Game profile
OriginalMario Kart 8
Mario Kart 8 appears in GOTY Ledger as cumulative rank #43, with public GOTY records for 2014.
- Cumulative rank
- #43
- Cumulative score share
- 6.9%
- Winner selections
- 22
- Sources
- 22
Record profile
Record snapshot
A game page highlights the shape of the record: strongest year, winner conversion, source mix, and the main category behind the score.
Cumulative GOTY profile
Year-by-year GOTY record
Each entry shows how this game ranked in its public GOTY year and which nearby competitors shaped that race.
Among top 19 tracked games
2014
- Year rank
- #4
- Score share
- 6.9% 2,200 pts
- Gap to #1
- 26.7 pts
- Closest gap
- 0.3 pts
Same-year score board
- #1 Dragon Age: Inquisition 33.6%
- #2 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 13.1%
- #3 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 7.3%
- #4 Mario Kart 8 6.9%
- #5 Alien: Isolation 5.4%
Source record summary
Source composition
This view summarizes where the game record came from before listing every verified source.
Selection source
- Editorial 16 sources
- Reader vote 6 sources
Result type
- Winner 14 sources
- Ranked 8 sources
Scoring basis
- Ranked lists 15 sources
- Winner only 7 sources
Main categories
- Overall Game Of The Year 22 sources
Source record summary
Reflected source records
This list shows outlet names, original source links, checked dates, and result types used in the public aggregate.
Show 22 source records
Atomix 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 20, 2026
City A.M. 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Complex 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
DarkZero 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Eurogamer (UK) 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Eurogamer UK (Reader's Choice) 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Reader vote
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
GameCity Schweiz 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Reader vote
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Gameliner 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Reader vote
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
God is a Geek 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Guardian Liberty Voice 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
IGN Sweden 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
InsideGamer 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
MediaStinger 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Metro GameCentral (Reader's Choice) 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Reader vote
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Metro GameCentral (UK) 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
newyorker 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Niubie 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Reader vote
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
NRK 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Stevivor Readers' Choice 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Reader vote
- Scoring basis
- Winner only
- Result
- Winner
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
The Guardian 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- Dec 19, 2014
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
The Winnipeg Free Press 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
TheSixthAxis 2014 · Overall Game Of The Year
- Award year
- 2014
- Published
- N/A
- Selection type
- Editorial
- Scoring basis
- Ranked lists
- Result
- Ranked #1
- Last checked
- May 21, 2026
Official trailer
Official trailer
Mario Kart 8 - Launch Trailer (Wii U) · Nintendo UK