Ranking The Best & Worst Characters On ‘The Office’

Just recently, I completed this phenomenal series for the 13th time. Yes, that number is correct, and no, I don’t even skip Scott’s Tots. Additionally, I was just debating with a friend over some of the character’s rankings and there were some discrepancies over Pam and Andy.

Now, I think it’d be nearly impossible to rank all The Office characters individually. Therefore they will be ranked in groups, and only the top-15 characters — in terms of episodes appeared in — will be considered.

This means the lovable Darryl, the enigma that is Robert California, nor FEAR (Mose) will be making an appearance in the rankings. The primary measurables being considered are acting ability, importance to the plot, how well the character was written for, and the overall comedic mind.

Primarily this will focus on the character as an individual, and not their relationships. Even with the categories, this was quite difficult to do, but here we go:

The Elite

Michael Scott

Now this was a no-brainer. At one point, I would say Oscar or Kevin were one of my favorite characters, but BJ Novak (Ryan) once stated in an interview why Michael was by far the best character.

He explained the difficulties of being the lead of this show and how Steve Carrell simply owned the character. He’s a comedic genius who developed great personal relationships amongst the other characters in The Office, and for that, he is in the ‘The Elite’ category.

Jim Halpert

How could you not love Jim? He made a boring job fun for the entire office, and he still managed to be the second-best salesman even with all of the goofing around.

Not to mention, he was intregal to the plot as he continued to fight for Pam’s love. Thanks to the elite group of writers on The Office, Jim had some legendary pranks and that is one of many reasons the tall, charismatic fella is, unlike Joe Flacco, elite.

Dwight Schrute

If you ever have watched the U.K. version of The Office, I think it’s easy to tell how perfectly Rainn Wilson fits in this role. And by that, I mean Rainn is infinitely better.

He is so perfectly odd and confident, and plays a major part in the plot, as there was a constant effort for him to become manager. He delivers his lines with a straight face with the intention to the audience to be hilarious, and it all works out beautifully.