Best Games of 2001
Halo: Combat Evolvedon 5 of 19 rankings2
Final Fantasy Xon 4 of 19 rankings3
Super Smash Bros. Meleeon 3 of 19 rankings4
Silent Hill 2on 2 of 19 rankings5
Conker's Bad Fur Dayon 1 of 19 rankings6
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacyon 1 of 19 rankings7
Luigi's Mansionon 1 of 19 rankings8
Metal gear solid 2on 1 of 19 rankings9
Sonic Adventure 2on 1 of 19 rankings10
Sonic Adventure 2: Battleon 1 of 19 rankings11
Tribes 2on 1 of 19 rankings12
Phoenix wright ace attorneyon 1 of 19 rankings13
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3on 2 of 19 rankings14
Max Payneon 1 of 19 rankings15
Cossacks: European Warson 1 of 19 rankings16
Icoon 1 of 19 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 19 independent rankings, recounted 20 October 2026, the best game of 2001 is Halo: Combat Evolved, followed by Final Fantasy X and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
How this is counted
This chart counts 19 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 2001, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 20 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 19 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.