All Of The Marvel Studios Movie Villains, Ranked From Worst To Best

Being boring is bad, and not in a good way. (Now featuring Avengers: Endgame!) Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS!

Warning: The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for every movie released by Marvel Studios.

66. Malekith (Christopher Eccleston)

65. Vice President Rodriguez (Miguel Ferrer)

64. Mitchell Carson (Martin Donovan)

63. Georges Batroc (Georges St-Pierre)

62. Ivan Vanko/Whiplash (Mickey Rourke)

61. Algrim/Kurse (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agabje)

60. Korath (Djimon Hounsou)

59. King Laufey (Colm Feore)

58. Topaz (Rachel House)

57. Corvus Glaive (Michael James Shaw)

56. Proxima Midnight (Carrie Coon)

55. Raza (Faran Tahir)

54. Jackson Brice/Shocker #1 (Logan Marshall-Green)

53. Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan)

52. Mac Gargan (Michael Mando)

51. Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann)

50. Cull Obsidian (Terry Notary)

49. Darren Cross/Yellowjacket (Corey Stoll)

48. Ava/Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen)

47. Surtur (Clancy Brown)

46. Brandt (Stephanie Szostak)

45. Savin (James Badge Dale)

44. Dormammu (Benedict Cumberbatch)

43. Emil Blonsky/The Abomination (Tim Roth)

42. Skurge (Karl Urban)

41. Phineas Mason/The Tinkerer (Michael Chernus)

40. Jasper Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernández)

39. Heinz Kruger (Richard Armitage)

38. Herman Schultz/Shocker #2 (Bokeem Woodbine)

37. Yon-Rogg (Jude Law)

36. General "Thunderbolt" Ross/Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt)

35. Dr. Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne)

34. Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace)

33. Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall)

32. Senator Stern (Garry Shandling)

31. Taserface (Chris Sullivan)

30. Dr. Arnim Zola, human version (Toby Jones)

29. The Other (Alexis Denisof)

28. Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen)

27. Dr. Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson)

26. Zemo (Daniel Brühl)

25. Sonny Burch (Walton Goggins)

24. N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown)

23. Yondu Udonta (Michael Rooker)

22. Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges)

21. Brock Rumlow/Crossbones (Frank Grillo)

20. Ebony Maw (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor)

19. Aldrich Killian/The Real Mandarin (Guy Pearce)

18. Supreme Intelligence (Annette Bening)

17. Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum)

16. Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis)

15. Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki)

14. Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell)

13. Hela (Cate Blanchett)

12. Ego (Kurt Russell)

11. Nebula (Karen Gillan)

10. The Mandarin/Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley)

9. Ultron (James Spader)

8. The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)

7. Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford)

6. Dr. Arnim Zola, computer version (Toby Jones)

5. Adrian Toomes/Vulture (Michael Keaton)

4. Johann Schmidt/Red Skull (Hugo Weaving, Ross Marquand)

3. Thanos (Josh Brolin)

2. Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan)

1. Loki (Tom Hiddleston)

A note on criteria: To qualify, a character has to play an antagonistic role for the majority of their presence in one of the MCU movies. So the brainwashed Selvig and Hawkeye from The Avengers, and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch from Avengers: Age of Ultron (who change sides), don't count. But, yes, the Winter Soldier does.

UPDATE

This post has been updated to include characters from Avengers: Endgame. Earlier updates included characters from Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man.

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