Animal Crossing Villager Tier List - All Villagers Ranked (2022)

Animal Crossing is filled with wonderful characters – from adorable villagers to quirky ones! Everyone’s got a favorite, and the popular trends in many Animal Crossing communities are ever so changing. It’s close to impossible to accurately rank every villager in the game.

But by jove, we’ll try. Based on multiple Animal Crossing community polls from Animal Crossing Portal, Game8, GameWith, Famitsu’s poll for Japanese Animal Crossing players, Nookazon villager trading activities, as well as my personal experiences and interactions with other players as someone who has played the game right from the start, I’ve come up with our very own tier lists.

The first one is a Top 10 Villagers list from different species, while the other rankings are tier lists per species. Do note that this is only reflective of what’s currently popular among Animal Crossing players.

Don’t feel too bad if your dreamie doesn’t top the list. They are, after all, your very own special villager.

Without further ado, let’s start!

Here is our Animal Crossing: New Horizons Villager Tier List – Best Villagers Ranked.

Top 10 Popular Animal Crossing Villagers

This list is based on multiple polls I found from different Animal Crossing communities and Nookazon trading activities.

I’ve taken into account how high they are ranked in different surveys, as well as their recent trading prices.

10. Beau

Personality: Lazy
Species: Deer

Beau makes the cut in our top 10. His simple but cute deer design goes well with his personality. He has an easygoing expression that fits his Lazy disposition. Snack away, Beau!

09. Ione

Personality: Normal
Species: Squirrel

Ione is definitely unique for a Normal villager. She’s a Normal squirrel villager who was added to New Horizons in late 2021. She’s new, has a star-filled tail, and looks like a one-of-a-kind Normal villager. It’s no wonder she gets our 9th spot.

08. Ankha

Personality: Snooty
Species: Cat

Her design, name, and catchphrase are based on Egyptian culture, which makes Ankha quite unique! Egyptians revered cats, and it seems the majority of the internet and a lot of Animal Crossing players do too. It’s no surprise that Ankha gets the 8th spot on our list.

07. Zucker

Personality: Lazy
Species: Octopus

Zucker’s takoyaki design is definitely a factor in his popularity. His laid-back Lazy nature goes well with his expression too. A lot of players who like to invite food-themed villagers include Zucker in their dreamie lists.

06. Judy

Personality: Snooty
Species: Bear

Sparkly bear Judy gets our 6th spot. As one of the new villagers added when New Horizons was released, Judy has always been quite popular among fans. Her colorful design and sparkly details definitely make her look spectacular.

05. Sasha

Personality: Lazy
Species: Rabbit

Newcomer Sasha joins our top 5. His character design, particularly his eyelashes and sparkly eyes, have won the hearts of a lot of Animal Crossing fans. He was also only added last year during the November 2021 2.0 update, so he’s quite new.

04. Sherb

Personality: Lazy
Species: Goat

Lazy villagers seem to be quite popular among Animal Crossing fans. With Sherb, his chill expression, cute goat character design, and Lazy personality work well together. Take a nap and enjoy the 4th spot, Sherb!

03. Shino

Personality: Peppy
Species: Deer

The top 3 spot goes to Shino. From her hikimayu eyebrows to her red horns, she has one of the most unique designs among deer villagers. Just like Ione and Shino, she was also only added to the game during the 2.0 update.

02. Marshal

Personality: Smug
Species: Squirrel

And for numero dos, we have the tiny Smug squirrel Marshal. He has always been quite popular, and it seems like he won’t be going away anytime soon from any Animal Crossing villager rankings. His tiny squirrel design is definitely a high point for his charm.

01. Raymond

Personality: Smug
Species: Cat

And the number one spot goes to … drumroll, please … Raymond!

For anyone active in numerous Animal Crossing communities, this won’t come as a surprise. This Smug cat continues to be very popular, although Marshal comes very close.

To be fair to Raymond, he has quite a unique design, like having heterochromia and dressing up as a business cat, so his popularity is understandable.

Being in a viral tweet helps a lot too. Business as usual, Raymond!

Villager Rankings Per Species

Since Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a lot of villagers, it’ll be easier to rank them in groups according to their species. Villager names and personalities are listed below their icons.

The rankings will be as follows:

S Tier– The highest rank. This means a lot of players recognize these villagers and highly want them.

A Tier – Also a high rank. These villagers are also very recognizable and are often included in a lot of dreamie lists.

B Tier– So-so rank. These villagers are not really disliked, but also not often coveted.

C Tier– Unfortunately, not a lot of players are fond of these villagers.