Disney Character Tier List: Fan Favorites, Head-to-Head
All 32 characters here, ranked by 57 players. Pumbaa leads: it wins 63.3% of its matchups (n = 128) and was champion in 3 of 57 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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StitchLilo & Stitch
BelleBeauty and the Beast
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Disney Characters: the community’s best
Win rate across 1,511 head-to-head picks from 57 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Disney character | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PumbaaThe Lion King | 81–47 | 63.3% | 3 | 128 | |
| 2 | WoodyToy Story | 76–49 | 60.8% | 2 | 125 | |
| 3 | 63–44 | 58.9% | 2 | 107 | ||
| 4 | MulanMulan | 62–44 | 58.5% | 4 | 106 | |
| 5 | StitchLilo & Stitch | 53–40 | 57% | 6 | 93 | |
| 6 | 58–46 | 55.8% | 3 | 104 | ||
| 7 | Buzz LightyearToy Story | 63–50 | 55.8% | 2 | 113 | |
| 8 | 54–43 | 55.7% | 3 | 97 |
Disney Characters: the community tier list
From 1,511 head-to-head picks in 57 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Pumbaa
- Woody
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Genie
- Mulan
- Stitch
- Buzz Lightyear
- Simba
- Scar
- Olaf
- Rapunzel
- + 8 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Donald Duck
- Belle
- Baymax
- Hades
- Cinderella
- Ariel
- Dory
- Aladdin
- + 2 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Ursula
- Pocahontas
- Pluto
- Mirabel
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the Disney Characters bracket works
This Disney character tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Mickey Mouse or Simba? Elsa or Woody? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Nobody can hold 32 options in their head at once, but everybody can answer "this one" — so the order you end up with is one you will actually stand behind.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 options. The draw changes every day and New draw reshuffles it whenever you like, so the same option can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Mickey Mouse, Simba, Elsa and Woody. Updated
- Mickey MouseSteamboat Willie
- SimbaThe Lion King
- ElsaFrozen
- WoodyToy StoryPhoto: Deror_avi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Buzz LightyearToy StoryArtwork: Edo-biscuit / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- ArielThe Little Mermaid
- MulanMulan
- AladdinAladdin
- GenieAladdin
- RapunzelTangled
- StitchLilo & Stitch
- NemoFinding Nemo
- DoryFinding Nemo
- BaymaxBig Hero 6
- MoanaMoana
- Donald DuckClassic Disney
- GoofyClassic Disney
- BelleBeauty and the Beast
- CinderellaCinderella
- PocahontasPocahontas
- TimonThe Lion King
- PumbaaThe Lion King
- OlafFrozen
- ScarThe Lion King
- MaleficentSleeping Beauty
- UrsulaThe Little Mermaid
- PlutoClassic Disney
- TianaThe Princess and the Frog
- MirabelEncanto
- Peter PanPeter Pan
- MushuMulan
- HadesHercules
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own Disney character bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Trust the first instinct. Overthinking a matchup usually produces a ranking you do not agree with later.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 options make the field.
- Undo exists for a reason: an early-round mistake propagates all the way to the final, and there is no shame in taking it back.
Questions people ask
What is the best Disney character?
According to 57 BracketRanker players, Pumbaa (The Lion King). It wins 63.3% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 128) and was champion in 3 of 57 brackets (5.3%).
How many options are in the Disney Characters bracket?
The pool holds 32 options. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which options are included?
Mickey Mouse, Simba, Elsa, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Ariel, Mulan, Aladdin, Genie, Rapunzel, Stitch and Nemo, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Disney Characters bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other option grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two options that never met. If you would rather place the options into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Disney Characters community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a option I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own options, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.