The 10 Best GTA Protagonists

 GTA series has earned very a notoriety amid its time as one of gaming’s seminal establishments. No matter which section you visit, you’ll discover a sprawling open world filled with high-speed car chases, brave heists, seriously gunfights and a gigantic city to investigate. But whereas carnage and police interests are to a great extent Grand Theft Auto’s bread and butter, it’s not the as it were thing fans depend on Rockstar to supply.

Nearby a completely intelligently sandbox, GTA diversions are lorded for their stories. Over over two decades of discharges, the establishment has changed into a wrongdoing adventure like no other, telling the stories of an cluster of yearning offenders completing apparently incomprehensible scores, capture attempt undesirable criminal underworlds and usurping dreaded wrongdoing masters. And as a result, the protagonists of these Rockstar games have gotten to be notorious.

The Best GTA Protagonists, Ranked :

10. Vic Vance

A former soldier expelled from the ranks after being framed by his superior officer, shortly after we meet Vic Vance in Vice City Stories, he’s out on the streets with no job or home. Looking for work, he begins to use his skills as a soldier to take the criminal underworld of Vice City by storm, allying with his brother, Lance, and teaming with various crime families to build his empire.

9. Luis Lopez

The main character of the Ballad of Gay Tony expansion, Luis Lopez is a former criminal turned bodyguard working for legendary night club owner, Gay Tony. Fiercely loyal and a family man at heart, Luis spends the majority of the Ballad of Gay Tony’s runtime attempting to stop loan sharks from tracking down Tony, who owes a large sum of money to the Ancelotti Crime Family.

8. Claude

The first protagonist of Grand Theft Auto’s 3D era, Claude may be entirely silent, but his lack of quips or conversation characterize him as an efficient, deadly killer who gets the job done. After his girlfriend, Catalina, leaves him for dead, Claude swears vengeance, teaming with various gangs to track down his former flame and get retribution.

7. Johnny Klebitz

The lead of GTA 4’s The Lost and Damned spin-off, Johnny Klebitz is one of Grand Theft Auto’s best side characters. Driven purely by his oath of brotherhood and loyalty to his gang, the Lost MC, Johnny finds himself in the center of a civil war between the gang’s members after the return of its leader, Billy Grey. Hellbent on recklessly driving the group to destruction, Johnny comes to blows with Billy, stepping up to help his brothers and keep the gang from implosion.

6. Franklin Clinton

A street-raised Los Santos repot man with a heart of gold, Franklin is a big fish in a small pond. With ambitions to make a name for himself, he finds himself in the tutelage of Michael De Santa, quickly becoming a career criminal who makes his fortune through everything from petty crime to bank robberies, assassinations and more.

5. Trevor Phillips

The most notorious of Grand Theft Auto 5’s three protagonists, Trevor Phillips is, to put it mildly, an ‘eccentric’ character. A former bank robber and member of Michael De Santa’s crew, Trevor has spent years living in the desert just outside of Los Santos, where he’s formed a small crime syndicate known as Trevor Phillips Enterprises. When we meet Trevor, he decides to head to Los Santos in search of Michael, who he learns faked his death to make a deal with the FIB.

4. Michael De Santa

In a lot of ways, Michael De Santa experiences the standard Grand Theft Auto story in reverse. Living in a luxurious mansion in the Los Santos hills, Michael begins the story enjoying a lavish retirement, spending his days drinking expensive whiskey in a lounger next to his pool. However, after meeting Franklin, his life begins to unravel, reawakening the monster within as he robs banks, murders indiscriminately and quickly becomes a main player in the Los Santos crime scene.

3. Tommy Vercetti

An old-school gangster through and through, Tommy Vercetti feels like he’s ripped straight from a Scorcese movie. He’s smart, ambitious and has no problem taking down anyone that gets in his way, regardless of how influential or important they are to Vice City’s crime syndicates. In a lot of ways, Vercetti is Rockstar’s take on Scarface’s Tony Montana, earning respect and his place atop the criminal underworld through his ruthless drive to become the most powerful man in Vice City.

2. Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson

Returning to the streets of Los Santos after his mother is killed in a drive-by shooting, CJ’s story is arguably one of Grand Theft Auto’s absolute best. A street-raised hustler and former member of the Grove Street Families, his story sees him rejoin his brother and attempt to take back the streets from a rival gang known as the Ballas, only to be betrayed and exiled from the city by his former friends.

1. Niko Bellic

Coming to Liberty City inspired by his cousin’s promise of a land of wealth and opportunity just to sleep on a couch in a tiny, rundown apartment, Niko Bellic is not only the most compelling take on the archetypical rags-to-riches Grand Theft Auto protagonist but the series’ best lead character. An Eastern European immigrant and ex-soldier, he’s haunted by the horrors of war and guided by his determination to seek revenge on those who wronged him by any means necessary.