# The 25 Greatest Soldier Protagonists in Video Games

> Stealth operatives, armored supersoldiers and grizzled squad leaders all carried their franchises. Personality matters as much as firepower.

*By YPB Team · Published October 31, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-25-greatest-soldier-protagonists-in-video-games*

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1. **Master Chief** — score 1000/1000
   John-117, the SPARTAN-II super-soldier of the UNSC who leads the Halo series.
2. **Solid Snake** — score 960/1000
   Legendary FOXHOUND operative and the main protagonist of Konami's Metal Gear series.
3. **Nathan Hale** — score 871/1000
   U.S. Army sergeant fighting the alien Chimera in Resistance: Fall of Man.
4. **Captain Price** — score 801/1000
   Veteran British SAS officer John Price, the recurring mentor and playable hero of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series.
5. **Iden Versio** — score 767/1000
   Commander of the Imperial special forces unit Inferno Squad in Star Wars Battlefront II's campaign.
6. **Alex Mason** — score 705/1000
   CIA special operations soldier haunted by brainwashing in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
7. **Doomguy** — score 632/1000
   The silent space marine of id Software's Doom series, later known as the Doom Slayer.
8. **Captain Martin Walker** — score 632/1000
   Delta Force captain who leads a recon team into sandstorm-ravaged Dubai in Spec Ops: The Line.
9. **Bill Rizer** — score 548/1000
   Contra unit commando who battles the Red Falcon organization in Konami's Contra series.
10. **Jack Cooper** — score 548/1000
   Militia rifleman who becomes a Pilot alongside the Titan BT-7274 in Titanfall 2.
11. **Adrian Shephard** — score 548/1000
   U.S. Marine corporal sent into Black Mesa in Half-Life: Opposing Force.
12. **Marcus Fenix** — score 448/1000
   Gruff COG sergeant who leads Delta Squad against the Locust Horde in Gears of War.
13. **Kait Diaz** — score 448/1000
   Outsider-turned-COG soldier who is the main protagonist of Gears 5.
14. **Matt Baker** — score 448/1000
   101st Airborne sergeant leading his squad through Normandy in Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.
15. **Prophet** — score 448/1000
   Delta Force soldier Laurence "Prophet" Barnes, the Nanosuit-wearing protagonist of Crysis 3.
16. **Raiden** — score 329/1000
   FOXHOUND rookie and protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2, later the cyborg hero of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
17. **Nathan Spencer** — score 329/1000
   Bionic-armed soldier Nathan "Rad" Spencer, hero of Capcom's Bionic Commando series.
18. **Noble Six** — score 329/1000
   SPARTAN-III soldier and player character of Halo: Reach, fighting in the fall of planet Reach.
19. **Captain Titus** — score 329/1000
   Ultramarines captain who leads the fight against the Orks and Tyranids in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Space Marine 2.
20. **Marco Rossi** — score 329/1000
   Leader of the Peregrine Falcon Strike Force and the signature hero of SNK's Metal Slug series.
21. **Sam Fisher** — score 329/1000
   Former Navy SEAL turned covert operative who stars in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series.
22. **Commander Shepard** — score 0/1000
   Systems Alliance N7 officer and Spectre who commands the Normandy in the Mass Effect trilogy.
23. **Karl Fairburne** — score 0/1000
   Allied sniper who operates behind enemy lines throughout the Sniper Elite series.
24. **Big Boss** — score 0/1000
   Naked Snake, the legendary special forces soldier who stars in Metal Gear Solid 3, Peace Walker and The Phantom Pain's backstory.
25. **B.J. Blazkowicz** — score 0/1000
   American soldier and OSS agent who fights the Nazi regime across the Wolfenstein series.

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