This is the complete listing of the closest wire-to-wire matches in GameFAQs history. In other words, these are the tightest polls we've ever seen over the course of the entire 24 hours that they ran, since they're ranked according to the biggest lead that one contestant was able to create over his opponent at any point in the day.

See Also Edit

• Closest Matches
• Most Surprising Results
• Most Embarrassing Results

Closest wire-to-wire matches Edit

This listing is for 1 vs 1 matches ONLY.

1. Shadow of the Colossus > Metal Gear Solid 2 2010, lead maxed at 188*
2. Team Fortress 2 > Fable 2010, lead maxed at 210*
3. Persona 4 > Dead Rising 2010, lead maxed at 347*
4. Frog > Liquid Snake 2004, lead maxed at 460
5. Ken > Albert Wesker 2010, lead maxed at 471*
6. Chrono Trigger > Link to the Past 2004, lead maxed at 513
7. Metal Gear Solid 3 > Shadow of the Colossus 2010, lead maxed at 515*
8. Ryu > Dante 2010, lead maxed at 537*
9. Morrowind > Warcraft III 2010, lead maxed at 543*
10. Missingno > Crono 2010, lead maxed at 632*
11. Dead Rising > The World Ends With You 2010, lead maxed at 654*
12. Red > Ocelot 2010, lead maxed at 666*
13. Metal Gear Solid > Final Fantasy Tactics 2004, lead maxed at 741
14. Mario > Crono 2003, lead maxed at 822
15. Sora/Riku > Dante/Vergil 2011, lead maxed at 840
16. Shadow of the Colossus > Metal Gear Solid 4 2010, lead maxed at 851*
17. Street Fighter IV > Sonic Adventure 2 2010, lead maxed at 851*
18. Ryu H. > Jill 2004, lead maxed at 938
19. Brawl > Melee 2010, lead maxed at 965*
20. Vercetti > Donkey Kong 2003, lead maxed at 968
21. Red/Blue > Cloud/Sephiroth 2011, lead maxed at 989
22. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald > Grand Theft Auto IV 2010, lead maxed at 1017*
23. Mega Man > Sonic 2005, lead maxed at 1085
24. StarCraft > Halo 2004, lead maxed at 1108
25. Kingdom Hearts > Soul Calibur 2004, lead maxed at 1127
26. Vincent > Squall 2005, lead maxed at 1150
27. Metroid Prime > Half-Life 2 2010, lead maxed at 1162*
28. God of War > Tales of Symphonia 2010, lead maxed at 1170*
29. Deus Ex > Rock Band 2 2010, lead maxed at 1187*
30. Peach > Jill 2006, lead maxed at 1427
31. Majora's Mask > Final Fantasy X 2010, lead maxed at 1479
32. Majora's Mask > Brawl 2010, lead maxed at 1480
33. Frog/Magus > Chell/GLaDOS 2011, lead maxed at 1482
34. Squall/Seifer > Sora/Riku 2011, lead maxed at 1534
35. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 > New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2010, lead maxed at 1629*
36. Fallout 3 > Metroid Prime 2010, lead maxed at 1652*
37. Skies of Arcadia > Baldur's Gate II 2010, lead maxed at 1709*
38. Yoshi > Dante 2006, lead maxed at 1712
39. Samus > Tifa 2006, lead maxed at 1719
40. Magus > Ganon 2003, lead maxed at 1783
41. Tidus > Shadow 2004, lead maxed at 1803
42. StarCraft > Wind Waker 2004, lead maxed at 2022
43. Melee > Final Fantasy X 2004, lead maxed at 2042
44. Master Chief > Donkey Kong 2005, lead maxed at 2044
45. Snake > Bowser 2005, lead maxed at 2161
46. Sonic > Crono 2006, lead maxed at 2207
47. Vercetti > Kefka 2005, lead maxed at 2255
48. Missingno. > Yoshi 2010, lead maxed at 2348*
49. Ike > Zidane 2010, lead maxed at 2374*
50. Mario Kart Wii > Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2010, lead maxed at 2381*

* 12-hour match

Pre-historic Matches (2002-2003)
These matches were very close throughout and probably deserve spots on this list, but we don't have exact numbers for them since there was no update tracking until 2004.
(Except for Mario/Crono, Vercetti/DK and Ganon/Magus in '03, which Ngamer tracked by hand.)

• Samus > Sonic 2002, won by 34, estimated biggest lead of 2000 for Sonic with 6 hours remaining.
• Mario > Crono 2002, won by 115, estimated biggest lead of 1350 for Mario.
• Mario > Cloud 2002, won by 277, estimated biggest lead of 1000 for Cloud, with a ton of vote-stuffing accusations given Mario spiked for 500 votes within 50 minutes around dinner time.
• Sephiroth > Mega Man 2002, won by 987, though Mega Man had a lead of 700 around lunch.
• Donkey Kong > Aya 2002, won by 1320, though Aya had a lead of 700 come the morning vote.
• Ganon > Tidus 2003, won by 1582, with Tidus stalling the lead at 100 votes early.
• Kefka > Pac-Man 2003, won by 1773, with Kefka leading wire to wire.

Closest wire-to-wire matches - 4 way format Edit

1. Tales of Symphonia > God of War 2009, lead maxed at 403**
2. Weighted Companion Cube > Mega Man 2008, lead maxed at 500**
3. Super Metroid > Super Mario Kart 2009 (R2), lead maxed at 577**
4. Donkey Kong Country > Doom 2009, lead maxed at 581**
5. Super Metroid > Super Mario Kart 2009 (R1), lead maxed at 598
6. Zero > Vivi 2008, lead maxed at 614**
7. L-Block > Ryu 2008, lead maxed at 622
8. Resident Evil 4 > Metal Gear Solid 3 2009, lead maxed at 657**
9. Riku > Ryu Hayabusa 2007, lead maxed at 658**
10. Liquid Snake > Alucard 2007, lead maxed at 708
11. Super Mario Bros. 3 > Super Mario World 2009, lead maxed at 728
12. Hogger > Ramza 2008, lead maxed at 765**
13. Crono > Vincent 2008, lead maxed at 930**
14. Mewtwo > Midna 2008, lead maxed at 956**
15. Duke Nukem > Gordon Freeman 2007, lead maxed at 994
16. Marcus Fenix > Ocelot 2007, lead maxed at 1095**
17. Secret of Monkey Island > SimCity 2009, lead maxed at 1095**
18. Link to the Past > Super Mario 64 2009, lead maxed at 1146**
19. Hogger > Laharl 2008, lead maxed at 1154**
20. Knuckles > Rikku 2007, lead maxed at 1213**
21. Resident Evil 4 > Kingdom Hearts II 2009, lead maxed at 1257
22. Mario > Zack Fair 2008 (R4), lead maxed at 1271**
23. Phoenix Wright > Bomberman 2007, lead maxed at 1328**
24. HK-47 > Lloyd Irving 2007, lead maxed at 1364**
25. Halo > Knights of the Old Republic 2009, lead maxed at 1389**
26. Super Mario 64 > Chrono Trigger 2009, lead maxed at 1423**
27. Luigi > Ganondorf 2007, lead maxed at 1433**
28. Pikachu > Alucard 2008, lead maxed at 1440
29. Super Mario Bros. 3 > The Legend of Zelda 2009, lead maxed at 1458**
30. Raiden > Sam Fisher 2007, lead maxed at 1502**
31. Weighted Companion Cube > Tidus 2008, lead maxed at 1506
32. Portal > BioShock 2009, lead maxed at 1638**
33. Metal Gear Solid 4 > Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2009, lead maxed at 1658
34. Vincent > Crono 2007, lead maxed at 1711**
35. Amaterasu > Ada Wong 2007, lead maxed at 1740**
36. L-Block > Snake 2007 (R4), lead maxed at 1828
37. Lucario > Isaac 2008, lead maxed at 1846**
38. Frog > Axel 2007, lead maxed at 1903**
39. Tales of Symphonia > San Andreas 2009, lead maxed at 1906**
40. Mario > Mega Man X 2008 (R2), lead maxed at 1911
41. Jill > Ocelot 2008, lead maxed at 2025**
42. Gordon Freeman > Ike 2007, lead maxed at 2084**
43. Sandbag > Magus 2008, lead maxed at 2150**
44. Scorpion > Gordon Freeman 2008, lead maxed at 2180
45. Pokémon RBY > Metal Gear Solid 2009, lead maxed at 2183**
46. Sonic the Hedgehog > Street Fighter II 2009, lead maxed at 2205**
47. Kirby > Sonic 2008, lead maxed at 2213**
48. Oblivion > Tales of Symphonia 2009, lead maxed at 2251
49. Ninja Gaiden > Duck Hunt 2009, lead maxed at 2272**
50. Lara Croft > Albert Wesker 2007, lead maxed at 2309**

** for second place

Closest wire-to-wire matches where the loser was never able to take the lead Edit

Matches where the loser was never able to take the lead past the first hour

1. Metal Gear Solid 3 > Shadow of the Colossus 2010, lead maxed at 515
2. Missingno > Crono 2010, lead maxed at 632
3. Super Mario Bros. 3 > Super Mario World 2009, lead maxed at 728*
4. Shadow of the Colossus > Metal Gear Solid 4 2010, lead maxed at 851
5. Street Fighter IV > Sonic Adventure 2 2010, lead maxed at 851
6. Duke Nukem > Gordon Freeman 2007, lead maxed at 994*
7. Link to the Past > Super Mario 64 2009, lead maxed at 1146**
8. Metroid Prime > Half-Life 2 2010, lead maxed at 1162
9. Deus Ex > Rock Band 2 2010, lead maxed at 1187
10. Resident Evil 4 > Kingdom Hearts II 2009, lead maxed at 1257*
11. Phoenix Wright > Bomberman 2007, lead maxed at 1328**
12. HK-47 > Lloyd Irving 2007, lead maxed at 1364**
13. Majora's Mask > Brawl 2010, lead maxed at 1480
14. Frog/Magus > Chell/GLaDOS 2011, lead maxed at 1482
15. Raiden > Sam Fisher 2007, lead maxed at 1502**
16. Portal > BioShock 2009, lead maxed at 1638**
17. Metal Gear Solid 4 > Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2009, lead maxed at 1658*
18. Skies of Arcadia > Baldur's Gate II 2010, lead maxed at 1709
19. Magus > Ganon 2003, lead maxed at 1783
20. Tidus > Shadow 2004, lead maxed at 1803
21. L-Block > Snake 2007 (R4), lead maxed at 1828*
22. Tales of Symphonia > San Andreas 2009, lead maxed at 1906**
23. Gordon Freeman > Ike 2007, lead maxed at 2084**
24. Snake > Bowser 2005, lead maxed at 2161
25. Ninja Gaiden > Duck Hunt 2009, lead maxed at 2272**

* for first place in a 4-way format
** for second place in a 4-way format