Every MCU Movie, Ranked Head-to-Head
All 38 films here, ranked by 771 players. Avengers: Infinity War leads: it wins 85.3% of its matchups (n = 2,633) and was champion in 288 of 771 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
Iron Man2008
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Marvel Cinematic Universe: the community’s best
Win rate across 20,567 head-to-head picks from 771 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | MCU movie | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avengers: Infinity War2018 | 2,247–386 | 85.3% | 288 | 2,633 | |
| 2 | Avengers: Endgame2019 | 1,682–516 | 76.5% | 132 | 2,198 | |
| 3 | Captain America: Civil War2016 | 1,289–626 | 67.3% | 51 | 1,915 | |
| 4 | The Avengers2012 | 1,216–625 | 66.1% | 32 | 1,841 | |
| 5 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 | 1,092–607 | 64.3% | 44 | 1,699 | |
| 6 | Spider-Man: No Way Home2021 | 1,021–580 | 63.8% | 37 | 1,601 | |
| 7 | Guardians of the Galaxy2014 | 1,003–646 | 60.8% | 26 | 1,649 | |
| 8 | Thor: Ragnarok2017 | 888–630 | 58.5% | 17 | 1,518 |
Marvel Cinematic Universe: the community tier list
From 20,567 head-to-head picks in 771 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Avengers: Endgame
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Captain America: Civil War
- The Avengers
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- Iron Man
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Black Panther
- Thunderbolts*
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Doctor Strange
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Iron Man 2
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Iron Man 3
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps
- Ant-Man
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Thor
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- The Incredible Hulk
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Black Widow
- Captain Marvel
- Thor: The Dark World
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Eternals
- The Marvels
- + 1 more
Closest rivalries
- Avengers: Infinity War v Avengers: Endgame60%–40% · n = 72
- Iron Man v Black Panther65%–35% · n = 31
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier v Spider-Man: Far From Home68%–32% · n = 34
Pairs the crowd can barely split. n is how many times they met in finished brackets.
How the Marvel Cinematic Universe bracket works
This MCU movie ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Iron Man or The Avengers? Black Panther or Avengers: Endgame? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. By the end you have ranked the 16 in today's draw without ever looking at more than two at a time; play All 38 for the whole field.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 38 films. The draw changes every day and New draw reshuffles it whenever you like, so the same film can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 or 32 or 38 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 38 entrants
All 38 entrants are listed below, including Iron Man, The Avengers, Black Panther and Avengers: Endgame. Updated
- Iron Man2008
- The Avengers2012
- Black Panther2018
- Avengers: Endgame2019
- Guardians of the Galaxy2014
- Spider-Man: Homecoming2017
- Avengers: Infinity War2018
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014
- Thor: Ragnarok2017
- Spider-Man: No Way Home2021
- Captain America: Civil War2016
- Doctor Strange2016
- Ant-Man2015
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2021
- The Incredible Hulk2008
- Iron Man 22010
- Thor2011
- Captain America: The First Avenger2011
- Iron Man 32013
- Thor: The Dark World2013
- Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
- Ant-Man and the Wasp2018
- Captain Marvel2019
- Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
- Black Widow2021
- Eternals2021
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022
- Thor: Love and Thunder2022
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever2022
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023
- The Marvels2023
- Deadpool & Wolverine2024
- Captain America: Brave New World2025
- Thunderbolts*2025
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps2025
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026
Tier list instead?
Load all 38 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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- Pick the film you would actually rewatch tonight, not the one with the better reputation.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 38 so more of the 38 films make the field.
- Undo exists for a reason: an early-round mistake propagates all the way to the final, and there is no shame in taking it back.
Questions people ask
What is the best MCU movie?
According to 771 BracketRanker players, Avengers: Infinity War (2018). It wins 85.3% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 2,633) and was champion in 288 of 771 brackets (37.4%).
How many films are in the Marvel Cinematic Universe bracket?
The pool holds 38 films. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32, 38 slots.
Which films are included?
Iron Man, The Avengers, Black Panther, Avengers: Endgame, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange, plus 26 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Marvel Cinematic Universe bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. It works the same on a phone as on a desktop, no login is involved, and progress saves as you go.
How does this compare to a drag-and-drop tier list maker?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other film grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two films that never met. If you would rather place the films into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 38 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these films?
Every completed bracket feeds the Marvel Cinematic Universe community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 38 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own marvel cinematic universe bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own films, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 38 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.