The Best Sitcom Neighbors of All Time, Ranked by Fan Votes

Sitcom Neighbors

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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All Time ranks by all-time win rate across every head-to-head battle. Latest ranks by latest fan sentiment, updated as new battles are voted on.

1. COSMO KRAMER (SEINFELD)

86.9% win rate

#1 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

2. NEWMAN (SEINFELD)

59.4% win rate

#2 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

3. WILSON WILSON JR. (HOME IMPROVEMENT)

55.4% win rate

#3 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

4. STEVE URKEL (FAMILY MATTERS)

47.5% win rate

#4 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

5. LENNY & SQUIGGY (LAVERNE & SHIRLEY)

46.8% win rate

#5 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

6. GLADYS KRAVITZ ( BEWITCHED)

42.6% win rate

#6 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

7. MR. HECKLES (FRIENDS)

36.0% win rate

#7 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

T8. BOB PINCIOTTI (THAT '70S SHOW)

35.3% win rate

Tied for the #8 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

T8. KIMMY GIBBLER (FULL HOUSE)

35.3% win rate

Tied for the #8 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time

10. NED FLANDERS (THE SIMPSONS)

26.1% win rate

#10 Greatest Sitcom Neighbors of All Time