The One with the 'Friends' Characters, Ranked

It’s been over 25 years since the first episode of Friends aired, but the show remains more popular than ever. Over the course of 236 episodes, we watched our favorite gang navigate their 20s through jobs, marriages, breakups, kids, and ultimately, for some, moving out of New York City. No two characters were the same, each bringing something different and quirky to the group.

We still have so many thoughts. Were Ross and Rachel actually on a break? Was Chandler peeing on Monica’s jellyfish sting on the beach long before they started dating a sign? What if Joey and Rachel actually worked out? Was it hard to like Ross when he was dating his student? Remember when Phoebe single-handedly stopped an airplane from taking off? It all got us thinking about our order of adoration. So after much consideration, here is our definitive ranking of the Friends characters, from favorite to least favorite.