27.5% of matchups won
240 matchups
Elo 1378
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/07/15
mission: Analyze military strategy · Military strategy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing23%
picked as helping wellbeing
207 matchups
55%
picked as hurting wellbeing
33 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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Sun Tzu
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31.5% wins · 6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist
02
Leo Strauss
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41.3% wins · History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)
03
Chanakya Kautilya
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47.4% wins · Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the...
04
Arthur Schopenhauer
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48.1% wins · German philosopher (1788–1860)
05
Niccolò Machiavelli
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39.1% wins · Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
Known for
- Wrote On War
- Influenced military theory
- Captured at Jena
- Reformed Prussian army
- Contributed to coalitions
Based on 240 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/15. Full rankings ·
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