Quick answer: who won?

Monkey D. Luffy won the second ONE PIECE world popularity poll, WT100, with 2,378,519 points. Zoro was second with 2,148,793, and Sanji third with 1,399,204.

  • Announced: 23 August 2026, at ONE PIECE DAY '26 in Makuhari.
  • Voting: 4 March to 11 June 2026 (Japan time).
  • The field: 1,567 characters, and about 13.09 million points in total.
  • Back to back: Luffy also won the first WT100 in 2021.

OFFICIAL. Ranks and points are from Shueisha's WT100 final rankings and the ONE PIECE.com announcement.

Coming next: Eiichiro Oda is drawing the Top 30 in special WT100 outfits. They arrive in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2026, as a poster in three parts. Details below.

The global Top 30

Shueisha published points for the top ten only.

Rank Character Points
1 Monkey D. Luffy 2,378,519
2 Roronoa Zoro 2,148,793
3 Sanji 1,399,204
4 Nami 1,007,955
5 Trafalgar Law 732,301
6 Nico Robin 322,461
7 Portgas D. Ace 301,112
8 Shanks 204,827
9 Dracule Mihawk 202,744
10 Crocodile 201,971
11 Corazon (Donquixote Rosinante)
12 Boa Hancock
13 Tony Tony Chopper
14 Sabo
15 Uta
16 Carrot
17 Rocks D. Xebec
18 Yamato
19 Usopp
20 Loki
21 Charlotte Cracker
22 Donquixote Doflamingo
23 Eustass Kid
24 Perona
25 Buggy
26 Marco
27 Brook
28 Nefertari Vivi
29 Franky
30 Jinbe

Three things stand out:

  • A huge gap after fifth. Law has 732,301 points. Robin, in sixth, has less than half that.
  • A photo finish for eighth to tenth. Shanks, Mihawk and Crocodile are separated by fewer than 3,000 points.
  • The whole crew made the Top 30, from Luffy at 1 to Jinbe at 30.

How it compares with 2021: Mihawk climbed from 30th to ninth, and four names are new to the Top 20. Full comparison: how ONE PIECE popularity changed in five years.

Who won each region?

Alongside the global result, Shueisha published a separate final top ten for each of eight regions. They use the same final count, grouped by region.

Final regional number ones: Luffy leads Japan, Asia and North America; Nami leads Oceania, Europe and the Middle East; Zoro leads Latin America and Africa.
Three characters took the eight regions between them. Chart: ABYSS CURRENT · from the official WT100 final rankings, Shueisha

Luffy led three of the eight: Japan, Asia and North America.

  • Nami led three too: Oceania, Europe and the Middle East.
  • Zoro led two: Latin America and Africa.
Luffy's final placing by region: first in Japan, Asia and North America; third in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa; fourth in Oceania.
Where the global winner actually placed. Chart: ABYSS CURRENT · from the official WT100 final rankings, Shueisha

Luffy won the world without winning most regions. He was third in four regions and fourth in Oceania. A global ranking adds up every region's points, so it follows where the votes are, not how many regions a character leads.

The most consistent of the three was Zoro. He was first or second in every region, and never lower.

Nami's floor is high everywhere. Only Luffy, Zoro and Nami made the top five in all eight regions.

Why is Japan's top ten so different?

Every region reorders the same cast a little. Japan reorders it a lot.

Global final top 5

Luffy

  • 1. Luffy
  • 2. Zoro
  • 3. Sanji
  • 4. Nami
  • 5. Law

Japan final top 5

Luffy

  • 1. Luffy
  • 2. Zoro
  • 3. Mihawk
  • 4. Shanks
  • 5. Nami
The global final top ten beside Japan's final top ten. Mihawk is ninth globally and third in Japan. Cracker is seventh in Japan and absent from the global top ten.
Same poll, same moment, two different top tens. Chart: ABYSS CURRENT · from the official WT100 final rankings, Shueisha
  • Mihawk is third in Japan, and ninth in the world.
  • Shanks is fourth in Japan, and eighth in the world.
  • Charlotte Cracker is seventh in Japan. He isn't in any other region's top ten.
  • Sanji, third in the world, is sixth in Japan.

The poll publishes rankings, not reasons, so we won't guess at why. What the data shows is the shape: Japan's top ten is the least like the global one of any region.

How the weekly race looked

While voting was open, the official account published a regional top five every Monday. Read in order, those weekly boards tell a different story from the final result.

Japan's weekly number one across seven reported weeks: Zoro on 16 March, Sanji on 23 March, Luffy on 9 April, then Zoro for the four reported weeks after that.
Japan's number one, week by week, while voting was open. Weeks that were not reported are not shown. Chart: ABYSS CURRENT · figures as reported by ORICON NEWS from the official weekly regional TOP 5

Japan kept changing its mind:

  • 16 March: Zoro led Japan, while every other region had Luffy first.
  • 23 March: Sanji.
  • Early April: Luffy.
  • Mid-April onward: Zoro, for every reported week after that.

14 April: five leaders in eight regions. This was the only week when all eight were reported at once.

  • Sanji led four regions.
  • Nami led Europe.
  • Uta led Africa, with Luffy fourth there. Japanese readers were openly baffled.
Two weeks side by side. On 14 April 2026 five characters led the eight regions. On 12 May 2026 Zoro led all eight.
Four weeks apart, from five leaders to one. Chart: ABYSS CURRENT · figures as reported by ORICON NEWS, 14 April and 12 May 2026

12 May: Zoro led all eight. Even that week, the overall interim ranking published shortly before still had Luffy first.

Why the weekly and final results differ:

  • Different votes. The weekly boards counted web, app and spot votes. Postcard votes, worth 10 points each, were added only in the final count.
  • Corrections along the way. From April, the weekly boards said they were based on results checked for fraudulent votes.
  • Gaps in coverage. Most weeks, only Japan and one or two other regions were reported.

Weekly regional snapshots

MOVING

  • Published every Monday while voting was open
  • Web, ONE PIECE BASE and spot votes only
  • Most weeks covered only some regions

Final regional rankings

FINAL

  • Published after voting closed
  • Adds postcard votes, worth 10 points each
  • A separate result, not the last weekly snapshot

So the weekly boards don't predict the final regional tables. What they show is a vote that moved week to week while it was being counted.

When is Oda's Top 30 art coming out?

In Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2026. Oda is drawing all 30 characters in special "WT100 outfits." The art comes as a poster in three parts, one in each of three issues in a row. You need all three issues to put the full picture together.

  • Which issues? Not announced yet. We'll add the issue numbers and dates as soon as Jump prints them, on our release schedule page too.
  • Already out: Luffy's WT100 outfit was revealed at the event and used for the cover of Weekly Shonen Jump 2026 issue 39, on sale 24 August.

OFFICIAL. From the ONE PIECE.com announcement of 23 August 2026.

What else the Top 30 get

Shueisha has announced more rewards for high-ranked characters, starting in 2027:

  • New cards in the ONE PIECE Card Game.
  • Eyecatch appearances in the TV anime in 2027.
  • Merchandise at the Mugiwara Store, plus other goods and games.

"Ask Oda" for the Top 30. Fans sent in questions about the Top 30 characters until 30 September. Oda's answers are due in Weekly Shonen Jump and ONE PIECE magazine Vol. 22.

Where the Elbaf cast placed

The poll closed in June, partway through the Elbaf arc.

Character Global rank
Loki 20
Imu 53
Gunko (Saint Manmayer Gunko) 61
Scopper Gaban 102
Killingham (Saint Rimoshifu Killingham) 109
Harald 165
Sommers (Saint Shepherd Sommers) 171

Of the characters introduced or centred in the Elbaf arc, only Loki made the Top 30. What is happening on Elbaf now: the Elbaf arc guide.

How the vote worked

  • Four ways to vote: the campaign website, the ONE PIECE BASE app, WT100 spot voting in Japan, and postcards.
  • Postcards were worth 10 points each, and they count only in the final result.
  • Names are given here in their common English forms. Ranks are as published.

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