Power rankings
The strongest versions of Spider-Man, ranked
Twenty-six Spider-Men, one test: send each of them against the original Sinister Six, all at once. From Spider-Ham to the Cosmic Spider-Man.
How this ranking works
Each version of Spider-Man on this site has its own ratings, built from the stories and films he appears in. To compare them fairly, this list puts every one against the same opponent: the original Sinister Six of 1964, fighting together. The percentage is his chance of walking away the winner.
Team fights are explained on the Sinister Six page. Every name links to that Spider-Man's full page.
The rankings, strongest first
Cosmic Spider-Man
Peter carrying the Enigma Force, the power behind Captain Universe, during Acts of Vengeance.
Miles Morales (Marvel's Spider-Man games)
Nadji Jeter's Miles, trained by Peter. His venom powers are the strongest of any version.
Peter Parker in the alien costume
Peter wearing the symbiote that later became Venom, before he learned it was alive.
Peter Parker in the Iron Spider armor
Peter in the armor Tony Stark built for him when he joined the New Avengers.
Peter Parker (Marvel's Spider-Man games)
Yuri Lowenthal's Peter: 23 years old and eight years into the job when the first game begins, according to Marvel.com.
Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius)
Doctor Octopus living in Peter's body after swapping minds with him, determined to be a better Spider-Man than Peter ever was.
Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099, Earth-928)
An Alchemax geneticist in the year 2099 whose DNA was rewritten into a spider's.
Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk, Earth-138)
An anarchist Spider-Man who led the uprising against his world's President Osborn.
Peter Parker (classic Spider-Man)
The original Spider-Man at his peak: an adult Peter with decades of experience against almost every kind of opponent Marvel has. Every other version on this page is measured against him.
Miles Morales
Brooklyn's other Spider-Man: a teenager bitten by an Oscorp-engineered spider who has grown into an Avenger-level hero.
Cindy Moon (Silk)
Bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter, then kept in a sealed bunker for years before she emerged as Silk.
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)
A Hydra-raised agent turned Avenger, with powers from a spider-based serum given to her as a child.
Ben Reilly (Scarlet Spider)
Peter's clone, made by the Jackal, carrying Peter's memories up to the day he was copied. He wore the Scarlet Spider hoodie and later took the Spider-Man name himself.
Peter Parker (Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Earth-92131)
The college-age Peter of the 90s Fox series, voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes.
Tom Holland's Spider-Man
The MCU's Peter, rated at his Brand New Day peak, about six years into the job.
Peter Parker (Spider-Man Noir, Earth-90214)
A Depression-era Peter who got his powers from a spider idol and fights the mob in 1930s New York.
Miles Morales (Spider-Verse films)
Shameik Moore's Miles: a Brooklyn teen who became Spider-Man in a matter of months, then outran the entire Spider-Society.
Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man
Sam Raimi's Peter: the only live-action Spider-Man who never used web-shooters.
Peter Parker (Ultimate Universe, Earth-1610)
The modern-day teenage Peter of the Ultimate Universe, who died stopping the Green Goblin and later returned.
Gwen Stacy (Ghost-Spider, Earth-65)
In her world the spider bit Gwen instead of Peter. She also drums for the Mary Janes.
Peter B. Parker (Spider-Verse films)
Jake Johnson's Peter: 22 years as Spider-Man, divorced and out of shape, then a father.
Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man
Marc Webb's Peter: a skateboarder and science prodigy bitten by a genetically modified Oscorp spider tied to his father's research.
Peter Parker (Ultimate Spider-Man 2024, Earth-6160)
A Peter who got his powers in his mid-thirties, already married to Mary Jane with two kids, in a world shaped by the Maker.
Peter Parker (The Spectacular Spider-Man, Earth-26496)
A 16-year-old Peter in his first year as Spider-Man, voiced by Josh Keaton.
Gwen Stacy (Spider-Verse films)
Hailee Steinfeld's Gwen: a ballet-trained striker and drummer from Earth-65.
Peter Porker (Spider-Ham, Earth-8311)
A spider bitten by a radioactive pig, who became a cartoon pig with spider powers.
What the ranking shows
Borrowed power beats experience: the Spider-Man carrying a cosmic force tops the list by a distance. After that, the gap between most versions is smaller than fans expect. The comics Peter, the game Spider-Men and the film Spider-Men are all close to each other, and the difference usually comes down to gear, how many times they have fought these villains before, and whether their webs are mechanical or organic.
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- Where to start with Spider-Man: the essential comics, in orderReading guide
- Every Spider-Man movie in order, and the villains in eachMovie guide
- The Sinister Six: every original member, explainedThe villains
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