Marvel Character Tier List: Fan Favorites
All 32 characters here, ranked by 215 players. Spider-Man leads: it wins 80.8% of its matchups (n = 584) and was champion in 56 of 215 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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StormOroro Munroe
Miles MoralesSpider-Man
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Marvel Characters: the community’s best
Win rate across 5,209 head-to-head picks from 215 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Marvel character | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-ManPeter Parker | 472–112 | 80.8% | 56 | 584 | |
| 2 | Iron ManTony Stark | 314–155 | 67% | 17 | 469 | |
| 3 | LokiGod of Mischief | 290–161 | 64.3% | 21 | 451 | |
| 4 | 282–165 | 63.1% | 7 | 447 | ||
| 5 | 314–185 | 62.9% | 10 | 499 | ||
| 6 | Scarlet WitchWanda Maximoff | 247–147 | 62.7% | 18 | 394 | |
| 7 | HulkBruce Banner | 233–139 | 62.6% | 13 | 372 | |
| 8 | Doctor StrangeStephen Strange | 227–153 | 59.7% | 6 | 380 |
Marvel Characters: the community tier list
From 5,209 head-to-head picks in 215 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
- Spider-Man
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Iron Man
- Loki
- Thor
- Deadpool
- Scarlet Witch
- Hulk
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Doctor Strange
- Thanos
- Captain America
- Wolverine
- Miles Morales
- Magneto
- Black Panther
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Jean Grey
- Winter Soldier
- Star-Lord
- Vision
- Professor X
- Rocket Raccoon
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Storm
- Cyclops
- Groot
- Hawkeye
- War Machine
- Falcon / Captain America
- Black Widow
- Shang-Chi
- + 2 more
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Drax
- Gamora
How the Marvel Characters bracket works
This Marvel character tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Spider-Man or Iron Man? Wolverine or Captain America? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. A straight list invites you to hedge. A matchup does not, and that is what makes the final 32-deep order worth screenshotting.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 options. Everyone gets the same draw on a given day, so you can compare runs with friends; New draw gives you a genuinely different bracket rather than the same path twice. You can also play it at 8 or 32 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 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine and Captain America. Updated
- Spider-ManPeter Parker
- Iron ManTony Stark
- WolverineLogan
- Captain AmericaSteve Rogers
- ThorGod of Thunder
- Black PantherT'Challa
- HulkBruce Banner
- Doctor StrangeStephen Strange
- DeadpoolWade Wilson
- Scarlet WitchWanda Maximoff
- Black WidowNatasha Romanoff
- ThanosThe Mad Titan
- LokiGod of Mischief
- GrootI Am Groot
- Rocket RaccoonGuardians of the Galaxy
- StormOroro Munroe
- GamoraGuardians of the Galaxy
- VisionSynthezoid
- HawkeyeClint Barton
- Ant-ManScott Lang
- Nick FuryDirector of SHIELD
- War MachineJames Rhodes
- Falcon / Captain AmericaSam Wilson
- Winter SoldierBucky Barnes
- Star-LordPeter Quill
- DraxThe Destroyer
- Miles MoralesSpider-Man
- MagnetoErik Lehnsherr
- Professor XCharles Xavier
- Jean GreyPhoenix
- CyclopsScott Summers
- Shang-ChiMaster of Kung Fu
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own Marvel character bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Trust the first instinct. Overthinking a matchup usually produces a ranking you do not agree with later.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 options make the field.
- If a matchup genuinely splits you, undo and replay it — a coin-flip pick in round one distorts everything below it.
Questions people ask
What is the best Marvel character?
According to 215 BracketRanker players, Spider-Man (Peter Parker). It wins 80.8% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 584) and was champion in 56 of 215 brackets (26%).
How many options are in the Marvel Characters bracket?
The pool holds 32 options. 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 slots.
Which options are included?
Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Thor, Black Panther, Hulk, Doctor Strange, Deadpool, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow and Thanos, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Marvel Characters 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 option 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 options that never met. If you would rather place the options into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these options?
Every completed bracket feeds the Marvel Characters community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own marvel characters bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own options, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.