MOST SUCCESSFUL ARMIES (DBM 3.0)
Army Data - DBM 3.0
Most Successful Armies (earlier DBM versions only) - at 13 October 2007 (post Migscon)
The table below summarises the usage and results of each army in rated
tournaments where such details have been supplied. It is in order of average score
in all rated tournaments where army details were supplied.
Only armies that have been used in at least 20 rated games are included. There are 133 such armies.
The total number of games used (all competitions) is shown
and the average 10 point score in those games.
The number of games and average scores are shown on the right
split into usage by Higher Rated players (ie current rating above 2,100),
Average players (rated 1,900 to 2,100) and Lower Rated players (currently rated below 1,900).
The middle columns show the percentage of games "won", "drawn" and "lost" for
each army. Where the scoring system used, eg GSC15, allows this to be determined precisely that information has been used.
Under other scoring systems it is based upon the equivalent of a 10 point score from each game where a score of 6.5 to 10
is considered a win, 3.5 to 6.5 a draw and 0 to 3.5 a loss. In these cases the available data does not
permit any more accurate determination of wins, draws and losses than this.
Using average score can only indicate the success of an army without regard to
the quality of the player using it. It should only be considered the crudest
indicator of the inherent strength of an army.
Another crude indicator of army success has been included in brackets after the average score.
This shows the weighted excess (+ve values) or shortfall (-ve values) per game between their
score when using this army of each player and that player's overall average score per game
(all armies). This is a very crude attempt to come up with a measure of army success
adjusted for the skill of the player using the army. Higher positive values indicate an army
that may have greater inherent strength. When calculating this measure for an army, it is weighted
by the number of games that the player has used this army, except that players whose career rating
is in category D are given a 67% weighting and those in category E a 33% weighting to reflect that
their results to date have a greater chance of being distorted.
Usage by visiting players from other jurisdictions is ignored.
This table is based on results from games played under versions of DBM prior to 3.1 ONLY.
Score Book No of Average % of games: Higher Rated: Average: Lower Rated:
rank & List Name games score Won Drawn Lost Games Avge Games Avge Games Avge
1 2 55 Nobades and Blemmye or Beja. 151 6.85 (+0.7) 57 22 21 125 7.7 6 2.8 20 3.0
2 1 3 Nubian. 45 6.84 (+0.6) 58 22 20 27 8.4 17 4.7 1 0.0
3 1 32 West Chou, Spring & Autumn Chinese. 30 6.83 (-0.4) 60 20 20 27 6.6 3 8.7 0 0.0
4 1 7 Early Libyan. 22 6.68 (+0.3) 55 23 23 22 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
5 1 43 Kimmerian, Skythian or Early Hu. 58 6.64 (+0.4) 59 22 19 48 6.7 10 6.2 0 0.0
6 3 53 Dynastic Bedouin. 90 6.54 (+0.3) 53 26 21 71 7.4 12 3.9 7 2.6
7 4 65 Wallachian or Moldavian. 27 6.44 (+0.2) 41 44 15 27 6.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
8 4 29 Tupi. 24 6.33 (+1.2) 62 4 33 4 8.5 20 5.9 0 0.0
9 1 20 Syro-Canaanite and Ugaritic. 100 6.30 (+0.9) 53 19 28 34 7.2 57 6.5 9 2.0
10 3 74 Fanatic Berber. 97 6.29 (+0.3) 51 27 23 75 6.6 14 5.9 8 3.9
11 4 39 Navarrese. 27 6.26 (+1.3) 63 4 33 3 9.0 24 5.9 0 0.0
12 1 49 Early Vietnamese. 62 6.26 (+0.5) 53 24 23 49 6.3 13 6.0 0 0.0
13 4 58 Medieval Irish. 38 6.21 (-0.4) 39 42 18 35 6.5 3 3.3 0 0.0
14 2 38 Hsiung-Nu or Juan-juan. 33 6.18 (+0.3) 55 18 27 18 7.1 15 5.1 0 0.0
15 3 69 Tuareg. 20 6.15 (+1.8) 60 5 35 2 10.0 15 6.1 3 3.7
16 3 48 Rus. 34 6.12 (+1.1) 50 21 29 4 9.8 17 7.5 13 3.2
17 2 25 Bosporan. 37 6.03 (+0.3) 51 19 30 18 5.0 19 7.0 0 0.0
17 2 23 Later Pre Islamic Arab. 43 6.00 (-0.7) 47 28 26 34 6.6 6 3.8 3 3.3
17 4 4 Feudal French. 23 6.00 (+1.2) 57 9 35 4 4.8 19 6.3 0 0.0
20 2 37 Parthian. 74 5.97 (+0.6) 53 18 30 23 6.3 46 6.1 5 3.4
21 2 81 Sub-Roman British. 35 5.97 (+0.3) 49 23 29 33 6.2 2 5.0 0 0.0
22 4 3 Anglo-Norman. 67 5.97 (+0.1) 54 16 30 31 7.5 33 4.6 3 4.7
23 4 1 Komnenan Byzantine. 98 5.95 (+0.2) 54 11 35 51 6.8 47 5.0 0 0.0
24 3 43 Khurasanian. 43 5.86 (+0.1) 42 33 26 17 6.1 23 6.2 3 2.0
25 2 42 Tamil Indian and Sinhalese. 75 5.85 (-0.3) 43 33 24 69 6.2 3 5.3 3 0.7
26 2 28 Early Armenian and Gordyene. 39 5.82 (+0.7) 51 18 31 1 10.0 38 5.7 0 0.0
27 4 18 Lithuanian or Samogitian. 42 5.79 (+0.8) 40 31 29 29 6.7 5 4.8 8 3.2
28 2 17 Lysimachid. 44 5.77 (+0.9) 55 11 34 2 6.0 39 6.2 3 0.3
29 3 78 Early Russian. 39 5.72 (+0.4) 49 21 31 18 5.9 11 5.6 10 5.4
30 2 63 3 Kingdoms & Western T'sin Chinese. 33 5.64 (+0.1) 45 21 33 33 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
31 4 22 Serbian Empire. 166 5.62 (+0.2) 51 14 35 82 7.6 41 5.0 43 2.7
32 4 12 Polynesian or Melanesian. 22 5.59 (-0.4) 50 14 36 10 5.9 9 6.0 3 3.3
33 4 62 100 Years War English. 34 5.56 (+0.2) 50 12 38 3 9.7 29 5.2 2 5.0
34 3 25 Arab Conquest. 22 5.55 (+0.9) 55 9 36 4 4.8 6 7.8 12 4.7
35 4 13 Medieval German. 136 5.51 (-0.3) 46 23 32 104 6.3 28 3.9 4 0.0
36 3 45 Pre-Feudal Scots. 44 5.43 (+0.1) 45 20 34 17 8.1 4 5.5 23 3.7
37 1 46 Kushite Egyptian. 51 5.43 (+0.3) 39 31 29 25 6.4 20 5.2 6 2.3
38 3 67 Early Hungarian. 21 5.43 (-0.1) 43 24 33 4 8.2 17 4.8 0 0.0
39 1 25 Middle and Early Neo Assyrian. 177 5.42 (-0.2) 46 15 38 109 6.2 55 4.9 13 2.5
40 2 79 Chinese North & South Dynasties. 170 5.42 ( 0.0) 44 20 36 84 6.6 51 4.7 35 3.7
41 3 28 Carolingian Frankish. 88 5.36 ( 0.0) 48 11 41 44 6.5 32 4.8 12 3.0
42 2 4 Warring States and Ch'in Chinese. 89 5.34 (+0.2) 42 24 35 39 6.4 29 5.7 21 3.0
43 2 15 Alexandrian Imperial. 76 5.30 (+0.3) 46 17 37 24 6.6 42 5.3 10 2.9
44 2 69 Sassanid Persian. 45 5.29 (+0.3) 44 13 42 18 6.6 17 4.9 10 3.5
45 1 60 Early Achaemenid Persian. 36 5.25 (+0.1) 31 36 33 7 5.9 19 6.2 10 3.1
46 3 4 Early Byzantine. 74 5.23 (+0.6) 46 14 41 20 6.9 22 5.9 32 4.1
47 4 5 Sicilian. 74 5.22 (-0.7) 39 22 39 43 6.6 28 4.1 3 4.0
48 2 83 Patrician Roman. 269 5.21 (+0.1) 43 20 38 100 6.2 125 5.4 44 2.5
49 4 55 Ottoman. 64 5.20 (+0.1) 45 19 36 6 6.5 55 5.2 3 2.0
50 2 40 Numidian or Early Moorish. 20 5.20 (+0.3) 45 20 35 9 6.1 3 7.3 8 3.4
51 4 36 Later Muslim Indian. 72 5.19 (+0.2) 44 17 39 24 6.8 39 4.8 9 2.8
52 4 7 Early Crusader. 91 5.09 (+0.3) 45 16 38 19 6.5 55 5.3 17 2.8
53 3 54 Early Samurai. 104 5.08 (+0.4) 41 18 40 52 6.1 15 5.8 37 3.3
54 2 46 Kushan. 66 5.06 (-0.3) 42 17 41 25 5.5 32 5.1 9 4.2
55 3 35 Feudal Spanish. 79 5.03 (-0.5) 41 19 41 39 6.0 40 4.1 0 0.0
56 2 61 Hsien-Pi, Wu-huan, Pre-Khitan, Hsi. 43 5.02 (-0.2) 42 12 47 3 5.7 36 5.4 4 2.5
57 1 50 Lydian. 249 5.02 (+0.3) 40 20 39 28 6.4 181 5.1 40 4.0
58 2 52 Dacian and Carpi. 62 5.02 (-0.2) 45 11 44 8 5.5 51 4.9 3 6.3
59 2 36 Graeco-Bactrian and Graeco-Indian. 78 5.01 (+0.2) 45 12 44 19 5.1 53 5.1 6 3.8
60 1 29 Philistine. 33 4.97 (-0.3) 42 21 36 0 0.0 33 5.0 0 0.0
61 4 37 Indonesian or Malay. 22 4.95 (+0.7) 50 0 50 0 0.0 22 5.0 0 0.0
62 3 11 Central Asian Turkish. 68 4.93 (+0.7) 41 15 44 0 0.0 49 6.0 19 2.5
63 2 80 Hunnic. 49 4.92 (-0.3) 41 18 41 31 5.5 12 4.3 6 2.8
64 2 53 Ancient British. 73 4.92 (+0.2) 37 25 38 37 6.7 0 0.0 36 3.1
65 2 78 Late Imperial Roman. 337 4.91 ( 0.0) 34 28 37 167 6.2 115 4.5 55 2.2
66 4 77 Black Sheep & White Sheep Turkoman. 32 4.84 (-0.5) 41 16 44 0 0.0 32 4.8 0 0.0
67 4 43 Later Hungarian. 199 4.84 ( 0.0) 39 16 45 91 6.5 56 4.6 52 2.4
68 1 61 Early Carthaginian. 34 4.82 (+1.0) 41 18 41 0 0.0 26 5.1 8 4.0
69 4 21 Anglo-Irish. 39 4.82 (+0.3) 38 21 41 0 0.0 39 4.8 0 0.0
70 1 53 Saitic Egyptian. 26 4.81 (+0.2) 35 27 38 4 7.0 22 4.4 0 0.0
71 3 19 Welsh. 34 4.79 (-1.0) 41 12 47 24 5.1 10 4.6 0 0.0
72 3 8 Central Asian City-States. 48 4.77 (+0.1) 46 4 50 0 0.0 38 5.1 10 3.5
73 1 34 Later Hebrew. 34 4.76 (-0.1) 38 18 44 18 5.7 0 0.0 16 3.7
74 3 75 Konstantinian Byzantine. 20 4.75 (+0.5) 40 15 45 3 9.3 13 4.8 4 1.0
75 1 18 Minoan and Early Mycenaean. 31 4.74 (+0.2) 42 10 48 3 6.7 14 4.6 14 4.5
76 3 64 Nikephorian Byzantine. 108 4.68 (-0.2) 40 14 46 39 6.1 43 5.2 26 1.8
77 3 37 Abbasid Arab. 39 4.64 (-0.6) 36 23 41 26 5.7 3 3.3 10 2.2
78 2 3 Classical Indian. 83 4.63 (-0.1) 40 11 49 18 7.3 40 4.3 25 3.3
79 3 12 Christian Nubian. 56 4.61 (-0.3) 39 18 43 15 7.3 22 5.0 19 1.9
80 2 72 Early Franks, Alamanni, Quadi, etc. 38 4.55 (-0.4) 42 3 55 26 4.5 3 6.0 9 4.8
81 4 66 Later Polish. 24 4.50 (+1.2) 38 17 46 0 0.0 10 7.4 14 2.4
82 3 40 Norse Viking and Leidang. 150 4.49 (+0.1) 32 23 45 50 5.8 52 5.1 48 2.5
83 4 48 Yuan Chinese. 22 4.45 (-1.0) 23 41 36 5 4.2 14 4.7 3 3.7
84 2 67 Early Ostrogoth, Herul, Sciri, etc. 69 4.45 (-1.0) 38 10 52 6 3.8 55 4.9 8 1.6
85 2 19 Seleucid. 156 4.45 (-0.3) 33 21 46 47 6.3 47 5.2 62 2.6
86 4 64 Medieval French. 64 4.41 (+0.1) 34 19 47 26 5.4 15 4.0 23 3.6
87 2 32 Later Carthaginian. 186 4.33 (-0.2) 32 20 48 55 7.0 66 4.0 65 2.5
88 2 41 Han Chinese. 63 4.32 (-0.3) 32 21 48 31 5.9 9 3.6 23 3.0
89 4 68 Medieval Spanish or Portuguese. 76 4.26 (-0.5) 36 13 51 17 5.6 51 4.5 8 0.8
90 2 58 Alan. 30 4.23 (-0.3) 37 7 57 2 5.0 14 4.6 14 3.8
91 4 54 Medieval Scandinavian. 39 4.23 (-1.0) 36 13 51 7 5.9 29 3.9 3 3.3
92 4 35 Mongol Conquest. 54 4.22 (+0.3) 35 13 52 0 0.0 30 4.6 24 3.7
93 3 51 West Frankish or Norman. 78 4.09 (+0.6) 35 12 54 8 3.5 31 5.7 39 2.9
94 4 56 Order of St John. 24 4.04 (+0.2) 33 8 58 4 3.8 10 5.0 10 3.2
95 4 32 Romanian Frank. 39 4.03 (+0.1) 33 15 51 0 0.0 22 5.4 17 2.2
95 1 22 New Kingdom Egyptian. 110 4.00 (-0.2) 32 14 55 15 5.7 68 4.4 27 2.0
95 2 5 Later Hoplite Greek. 64 4.00 (-0.2) 25 34 41 4 3.8 29 5.1 31 3.0
95 3 42 Sha-T'o Turkish. 21 4.00 (-2.0) 33 14 52 3 8.0 15 3.3 3 3.3
95 4 82 French Ordonnance. 38 4.00 ( 0.0) 29 24 47 0 0.0 29 4.8 9 1.6
100 2 11 Gallic. 89 3.98 ( 0.0) 33 13 54 8 6.2 29 4.8 52 3.2
101 4 75 Timurid. 26 3.92 (-0.3) 35 12 54 0 0.0 19 4.0 7 3.7
102 2 48 Mithridatic. 61 3.89 (-0.8) 25 26 49 31 5.3 3 3.0 27 2.4
103 2 12 Alexandrian Macedonian. 75 3.85 (+0.3) 31 15 55 16 8.6 17 3.7 42 2.3
104 1 24 Hittite Empire. 39 3.74 (-0.6) 21 28 51 0 0.0 11 3.5 28 3.8
105 1 51 Neo-Assyrian Later Sargonid. 52 3.71 (-0.1) 25 21 54 6 7.3 3 5.0 43 3.3
106 2 56 Early Imperial Roman. 124 3.69 (-0.3) 28 19 53 0 0.0 62 5.1 62 2.3
107 4 61 Italian Condotta. 23 3.61 (-1.0) 30 9 61 3 6.0 16 4.1 4 3.0
108 2 18 Macedonian Early Successor. 21 3.57 (-1.0) 29 5 67 0 0.0 17 3.2 4 5.0
109 2 74 Palmyran. 41 3.51 (-0.9) 29 10 61 8 6.5 9 3.0 24 3.0
110 2 49 Marian Roman. 106 3.39 (-0.4) 16 37 47 18 6.2 33 4.0 55 2.1
111 2 33 Polybian Roman. 26 3.38 (-0.6) 23 19 58 3 8.3 13 4.0 10 1.1
112 1 44 Neo-Babylonian. 22 3.18 (-2.3) 27 9 64 10 4.0 12 2.5 0 0.0
113 4 30 Teutonic Orders. 33 3.12 (-0.8) 21 21 58 0 0.0 11 3.7 22 2.8
114 2 7 Later Achaemenid Persian. 33 2.09 (-1.2) 6 21 73 4 7.0 6 3.5 23 0.9