Ranking the 10 strongest One Piece characters as of 2025

In his 28-year run, a piece Fans have been introduced to many incredible fighters. Oda's story features many factions vying for supremacy in the seas, including the likes of yonko, marines, former shichibukai, and revolutionaries.

Over time, the top level of a piece Keep changing, especially with character deaths and defeats, and in 2025, a very interesting bunch of characters stands at the top.

Dracul Mihawk

Mihawk has yet to show his full potential a pieceBut fans know he's a powerhouse. known as The strongest swordsman in the worldMihawk is the most skilled swordsman in the series who has joined forces with the Cross Guild to hunt down the Marines. with His highest grade sword, YoruMihawk is almost unstoppable. He would give any One Piece character a good fight.

The 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 in Egghead has their power been given the highlight it deserves. Gorosei has yokai abilities, as well as immortality. On top of that, they all possess a high level of hockey. With Saturn's death, a new powerful member is added to their ranks, and that is St. Garling Figarland.

Akanu

Aside from Garp, if there's one Marine who really stands out from the rest, it's this one AkanuAlso known as Sakazuki. Akanu was first introduced as an admiral in 2008 a pieceBut after the timeskip, he is up Rank of Fleet Admiral. Akainu, with him Magma Devil FallDefinitely one of the strongest characters in the series. His true power will be demonstrated in the final saga.

Garp/Gaban/Rayleigh

In the old legends a piece Not completely obsolete because Oda absolutely loves them. Garp, Gaban, and Rayleigh are all still kicking in one pieceEven in old age. Garp almost single-handedly took down the Blackbeard Piratesshowing his strength.

in Elbaf, Gaban showed how immortality could be bypassedAnd also one-shot a holy knight. Meanwhile, Rayle saved Kuja Scaring off the Blackbeard Pirates on the Amazon Lily. They are all at the same level of power, playing advanced winner's hockey with excellent control.

Loki

Loki is the cursed prince of ElbafAnd he will have a big role to play in the current arc. Loki has yet to see him use his full power, however a piece The story is building up to him getting really scary powers.

Loki has a legendary Devil's FruitAnd years ago, before it was eaten, it was said Loki Rocks d. He brought down his own father, Harald, who was on the level of Jebek. Surprisingly, it was before him that he had access to eating fruit or the legendary warhammer, Ragnir. Loki was so strong that it took Shanks to defeat him.

Monkey D. Luffy

Following the events of Wano, Luffy became a top-tier tier a piece. Luffy won the title of Yonko and unlocked his full Devil Fruit ability with Gear 5. He plays all three forms of hockey with great proficiency.

In Egghead, while Luffy could not defeat the Gorosei, he was able to toy with them. Luffy still has a long way to go, but only a couple a piece Characters can stand up to him.

Monkey D. Dragon

Monkey D. Dragon Luffy's father, and Leader of the revolutionary armyThe greatest threat at the moment has appeared in the Celestial Dragons. Fans don't really know his fighting style or his Devil Fruit power, but the dragon is a force that can topple a world government. At least, he's as strong as Yonko, if not stronger.

Black right

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

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

Shanks

Of course, The strongest Yonko in One Piece right now is none other than ShanksA red-haired pirate. In the final saga, Shanks proves how powerful he really is.

Shanks was able to shoot the 3 billion Berry PirateEustass Kid, easily, and his Haki is so great that it was compared to Joy Boy. Shanks also beats Loki, who kills Harald, Roxas's equivalent. Shanks may be at Prime Roger's level, or even at this point.

Emu

There is no debate about it Emu is the strongest character who a piece. Both living and dead characters are included, with the emu standing at the top. In the Valley of the Gods, the emus have proven how superior they are to everyone else. After all, they easily tanked the attack from the 6 top tiers a pieceThey are Roger, Rocks, Big Mom, Kaido, Garp, and Whitebeard. Above all, Emule Rocks d. easily defeated Jebek. No other character has shown such a feat.

Release date

October 20, 1999

network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Noimauji, Tokahiro, Enoji Maudo Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

The authors

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Usaka, 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)