GoatWars fans rank Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld) the greatest of all time among Sitcom Neighbors, with a 84.1% Goatscore.
Chasing the crown: #2 Wilson Wilson Jr. (Home Improvement) (58.9%), #3 Newman (Seinfeld) (53.1%).
You hear the door open. Nobody knocked. Somehow your neighbor is already in the kitchen. Sitcoms gave us the people next door we loved, tolerated, hid from, and occasionally wished would move three states away. Kramer raids your fridge. Urkel destroys your furniture. Flanders is aggressively pleasant. Wilson has suspiciously perfect advice waiting over the fence. The best sitcom neighbors aren't background characters—they're walking plot devices who can wreck an evening just by showing up. But what actually makes the ultimate neighbor: laughs, chaos, loyalty, or being someone you'd genuinely trust with a spare key? Pick your side. The door's already open.
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GoatWars fans rank Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld) the greatest of all time among Sitcom Neighbors, with a 84.1% Goatscore.
The GOAT List ranks every contender in Sitcom Neighbors by Goatscore: the percentage of head-to-head GoatWars battles they have won, as voted by fans.
This GOAT List is based on 917 fan votes in head-to-head battles, as of August 18, 2026.