Top 10 Office Characters: The Wrestling Community's Favs

by Derek Levendusky
Twitter: @AWWderek

After its first season in 2005, a 6-episode experiment by NBC, The Office had pretty lousy ratings, ranking 102nd out of the 156 shows broadcast on network television that year. NBC gambled and bet big on the show breaking out in its second season, and that’s exactly what it did, led by Steve Carell who had become a bonafide TV and movie star.

The remarkable thing about The Office is that since going off the air in 2013, its following has grown, first hitting the streaming world on Netflix, and then moving to Peacock TV over the last few years. Its career has been like Jordan Burroughs reinventing himself at 79 kg after an illustrious career at 74 kg.

We thought it would be fun to poll members of the wrestling community who are fans of the show to see who their “Top 10” Office characters are. Here’s what we found out.

NEW LISTS:

Kayla Miracle, 2020 Olympian & 2021 world silver medalist
1. Jim Halpert
2. Kevin Malone
3. Cindy from the “A Benihana Christmas” episode because she’s my cousin in real life.
4. Stanley Hudson
5. Dwight Schrute
6. Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration
7. Angela’s cats, specifically Princess Lady
8. Hank, the security guard
9. Raymond Reddington…I mean, Robert California
10. Astrid Levinson


PREVIOUS LISTS:

Jason Bryant, Hall of Fame Sportswriter, Mat Talk Podcast Network
1. Creed Bratton
2. Dwight Schrute
3. Darryl Philbin
4. Michael Scott
5. Stanley Hudson
6. Date Mike
7. Prison Mike
8. Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration
9. Mose
10. Andy Bernard

Victoria Francis, 2x Team USA world teamer, 2x WCWA National Champion
1. Michael Scott
2. Creed Bratton
3. Dwight Schrute
4. Jim Halpert
5. Nate Nickerson
6. Meredith Palmer
7. David Wallace
8. Pam Beesly
9. Jo Bennett
10. Mose

Cameron Guerin, McKendree 2x NCAA Champion
1. Dwight Schrute
2. Jim Halpert
3. Michael Scott
4. Toby Flenderson
5. Erin Hannon
6. Phyllis Vance
7. Creed Bratton
8. Oscar Martinez
9. Stanley Hudson
10. Darryl Philbin

Jade Herzer, UW-Stevens Point All-American
1. Michael Scott
2. Dwight Schrute
3. Jim Halpert
4. Pam Beesly
5. Andy Bernard
6. Kevin Malone
7. Darryl Philbin
8. Erin Hannon
9. Ryan Howard
10. Phyllis Lapin-Vance

Justin Hoch, Professional Photographer, Creator of “The Fire Inside”
1. David Brent
2. Dwight Schrute
3. Michael Scott
4. Jim Halpert
5. Gareth Keenan
6. Creed Bratton
7. Kelly Kapoor
8. Meredith Palmer
9. Kevin Malone
10. Oscar Martinez

Kyle Klingman, FloWrestling
1. Jim Halpert
2. Pam Beesly
3. Dwight Schrute
4. Erin Hannon
5. Andy Bernard
6. Darryl Philbin
7. David Wallace
8. Kelly Kapoor
9. Karen Filippelli
10. Toby Flenderson

Esther Levendusky, Emmanuel sophomore/2x New York State Champ
1. Jim Halpert
2. Michael Scott
3. Andy Bernard
4. Gabe Lewis
5. Dwight Schrute
6. Creed Bratton
7. Darryl Philbin
8. Nate Nickerson
9. Nelly Bertram
10. Pam Beesly

Joye Levendusky, McKendree/SOU 2x NCAA finalist, 4x All-American
1. Jim Halpert
2. Michael Scott
3. Andy Bernard
4. Dwight Schrute
5. Gabe Lewis
6. Pam Beesly
7. Darryl Philbin
8. Creed Bratton
9. Nelly Bertram
10. Nate Nickerson

Joe Norton, North Central Women’s Head Coach
1. Kevin Malone
2. Creed Bratton
3. Michael Scott
4. Dwight Schrute
5. Stanley Hudson
6. Darryl Philbin
7. Jim Halpert
8. Pam Beesly
9. Andy Bernard
10. Prison Mike

Victoria Peña, University of the Ozarks incoming freshman
1. Andy Bernard
2. Angela Martin
3. Kevin Malone
4. Michael Scott
5. Jim Halpert
6. Dwight Shrute
7. Erin Hannon
8. Ryan Howard
9. Oscar Martinez
10. Toby Flenderson

Tony Rotundo, Professional Sports Photographer
1. DeAngelo Vickers
2. Meredith Palmer
3. Todd Packer
4. Darryl Philbin
5. Creed Bratton
6. Kevin Malone
7. Dwight Schrute
8. Andy Bernard
9. Michael Scott
10. Erin Hannon

Ashley Sword-Flavin, Life University Head Coach
1. Dwight Schrute
2. Jim Halpert
3. Angela Martin
4. Stanley Hudson
5. Darryl Philbin
6. Oscar Martinez
7. Pam Beesly
8. Ryan Howard
9. Toby Flenderson
10. Kevin Malone

Wayne Fish, Fargo reporter/rockstar
1. Spider Man
2. Captain America
3. Orcs
4. Pepperoni Pizza
5. Kyle Dake
6. Reece Humphrey
7. Not Jason Bryant
8. The Kracken
9. Jack Bauer
10. Jerry Steinfeld

Derek Levendusky, AWW Sportswriter/FloWrestling freelancer
1. Michael Scott
2. Jim Halpert
3. Gabe Lewis
4. DeAngelo Vickers
5. Erin Hannon
6. Creed Bratton
7. Ryan Howard
8. Robert California
9. Danny Cordray
10. Pam Beesly