In Steins;Gate's context, "strongest" means who has the most control over the timeline. Okabe wins — his Reading Steiner makes him the only person who can consciously navigate between world lines.

  1. 1

    Rintaro Okabe

    Reading Steiner + access to time travel technology + the will to use both = the only person who can actually change the future.

    Time Jumper
  2. 2

    Kurisu Makise

    The genius who makes time travel theoretically possible. Her mind is the most essential resource in the series.

    Genius
  3. 3

    SERN

    A secret organization that mastered time travel first and used it to create a dystopian future. Institutional power > individual.

    Organization
  4. 4

    Future Okabe

    Left instructions for present Okabe at the cost of his own life in another timeline. Sacrificed everything for the solution.

    Martyr