The top 16 Game of Thrones deaths

The SMH gives its list of the top 16 GOT deaths.  They rate them out of 10 for surprise, and impact. Their top 10 are:

 

  1. The Red 9/10/10 = 29
  2. Ned Stark 10/7/10 = 27
  3. Oberyn Martell 8/10/7 = 25
  4. Tywin Lanniester 8/7/8 = 23
  5. Joffrey 7/7/8 = 22
  6. The Hound 8/8/6 = 22
  7. Shae 7/6/8 = 21
  8. Khal Drago 7/5/8 = 20
  9. Viserys Targaryen 5/7/7/ = 19
  10. Renly 5/4/8 = 17
  11. Ygritte 4/5/7 = 16
  12. Lysa Arryn 4/7/5 = 16
  13. Ros 3/8/2 = 13
  14. Lady 6/2/4 = 12
  15. Ser Dontas 5/3/2 = 10
  16. Jon Arryn 0/0/20 = 10

thought Arya leaving The Hound to die was incredibly powerful.