How I Met Your Mother: Each Main Character Ranked From Worst To Best

6. Robin Scherbatsky

Before we begin, it's best to get one thing clear: There are no bad characters in this show. Unfortunately, someone has to sit at the bottom of the pile, and for this list, that someone is Robin Scherbatsky.

Smart and career-driven, Robin starts the show as Ted's main love interest before becoming one of his closest friends and an integral member of the main gang. She has many great qualities, often seen being a good friend to the others, and she can be incredibly funny when the writing is working for her.

But therein lies the problem - the writing lets her down as the show goes on. Her reactions to Barney's relationships after they break up see her as self-involved and possessive, and her treatment of side characters like Patrice and Loretta paint her in a terrible light. She also spends a lot of time mocking Marshall and Lily for their relationship rituals and she leads Ted on. All. The. Time.

She may have been funny, well acted, entertaining, tough and compelling in the big moments, but she ends up being the most unlikable and out of place member of the gang by the show's end.