Thursday, July 15, 2021

2021 Character Cup - Stats and Rankings




Stats to Geek Out On:



Note: Statistics from the first 2 Character Cups are unknown so these stats reflect the Cup since I took over in 2014.


Round Results:



Characters Still In:

Round 1: Malcolm, Bright, Sam Winchester, Micki Ramirez, Michaela Stone, Chloe Decker, Buffy Summers, Clark Kent, June Osborne, Marty Deeks, Sheldon Cooper, Scylla Ramshorn, Sydney Bristow, Jonas Kahwald, Stiles Stilinski, Riley Davis, Maya Bishop, Matthew Casey, Bellamy Blake, Olivia Benson, Bucky Barnes, Jake Peralta, Loki Laufeyson, Jami Fraser, Evan “Buck” Buckley, Lois Lane, Peter Bishop, Elizabeth Jennings, Melinda Monroe, Lucas Bouchard, Barry Allen, Wanda Maximoff, Lucy Chen

Round 2: Malcolm Bright, Buffy Summers, June Osborne, Marty Deeks, Scylla Ramshorn, Jonas Kahnwald, Riley Davis, Bellamy Blake, Sam Winchester, Jake Peralta, Jamie Fraser, Lois Lane, Micki Ramirez, Elizabeth Jennings, Lucas Bouchard, Lucy Chen

Round 3: Malcolm Bright, Marty Deeks, Jonas Kahnwald, Riley Davis, Sam Winchester, Lois Lane, Micki Ramirez, Lucy Chen

Round 4: Malcolm Bright, Jonas Kahnwald, Sam Winchester, Lucy Chen

Round 5: Malcolm Bright, Sam Winchester

Winner: Malcolm Bright



Characters Out:

Round 1: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Clarice Starling (Clarice), Colleen Wing (Iron Fist), TK Strand (911: Lone Star), Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist), Sara Lance (Legends of Tomorrow), Zoey Clarke (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist),  Oliver Queen (Arrow), Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead), Jay Halstead (Chicago PD),  Lauren Bloom (New Amsterdam),  Killian Jones (Once Upon a Time), The Doctor (Doctor Who), Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor), Casey Gardner (Atypical), Kevin Pearson (This Is Us), Adrian Monk (Monk), Harry Bosch (Bosch), Leo Fitz (Agents of SHIELD), Mare Sheehan (Mare of Easttown), Finola Jones (Debris), Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew), Ellie Bishop (NCIS), Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI), Kara Danvers (Supergirl), Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds), Meredith Grey (Grey’s Anatomy), Eliot Spencer (Leverage), Ava (Warrior Nun)

Round 2: Michaela Stone (Manifest), Chloe Decker (Lucifer), Clark Kent (Superman & Lois), Sheldon Cooper (Young Sheldon), Sydney Bristow (Alias), Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Maya Bishop (Station 19), Matthew Casey (Chicago Fire), Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU), Bucky Barnes (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Loki Laufeyson (Loki), Evan “Buck” Buckley (911), Peter Bishop (Fringe), Melinda Monroe (Virgin River), Barry Allen (The Flash), Wanda Maximoff (WandaVision)

Round 3Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), June Osborne (The Handmaid’s Tale), Scylla Ramshorn (Motherland: Fort Salem), vs Bellamy Blake (The 100), Jake Peralta (Brooklyn 99), Jamie Fraser (Outlander), Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans), Lucas Bouchard (When Calls the Heart)

Round 4Marty Deeks (NCIS: LA), Riley Davis (MacGyver), Lois Lane (Smallville), Micki Ramirez (Walker)

Round 5Jonas Kahnwald (Dark), Lucy Chen (The Rookie)

Finale: Sam Winchester



Polls with the Most Votes:

1. Malcolm Bright vs Sam Winchester - finale

2. Malcolm Bright vs Buffy Summers - round 3

3.  Scylla Ramshorn vs Jonas Kahnwald - round 3



Polls with the Least Votes:

1. Jake Peralta vs Harry Bosch - round 1C

2. Mare Sheehan vs Jamie Fraser - round 1C

3. Matthew Casey vs Shaun Murphy - round 1C



Characters New to the Character Cup - 26

Ava, Aziraphale, Bucky Barnes, Ellie Bishop, Maya Bishop, Lauren Bloom, Harry Bosch, Lucas Bouchard, Lucy Chen, Sheldon Cooper (this show version), Nancy Drew, Casey Gardner, Jay Halstead, Finola Jones, Jonas Kahnwald, Clark Kent (this show version), Thomas Magnum, Wanda Maximoff, Adrian Monk, Melinda Monroe, Kevin Pearson, Micki Ramirez,  Mare Sheehan, Clarice Starling, Michaela Stone 



Shows New to the Character Cup - 21

Atypical, Bosch, Clarice, Dark, Debris, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Good Omens, Loki, Manifest, Mare of Easttown, Monk, Nancy Drew, The Rookie, Station 19, Superman & Lois, Virgin River, Walker, WandaVision, Warrior Nun, When Calls the Heart, Young Sheldon



Shows in ALL 8 Character Cups - 10

Arrow, The Blacklist, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Criminal Minds, Doctor Who, Fringe, Grey's Anatomy, Agents of SHIELD, Supernatural, and The 100

~Agents of SHIELD, Arrow, and Criminal Minds got in with the nominating polls.



Characters in ALL 8 Character Cups - 3

Raymond Reddington, Buffy Summers, The Doctor



Shows NOT in the Character Cup For the First TimeLOST



Losing Characters with the Most Votes:


Round 1 = Lauren Bloom, Oliver Queen, Killian Jones,

Round 2 = Chloe Decker, Sydney Bristow, Matthew Casey

Round 3 = Buffy Summers, Scylla Ramshorn, Jake Peralta

Round 4 = Marty Deeks, Lois Lane, Riley Davis



Winning Characters with the Least Votes:


Round 1 = Olivia Benson, Jamie Fraser, Matthew Casey

Round 2 = June Osborne, Riley Davis, Bellamy Blake

Round 3 = Lucy Chen, Marty Deeks, Lois Lane

Round 4 = Jonas Kahnwald, Lucy Chen, Sam Winchester



Closest Polls:


1. Zoey Clarke vs Sheldon Cooper (3 votes)

2. Kara Danvers vs Melinda Monroe (4 votes)

3. Aziraphale vs Michaela Stone (5 votes)



Gender Breakdown:


This Year - female = 29  / male = 33  (The Doctor is included in both.)

After Round 1 - female = 15  / male = 17

After Round 2 - female = 8 / male = 8

After Round 3 - female = 4 / male = 4

After Round 4 - female = 1 / male = 3

After Round 5 - female = 0 / male = 2



New vs. Returning Show Breakdown:


This Year - new = 21 / returning = 40

After Round 1 - new = 11 / returning = 21

After Round 2 - new = 4 / returning = 12

After Round 3 - new = 3 / returning = 5

After Round 4 - new = 2 / returning = 2

After Round 5 - new = 0 / returning = 2



Characters with Biggest Improvement between Initial Rankings and Final Rankings:


1.  Marty Deeks - 51 places

2. Jonas Kahnwald - 48 places

3.  Elizabeth Jennings - 35 places



Most Total Votes:


After Round 1 = Stiles Stilinski, Lauren Bloom, Scylla Ramshorn

After Round 2 = Stiles Stilinski, Scylla Ramshorn, Jonas Kahnwald, Riley Davis

After Round 3 = Jonas Kahnwald, Scylla Ramshorn, Buffy Summers

After Round 4 = Malcolm Bright, Jonas Kahnwald, Sam Winchester, Riley Davis

After Round 5 = Malcolm Bright, Jonas Kahnwald, Sam Winchester

Total = Malcolm Bright, Sam Winchester, Jonas Kahnwald




Nomination Stats:


Characters Almost in the Cup: 14

Alice, Fallon Carrington, Wynonna Earp, Conrad Hawkins, Jason Hayes, Sherlock Holmes, Jughead Jones, Ted Lasso, Jimmy McGill, Hope Michealson, Dexter Morgan, Liam Ridley, Dana Scully, Shawn Spencer



Characters NOT in because another character represented their show:  17

Sylvie Brett, Kim Burgess, Max Goodwin, Philip Jennings, Stella Kidd, Lena Luthor, Angus MacGyver, Mazikeen, Negan, John Nolan, Dani Powell, Raven Reyes (actor represented different show), Kelly Severide, Helen Sharpe, Hailey Upton, Cordell Walker (actor represented different show), Liam Walker




Final Ranked List of Characters:  

1.  Malcolm Bright

2.  Sam Winchester

3.  Lucy Chen

4.  Jonas Kahnwald

5.  Marty Deeks

6.  Lois Lane

7.  Riley Davis

8.  Micki Ramirez

9.  Buffy Summers

10.  Scylla Ramshorn

11.  Jake Peralta

12.  Bellamy Blake

13.  June Osborne

14.  Jamie Fraser

15.  Lucas Bouchard

16.  Elizabeth Jennings

17.  Chloe Decker

18.  Sydney Bristow

19.  Matthew Casey

20.  Stiles Stilinski

21.  Clark Kent

22.  Maya Bishop

23.  Sheldon Cooper

24.  Michaela Stone

25.  Bucky Barnes

26.  Barry Allen

27.  Loki Laufeyson

28.  Wanda Maximoff

29.  Peter Bishop

30.  Olivia Benson

31.  Evan "Buck" Buckley

32.  Melinda Monroe

33.  Lauren Bloom

34.  Oliver Queen

35.  Killian Jones

36.  Zoey Clarke

37.  Jay Halstead

38.  Daryl Dixon

39.  Colleen Wing

40.  The Doctor

41.  Sara Lance

42.  Aziraphale

43.  Raymond Reddington

44.  Spencer Reid

45.  Kara Danvers

46.  TK Strand

47.  Meredith Grey

48.  Thomas Magnum

49.  Ellie Bishop

50.  Ava

51.  Kevin Pearson

52.  Nancy Drew

53.  Mare Sheehan

54.  Leo Fitz

55.  Shaun Murphy

56.  Clarice Starling

57.  Eliot Spencer

58.  Adrian Monk

59.  Finola Jones

60.  Casey Gardner

61.  Harry Bosch







Initial Ranking:


1.  Malcolm Bright (Prodigal Son)

2.  Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

3.  Micki Ramirez (Walker)

4.  Scylla Ramshorn (Motherland: Fort Salem)

5.  Riley Davis (MacGyver)

6.  Lucas Bouchard (When Calls the Heart)

7.  Loki Laufeyson (Loki)

8.  Clark Kent (Superman & Lois)

9.  Sara Lance (Legends of Tomorrow)

10.  Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley (911)

11.  Wanda Maximoff (WandaVision)

12.  Matthew Casey (Chicago Fire)

13.  Jay Halstead (Chicago PD)

14.  Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI)

15.  Bucky Barnes (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

16.  Chloe Decker (Lucifer)

17.  Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

18.  Jake Peralta (Brooklyn 99)

19.  Kara Danvers (Supergirl)

20.  Lauren Bloom (New Amsterdam)

21.  Bellamy Blake (The 100)

22.  Lucy Chen (The Rookie)

23.  Lois Lane (Smallville)

24.  Zoey Clarke (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)

25.  Raymond Reddington (The Blacklist)

26.  Mare Sheehan (Mare of Easttown)

27.  Barry Allen (The Flash)

28.  Maya Bishop (Station 19)

29.  Sydney Bristow (Alias)

30.  Peter Bishop (Fringe)

31.  Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU)

32.  Aziraphale (Good Omens)

33.  Michaela Stone (Manifest)

34.  Kevin Pearson (This Is Us)

35.  Ellie Bishop (NCIS)

36.  Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead)

37.  The Doctor (Doctor Who)

38.  Meredith Grey (Grey's Anatomy)

39.  Jamie Fraser (Outlander)

40.  June Osborne (The Handmaid's Tale)

41.  Sheldon Cooper (Young Sheldon)

42.  Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew)

43.  Ava (Warrior Nun)

44.  Casey Gardner (Atypical)

45.  Stiles Stilinksi (Teen Wolf)

46.  Melinda Monroe (Virgin River)

47.  Harry Bosch (Bosch)

48.  Colleen Wing (Iron Fist)

49.  Clarice Starling (Clarice)

50.  Adrian Monk (Monk)

51.  Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)

52.  Jonas Kahnwald (Dark)

53.  Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor)

54.  Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

55.  Finola Jones (Debris)

56.  Marty Deeks (NCIS: LA)

57.  T.K. Strand (911: Lone Star)

58.  Leo Fitz (Agents of SHIELD)

59.  Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)

60.  Killian Jones (Once Upon a Time)

61.  Oliver Queen (Arrow)





About the Author - Dahne
One part teacher librarian - one part avid TV fan, Dahne is a contributing writer for SpoilerTV, where she reviews various shows, coordinates and edits Pitch Your Show, co-edits Quote of the Week, and writes The Monthly Binge. She also runs the annual Character Cup and SpoilerTV Awards. She's addicted to hot chocolate, loves reading and traveling, and co-hosted The 100 "Red-Shirted" and Teen Wolf "Welcome to Beacon Hills" podcasts for Southgate Media Group.  She can also be found @dahne1 and on her blog. ~ "I speak TV." Blog Twitter

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