Batman Villains - Tier List & Versus
(1939–2026)
Published
This list has 78 characters from Batman Villains.
Batman Villains - Official Tier
Editorial placements for Batman Villains, with the reasoning behind each list.
Threat Level
Some rogues rob banks; others rewrite a city's future. This ranking weighs what each villain could actually do to Gotham with a free night and no Batman watching — from cosmic conquerors and immortal warlords down to the crooks who mostly ruin a single block. Rank by what the city would lose, not by how famous the face is.
The Joker
Ra S Al Ghul
Starro
Vandal Savage
Solomon Grundy
Lex Luthor
Bane
Two Face
Scarecrow
Poison Ivy
Deathstroke
Clayface
The Riddler
The Penguin
Mr Freeze
Killer Croc
Hugo Strange
Talia Al Ghul
Man Bat
Firefly
Hush
Black Mask
Prometheus
Cheetah
Mad Hatter
Deadshot
King Shark
Copperhead
Kgbeast
Professor Pyg
Most Iconic
Recognition is its own kind of power. This board ranks how deeply each rogue lives in the public imagination — the faces on posters, Halloween costumes and reboot after reboot — while still giving the cult favorites and the deep-cut names their place in the gallery.
The Joker
Catwoman
Harley Quinn
The Riddler
The Penguin
Two Face
Bane
Scarecrow
Poison Ivy
Mr Freeze
Ra S Al Ghul
Killer Croc
Man Bat
Clayface
Hugo Strange
Mad Hatter
Talia Al Ghul
The Ventriloquist Scarface
Deadshot
Firefly
Hush
Black Mask
Calendar Man
Talon
Killer Moth
Maxie Zeus
Tweedledee
Tweedledum
Ratcatcher
Onomatopoeia
Masterminds
Brains over brawn. This ranking is for the schemers, profilers and puppet masters who treat Gotham like a chessboard: death traps, locked rooms, long cons and patient revenge plots all count for more than punching power, and anyone who wins before the fight starts ranks higher.
The Joker
Ra S Al Ghul
The Riddler
Hugo Strange
Lex Luthor
Vandal Savage
Two Face
Talia Al Ghul
Hush
Doctor Hurt
Prometheus
Black Mask
The Penguin
Scarecrow
Anarky
Jeremiah Arkham
Lincoln March
Talon
Calendar Man
Cluemaster
Clock King
Count Vertigo
Cheetah
Doctor Destiny
Mad Hatter
Joker S Daughter
J J Gordon
Maxie Zeus
Nyssa Raatko
Professor Milo
Body Horror
Gotham's nightmare fuel: the rogues who turn a human body into a horror show. This board measures how much each villain unsettles the page and the screen — the transformations, the experiments and the costumes that stopped being costumes — from the icons to the deepest cuts in the gallery.
Clayface
Clayface Iii
Man Bat
Mr Bloom
Professor Pyg
Scarecrow
Killer Croc
Great White Shark
She Bat
Doctor Phosphorus
Solomon Grundy
Two Face
The Ventriloquist Scarface
Copperhead
Ratcatcher
Dr Death
Firefly
Killer Moth
Deacon Blackfire
Mister Zsasz
Amygdala
King Shark
Flamingo
Joker S Daughter
Heavy Hitters
No riddles, no traps — just a straight fight. This list ranks the rogues by raw physical power: what happens when the doors close and the only question left is who walks out. Strength, speed and durability set the tiers, so the metahumans, monsters and martial arts legends rise above the gadget users.
Starro
Solomon Grundy
Vandal Savage
Lex Luthor
Bane
Deathstroke
Clayface
Killer Croc
Man Bat
King Shark
Amygdala
Lady Shiva
Cheetah
Copperhead
Talon
Kgbeast
Killer Moth
Bronze Tiger
Catman
Black Spider
Hush
Clayface Ii
Firefly
Deadshot
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