https://tiermaker.com/create/100-ultimate-game-protags-8646 ^ Tier list I used Please don't hate me, this is just my opinion. All Credit to the creator of the tier list and my own ranking.
S = It was perfect, Perfect, down to the most minute detail 1. Kratos (People love him and I know he is very interesting) 2. Shulk (Heavily Underrated Character with a heart of gold / very relatable) 3. Link (Need I say more? It's freaking LINK) 4. Cloud Strife (A house hold name, and he is influential to RPGs, and JRPGs as a whole. 5. Ness (He is the embodiment of the Coming of age Story, He grew from a boy to a Man in his game and saw the world for the good and the bad) 6. Sol Badguy (Criminally underrated his story is of pain and loss, but he will always help those in need) 7. Dante (Don't know to much about him but everyone puts him in S so...) 8. Spider-man (NEED I SAY MORE?!?!) 9.Batman (I ask once more if I need to elaborate?) 10. Spyro (He was my hero growing up so he deserves a special place in my heart) 11. Kirby (LITTERALLY THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD AND COULD KILL US ALL IF IT TRIED) 12. Enzio (People love him and his games) 13. Serge (Arguably the best RPG in the world) 14. Pit (Criminally underrated character and franchise, He is also very funny.) 15.Travis Scott (FUNNY MAN HEHAR) 16. Phoenix Wright (HEHE FUNNY LAWYER MEME MAN) A = THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT, THE GOAT! 17. Marth (OG FE protagonist) 18. Master Chief (CLASSIC) 19. Doom Guy (Classic) 20. Samus (Space Bear mom) 21. Ryu (The Original Fight Game Mascot) 22. Megaman (Helped pioneer side scrolling) 23. Scorpion (FATALITY) 24. Pikachu (Biggest Company in the World) 25. Snake (SNAKE, SNAKE, SNAKE!!!!) 26. Hero (Classic) 27. Jin Mishima (Tekken Protagonist, very GOOFY game) 28. Lara Croft (Classic once more) 29. Bayonttetta (Loved by many and is in smash bros) 30. Professor Layton (Basically the little brother of Phoenix Wright, criminally underrated) B = Nice 31. Sora (Disney and Final Fantasy fusion dance) 32. Simon Belmont (Original, Castlevania protagonist and still holds up to this day) 33. Sans (A bit overrated but still really cool) 34. Rayman (Fun and Goofy Concept) 35. Mario (Quite Overrated but is okay) 36. Steve (He's not bad but he's also not incredible, It depends on who is playing steve) 37. Pacman (Classic but not very in depth) 38. Shovel Knight (more of a Hollow Knight person but shovel knight is cool) 39.Ryu Hasaba (My family loves him so I think he is cool) 40. Captain Falcon (Nintendo's other original racing game other than mario kart he deserves to be here) 41. Ragna (made by the same person who made Sol so he must be cool) 42. Banjo (Another classic, but sadly never got to play the games, but my math teacher likes him) C = I mean its alright like 43. Bomber man (ehh he kinda cool) 44. Little Mac (He could be cooler but he's alright) 45. Fox (Kinda cool but I dont care about him) 46. Donkey Kong (Underwhelming but not bad) 47. Crash (Underwhelming but ehh) 48. Shantae (idk) 49. Sonic (Used to be cool but furries, and the crazy fandom ruined him for me) 50. Villiager (idk) 51. Inkling (Idk) 52. ??? (Idk) 53 - 61 (just bad or I don't know to much about them so I can't properly rank them.