Street Fighter VTier List

Street Fighter V Tier List

In the RankedBoost Street Fighter V tier list for the final balance patch, 6 of 45 characters make S tier, led by Luke, Dhalsim and Poison. With two V-Skills and two V-Triggers to pick from at character select, every fighter can enter a match in four different loadouts.

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STop6 charactersThe strongest picks on the final versionClick any character for its gradeTap a card for its grade
LukeLuke
DhalsimMoved up from ADhalsim
PoisonPoison
M. BisonM. Bison
Chun-LiChun-Li
RashidMoved up from ARashid
Click any character for its gradeTap a card for its grade
AStrong14 charactersStrong picks, a step below the top
GuileGuile
CodyCody
KolinKolin
KarinMoved down from SKarin
CammyMoved up from BCammy
UrienUrien
BalrogBalrog
ZekuZeku
JuriJuri
GG
NecalliMoved up from BNecalli
FalkeFalke
LauraMoved up from CLaura
KenKen
BSolid12 charactersSolid picks that hold their own
SethSeth
AlexAlex
MenatMenat
AkiraAkira
AkumaAkuma
RoseRose
KageKage
LuciaLucia
AbigailAbigail
RyuMoved down from ARyu
SagatSagat
IbukiIbuki
CSituational11 charactersBelow the middle of the roster
R. MikaMoved down from BR. Mika
BirdieMoved down from ABirdie
OroOro
EdEd
VegaMoved down from AVega
SakuraSakura
F.A.N.GF.A.N.G
DanDan
NashMoved down from SNash
GillGill
E. HondaE. Honda
DBottom2 charactersThe weakest picks on the final version
BlankaBlanka
ZangiefMoved down from CZangief

What each tier means

  • STop The strongest picks on the final version
  • AStrong Strong picks, a step below the top
  • BSolid Solid picks that hold their own
  • CSituational Below the middle of the roster
  • DBottom The weakest picks on the final version
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Character art by Capcom, from the official Street Fighter V website.

Board breakdown

Who is the best character in Street Fighter V?

Luke, Dhalsim, Poison, M. Bison, Chun-Li and Rashid hold the S tier in the RankedBoost grade for the final version of Street Fighter V as of November 2026.

Select a face to open that character's card on the board.

How many characters are in Street Fighter V?

Street Fighter V ends with 45 characters. 28 come from the base game and its first two seasons, 10 from Arcade Edition, Seth and Gill from Champion Edition, and the last 5 from Season 5: Luke, Akira, Rose, Oro and Dan. Luke closed the roster in November 2021. Counting Eleven, who copies another character's moves at random, the select screen shows 46.

  • Launch to Season 228 charactersS4A11B6C6D1
  • Arcade Edition10 charactersS1A3B3C2D1
  • Champion Edition2 charactersB1C1
  • Season 55 charactersS1B2C2

Each bar splits one edition by tier. Select a face to open that character on the board.

Which Street Fighter V characters are in Street Fighter 6?

17 of the 45 Street Fighter V characters are in Street Fighter 6 so far: Luke, Dhalsim, M. Bison, Chun-Li, Rashid, Guile, Cammy, Juri, Ken, Alex, Akuma, Ryu, Sagat, Ed, E. Honda, Blanka and Zangief. Against their grade here, Blanka (D to A) and Zangief (D to A) climb the most on our Street Fighter 6 tier list, and Dhalsim (S to C) drops the most.

  • Higher in Street Fighter 66 charactersB3C1D2
  • Same grade4 charactersA3C1
  • Lower in Street Fighter 67 charactersS5A1B1

Each bar splits its group by the grade here. Select a face to open that character on the board.

See the Street Fighter 6 tier list
Do 3-bar V-Triggers hold Street Fighter V characters back?

On our grade, yes: 67 percent of the 18 characters whose two V-Triggers both cost 2 bars grade A or better, against 33 percent of the 24 with a 3-bar V-Trigger. M. Bison is the only S tier character with one, and both D tier characters have one. Akira, Oro and Dan are missing a V-Trigger bar count, so they are left out.

  • Both V-Triggers 2 bars18 characters67% A or betterS5A7B3C3
  • A 3-bar V-Trigger24 characters33% A or betterS1A7B8C6D2

Both bars split by tier. Select a face to see where that character sits on the board.

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