5 Strongest Ancient Saiyans, Ranked

The Saiyans have one of the most interesting histories and backstories in the Dragon Ball. A barbaric race of the strongest fighters in the universe, Universe 7's Saiyans were subjugated by King Cold and joined his army as mercenaries dedicated to wiping out entire species and selling their planets for profit. Under Frieza, the Saiyans saw so much success that Frieza became afraid of their potential and the Super Saiyan legend, causing him to destroy Planet Vegeta.

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Dragon Ball: 7 transformations stronger than Golden Frieza

Frieza's golden form made him relevant again, but these transformations quickly surpassed that.

While the Saiyans are inside Dragon Ball Z introduced as evil warriors who sealed their own destiny by working with Frieza, life was different for the ancient Saiyans. Little is known about the Old Saiyans, and what little there is comes from non-canon Dragon Ball spin-offs. That said, the few ancient saiyans Dragon Ball have introduced are shockingly strong, with base power levels far beyond what Goku & Vegeta were capable of DBZ.

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Squash won an ancient Saiyan tournament

An unlockable character in the underrated 3DS JRPG Dragon Ball FusionsSkwash was an Ancient Saiyan who once competed in a tournament against other Ancient Saiyans and eventually won and was crowned champion. Squash still wears his championship belt (much like Earth's Mr. Satan), and can even turn Super Saiyan after grinding to Lv. 99.

Skwash has no love for modern day Saiyans, and is particularly ashamed of Vegeta for actually working with Vegeta and allowing their race to be taken over and eventually destroyed. In terms of power level, Skwash is stronger than Frieza was during the Namek Saga, but cannot compare to Super Perfect Cell from Cell Games.

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Yamoshi was the first Super Saiyan

Introduced in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of GodsYamoshi is the original legendary Super Saiyan. Yamoshi first became a Super Saiyan while rebelling against the evil Saiyans of his era, and is even implied to be the original Super Saiyan God, using the God Ritual with five other pure-hearted Super Saiyans to unlock God Ki.

There is an idea in the fandom that Yamoshi is incredibly strong, but all evidence suggests otherwise. While unlocking Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God is no small feat, Yamoshi was not strong enough to contain either form and was ultimately killed in a group effort by the evil Saiyans he was so desperately trying to defeat. That said, he is definitely strong in his own right and was the strongest Ancient Saiyan of his time.

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Dragon Ball: Bardock's 6 Strongest Transformations, Ranked

Dragon Ball Super and the series' non-canon spin-offs and video games have had a lot of fun making Bardock stronger with various transformations.

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Shallot is a descendant of Yamoshi and has the power to prove it

Shallot is the main character of the mobile game Dragon Ball Legendsand a direct descendant of Yamoshi. Over the course of the game (and due to time travel), Shallot trains under several different Saiyans and unlocks several Super Saiyan forms. Shallot currently has access to Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, Super Saiyan God, and Super Saiyan Blue.

After training with Goku, Super Saiyan Blue Shallot becomes strong enough to fight and defeat Bergamo, the strongest member of the Trio de Dangers in Dragon Ball Super. SSB Shallot is also powerful enough to fight a version of Dragon Ball SuperIt's Broly who has been enhanced with Dark Ki. In terms of Power Level, Shallot is about the same level as Golden Frieza in the Tournament of Power.

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Giblet is Shallot's stronger twin brother

The Saiyan in Red, Giblet is Shallot's twin brother in Dragon Ball Legends. Although he has not unlocked Super Saiyan Blue yet, Giblet is often portrayed as a step ahead of Shallot and is generally stronger than his brother. After Shallot unlocks Super Saiyan God via the God Ritual, Giblet shows Shallot that he has already unlocked the form himself (probably by brute force just like Vegeta).

Giblet also has access to the unique Super Saiyan God form (Dark Ki: Unleashed), putting him roughly on par with Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken x20 Goku. SSG(DK:U) Giblet is so strong that he can even defeat Syn Shenron, one of the strongest villains in Dragon Ball GT and a character far stronger than any Shallot has ever fought. Even with Super Saiyan Blue, Shallot may not be able to beat Super Saiyan God (Dark Ki: Unleashed) Giblet.

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8 Dragon Ball Characters Who Wasted All Their Potential, Ranked

If your name isn't Goku or Vegeta, chances are you'll never live up to your potential—especially if you're one of those unlucky Dragon Ball characters.

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Cumber is one of the strongest Saiyans in all of Dragon Ball

A non-canon character from Super Dragon Ball HeroesCumber is by far the strongest Ancient Saiyan in the series and may honestly be the most powerful Saiyan in terms of base power levels. Even in his base form, Cumber was stronger than Jiren during the Tournament of Power and is implied to be strong enough to fight Beerus. Base Cumber is also directly stronger than Super Saiyan God Goku.

In his Super Saiyan form, Cumber overwhelms Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Vegeta at the same time, forcing them to use Potara and fuse into Vegito. While Cumber was ultimately defeated by Super Saiyan 4 Vegito, he put up a serious fight and came very close to defeating the Fusion at several different points. Given the potential, Cumber may very well become the strongest character in Dragon Ball.

Created by

Akira Toriyama

First TV show

Dragon Ball

Latest TV show

Dragon Ball DAIMA

Upcoming TV Shows

Dragon Ball DAIMA

Air date of first episode

February 26, 1986

TV program

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball DAIMA