We do this thing after each of our brackets called The People’s Rankings. If this is your first time encountering The People’s Rankings, here’s how The People’s Rankings work:
- Take the champion (in this case, Dwight Schrute) and assign it a score of 100.
- For everything which lost to Dwight Schrute, calculate its score using ‘Score = 100 – M,’ where M is the margin of defeat, in percentage points.
- For everything which lost to a thing which lost to Dwight Schrute, calculate its score using ‘Score = Opponent’s Score – M/Opponent’s Score.’ Continue this for all the things until everything has a score.
Obviously, The People’s Rankings aren’t a perfect way to measure how these would stack up in a collective ranking. Votes are binary. They don’t account for enthusiasm. Still, it’s the best way we’ve found to give Ron Swanson the credit he deserves after a brutal draw.
Without further ado, The People’s Rankings – Supporting TV Characters Bracket edition
1. Dwight Schrute – The Office (100.0)
2. Ron Swanson – Parks and Recreation (98.2)
3. Tom Haverford – Parks and Recreation (78.6)
4. Gob Bluth – Arrested Development (72.7)
5. Arya Stark – Game of Thrones (70.9)
6. Frank Reynolds – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (69.4)
7. Carlton Banks – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (66.9)
8. Frank Costanza – Seinfeld (62.6)
9. Creed Bratton – The Office (60.2)
10. Eric Matthews – Boy Meets World (55.4)
11. Fez – That ‘70s Show (54.5)
12. Wilson Wilson – Home Improvement (53.5)
13. Niles Crane – Frasier (52.6)
14. Abed Nadir – Community (52.4)
15. Stevie Budd – Schitt’s Creek (49.0)
16. Newman – Seinfeld (47.3)
17. Barney Rubble – The Flintstones (47.2)
18. Tracy Jordan – 30 Rock (46.4)
19. Thurston Howell III – Gilligan’s Island (43.7)
20. Buster Bluth – Arrested Development (41.5)
21. Ruth Langmore – Ozark (40.9)
22. Roger Sterling – Mad Men (40.8)
23. Scottie Pippen – The Last Dance (40.7)
24. A.C. Slater – Saved by the Bell (40.6)
25. Barney Stinson – How I Met Your Mother (38.9)
26. Cam Tucker – Modern Family (38.3)
27. Roland Schitt – Schitt’s Creek (38.1)
28. Vanna White – Wheel of Fortune (37.3)
29. Tyrion Lannister – Game of Thrones (37.1)
30. Mr. Garrison – South Park (36.9)
31. Stevie Janowski – Eastbound & Down (36.0)
32. Dean Pelton – Community (34.8)
33. Capt. Raymond Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine (34.2)
34. Coach – Cheers (33.6)
35. Gary Walsh – Veep (33.5)
36. Omar Little – The Wire (32.4)
37. Norm Peterson – Cheers (31.1)
38. Paris Geller – Gilmore Girls (30.6)
39. Donna Moss – The West Wing (30.4)
40. Jack Donaghy – 30 Rock (29.9)
41. Richard Splett – Veep (29.1)
42. Turtle – Entourage (29.0)
43. Porkchop – Doug (28.8)
44. Paulie Walnuts – The Sopranos (28.7)
45. Milhouse Van Houten – The Simpsons (27.875)
46. Kelly Kapowski – Saved by the Bell (27.874)
47. Jesse Pinkman – Breaking Bad (27.8)
48. Barb Holland – Stranger Things (27.2)
49. Comet – Full House (24.3)
50. Shawn – The Good Place (22.4)
51. Mr. Carson – Downton Abbey (22.3)
52. Sherman T. Potter – M*A*S*H (20.4)
53. Spock – Star Trek (20.1)
54. Roger – American Dad (19.4)
55. Chibs Telford – Sons of Anarchy (16.3)
56. Louie De Palma – Taxi (14.9)
57. Rory – Hello Ladies (14.1)
58. Rerun – What’s Happening!! (13.8)
59. Mick Belker – Hill Street Blues (13.4)
60. Silvio Dante – The Sopranos (13.2)
61. Janine Davis – The Big Bang Theory (13.0)
62. Barry Goldberg – The Goldbergs (12.8)
63. Jim Ignatowski – Taxi (11.6)
64. Byron Hissey – Below Deck Sailing Yacht (8.3)
