Top 10 Best Vampire Diaries Characters

I'm also going to say Damon. He's so interesting. Not just because he's extremely attractive, but I like how he's got that whole anti-hero personality to him. He's gone through such an immense amount of pain in his life time and I completely understand why he's want to shut his emotions off. He seems at first to be this cruel character, and I'm not saying his reasons justify his reasons to killing people, but everything he does is mostly out of love. He doesn't do something to get a car or a house but out of love. I personally sympathized with him the most out of everyone. He seemed so alone and so unstable that at times I wanted to grab him through the screen and give him a giant hug. I probably wouldn't watch The Vampire Diaries without him. He's so relatable, interesting, and again very attractive. I wish I had myself a Damon.

Damon has held my interest the most since day one. He is deeply flawed but Ian plays the character as so vulnerable it is hard to hate him no matter what he does. It becomes clear his swagger and humor are to cover his pain. Then as we get pieces of his back story we can relate to him even more. Like Damon, I have made bad judgement calls and been embarrassed. I have lashed out in anger and then regretted it. I have felt rejection and can relate to Damon's pain when Stefan won't trust him or anyone believe in him. Sure, I haven't killed like Damon but he is, after all, a vampire. Damon is fiercely loyal and protective even when clearly misunderstood and unsupported. Plus Ian plays him in such a way we feel the actual push and pull of wanting to just enjoying the blood lust like a vampire would and being human like people want him to be.

Damon Salvatore is the highlight of Vampire Diaries. He is very attractive and his personality is very sarcastic, funny and relatable. He has gone through immense pain in his lifetime (or three) and lashes out in pain and anger. Again, I can relate. He owns every horrible and flawed part of himself and hides the best side of him. One of his quotes, 'The best way too not get your heart broken, is to pretend that you don't have one,' relates to me so much and I can see how he hides his pain in anger and humor, I do the same. I never hated him, even from the first episode, even from the first person he killed in cold blood. I'm not denying that he was cruel, manipulative and a shameless serial killer, I just relate to him so much and don't think there is anything wrong with a little bit of cruelty and manipulating. Despite what everyone thinks, the world isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Damon is very protective having lost so much and seen the best and the worst in people for 178 years. ...more

Damon Salvatore. In both the books and the movies, he's the no conscience vampire who uses people to suit his needs at the beginning. We all hated him when he first came. But his love was so pure and good and not even halfway through his redemption, we all fell in love with him. He was the best version of himself, when he was in love. His character is so complex. He can make you want to kiss his wounds. He can make you want to slap him. He was the most human out of all. Because humans are that complex and their love and hate both equally over encompassing and overwhelming.

Also he only looked at Elena that special way. He was sentimental and caring and sweet only for her. And we all love the bad boy who'll do anything for you, because you're his first priority. And Ian Somerhalder playing Damon, how can you not love him? Definitely a first.

I hated Stefan at the beginning, he was such a sanctimonious hypocritical faker. Super annoying. But then he became the most interesting character in the show. Like I knew he was horrid beforehand, but boy oh boy this guy is the worst. Even Klaus is impressed. As a character he is a a complete mess: Am I really supposed to believe that a sadistic mass murderer is pure-hearted? But leaving aside the authors screwed up writing he is a piece of work. Lying, manipulative, self-deluded, cruel, sadistic, cold-hearted. I love sassy sadistic Stefan the most.

Although we all love Damon, Stefan always respects everyone's decisions (especially Elena's) even though he loves her to bits. He's a complex, interesting character who's been dragged through hell and back. Ridiculously selfless, he always hangs on no matter how much pain he is in. I am a HUGE Stelena shipper and I've always felt that he was the original Salvatore guy. It was an epic love and they were soul mates when Elena was human beyond doubt. I'll always wait for my Stefan Salvatore!

Stefan Salvatore is my husband. I love him so much. Stefan deserved better from the very beginning of the vampire diaries. he is the cutest ever. he puts everyone else first. I'm about to make a list of why Stefan is the better brother and the best character. First he is so caring he is nice to everyone. Second he fought the urge to feed on Elena so many times because he was in love with her even when Klaus compelled him to feed on Elena he told her to run and he fought it for a while and Damon couldn't do that. Third his heart was so pure even Emily Bennet said like even when you turned your heart is still pure and that's your curse. Fourth he kept it together he would never won't to hurt anyone and he never did unless his humanity was off but when Damon gets hurt by the smallest thing he kills people. Last of all the fact that he died he sacrificed his self so his brother can live and create a family with Elena even though Elena was the love of Stefans life. he would do anything for ...more

Stefan is definitely the best character in tvd, he has such a pure heart and cares about others and always puts them first. He sacrificed his life just for mystic falls and his brother. I just love him so much he's my comfort character.

I just love to see Katherine! Oh my, how sassy and fierce she is. And at least not boring like Elena, not a crybaby. She is unpredictable and exciting, a survivor.

Katherine is by far in the TVD universe one of the best characters. I vote for her because she is just a boss in so many ways. And not even damn Damon could beat her in my opinion. He always came second or third for me, but Katherine has more than that. She got her baby taken from her by her father, having to survive for 500 years as a vampire, and even running to survive. And in the end, she doesn't even deserve the fate she deserves. By sending her to oblivion? After she can't even be with Stefan? Wow, life IS cruel, you were right Katherine.

I find it rather troubling that she is so high up on this list.. I mean, come on guys, she's still evil in case you hadn't noticed. I don't really get this whole thing nowadays, where everyone's obsessed with the villain. I mean, I might sort of get the confussion in this show, since a lot of our 'heroes' are also kind of the bad guys. So I suppose Katherine isn't so different from them anyway. Long story short: I'm fine with her being well-liked and all, but seriously? Second best character? No way.

I'm so damn happy that Katherine lived, and.. Well... I'm not really sad about what she did to Elena. I liked Elena more as a human. But Katherine... I just love her in all the ways! I like her when she's selfless, and even when she's selfish. I'm happy that Katherine's back at being Katherine again. I was really looking forward to 500 Year of Solitude, and I was at the verge of tears when Katherine was gonna die.

Niklaus is like... the ultimate redeemable villain. If a bad guy is always evil it becomes a bit boring. However if said bad guy shows signs of humanity and possible redemption... that's irresistible. His character is the most developed in the whole Vampire diaries/Originals, in my opinion, and it's a fascinating character at that. Epic love and betrayal, countless grabs for power, delusions of grandeur, family trauma and drama, and an insatiable thirst for a reason to go in. Of course it doesn't hurt that he's sexy as hell.

Firstly, Joseph Morgan's acting is just on point. He plays every layer of Klaus with such intensity you actually feel every bit of those emotions yourself. Joseph is so intelligent and creative that having so little materiel from the books to go on he made Klaus into a complex character to begin with. And he is the most attractive man I know of, I don't think after watching Joseph anyone would be able to take that place.

Secondly, thanks to first Joseph's portrayal (Julie herself admired that the first bit complexity to Klaus was brought on from Joseph himself) and second TVD writers Klaus is an extremely complex and layered character. He is not a bay boy just for the sake of being bad. his actions are driven by one force or another. He is both highly intelligent and deeply emotionally flawed (for entirely understandable reasons: when you meet his parents, so much is explained--including why his brother Elijah is so keen to emotionally redeem Klaus). being so smart, so cunning, ...more

Klaus is a original hybrid! It doesn't get much better than that. Not only is he the first supernatural cross-breed in the world, but he is also one of the most powerful characters in all the vampire diaries universe. Few people have actually been known to beat him, and fewer are actually alive right now. And that character development! He went from mysterious, and scary ancient Vampire, to super powerful, and awesome hybrid with almost no limits!

I love Klaus. His character development is the one who got me really hooked to the show. Klaus can have moments where he does selfish or bad things but most of the time for me, I sympathize with him because of his harsh childhood and life really which is why no matter how much wrong he does, I will also love him. Also as a bonus he is so damn hot! Joesph does an amazing job portraying him and I couldn't imagine anyone but Joseph portraying Klaus.

She's definitely my favorite character besides Stefan and Katherine. Caroline had the best development through out the whole show (Damon had an amazing development as well). She went from an insecure little girl to the strongest character in the show. She always helped her friends and gave them a second chance, despite everything. She is an amazing friend and literally one of the most selfless characters. She was treated so badly by everyone and had so many terrible things happen to her yet she never stopped being a good person. She's definitely one of the funniest and cutest characters ever and I love how soft and yet badass she can be. She is an amazing mother and deserved so much better. I was so mad that she didn't get her happy ending but she never gave up and she never will because she's Caroline Forbes, that's what she does, she'll always fight for herself and her loved ones.

Caroline starts the series as the insecure, neurotic, jealous "frenemy" of Elena & Bonnie and is more caring of popularity and appearances, until she is turned. Her transformation is the turning point where she develops true, deep emotional relationships with the other characters, and begins to see the strengths that reside in her, which develop her into not just the strongest woman on the show, but one of the most mature and strongest characters period. She is sweet, kind, fiercely loyal, willing to do anything it takes to save the ones she loves, and can be mature enough to make the hard decision, even when it's painful for her. Caroline, along with Damon, is the most developed character on TVD, and it make me admire her the most.

Caroline is easily the best character on TVD, there's no doubt. Had she not have been a character, I probably wouldn't have watched the show a million times and fall more and more in love with it every time. It's like what someone already said, when she became a vampire I immediately loved her character. It's almost as though before she turned she used that control freak side to conceal her true emotions. Then when she turned she became a feminist icon and a true best friend. She fell in love with herself. Which Elena never was, she was so focused on finding love that she barely cared about her friendships or even her brother. I really hope Candice is going to be in a lot more movies/T.V. shows.

She's been almost everyone's best friend at one point or another. I don't mean literal best friend, but the best friend to have in a certain moment of time. She's dealt with always being second best to her mother dying to everyone always leaving her. She's so strong and caring and kind and deserves the whole damn world. She grew from a girl who felt like competition was inevitable to a woman who knew when to pick her battles. By far the best character TVD has seen.

Everyone needs to shut up! Elena is not a crybaby! I bet If you lost all your family one by one you'd be crying your butt off too! And after season 4 she got over it, found love, became more likable, and she is just so sweet and adorable and she is gorgeous! people think her voice is annoying but I think it's adorable! She cares about all her friends and Jeremy and would die for them. She is so strong and really improved as a character throughout the seasons. In season 4 she shut off her humanity and made it through! Even when she was human she trained with Alaric to stake a vampire. Her emotions are so powerful and her love for Damon is stronger than any kind of compulsion ever! Same for Stefan you saw how he fought through it! He may not have succeeded but he still tried and he's a ripper I mean come on! He didn't rip her head off at least! Elena is really amazing, beautiful, strong, caring, and most of all human! At the finale she woke up and lived the rest of her life happy!

Easily my least favorite character. She has said negative things about her friend and acts all innocent when she is not. She manipulates Stefan and Damon. Remember when she told Damon it would always be Stefan. But yet we find her making out with Damon. I literally like almost all the characters but I had to stop watching this show because of Elena. Sorry if you like her.

I really like Nina Dobrev , Elena Gilbert and her brother Jeremy Gilbert and both of them make a team , Elena eventually learns about Damon and Stefan being Vampires and the Salvatore brothers and then Elena found out that Salvatore brothers were one the founders of the town Mystic Falls ! Elena became Stefan 's girlfriend and then she works as a team member with brothers .

I don't understand why people say she makes everything about her! She's is the main character after all! She is beautiful physically and emotionally. She's caring and independent. Even when she wasn't a vampire she could definialty stand up to one! She is also extremely smart. She kind, funny, smart, beautiful, and independent. Yes a lot of deaths are caused by her but still she is just learning a lot of these things!

Bonnie is the only character in the whole series who, until the end, never did anything that I found annoying, immoral, or wrong. Not only that, but throughout the series, even though she is in it less than Elena and Caroline, she has the most realistic and relatable personality of everyone on the show. Lastly, throughout all of the weird plot lines of the show, she is the only character who I have loved throughout all of it. Bonnie Bennett is my favorite character!

Bonnie is among the top three on my list. There's so many scenes just showing how great she is, I mean remember the old decades dances where Bonnie died trying to kill Klaus while Elena watched at the door screaming for her witchy powers to unlock the door. However we later found that she was alive. And in the new season we see how truly perfect her character is as she is trapped alone in the 1970's.

Throughout the show Bonnie has constantly sacrificed herself for her friends, without getting anything in return and she literally doesn't get anything in return. She has always been able to do the right thing and has never changed her morals. She has been betrayed multiple times and they made her seem expendable because her life was linked to Elenas. Bonnie Bennett deserves to be #1 for me, because she deserves it.

She sacrificed herself for her boyfriend/ her best friends sister, bother her parents are dead (mother is a vamp) she gave her chance to leave the prison world to Damon, powerful, boyfriend has died/ best friend's brother, brought almost everyone back to life, refused to help lily bring back her crazy heretic family (don't like anyone especially Valerie she ruined Seraline) She wan'ts her boyfriend to be happy and is a major awesome character!

Alaric is by far my favourite 'Vampire Diaries' character. He was really interesting and had great depth to him that not many other characters had. His character was realistic and relatable and above all he was actually a very interesting and moral person. I also love Elijah, Damon and Caroline is aloso okay, especially as a vampire.

Loyal and capable. Probably one of the most reliable hunters to have around you.

I pity him. First Jenna, then Jo.

Hands down best character after Damon, Klaus and Elijah come close behind

You want to hate her, but you can't help but love her.

Rebekah seems to possess a list of contradictory personality traits that apply to her. She can act catty, ruthless, selfish, erratic, and vindictive. However, deep down, she's a sweet girl who loves her family and desires nothing more than to find love and be loved, or at least accepted and sympathized with for once.

There are just so many things to admire about this character, and I was intrigued by her from the moment the show started. She is forgiving towards her brother Klaus, despite having betrayed him and shown vindictiveness. The fact remains that she was willing to endure his cruelty for over a thousand years, remaining by his side and still loving him. The only reason she acted this way at times was because he stood in the way of her happiness, treated her as his possession, was cruel to her, used her, and took her for granted. She is admirably fierce, strong, and courageous. In her own way, though she can ...more

Katherine, Caroline, Rebekah, Bonnie, and Lexi are the best female characters on this show, period.
Rebekah is a sweet person who puts up an emotional wall. She can be unstable. Unlike Elena, she doesn't whine about her past (staying with a toxic brother for centuries and being abused by her father). Unlike Damon or Klau, she doesn't blame others for her mistakes or act like a hypocrite. In the Originals, did you see the way she took care of Hope?
My baby girl Bekah deserves the world.

Rebekah is a great character because whilst she's one of the strongest and oldest characters you still see a little sister in her. You feel sorry for her sometimes. You get to see that she is a nice person she has feelings like everyone else just the perfect combination of them

Rebekah is an amazing character who should be way higher on the list. She is beautiful and she likes to have a nice family, though her family is a little messed up, she always sticks by her MANY brothers. I admire her and she definitely should score WAY higher

I love Tyler. At first he was the character I hated most but then he really proved himself. Just like Damon they were both selfish,narcassistic and I honestly hated them the most but they both proved themselves and I think that they have come a long way from the beginning. When Tyler died (well Damon killed him) my heart sunk and I really hated Damon for it but it most mostly Sybil's fault everyone in this fandom can agree that she is the main reason that Tyler died. Unfortunately Tyler didn't make it all the way till the end but for me he was a real producer to the show and he will always be my favourite character in the show.

Tyler was the best character. The saddest moment of the show was when Damon killed Tyler. I am sure that I am not the only person who wished it was Matt instead. Tyler was also one of the few werewolves left on the show and he had a great personality. Tyler and Caroline made a better couple than Caroline and Stefan.

I never liked Tyler. Klaus would have been so much better for Caroline. Tyler was more focused on revenge than Caroline. Klaus would have forgotten the revenge instantly if it meant that he could be with Caroline. Even if it were just for a minute. He would go to the ends of the earth for her.

I just seriously love Tyler's character. The fact that he is insanely sexy is just a plus. He sacrificed so much for Klaus and he had a bad relationship with his dad. Yeah he was a jerk in season, but to be fair, he was a werewolf so the anger isn't entirely his faul. I loved this babe since the pilot

Enzo! I loved Enzo so much! He went through so much pain in his life and I think that's why I loved him so much! He was a very brave character. He was very mysterious and deep. He'd do ANYTHING for the one he loves. When Bonnie and Enzo got together, I really didn't ship them but in the end I couldn't believe they weren't together sooner! (#Bonenzo should've been endgame)

I loved everything Enzo said! He had the best accent ever and everything he said made me cry (happy tears- most of the time) and I couldn't imagine the show without him! RIP Lorenzo, love you :(

Such an interesting and deep character... You can relate and understand his pain and rage. He's smart, cunning and angry enough to get what he wants but he's loyal and strong too. You can't decide either you should hate or love him. The best minor character since Klaus appeared.

I think Enzo's character is so different compared to anyone else's. He usually did the wrong things, for the right reasons and that made his character so interesting and you can't help but love him. His charming looks and sexy accent is definitely a bonus.

I loved this character for, like, a season or two. But his relationship with Lily makes me want to slap him, and his affection for her ruined Caroline and Enzo!

I hate his character and was hoping he would leaving sooner than later. All he does is walk around complaining all the time. He blames everyone around him for his problems.. He is in search of a purpose and when he finds that purpose as a hunter, he is still complaining. He is always when Bonnie was alive always in her business as if he was her manager. He would try and tell her when and how she should use her magic. UGH! I feel as if they were trying to make him into some kind of sex symbol but that didn't. He's either walking around shirtless or working out lifting weights. He walks around as if he is some kind body builder, boy sit down please!. I was hoping he would get killed off and just leave.

His character is so boring and so is bonnie's character. I wish they would kill him off again he really is useless

Sooo hot. So so so hot. He happens to be sweet too. And he tried to kill Elena. I love him.

Best. Arms. Ever. No one can argue with that.

I love his apathetic nature paired with a wonderful sense of humor. I love how calm he is before going in for the kill, making it truly terrifying and unpredictable. This is something we haven't seen from a villain on the show at all. Sure, Klaus was scary, but his erratic behavior always made it clear who he was going to kill next. Elijah, on the other hand, has a calm demeanor when he kills, and it's always clean and calculated, taking away the element of surprise and the scariness. Kai had a way of being unpredictable yet calculated. Who really saw him stabbing Bonnie coming? And who thought he was going to kill that cab driver? He made every kill so cavalier that you couldn't quite grasp whether he was being friendly or murderous, which is true to the sociopath MO. Anyway, I absolutely loved his character, and season 7 would have been a lot better if he were a part of it.

Kai was definitely the best character hands down, he deserves to be at least in the top five. His character was so menacing, mischievous and he honestly brought life back to TVD. Unlike the other former villains like Klaus and Damon, he never got soft and mushy, he was just badass and I guess that's why so many people loved Kai. As well as his amazing hilarious personality, he was very charming, good-looking, witty and sarcastic. He reminds me of season 1 Damon, just more crazier and evil. Plec made an idiotic decision to cut him off the show in season 6, she could've really explored his character. Bonnie and Kai, in my opinion, could've been explored more, they would've made a golden couple, honestly. So this is why that sociopathic homicidal lunatic is my favourite character from TVD

Malachai Parker, unlike any other, who has seen a villain quite like Kai? He is a psychopath that you can't help but fall in love with. This show excels in introducing us to adorable bad guys that make us fall in love (Klaus, Katherine, Kol, etc.) and have shown us new sides, new depths that we never could have imagined. Plus, he is hilarious, adorable, does horrible things, yet we still can't hold it against him (killing Jo and all the Geminis). This villain found his way straight to our hearts! He is super memorable, damn sexy, and a bad ass. He is the best true villain we've had, sorry Klaus. He made The Vampire Diaries a whole new level of interesting, and we all know that we still miss and have a place for Malachai Parker in our hearts!

Probably the most dangerous villain just do to the fact that he seems absolutely harmless until he's not. He's the only one who could lull you into a sense of security. Every other villain had a way about them that made them dangerous and untrustworthy all the time, but with Kai you could never quite tell.

Matt's one of the more lovable characters to have ever come out of Vampire Diaries although he is a minor one. He is nice and very friendly and a type of person who you could always depend. He cares a lot about his friends and would do anything for them.

It is very depressing that he is not even acknowledged by his friends even though he has stood by them through all their hardships. Rather, characters have hated him for something he wasn't responsible for. Stefan and Damon unnecessarily hated Matt when Elena asked Stefan to save Matt instead of herself. He is also always toyed around by other characters like Katherine, making him seem really pitiful. It really makes me sad to think that he did not have any proper character development in the first few seasons. I bet Matt as a character could have been developed into something much better than what he already is.

Have you watched season six? He was a jerk to pick on Tyler when he was going through up a rough patch (his girlfriend tried to commit suicide! ) Kidnapped Enzo when he killed someone, a loser someone ( why do you care about Enzo killing someone when Damon, Stefan, Caroline, Elena and your sister has killed before! ) He admitted that he hates vampires and has said that they are 'Monsters'

Matt is always crying about something. Woe is me. Every scene is about him crying over this and that. If its not his mother, its Elena, or Caroline, or Stephan or Damon. Dude get over it. Can he ever have a good day and smile. If Mystic Falls is so terrible.. LEAVE!. I saw the clip when he read for Stephan, Fail!. He sounds like a meat head. Uh Elena, uhhh, you want to have coffee. uhhh..

Matt Donovan is very handsome , super intelligent, very loyal , and Matt is someone to depend on for help and Matt goes the extra mile for anyone even Elena. . I know that Matt loved his sister Vicki . Matt also has sweet dance moves like Stefan .