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It's too early to pick a "top five". Let's get some more nominees out there, first.

I have no problem with your candidates. I will note that your top four have had the benefit of good press.

Adding a few nominees of my own, less famous in the songs of Westeros:

Ser Bronn of the Blackwater - He's quick, and unconventional. He can use his environment to good advantage.

Ser Jorah Mormont - Conventional, but tough, and hard hitting.

Brienne of Tarth - She has proven herself, more than once.

Grey Worm - Watching him dispatch the guards at the gates of Yunkai was like watching a dancer.

Honorable mention to Tormund Giantsbane, and Rodrik Cassel. (Rodrick took out more than one Ironborn before he was subdued.)

Dishonorable mention to Karl Tanner, and to the Sand Snakes.

As fond as I am of Arya Stark, I won't nominate her. We haven't seen her in a real fight: just a couple of ambushes, and a lot of training sessions. I suspect she will fight like Bronn: unconventionally, and taking full advantage of her quickness, and that she's a small target.