25. KC Guthrie (8-12)
One of the most underrated characters! KC had so many interesting storylines, from his creepy coach one, to his baby daddy one, to his estranged father coming back and being the reason that he abruptly left </3 I loved his relationship with his mom, and how real it felt to see him go from living in a boys home to with his mother again. When he cheated on Jenna with Marisol, it obviously made me annoyed with him, but he really embodied a great, humanly flawed character in my opinion. He grew so much from his initial season and it made me so sad to see his fall out with Jenna and their giving up of the baby... I honestly thought that they could've made it work, but I guess that title is only reserved for Mia Jones. Either way, he was kind of robbed and I think people are way too hard on him.
24. Winston Chu (13-18)
Another unpopular opinion is that I really like Winston, and he and Miles are my favs in Next Class. Their friendship is great. He was kind of irrelevant, but he was super funny and underdeveloped. I'm barely through Next Class, but from what I've seen, he's lovable, cute, and awkward-funny. Hope he gets a good endgame!
23. Jimmy Brooks (1-8)
I think its important to acknowledge that Drake is an amazing actor, first off. Also, Jimmy was just a really cool guy. After being shot (most intense scene EVER on the show) he went from star athlete to multifaceted, artsy/creative guy. He's just so interesting, real, and layered. I actually enjoyed him with all of his relationships, but I'm happy that he got a happy endgame with Trina. I love his friendship with Spinner, too, and all of their ups and downs. It truly was one of the most developed relationships on the show. Even when Jimmy was an asshole, he was super likable at the same time. One of the most well-rounded and interesting characters on the show, ever.
22. Alli Bhandari (8-14)
Alli is so problematic at times, but she's also one of the staple newer generation Degrassi characters. She made Clare way more bearable, but she also had some great storylines. Her "good girl gone bad" with the nudes scandal was super interesting, and her conflicting boy-crazy/super smart/rebellious qualities made her dynamic af. Her boiler room fallout with Drew and and her sib relationship with Sav, and just her dynamic with other characters in general was always interesting to watch, because she's such an outgoing person who cared about her friends, always ending up in other peoples' situations. I think her OG squad with KC, Clare, and Connor (+ Jenna) was my favorite time period of her storylines. Once she got with Dave and had the Adderall pill-popping addiction, her storylines got a little stale, but she's definitely one of the most iconic characters from the show.
21. Liberty Van Zandt (1-9 + guest starring on Next Class)
I feel like she should be in Top 20 at least, but I personally love the others more. Either way, Liberty is another OG, iconic character who MADE the show. I love Liberty, and there's lots of great moments with her-- the JT relationship (heartbreaking, still too soon!), the pregnancy (Clare did NOT pull it off as gracefully in her recycled storyline), her maturity but overall quirkiness and genius status was just great. In the first few seasons, she was a funny, cute, annoying know-it-all, but she grew into kind of a tragic character that's one of the best ones from the show. Went she went to college, her sorority storyline was basically the only interesting one of the Smithdale trio. It was so cute when she returned with Emma to Next Class, and I'm proud that she got into law school! LOVED her with Manny and Emma. A definite queen.
