Ign always with the recency bias, new games gets more clicks! Its a great game, but link between worlds and wind waker are better for my money
My top ten would be
1.) link between worlds
2.) the wind waker
3.) minish cap
4.) a link to the past
5.) Twight princess
6.) Links Awakening (2019)
7.) Cadence of Hyrule
8.) oracle of seasons/ages
9.) Majoras Mask
10.) Tears of the kingdom
I wasn’t the biggest Breath of The Wild fan, but I think the sequel makes a lot of improvements to that games core structure, and I adore the freedom provided to the player to solve problems how ever they want.
Ultra hand, and ascend provide player freedom on a level unseen in the triple a space. That said, i prefer my Zelda experiences to be a little more linear and hand crafted.
So while Tears is excellent, it will never dethrone some of my favorite, more linear Zelda games. I think link between worlds was a good mix of open ended-ness and guidance.