The Best of Sherlock Holmes

Relative Story Scores from All Polls

(each poll sorted by score)

1944	%	1954	%	1959	%	1989	%	1999	%	Avg.	%
SPEC	11.1%	SPEC	13.8%	SPEC	11.5%	SPEC	8.6%	SPEC	9.0%	SPEC	10.8%
SCAN	10.2%	REDH	10.1%	REDH	9.7%	REDH	6.9%	REDH	8.8%	REDH	9.0%
REDH	9.8%	SCAN	9.9%	BLUE	8.2%	MUSG	6.0%	SCAN	7.7%	SCAN	8.1%
SILV	7.0%	SILV	9.8%	SILV	8.2%	BLUE	5.8%	SILV	7.0%	SILV	7.4%
DANC	6.5%	MUSG	6.3%	SCAN	7.1%	SCAN	5.5%	BLUE	6.7%	MUSG	5.9%
MUSG	5.9%	BLUE	5.6%	MUSG	6.2%	SILV	5.1%	MUSG	5.3%	BLUE	5.5%
FIVE	5.2%	BRUC	5.0%	BRUC	4.7%	DANC	4.4%	FINA	4.6%	DANC	4.4%
FINA	5.1%	PRIO	3.6%	SIXN	4.2%	FINA	4.4%	EMPT	4.2%	BRUC	4.1%
EMPT	3.9%	EMPT	3.6%	DANC	3.6%	BRUC	4.1%	DANC	4.0%	FINA	3.8%
BRUC	3.1%	DANC	3.6%	EMPT	3.3%	DEVI	3.7%	SIXN	3.8%	EMPT	3.7%
SECO	2.9%	SIXN	2.8%	NAVA	2.7%	EMPT	3.6%	BRUC	3.7%	SIXN	3.3%
DEVI	2.7%	FIVE	2.3%	FINA	2.7%	SIXN	3.3%	TWIS	2.4%	FIVE	2.6%
ENGR	2.6%	FINA	2.2%	TWIS	2.7%	TWIS	3.2%	THOR	2.2%	DEVI	2.2%
CHAS	2.5%	SECO	1.9%	DEVI	2.0%	NAVA	3.0%	DEVI	2.0%	PRIO	2.2%
GOLD	2.5%	NAVA	1.7%	CHAS	1.9%	SECO	2.6%	NAVA	2.0%	SECO	2.1%
SIXN	2.5%	TWIS	1.7%	NORW	1.9%	REDC	0.1%	CHAS	1.9%	NAVA	2.1%
DYIN	1.8%	GOLD	1.6%	LAST	1.8%	MAZA	0.1%	SECO	1.9%	TWIS	2.0%
PRIO	1.7%	ABBE	1.5%	FIVE	1.8%	VEIL	0.1%	PRIO	1.9%	CHAS	1.8%
REIG	1.3%	GREE	1.2%	PRIO	1.7%	MISS	0.1%	COPP	1.8%	GOLD	1.4%
BLAC	1.3%	NORW	1.2%	SECO	1.4%	3GAB	0.0%	SOLI	1.4%	THOR	1.3%
LAST	1.2%	BOSC	1.2%	GOLD	1.3%	3GAR		ABBE	1.4%	ENGR	1.2%
SOLI	1.1%	CARD	0.8%	BOSC	1.2%	3STU		LAST	1.3%	LAST	1.2%
GREE	1.0%	DYIN	0.8%	THOR	1.2%	ABBE		FIVE	1.3%	NORW	1.2%
WIST	1.0%	DEVI	0.7%	GREE	1.1%	BERY		GREE	1.2%	DYIN	1.1%
GLOR	0.9%	COPP	0.7%	ENGR	1.0%	BLAC		DYIN	1.2%	GREE	1.1%
BLUE	0.9%	ENGR	0.7%	COPP	0.8%	BLAN		NORW	1.0%	ABBE	1.1%
NAVA	0.8%	3STU	0.7%	DYIN	0.8%	BOSC		ILLU	0.8%	COPP	0.9%
ABBE	0.7%	CHAS	0.7%	ABBE	0.7%	CARD		BLAC	0.8%	BOSC	0.9%
BERY	0.7%	BERY	0.6%	ILLU	0.6%	CHAS		BOSC	0.7%	SOLI	0.7%
BOSC	0.5%	REIG	0.5%	3GAR	0.6%	COPP		CARD	0.7%	BLAC	0.7%
NORW	0.5%	LAST	0.5%	SHOS	0.5%	CREE		LION	0.6%	REIG	0.6%
3STU	0.4%	IDEN	0.5%	CARD	0.5%	CROO		GLOR	0.6%	ILLU	0.5%
TWIS	0.3%	RESI	0.4%	SUSS	0.4%	DYIN		ENGR	0.5%	CARD	0.5%
COPP	0.3%	THOR	0.4%	CREE	0.4%	ENGR		CROO	0.5%	BERY	0.5%
CARD	0.2%	BLAC	0.3%	BERY	0.4%	FIVE		IDEN	0.4%	GLOR	0.4%
REDC	0.1%	GLOR	0.3%	BLAC	0.3%	GLOR		3GAR	0.4%	3GAR	0.4%
CROO	0.0%	SOLI	0.3%	REDC	0.3%	GOLD		SHOS	0.4%	3STU	0.3%
RESI	0.0%	ILLU	0.2%	REIG	0.2%	GREE		REDC	0.4%	WIST	0.3%
IDEN	0.0%	STOC	0.2%	LION	0.2%	IDEN		REIG	0.4%	SHOS	0.3%
NOBL	0.0%	3GAR	0.2%	LADY	0.1%	ILLU		CREE	0.3%	LION	0.3%
YELL	0.0%	LADY	0.1%	3STU	0.1%	LADY		YELL	0.3%	CREE	0.2%
STOC	0.0%	MISS	0.1%	SOLI	0.0%	LAST		LADY	0.3%	IDEN	0.2%
MISS	0.0%	NOBL	0.0%	IDEN	0.0%	LION		WIST	0.3%	SUSS	0.2%
LADY	0.0%	YELL	0.0%	STOC	0.0%	NOBL		RESI	0.3%	REDC	0.2%
THOR		CROO	0.0%	CROO	0.0%	NORW		NOBL	0.3%	RESI	0.2%
MAZA		WIST	0.0%	GLOR	0.0%	PRIO		SUSS	0.2%	CROO	0.1%
CREE		REDC	0.0%	WIST	0.0%	REIG		RETI	0.2%	LADY	0.1%
SUSS		BLAN	0.0%	NOBL	0.0%	RESI		BERY	0.2%	STOC	0.1%
3GAR		MAZA	0.0%	RESI	0.0%	RETI		3STU	0.2%	RETI	0.1%
ILLU		3GAB	0.0%	MISS	0.0%	SHOS		GOLD	0.1%	YELL	0.1%
3GAB		SUSS	0.0%	RETI	0.0%	SOLI		BLAN	0.1%	NOBL	0.1%
BLAN		CREE	0.0%	3GAB	0.0%	STOC		MISS	0.1%	MAZA	0.1%
LION		LION	0.0%	BLAN	0.0%	SUSS		MAZA	0.1%	MISS	0.0%
RETI		VEIL	0.0%	YELL	0.0%	THOR		STOC	0.1%	BLAN	0.0%
VEIL		SHOS	0.0%	VEIL	0.0%	WIST		VEIL	0.0%	VEIL	0.0%
SHOS		RETI	0.0%	MAZA	0.0%	YELL		3GAB	0.0%	3GAB	0.0%
Points	1,019	Points	2,575	Points	2,420	Points	12,090	Points	19,032

Reference:
Randall Stock, "The Best of the Best" The Baker Street Journal, December 1999, p. 35. This is the complete version of Appendix Table A1.

1944 Poll Notes
- Stories with no score listed were not eligible in this poll.
- THOR received 1 vote but was not eligible in this poll.

1989 Poll Notes
- Stories with no score listed were eligible, but specific scores were not available.
- Points are based on scoring model and number of voters. Thus, this total includes the points from stories with no specific scores available.

Avg. Notes
- The average percentage was calculated from all the stories with known scores.

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