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Top 100 Most Famous Villains and Movie Bad Guys

Thursday, July 16, 2026

A past Centumth puzzle. Play it on this page with five guesses, or read the full Top 100 ranking below.

Enter the dark side! From comic book masterminds to cinematic monsters, guess the most famous fictional villains and bad guys we all love to hate.

This list was researched and ranked by hand for Centumth. Entries near #1 are the names almost everyone thinks of first. Entries near #100 are true, a little obscure, and still fair if you think sideways. Sources below are the starting point — the final order can include small editorial calls so the daily puzzle stays balanced.

You can play this archive puzzle with five guesses, or reveal the complete ranking if you came here looking for the list. Revealing locks this puzzle — you won’t be able to play it afterward.

Sources

Outbound sources help you verify the ranking. The published order is Centumth’s.

The full Top 100

  1. #1Darth Vader
  2. #2The Joker
  3. #3Lord Voldemort
  4. #4Thanos
  5. #5Hannibal Lecter
  6. #6Wicked Witch of the West
  7. #7Sauron
  8. #8Scar
  9. #9Maleficent
  10. #10Loki
  11. #11Freddy Krueger
  12. #12Michael Myers
  13. #13Jason Voorhees
  14. #14Emperor Palpatine
  15. #15Lex Luthor
  16. #16Magneto
  17. #17Norman Bates
  18. #18Cruella de Vil
  19. #19Gollum
  20. #20Agent Smith
  21. #21The Terminator
  22. #22Pennywise
  23. #23Ursula
  24. #24Jafar
  25. #25Captain Hook
  26. #26Gaston
  27. #27Green Goblin
  28. #28Doctor Octopus
  29. #29Venom
  30. #30Harley Quinn
  31. #31Two-Face
  32. #32The Riddler
  33. #33The Penguin
  34. #34Bane
  35. #35Catwoman
  36. #36Poison Ivy
  37. #37Bellatrix Lestrange
  38. #38Dolores Umbridge
  39. #39Dracula
  40. #40Chucky
  41. #41Ghostface
  42. #42Leatherface
  43. #43Pinhead
  44. #44Anton Chigurh
  45. #45Hans Landa
  46. #46Nurse Ratched
  47. #47Annie Wilkes
  48. #48Jack Torrance
  49. #49Patrick Bateman
  50. #50Kylo Ren
  51. #51Darth Maul
  52. #52Boba Fett
  53. #53Jabba the Hutt
  54. #54Saruman
  55. #55Smaug
  56. #56Evil Queen
  57. #57Hades
  58. #58Queen of Hearts
  59. #59Shere Khan
  60. #60Claude Frollo
  61. #61Yzma
  62. #62Syndrome
  63. #63Plankton
  64. #64Mr. Burns
  65. #65Sideshow Bob
  66. #66Mojo Jojo
  67. #67Megatron
  68. #68Cobra Commander
  69. #69Shredder
  70. #70Skeletor
  71. #71Bowser
  72. #72Ganondorf
  73. #73Doctor Doom
  74. #74Red Skull
  75. #75Ultron
  76. #76Killmonger
  77. #77Mystique
  78. #78Sabretooth
  79. #79Kingpin
  80. #80General Zod
  81. #81Darkseid
  82. #82Biff Tannen
  83. #83Lord Farquaad
  84. #84Count Olaf
  85. #85The Grinch
  86. #86Mr. Potter
  87. #87HAL 9000
  88. #88Predator
  89. #89Alien
  90. #90T-1000
  91. #91Davy Jones
  92. #92Captain Barbossa
  93. #93Sheriff of Nottingham
  94. #94Big Bad Wolf
  95. #95Rumpelstiltskin
  96. #96Mother Gothel
  97. #97Lady Tremaine
  98. #98Gargamel
  99. #99Count Dooku
  100. #100Dr. Evil

The full ranked list is included on this page. Use Reveal full 100 list to read it, or play the game above.