# Who is the best sitcom character of the 1990s?

> Neighbours who never knocked, teenagers who took over the show, and one bald liar. The decade's supporting parts often ran the room.

*By YPB Team · Published August 7, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-sitcom-character-of-the-1990s*

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## Current results (0 votes)

1. **Cosmo Kramer**
   Jerry's neighbour on Seinfeld, played by Michael Richards, who entered rooms door-first.
2. **Joey Tribbiani**
   The struggling actor on Friends, played by Matt LeBlanc, and the show's most quoted line.
3. **George Costanza**
   Seinfeld's short, bald liar, based partly on co-creator Larry David.
4. **Elaine Benes**
   The only woman in Seinfeld's four, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
5. **Chandler Bing**
   Friends' sarcastic data-processing manager, played by Matthew Perry.
6. **Phoebe Buffay**
   The Friends masseuse and songwriter with a street-musician past, played by Lisa Kudrow.
7. **Frasier Crane**
   The Seattle radio psychiatrist who carried a spinoff to eleven seasons.
8. **Niles Crane**
   Frasier's fastidious younger brother, played by David Hyde Pierce.
9. **Will Smith**
   The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Philadelphia transplant, played by Will Smith.
10. **Uncle Phil**
   Philip Banks, the Bel-Air judge and the show's moral weight, played by James Avery.
11. **Al Bundy**
   Married... with Children's shoe salesman and reigning anti-father of the decade.
12. **Steve Urkel**
   Family Matters' neighbour, a guest part that took over the entire show.
13. **Karen Walker**
   Will & Grace's wealthy, unfiltered assistant, played by Megan Mullally.
14. **Jack McFarland**
   Will & Grace's aspiring actor, played by Sean Hayes.
15. **Rachel Green**
   Friends' runaway bride turned fashion buyer, played by Jennifer Aniston.
16. **Ross Geller**
   Friends' palaeontologist and the show's most argued-about lead, played by David Schwimmer.
17. **Monica Geller**
   Friends' competitive chef, played by Courteney Cox.
18. **Newman**
   Seinfeld's postal-worker nemesis, played by Wayne Knight.
19. **Daria Morgendorffer**
   The deadpan animated teenager who got her own series out of Beavis and Butt-Head.

Tags: 90s, comedy, characters, sitcoms