2016 Character Cup Stats and Rankings (with Shows)

Below you will find the official brackets, stats so far, and both final and original ranking lists. These include all the characters that made it in the Character Cup. The original rankings are placed by number of nominations and I've included what shows they are from in case you need a handy guide for predicting or voting. Final rankings are placed by which round they went out and how many votes they got in that round.

2016 SpoilerTV CC Brackets by Spn Dahne on Scribd

STATS TO GEEK OUT ON:

Characters with Biggest Improvement between Initial Rankings and Final Rankings:

1. Alec Lightwood - moved up 45 places
2. Mal Reynolds - moved up 25 spaces



Closest Polls:

1. Jamie Fraser vs. Leslie Knope (2 vote difference)
2. Stiles vs. Sydney Bristow (4 vote difference)
3. The Doctor vs. Elliot Alderson (6 vote difference)



Males Characters that Beat Female Characters:

1. Stiles Stilinski vs. Sydney Bristow (by 4 votes)
2. Barry Allen vs. Daisy Johnson (by 34 votes)
3. Raymond Reddington vs. Norma Bates (by 49 votes)
4. The Doctor vs. Rebecca Bunch (by 90 votes)
5. Lucifer vs. Jessica Huang (by 91 votes)
6. Alec Lightwood vs. Peggy Carter (by 102 votes)



Total Nominations:

This Year - about 1500
Total shows nominated: 172
Total shows represented: 62
Total characters nominated: 336



Gender Breakdown:

This Year - 29 males / 33 females
After First Round: 14 males / 18 females
Second Round: 6 males / 10 females
Third Round: 1 male / 7 females
Final Four: 4 females
Finals: 2 females



Network Breakdown:

This Year: network = 22 / cable = 21 / streaming = 3 / ended shows (including Gilmore Girls and Prison Break) = 15
After First Round: network = 14 / cable = 11 / streaming = 2 / ended = 5
Second Round: network = 8 / cable = 6 / streaming = 1 / ended = 1
Third Round: network = 6 / cable = 1 / ended = 1
Final Four: network = 4
Finals: network = 2

Final Character Ranking List:

1. Sameen Shaw (2261)
2. Laurel Lance (779)
3. Kara Danvers (661 - round 3 / 591 - placement round)
4. Lexa (1385 - round 3 / 562 - placement round)
5. Regina Mills (1045)
6. Kate Beckett (644)
7. Jon Snow (583)
8. Buffy Summers (504)
9. Wynonna Earp (934)
10. Jessica Jones (614)
11. Alec Lightwood (551)
12. Sharon Raydor (492)
13. Sherlock Holmes (449)
14. Sam Winchester (420)
15. Barry Allen (396)
16. Elliot Alderson (369)
17. Matt Murdock (462)
18. Dana Scully (276)
19. Annalise Keating (251)
20. Olivia Dunham (242)
21. Sara Lance (195)
22. Mal Reynolds (187)
23 (tie): The Doctor & Raymond Reddington (172)
25. Meredith Gray (169)
26. Liv Moore (154)
27. Jake Stone (153)
28. Stiles Stilinski (150)
29. Daisy Johnson (149)
30. Lucifer Morningstar (137)
31. Leslie Knope (124)
32. Rick Grimes (117)
33. Alicia Clark (237)
34. Peggy Carter (212)
35. Spencer Reid (172)
36. Walter White (157)
37. Jamie Fraser (155)
38. Klaus Mikaelson (152)
39. Seeley Booth (151)
40. Ben Linus (141)
41. Spencer Hastings (134)
42. Norma Bates (131)
43. Sydney Bristow (129)
44. Chuck Bartowski (127)
45. Vanessa Ives (125)
46. Eliot Spencer (124)
47 (tie): Lorelai Gilmore & Vincent Keller (121)
49. Michael Scofield (120)
50. Cosima Niehaus (108)
51. Elizabeth Jennings (104)
52. Laura Roslin (99)
53. Lito Rodriguez (95)
54. Brooke Davis (92)
55. Patrick Jane (90)
56. Ragnar Lothbrok(87)
57 (tie): Jessica Huang & Frank Underwood (77)
59. Sue Heck (66)
60. Rebecca Bunch (58)
61. John Crichton (49)
62. Demelza Poldark (41)

Original Character Ranking List:

1. Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest)
2. Lexa (The 100)
3. Alicia Clark (Fear the Walking Dead)
4. Sharon Raydor (Major Crimes)
5. Eliot Spencer (Leverage)
6. Jake Stone (The Librarians)
7. Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
8. Barry Allen (The Flash)
9. Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
10. Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
11. Kate Beckett (Castle)
12. Annalise Keating (How to Get Away with Murder)
13. Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
14. Peggy Carter (Agent Carter)
15. Kara Danvers (Supergirl)
16. Laurel Lance (Arrow)
17. Wynonna Earp (Wynonna Earp)
18. Jessica Jones (Jessica Jones)
19. Liv Moore (iZombie)
20. Olivia Dunham (Fringe)
21. Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
22. Jamie Fraser (Outlander)
23. Ben Linus (LOST)
24. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
25. Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)
26. Sara Lance (Legends of Tomorrow)
27. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
28. Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist)
29. Daisy Johnson (Agents of SHIELD)
30. Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)
31. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)
32. Meredith Grey (Grey's Anatomy)
33. Matt Murdock (Daredevil)
34. Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful)
35. Dana Scully (The X-Files)
36. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)
37. Lorelai Gilmore (Lorelai Gilmore)
38. Chuck Bartowski (Chuck)
39. Klaus Mikaelson (The Originals)
40. Michael Scofield (Prison Break)
41. Norma Bates (Bates Motel)
42. Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
43. Demelza Poldark (Poldark)
44. Sue Heck (The Middle)
45. Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)
46. Cosima Niehaus (Orphan Black)
47. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
48. Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
49. Sydney Bristow (Alias)
50. Seeley Booth (Bones)
51. Brooke Davis (One Tree Hill)
52. Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
53. Walter White (Breaking Bad)
54. Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)
55. Spencer Hastings (Pretty Little Liars)
56. Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters)
57. Jessica Huang (Fresh Off the Boat)
58. Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)
59. Lito Rodriguez (Sense8)
60. John Crichton (Farscape)
61. Vincent Keller (Beauty and the Beast)
62. Frank Underwood (House of Cards)

About the Author - Dahne

One part teacher librarian - one part avid TV fan, Dahne is a contributing writer for SpoilerTV, where she recaps, reviews, and/or creates polls for Teen Wolf, The 100, How to Get Away with Murder, The Librarians, and others. She also runs the annual Character Cup. She's addicted to Twitter, live tweets a multitude of shows each week, and co-hosts The 100 "Red-Shirted" and Teen Wolf "Welcome to Beacon Hills" podcasts for Southgate Media Group. Currently she writes a Last Week in TV column for her blog and SpoilerTV. ~ "I speak TV."

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