Couldn't decide on an order, but here are my top 10:
Sylar, Daphne, Danko, Eden, Ted, Isaac, Claude, Angela, Zach, Adam

And honorable mentions:
Micah, Molly, Charlie, Mohinder (in season 1), Nathan, Luke, Monica, Linderman

My first impulse would have been to write "Sylar" in every entry from 1 to 10, but I don't think I have a flame shield durable enough for that. So after a few minutes of pondering, here's my (bandwidth-light) Top 5, five because I don't have that many favorites.


5. Noah: For someone without an ability he's pretty damned smart and able. Knows how to manipulate people, form strategies, and usually never seems fazed by anything. I disliked Noah at the beginning due to the Creepy Dad factor, but things are much different now.
4. Matt: for most improved ability and dangerous brushes with the Dark Side. I used to be annoyed whenever Matt was the focus of the show. As a simple mind-reader Matt can't really do anything, he's a simple accessory, never the do'er. With his following ability upgrades Matt has shown great improvement in usefulness and power, without having to obtain additional abilities. His ability is so different from the others (telekinesis, pyrokinesis, teleportation, etc) yet it is potentially the most dangerous one. Now he can be considered a power player as he can finally go on the offensive. He is one of the few people that may be able to face off against Sylar (although Sylar seems to be usually immune to psychic influences), providing he isn't caught off guard or otherwise distracted.
3. Daphne: Although I was really annoyed at her character when she was first introduced (come on, she stole the formula from Hiro!), her character really grew on me over time. Especially during the eclipse where we find out that she could only walk due to her ability, I felt extremely sorry for her. Her sarcastic and somewhat-hyper attitude is what really shines. Although I was extremely bummed when she was killed off (why?..), I was happy that she had by far the most satisfying and beautiful last moments before she passed.
2. Hiro and Ando: these guys are always together its impossible to think of them as separate characters. I am absolutely never bored when these two are on screen. Their crazy antics bring much needed comic relief in such a dark and serious show, while at the same time not being overly humorous to the point where you can't take them seriously. I admire Hiro's dedication to being a hero despite not using his ability (pre-Arthur'ed) for evil or mischief while Space-Time Manipulation would wreak total devastation in the wrong hands. The Heroes universe is very lucky that someone with that kind of dedication and goodness was gifted with the potential ability to rewrite history.
1. Surprise-surprise: Sylar. I love conflicted characters, and Sylar's brief role as a Hero simply reinforced that to new limits. Even Peter during his short-termed craze under the influence of Intuitive Aptitude could not even come close to being a villain. Whenever Sylar shows up on screen, you know your mind is going to be blown away by what's going to happen.

1. Noah Bennet
2. Adam Monroe
3. Nathan Petrelli
4. Elle Bishop
5. The Haitian
6. Claude Rains
7. Eden McCain
8. Ando Masahashi
9. Isaac Mendez
10. Sylar (except for Volume 3 Sylar, I hated him.)

1. Niki Sanders
2. Tracy Strauss
3. Micah Sanders
4. Elle Bishop
5. Eden McCain
6. Candice Wilmer
7. The Haitian
8. Monica Dawson
9. Sandra Bennett
10. Matt Parkman
11. Daphne Millbrook

Sorry, I have eleven!

11.Daphne Millbrook

10.Nathan Petrelli

9.The Haitian

8.Claude Rains

7.Matt Parkman

6.Angela Petrelli

5.Future Peter

4.Noah Bennet

3.Tracy Strauss

2.Niki Sanders

1.Peter Petrelli

Now this is an odd assortment, getting rather Petrelli-heavy towards the top. I don't suppose anyone is surprised.


10. Lyle Bennet (TEAM LYLE FTW!)
9. Eden McCain
8. Charles Deveaux
7. Matt Parkman
6. Daphne Milbrook
5. Claire Bennet
4. Angela Petrelli
3. Noah Bennet
2. Nathan Petrelli
1. Peter Petrelli

Mine isn't too typical either.


10. Audrey Hanson
9. Meredith Gordon
8. Tracy Strauss
7. Zach
6. Nathan Petrelli
5. Daphne Millbrook
4. Eden McCain
3. Angela Petrelli
2. Claire Bennet
1. Peter Petrelli

Hai Guys...im new here.

1. Claude Rains
2. Sylar
3. Ted Sprague
4. Peter Petrelli
5. Hiro Nakamura
6. Claire Bennet
7. Mohinder Suresh
8. The Haitian
9. Nathan Petrelli
10. Noah Bennet

*looks at a couple of the lists on here*

*coughs*technically some of them have the same character twice, which shouldn't count*coughs*

*looks again at Peter and Future Peter being in the same list*

claude
eden
horn rim boy
charlie
hiro
molly
dale
hana
sandra
ando

Glad you got in Zach! He was my #11.

new to the board and kinda to heroes too...been watching on netflix like a madwoman for the past two weeks and now im all caught up :] my list:

1. Angela Petrelli - I have a thing for strong morally ambigious female characters I guess? I adore this character so much though, especially in Fugitives. She's so badass.

2. Noah Bennet - He's also a BAMF. And extra awesome points for not being a super.
3. Linderman - He was a great villain. I loved that he had healing as a power too. And the accent. And the pot pie...yeah, yay linders.
4. Adam Monroe - Sark ftw! Ah good memories of him and Mama Derevko...what was that about ambigious badass females? Erm, anyway, loved his char, loved the coffin scenes, wish we had more of him...
5. DL and Micah. Like both of these two about equally. DL was a great character with sweet powers. the was he killed linderman was bamf and he was a good papa. Micah is a sweet kid with sick powers. And he's living alone at age 13 fighting The Man. And crashing on Sylar's couch, LOL.
6. The Haitian. Because he's The Haitian. He pwns. Loved him since I first realized his name would forever be The Haitian.
7. Peter Petrelli - There are times that I hate him and times that I love him. He's got a great heart and is awesome eye candy but he sure can be whiny and dumb sometimes...
8. Niki/Jessica/Tracy - they're all badass awesome women and fun to watch. Loved the ice scene with tracy...
9. Nathan Petrelli - Like Peter its a love him hate him thing. He does good things sometimes but I just hate when he get's all hypocritical and self righteously sleazy. If you want to be a villain, fine, but dont tell yourself its all for the good of ______.
10. Daphne or Claude or Ando or Arthur. I have a hard time deciding there.

Sandra is another awesome character. I think it'd be funny if her and Angela ever met. They could bond over lying scheming husbands and being Haitian/Arthur-whammied xD

Yikes...this is a hard one. There's only about 2 characters that I really quite like. But I guess it's something like this:

10. Sylar's mom
9. Niki
8. Sandra
7. Lyle
6. Zach
5. Charlie
4. Mr. Muggles
3. Hiro
2. Peter
1. ISAAC

1. Elle Bishop
2. Angela Petrelli
3. Eden McCain
4. Simone Deveaux
5. Daphne Millbrook
6. Adam Monroe
7. Monica Dawson
8. Candice Wilmer
9. HRG
10. Daniel Linderman


... Why do I watch this show anymore? Here's hoping Angela is around for awhile...

Here's my list from least to greatest:

10. Sylar
9. Matt
8. Nathan
7. Charles
6. Mr.Muggles
5. Sandra
4. Noah
3. Peter
2. Claire
1. Hiro

It changes every volume, but overall I guess I would pick these. In no particular order:
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Adam Monroe


Elle Bishop


Future Hiro


Hiro Nakamura


Kimiko Nakamura


Ando Masahashi


Noah Bennet


Sylar


Gabriel Gray(Future)


MR. MUGGLES!



I find it ironic a lot of the characters I see in this thread are either dead or no longer on the show.

1. Niki Sanders
2. Tracy Strauss
3. Peter Petrelli
4. Claire Bennet
5. Monica Dawson
6. Elle
7. Angela Petrelli
8. Daphne
9. Maya
10. Hiro

I have the weirdest list with 1 being top and 10 being lowest top.

I SAY AGAIN WEIRDEST LIST!!

1. Rachel Mills (I told ya it was weird. I like her cuz she's the main character of the iStories.)
2. Claire Bennet
3. Elle Bishop
4. Gabriel Gray (like when he was good and a fake Petrelli in Volume 3.)
5. Peter Petrelli (after Season 1. I hated his emo-like hair in Season 1.)
6. Zach (.....I don't know why)
7. Nathan Petrelli
8. Noah Bennet
9. Mohinder
10. West Rosen (I don't know why again)

10. Matt Parkman
9. Claude Rains
8. DL Hawkins
7. Mohinder Suresh
6. Daniel Linderman
5. Peter Petrelli
4. Ando Masahashi
3. Hiro Nakamura
2. Micah Sanders
1. Adam Monroe

1. Niki (and Jessica) Sanders
2. Tracy Strauss
3. Angela Petrelli
4. Noah Bennet
5. Sandra Bennet
6. Micah Sanders
7. Monica Dawson
8. The Haitian
9. Charles Deveaux
10. Kaito Nakamura

Sorry, no pics...you know what they look like.



1. Adam Monroe
2. Utusu (spelling? Not sure...too lazy to look up, but you know who I mean)
3. Hana Gietlman
4. F-Hiro
5. Angela Petrelli
6. Micah Sanders
7. Niki Sanders
8. Tracy Strauss
9. Claude Rains
10. Sylar!

Hmm. Top ten favorites.

10. Meredith
9. Angela
8. Parkman
7. DL
6. Linderman
5. Arthur P.
4. HRG
3. Doyle
2. Nathan
1. The true hero of the show. Peter!!

1. Peter Petrelli - For me, he will always be the shows front runner, his power gives him the greatest responsibility.

2. Isaac Mendez - A helpful aid throughout the whole of season one and his decisions proved to be pivotal in saving the world.

3. Adam Monroe - He's lived through every emotion possibly and come out the other end wanting vengeance through brutality and destruction.

4. Claude Rains - The one and only teacher, who still remains unpredictable in his actions, to help or to ignore.

5. Ando Masahashi - Not only some comic relief but a very helpful aid and always there for morale support.

6. Sylar - He just wanted to be special and his wish was granted, but not without consequences with which he will eventually suffer for.

7. DL Hawkins - A character uncertain of his emotions and goals but trying to keep his family together anyway possible.

8. The Haitian - Not just a bodyguard who will follow orders willingly, he has a mind of his own, even if he doesn't express it.

9. Noah Bennet - Always grey but never indifferent of his goals, a company and a family man who'll never fail to protect.

10. Elle Bishop - She had an upbringing which swore her into the secrets of the company and took her into the mind of a killer.

1- Peter Petrelli - of course he get the #1 spot because he has been my favorite since day one.

2- Nathan Petrelli

3- Elle Bishop - A sociopath with electrokinesis...I'm in love!

4- Adam Monroe

5- Angela Petrelli

6- Noah Bennet

7- Sandra Bennet - Ummm the woman knows how to make a fake ID. Need I say more. XD

8- Monica Dawson - I miss her.

9- Tracy Strauss

10- Daphne Milbrook

I'm in college right now so don't have any pictures to use, but my top 10 Heroes are...

10. Meredith
9. Rebel / Micah
8. Matt
7. Elle
6. Hiro
5. Daphne
4. Adam
3. Peter
2. Luke
1. SYLAR!

LOL! I just realized my list was backwards...need to fix LOL

10. Daniel Linderman


9. Noah Bennet


8. Mohinder Suresh


7. Matt Parkman


6. Adam Manroe


5. Future Peter Petrelli


4. Ando Masahashi


3. Hiro Nakamura


2. Peter Petrelli


and #1 ..
Corinthian Security Guard


Honorable mention to Quinto, since he's an awesome actor and all.

I can't believe someone else finally remembered Audrey. Except for HRG, probably the most interesting non-powered person in the whole series.

While I don't have a complete top ten list, I also want to give a shout out to Yaeko, since it's unlikely we're going to be seeing her again.