.30% — —	Link 42.59% Vincent Valentine 20.93% Crono 20.91% Zero 15.55%	1.81
26	2901 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VI (2007)	2007-10-11	Round 2	Division 4	Link 74,350 · 51.19% Vincent Valentine 40,309 · 27.75% Bidoof 19,278 · 13.27% Zelda 11,297 · 7.78%	145,234	23.44%	34,041	89.18% / 5.46% 35.28% / 2.67% — —	Link 50.34% Vincent Valentine 28.38% Bidoof 10.16% Zelda 11.18%	2.00
27	2875 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle VI (2007)	2007-09-15	Round 1	Division 4	Link 103,465 · 70.50% Bidoof 23,419 · 15.96% Miles Edgeworth 13,397 · 9.13% Agent J 6,468 · 4.41%	146,749	54.55%	80,046	74.77% / 23.13% 23.11% / 11.45% — —	Link 72.02% Bidoof 9.98% Miles Edgeworth 11.65% Agent J 6.37%	3.00
28	2566 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle 2006	2006-11-18	Battle Royale	—	Link 82,165 · 53.93% Cloud Strife 70,195 · 46.07%	152,360	7.86%	11,970	—	—	—
29	2565 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle 2006	2006-11-17	Battle Royale	—	Link 67,579 · 44.65% Cloud Strife 54,057 · 35.71% Solid Snake 29,733 · 19.64%	151,369	8.93%	13,522	—	—	—
30	2564 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle 2006	2006-11-16	Battle Royale	—	Link 57,860 · 42.68% Cloud Strife 32,131 · 23.70% Solid Snake 22,810 · 16.83% Sephiroth 22,754 · 16.79%	135,555	18.98%	25,729	—	—	—
31	2563 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle 2006	2006-11-15	Battle Royale	—	Link 49,567 · 34.91% Cloud Strife 34,454 · 24.27% Sephiroth 21,116 · 14.87% Solid Snake 20,954 · 14.76% Mario 15,878 · 11.18%	141,969	10.65%	15,113	—	—	—
32	2562 updates graph writeup (md)	Character Battle 2006	2006-11-14	Battle Royale	—	Link 43,679 · 27.41% Cloud Strife 37,779 · 23.71% Sephiroth 26,178 · 16.43% Solid Snake 20,903 · 13.12% Mario 18,473 · 11.59% Samus Aran 12,335 · 7.74%	159,347	3.70%	5,900	—	—	—
33	2131 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2005 Character Contest	2005-09-22	Tournament of Champions	—	Link 65,397 · 54.94% Sephiroth 53,628 · 45.06%	119,025	9.89%	11,769	44.70%	Link 56.12% Sephiroth 43.88%	1.18
34	2129 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2005 Character Contest	2005-09-20	Tournament of Champions	—	Link 62,541 · 52.44% Cloud Strife 56,724 · 47.56%	119,265	4.88%	5,817	63.77%	Link 52.79% Cloud Strife 47.21%	0.35
35	1780 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2004 Character Contest	2004-10-03	Final	—	Link 64,443 · 51.82% Cloud Strife 59,910 · 48.18%	124,353	3.65%	4,533	35.39%	Link 52.60% Cloud Strife 47.40%	0.78
36	1778 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2004 Character Contest	2004-10-01	Semifinal	—	Link 63,913 · 67.61% Mega Man 30,622 · 32.39%	94,535	35.22%	33,291	67.67%	Link 59.47% Mega Man 40.53%	8.14
37	1774 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2004 Character Contest	2004-09-27	Division Final	Hyrule	Link 58,840 · 62.82% Crono 34,821 · 37.18%	93,661	25.64%	24,019	77.09%	Link 57.64% Crono 42.36%	5.18
38	1766 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2004 Character Contest	2004-09-19	Round 3	Hyrule	Link 76,476 · 81.74% Yoshi 17,082 · 18.26%	93,558	63.48%	59,394	94.05%	Link 75.47% Yoshi 24.53%	6.27
39	1750 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2004 Character Contest	2004-09-03	Round 2	Hyrule	Link 77,295 · 87.90% Ganondorf 10,640 · 12.10%	87,935	75.80%	66,655	96.07%	Link 71.16% Ganondorf 28.84%	16.74
40	1718 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2004 Character Contest	2004-08-01	Round 1	Hyrule	Link 72,344 · 87.83% CATS 10,025 · 12.17%	82,369	75.66%	62,319	98.79%	Link 87.80% CATS 12.20%	0.03
41	1365 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2003 Character Contest	2003-08-30	Semifinal	—	Cloud Strife 76,199 · 51.61% Link 71,438 · 48.39%	147,637	3.22%	4,761	13.37%	Cloud Strife 48.19% ✗ Link 51.81%	3.42
42	1361 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2003 Character Contest	2003-08-26	Division Final	North	Link 67,294 · 62.06% Samus Aran 41,139 · 37.94%	108,433	24.12%	26,155	72.17%	Link 60.38% Samus Aran 39.62%	1.68
43	1353 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2003 Character Contest	2003-08-18	Round 3	North	Link 72,188 · 65.07% Magus 38,747 · 34.93%	110,935	30.14%	33,441	84.53%	Link 64.71% Magus 35.29%	0.36
44	1337 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2003 Character Contest	2003-08-02	Round 2	North	Link 81,148 · 82.46% Fox McCloud 17,261 · 17.54%	98,409	64.92%	63,887	95.42%	Link 82.13% Fox McCloud 17.87%	0.33
45	1305 updates graph writeup (md)	Summer 2003 Character Contest	2003-07-01	Round 1	North	Link 92,998 · 91.35% AiAi 8,802 · 8.65%	101,800	82.71%	84,196	99.12%	—	—
46	1002 writeup (md)	Summer 2002 Character Contest	2002-09-01	Final	—	Link 61,415 · 62.53% Mario 36,796 · 37.47%	98,211	25.07%	24,619	12.77%	—	—
47	1001 writeup (md)	Summer 2002 Character Contest	2002-08-31	Semifinal	—	Link 58,273 · 56.65% Sephiroth 44,597 · 43.35%	102,870	13.29%	13,676	30.63%	—	—
48	998 writeup (md)	Summer 2002 Character Contest	2002-08-28	Division Final	South	Link 69,544 · 75.98% Scorpion 21,991 · 24.02%	91,535	51.95%	47,553	57.01%	—	—
49	993 writeup (md)	Summer 2002 Character Contest	2002-08-23	Round 3	South	Link 61,931 · 72.63% Jill Valentine 23,342 · 27.37%	85,273	45.25%	38,589	69.01%	—	—
50	983 writeup (md)	Summer 2002 Character Contest	2002-08-13	Round 2	South	Link 53,992 · 75.77% Strider Hiryu 17,270 · 24.23%	71,262	51.53%	36,722	80.49%	—	—
51	963 writeup (md)	Summer 2002 Character Contest	2002-07-24	Round 1	South	Link 59,509 · 84.31% Little Mac 11,076 · 15.69%	70,585	68.62%	48,433	96.39%	—	—

Round & Division

Bracket position for every match. Round and division for 2002–2006 come from the site's match database; 2007–2020 are read from the archived official bracket pages; Game of the Decade (2010) is taken from the Board 8 wiki writeup infoboxes. Division is blank for Best Year in Gaming (no divisions) and for cross-division rounds from the Quarterfinal on. Battle Royale and bonus matches are labelled and sort last by round.

Bracket Pick %

Correct picks by battle from the GameFAQs official stats pages. Blank for Character Battle IX (2013), Game of the Decade 2 (2020) and a few bonus polls, which published no bracket stats; those sort last.

For the 2007-2009 four-way contests the % Correct and Partial correct for both the first place and second place winners are given. Only the winner's exact-slot figure is used for sorting.

You can display two-entrant or multi-entrant matches only using the respective links.

Oracle columns

The Oracle Consensus cell is the Oracle Challenge crowd consensus: each entrant's mean predicted vote share, listed in the same order as the Result column so the two line up. The expected winner is bold, with a ✗ when that pick lost. Oracle MAE is the mean absolute error, in points, between the consensus shares and the real result — lower means a closer prediction. Matches with no Oracle predictions (all of Summer 2002, half of 2003, most novelty polls) show “—” and sort last.

In the three- and four-way contests each competitor was scored on its own, so the consensus percentages need not total exactly 100 — in practice they almost always do.

Name aliases

These spelling variants are treated as one entrant when you filter by name. Aliases are scoped to the contest type, so the same name can resolve differently for a character, a game and a series.

Characters

Aerith Gainsborough — also Aeris, Aeris Gainsborough
Albert Wesker — also Wesker
Cecil Harvey — also Cecil
Chun-Li — also Chun Li
Dr. Robotnik — also Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
Isaac (Golden Sun) — also Isaac
Ken Masters — also Ken
Knuckles the Echidna — also Knuckles
Miles "Tails" Prower — also Miles 'Tails' Prower
PaRappa The Rapper — also PaRappa
Prince of Persia — also The Prince of Persia
Proto Man — also Protoman
Ryu — also Ryu (Street Fighter)
Samus Aran — also Samus
Terra Branford — also Terra
The King of All Cosmos — also King of all Cosmos
Tifa Lockhart — also Tifa Lockheart
Vivi — also Vivi Ornitier
Zero (Mega Man X) — also Zero
Zidane Tribal — also Zidane

Games

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — also Call of Duty 4
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — also Symphony of the Night
Diablo II — also Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — also Donkey Kong Country 2
EarthBound — also Earthbound
Final Fantasy IV — also Final Fantasy II (IV)
Final Fantasy VI — also Final Fantasy III (VI)
GoldenEye 007 — also Goldeneye
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — also Vice City
Halo: Combat Evolved — also Halo
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — also Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — also Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — also Metal Gear Solid 4
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl — also Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Pokemon Gold/Silver — also Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal Version
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow — also Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Green Version
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 — also Persona 4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — also Sonic 2
SoulCalibur — also Soul Calibur
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — also Knights of the Old Republic
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars — also Super Mario RPG
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — also A Link to the Past, Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening — also Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — also Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — also The Wind Waker, Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — also Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Secret of Monkey Island — also Secret of Monkey Island
The World Ends With You — also The World Ends with You

Rivalries

Chell vs. GLaDOS — also Chell vs. GlaDOS
Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth — also Cloud vs. Sephiroth

Split by era

A few titles use the same poll name for different releases, so they are split here and counted separately:

God of War → God of War (2018) (polls 7954, 7998, 8020, 8031) · God of War (2005) (all other polls)
Doom → Doom (1993)
DOOM → DOOM (2016)

Same name in more than one contest type

The same name can be a character, a game and a series — each is a separate entrant, so filtering by one will not pull in the others:

Bayonetta — character, game
Civilization — game, series
Cuphead — character, game
Devil May Cry — game, series
Diablo — character, series
Donkey Kong — character, game
Final Fantasy — game, series
Fire Emblem — game, series
Kingdom Hearts — game, series
Kirby — character, series
Mega Man — character, series
Mega Man X — character, game, series
Metal Gear — game, series
Metroid — game, series
Pac-Man — character, game
Prince of Persia — character, game
Resident Evil — game, series
Shovel Knight — character, game
Sonic the Hedgehog — character, game, series
Suikoden — game, series
Super Mario Bros. — game, series
The Legend of Zelda — game, series
Viewtiful Joe — character, game

CB 2006 Battle Royale

Polls 2562–2566 are the Character Battle 2006 Battle Royale: a six-way poll, then five-, four-, three- and two-way as entrants were eliminated. Vote counts come from the poll-update history — the summary table stores only two of the names for these.

Bonus / novelty matches

These ran alongside a contest but were not part of its scored bracket, so they are hidden by default. Use the show bonus link above the table to include them.

Poll 2926 — CB VI: "? Block" novelty poll
Poll 3308 — CB VII: Classic/CD-I/Toon/Young Link 4-way novelty
Poll 3509 — BGE 2K9: OoT vs FFVII 2-way rematch
Poll 4196 — GOTD: Link vs Santa Claus
Poll 4573 — Rivalry: 3rd-place match
Poll 5224 — CB IX Bonus 1: Last Place
Poll 5252 — CB IX Bonus 2: Revenge Match
Poll 5265 — CB IX Bonus 3: Runners-Up Battle
Poll 5267 — CB IX Bonus 4: Link vs Solid Snake
Poll 6178 — BGE 2K15: 3rd-place Melee vs SMRPG
Poll 6179 — BGE 2K15: Grudge Match
Poll 6180 — BGE 2K15: Grudge Match
Poll 6181 — BGE 2K15: Grudge Match
Poll 8090 — GOTD 2: BotW vs Majora's Mask

† Flagged matches (shown, with a note)

Poll 1618 — poll re-run after a voting bug; one result row shown
Poll 1626 — GameFAQs layout changed partway through the match
Poll 1631 — two-day match
Poll 2437 — match ran ~15 min short (delayed start)
Poll 2455 — match ran ~30 min short (site downtime)
Poll 2546 — 25-hour match (Daylight Saving switch)
Poll 5205 — Vote purge late in the match; the final total shown is the official one
Poll 5207 — Vote purge late in the match; the final total shown is the official one

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