The 15 Greatest Sitcom Side Characters of All Time

Nobody's name is in the title. Everybody quotes them anyway.

1. 1
   Ron Swanson

   Woodworking libertarian running the Pawnee parks department, played by Nick Offerman.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Dwight Schrute

   Assistant to the regional manager at Dunder Mifflin, played by Rainn Wilson.
   699pts
3. 3
   Tracy Jordan

   Unmanageable film star on 30 Rock, played by Tracy Morgan.
   512pts
4. 4
   Milton Waddams

   Stapler-guarding cubicle worker of Office Space, played by Stephen Root.
   468pts
5. 5
   Barney Stinson

   Suit-wearing serial dater on How I Met Your Mother, played by Neil Patrick Harris.
   363pts
6. 6
   Gary Walsh

   The vice president's endlessly loyal bagman on Veep, played by Tony Hale.
   363pts
7. 7
   Jean-Ralphio Saperstein

   Pawnee's flamboyant failed entrepreneur, played by Ben Schwartz.
   363pts
8. 8
   Ann Perkins

   Nurse and Leslie Knope's best friend in Pawnee, played by Rashida Jones.
   363pts
9. 9
   Stanley Hudson

   Crossword-solving salesman at Dunder Mifflin, played by Leslie David Baker.
   299pts
10. 10
    Perd Hapley

    Pawnee's circular-talking local news anchor, played by Jay Jackson.
    299pts
11. 11
    Kelly Kapoor

    Dunder Mifflin's customer service representative, played by Mindy Kaling.
    226pts
12. 12
    Creed Bratton

    Quality assurance at Dunder Mifflin, played by the former Grass Roots guitarist of the same name.
    140pts
13. 13
    April Ludgate

    Deadpan intern turned assistant in Pawnee, played by Aubrey Plaza.
    140pts
14. 14
    Norm Peterson

    The barfly greeted by name in every Cheers entrance, played by George Wendt.
    140pts
15. 15
    Gunther

    Central Perk's manager and Rachel's quiet admirer on Friends, played by James Michael Tyler.
    38pts