With 531 votes cast, here are the "top 20":
| 1. Plato (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
| 2. Aristotle loses to Plato by 231–229 |
| 3. Socrates loses to Plato by 366–81, loses to Aristotle by 356–122 |
| 4. Aquinas loses to Plato by 447–37, loses to Socrates by 328–130 |
| 5. Augustine loses to Plato by 458–22, loses to Aquinas by 279–115 |
| 6. Epicurus loses to Plato by 458–15, loses to Augustine by 291–106 |
| 7. Parmenides loses to Plato by 453–16, loses to Epicurus by 170–162 |
| 8. Heraclitus loses to Plato by 447–21, loses to Paremenides by 179–114 |
| 9. Confucius loses to Plato by 417–20, loses to Heraclitus by 152–150 |
| 10. Ockham loses to Plato by 462–9, loses to Confucius by 158–156 |
| 11. Anselm loses to Plato by 452–10, loses to Ockham by 162–150 |
| 12. Pythagoras loses to Plato by 457–12, loses to Anselm by 161–152 |
| 13. Duns Scotus loses to Plato by 436–11, loses to Pythagoras by 151–145 |
| 14. Machiavelli loses to Plato by 459–9, loses to Duns Scotus by 156–153 |
| 15. Democritus loses to Plato by 453–13, loses to Machiavelli by 166–151 |
| 16. Zeno of Elea loses to Plato by 458–10, loses to Machiavelli by 172–146 |
| 17. Plotinus loses to Plato by 441–7, loses to Zeno by 154–118 |
| 18. Avicenna loses to Plato by 426–8, loses to Plotinus by 134–114 |
| 19. Cicero loses to Plato by 450–6, loses to Avicenna by 140–134 |
| 20. Sextus Empiricus loses to Plato by 437–8, loses to Cicero by 142–134 |
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