The best villains can terrify us, frustrate us, and challenge our ideas about right and wrong. Their evil plans and malevolent perspective can even lure the most noble heroes into the shadows trying to stop them. They can linger in our own hearts and minds long after the TV has been turned off or the book has been closed.
But which villains are the best of the worst? Who sits atop the peak of evil as the most iconic, most memorable, and most just-plain-bad dude or lady ever written? IGN’s experts in all things evil got together to provide some answers. Inside these villainous pages you’ll find our selection for the 100 greatest villains of all time.
What Makes a Great Villain?
When ranking villains we decided on a handful of ground rules. This is serious business:
- The villains have to be fictional - sorry, Hitler!
- The villains have to be intelligent beings with malicious intent. This means no animals or beasts, forces of nature, or characters that don’t realize they’re doing evil.
- A villain that eventually has a heroic turn and grows into an anti-hero can still be included, based on the the strength of their “villain period.”
- These Villains have to have appeared in film, TV, video games, or comics.
- Villains were ranked and sorted on a variety of criteria including their lasting impact, complexity, presence, style, degree of evil, effectiveness, and influence.
Schedule:
- Tuesday: #100-76
- Wednesday: #75-51
- Thursday: #50-26
- Friday: #25-1
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Justin Davis, Joshua Yehl, Eric Goldman, Terri Schwartz, Brandin Tyrrel, Chloi Rad, Marty Sliva, Scott Collura, and Ahmad Childress all contributed to this feature. Josh Wigler and Mike Rougeau also contributed.
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