i don't like ign's list so i made my own lol. a little more fair giving 2 characters per game. it's kind of a sausagefest of a list i made, unintentional. i was debating on rydia instead of golbez and celes instead of leo. 2 per game is very limiting. but IGN was unfair and obviously biased to iv, vi, and vii so felt i had to create my own list to justify it in my mind lol.

4
kain
golbez

5
faris
gilgamesh

6
kefka
leo

7
hojo
cid

8
squall
ellone

9
vivi
beatrix

10
auron
jecht

12
basch
balthier

13
sazh
cid