Ranking of the 10 strongest One Piece characters as of 2025

During its 28-year run, One Piece has introduced many incredible fighters to fans. Oda's story has several elements competing for supremacy on the seas, including the likes of the Yonko, the Marines, the former Shichibukai, and even the Revolutionaries, among others.

Over time, the highest levels of One Piece keep changing, especially with character death and defeat, and in 2025 a very exciting bunch of characters stand out at the top.

Dracule Mihawk

Mihawk has not yet shown its full potential One Piecebut fans know he's a powerhouse. Known as the world's strongest swordsmanMihawk is the most skilled swordsman in the series who has teamed up with the Cross Guild to hunt down the Marines. With his highest class sword, YoruMihawk is almost unstoppable. He would give any One Piece character a good fight.

Five elders

The Five Elders are one of the most dangerous villain groups One Piece has ever seen. Fans have known about them for a while, but only on Egghead has their strength been given the highlight it deserves. Gorosei has overpowered Yokai abilities, as well as immortality. On top of that, they all have high level Haki. With Saturn's death, a powerful new member has been added to their ranks, and that is Saint Garling Figarland.

Akainu

Aside from Garp, if there's one Marine that really stands out among the rest, it's this one Akainualso known as Sakazuki. Akainu was first introduced as an admiral in One Piecebut after the time jump he has ascended rank of Admiral of the Fleet. Akainu, with his magma Devil Fruitis definitely one of the strongest characters in the series. His true power will be showcased in the Final Saga.

Garp/Gaban/Rayleigh

Old legends in One Piece haven't become completely obsolete because Oda absolutely loves them. Garp, Gaban and Rayleigh are all still kicking in One Piecedespite their advanced age. Garp almost single-handedly took down the Blackbeard Pirateswhich shows its strength.

On Elbaf, Gaban showed how to bypass immortalityand even one-shot a Holy Knight. In the meantime, Rayleigh saved Kuja by scaring off the Blackbeard Pirates on the Amazon Lily. They are all of the same strength and use advanced Conqueror's Haki with great control.

Loki

Loki is the cursed prince of Elbafand he will have a huge role to play in the current arc. Loki has yet to be seen using his full power, but One Piece the story builds him up to have truly terrifying powers.

Loki will have a legendary devil fruitand years ago, before it was even eaten, it was said that Loki took down his own father, Harald, who was on the level of Rocks D. Xebec. Shockingly, this was before he ate the fruit or even had access to the legendary Warhammer, Ragnir. Loki was so strong that it took Shanks to defeat him.

Monkey D. Luffy

After the events in Wano, Luffy became a top class i One Piece. Luffy was given the title of Yonko and unlocked his full Devil Fruit potential with Gear 5. He also uses all three forms of Haki with great skill.

On Egghead, while Luffy couldn't defeat Gorosei, he was able to play with them. Luffy still has a long way to go, but only a couple One Piece characters can stand against him.

Monkey D. Dragon

Monkey D. Dragon is Luffy's father, and the leader of the revolutionary armythe greatest threat to the Heavenly Dragons right now. Fans don't really know his fighting style or his Devil Fruit power, but Dragon is a force that can topple the world government. He is at least as strong as Yonko, if not even stronger.

Blackbeard

Blackbeard became a Yonko after Whitebeard's falland his power has only grown. Blackbeard has two Devil Fruits in his possession, Yami Yami no Mi and Gura Gura no Mi, both of which are legendary. Even without his Devil Fruits, Blackbeard is a huge threat.

After all, he was able to leave quite a scar on Shanks' face years ago, and it wasn't because Shanks wasn't paying attention.

Shanks

Undoubtedly, the strongest Yonko at the moment in One Piece is none other than Shanksthe red-haired pirate. In the last saga, Shanks has proven how overpowered he really is.

Shanks could one-shot a pirate at 3 billion berriesEustass Kid, easily, and his Haki is so great that it was compared to the Joy Boys. Shanks also beat Loki, someone who killed Harald, Rock's equal. Shanks could be on par with prime Roger, or even beyond right now.

Imu

There is no debate about it Imu is by far the strongest character of One Piece. Both living and dead characters are included, Imu is at the top. In God Valley, the Imu have proven how superior they are to everyone else. After all, they easily tanked an attack from 6 top levels in One Piecethey are Roger, Rocks, Big Mom, Kaido, Garp and Whitebeard. Most notably, Imu easily defeated Rock's D. Xebec. No other character has ever displayed such a feat.

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Author

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)