# The most iconic video game characters according to Guinness

In 2011, more than 13,000 gamers voted for the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition and picked the 50 greatest video game characters. These are the most voted. Who deserves to be number 1?

- 63 votes · 30 items
- Sep 8, 2019 · torcedor_gaucho
- https://even.best/en/l/2194/the-most-iconic-video-game-characters-according-to-guinness

## Top 30

1. **Mario** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Nintendo's plumber, who debuted in Donkey Kong (1981).
2. **Solid Snake** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The spy of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear.
3. **Link** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The hero of The Legend of Zelda since 1986.
4. **Master Chief** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The super-soldier of Halo: Combat Evolved (2001).
5. **Crash Bandicoot** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The crazy marsupial of the first PlayStation.
6. **Cloud Strife** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The protagonist of Final Fantasy VII (1997).
7. **Lara Croft** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Tomb Raider archaeologist (1996).
8. **Gordon Freeman** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The silent physicist of Half-Life (1998).
9. **Niko Bellic** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The immigrant of Grand Theft Auto IV (2008).
10. **Sam Fisher** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Splinter Cell agent (2002).
11. **Kratos** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Spartan of God of War (2005).
12. **John "Soap" MacTavish** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The soldier of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007).
13. **Nathan Drake** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The adventurer of Uncharted (2007).
14. **Yoshi** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The green dinosaur of Super Mario World (1990).
15. **Mega Man** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Capcom's blue robot (1987).
16. **Pac-Man** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Namco's yellow ball, from 1980.
17. **Samus Aran** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The bounty hunter of Metroid (1986).
18. **Ratchet** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The lombax of Ratchet & Clank (2002).
19. **Captain Price** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The moustached captain of Call of Duty.
20. **Marcus Fenix** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The soldier of Gears of War (2006).
21. **Shadow the Hedgehog** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sonic's dark rival, from Sonic Adventure 2.
22. **Jak** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The hero of Jak and Daxter (2001).
23. **Princess Zelda** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The princess of Hyrule.
24. **Sephiroth** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The silver-haired villain of Final Fantasy VII.
25. **Bowser** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mario's eternal enemy.
26. **Sonic** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Sega's blue hedgehog (1991).
27. **Donkey Kong** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The gorilla who started it all in 1981.
28. **Kirby** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The pink ball that swallows everything (1992).
29. **Pikachu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The most famous electric Pokémon.
30. **Carl "CJ" Johnson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The protagonist of GTA: San Andreas (2004).

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.