Comics

Batman

Best Batman versions

The community has spoken. Discover the world ranking, compare it to yours and see how everyone else voted.

Play this TopList

17contenders high-voltage

2.8kvotes

140TopList

0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 08:00 PM

Classic Batman1464

The worldwide ranking generated by 2.8k votes

17 / 17

Classic Batman1464

Flashpoint Batman1362

Azrael1292

SuperBat1241

Red Death1239

The Merciless1232

Batman Beyond1172

Batman Green Lantern1171

The Darkest Knight1170

#10

The Devastator1162

#11

The Murder Machine1161

#12

The Dawnbreaker1153

#13

Batman Vampire1148

#14

Thomas Wayne, Jr/Owlman1124

#15

Barbatos1106

#16

The Drowned1102

#17

Batman Hush1099

What the community says

Classic Batman leads with an ELO of 1,464, ahead of Flashpoint Batman (1,362) and Azrael (1,292). Ranked over 2,837 duels between 17 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Who's your favorite Batman across all the different versions and universes?

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.