Best TV Detective of All Time
37 items ranked
Can be a police detective, PI, amateur or consultant.
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1.
Monk
198 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
2.
Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)
122 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
3.
Magnum
102 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
4.
Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
Consultant for the CBI.
84 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
5.
Columbo
83 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
6.
David Addisson (Moonlighting)
77 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
7.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs NCIS
70 points - added 12 years ago by redbarron80 -
8.
Andy Sipowitz NYPD Blue
70 points - added 12 years ago by redbarron80 -
9.
Nash Bridges
70 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
10.
Sonny Crocket (Miami Vice)
68 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
11.
Maddie Hayes (Moonlighting)
59 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
12.
Richard Castle (Castle)
52 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
13.
Miss Marple
51 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
14.
Hercule Poirrot
45 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
15.
Remington Steele (1982-1987)
31 points - added 13 years ago by pandora -
16.
Gil Grissom (CSI: Las Vegas)
30 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
17.
Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files)
23 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 - 1 comment
Comments:
THE BEST ONE BY A LONG WAY
Added 11 years ago by guest, -1 points
18.
Horatio Caine (CSI: Miami)
20 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
19.
Ricardo Tubbs (Miami Vice)
18 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
20.
Baretta [1975-1978]
12 points - added 13 years ago by pandora -
21.
Fox Mulder (The X-Files)
12 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
22.
Cagney (Cagney & Lacey)
12 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
23.
Lennie Briscoe (Law and Order)
The wonderful Jerry Orbach.
10 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
24.
Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote)
8 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
25.
DCI Gene Hunt (Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes)
The UK version obviously.
5 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
26.
Joe Dominguez [Nash Bridges]
4 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
27.
John Munch (Homicide Life on the Street and Law & Order)
I also understand that this character also appeared in The X-Files.
3 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
28.
Kenneth Hutch (Starsky & Hutch)
2 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
29.
David Starsky (Starsky & Hutch)
2 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
30.
Olivia Benson (Law & Order SVU)
0 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
31.
Frank Drebin (The Police Files)
-4 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
32.
Kojak
-4 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
33.
Jack Regan (The Sweeney)
-5 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
34.
Maigret
-5 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
35.
DCI Jane Tennison (Prime Suspect)
-5 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
36.
DI Jack Frost (Frost)
-5 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
37.
Lacey (Cagney & Lacey)
-7 points - added 14 years ago by felix01 -
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