Friday, December 31, 2021

ANNUAL PUNCH-UP: 2021 RANKINGS RECAP
Weaving through every entry into the Secret Wars on Infinite Earths is the constant thread of the Fight Club Rankings! Nestled at the bottom of every new battle -- live updates tie everything together, but only here can we see the true consequence of another year of wins & losses!

We ranked our 1,000th character during Season 2021, and with so many villains dwelling in the lower ranks, it was no surprise that a taste of success propelled the likes of Bloodsport and Razor Fist to the absolute peaks of improvement.

Bloodsport jumped half the list, up 525 rankings from last year, while Sentinel A7 joined Razor Fist in the 400 club at the expense of the criminally underrated Falcon. Multimedia inspirations helped Vision, Darkseid, Shang-Chi, and Sersi make great gains, while our commitment to comics buoyed Lashina, Count Vertigo, Blob, Mirage, and Apocalypse! No such luck for Loki and Mandarin!

Although a Marvel heavy year of competition: Wonder Woman made an exciting entry into the Top 10, and Superman advanced closer to the top of the rankings at #4. In the hotly contested race for the Top 20 it was ultimately Thor who arrived as keeper of this thriving tier!

The complete list of Season 2021 competitors is available below with adjusted movements based on our year-end record of Season 2020 Rankings. You can also flashback to recaps of the movers & shakers in 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016. Don't forget to revisit all the action in the 2021 Featured Fights Recap, and stay tuned for the Top 20 Battles as chosen by you! Help shape Season 2022 by becoming a Patreon supporter for more updates, rankings, and customizable options!

#1 (--) Batman (Bruce Wayne)
#2 (--) Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
#3 (--) Iron Man (Tony Stark)
#4 (+1) Superman (Kal-El)
#5 (-1) Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett)
#6 (--) Hulk (Bruce Banner)
#7 (--) Captain America (Steve Rogers)
#8 (--) Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
#9 (--) Luke Cage
#10 (+1) Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira)
#16 (--) Venom (Symbiote)
#20 (+1) Thor (Thor Odinson)
#25 (--) Aquaman (Arthur Curry)
#31 (+5) Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)
#35 (-1) Flash (Wally West)
#41 (+16) Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
#42 (+14) Bronze Tiger (Benjamin Turner)
#50 (-2) Venom (Eddie Brock)
#54 (-2) Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
#58 (--) Winter Soldier (Buchanan Barnes)
#71 (+47) Sentry (Robert Reynolds)
#74 (--) Vixen (Mari McCabe)
#76 (-1) Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
#77 (+3) Giant-Man (Henry Pym)
#81 (+50) USAgent (John Walker)
#83 (-5) Deathstroke (Slade Wilson)
#100 (-2) Doppelganger
#101 (+68) Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon)
#102 (+2) Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
#108 (+221) Shang-Chi
#130 (+242) Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)
#132 (+271) Darkseid
#133 (new) Carnage Symbiote
#134 (+2) Lex Luthor
#137 (-3) Black Cat (Felicia Hardy)
#144 (+272) Vision
#145 (-2) Super-Skrull (Kl'rt)
#146 (-26) Carnage (Cletus Kasady)
#156 (-6) Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
#158 (-6) Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
#191 (+405) Sentinel A7
#192 (+111) Jimmy Olsen
#193 (+362) Lashina
#194 (+92) Queen Veranke
#200 (-9) Death's Head
#216 (new) Locus (Rayna Piper)
#300 (-9) Jennifer Kale
#348 (new) Invincible (Mark Grayson)
#349 (new) Shade the Changing Man (Rac Shade)
#358 (-1) Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin)
#366 (+243) Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)
#367 (+250) Count Vertigo (Werner Vertigo)
#373 (-67) Blockbuster (Mark Desmond)
#400 (-10) Bo' Rai Cho
#411 (+525) Bloodsport (Robert DuBois)
#412 (+444) Razor Fist (Douglas Scott)
#419 (-8) The Wizard (Bentley Wittman)
#428 (-7) Sandman (William Baker)
#433 (-9) Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
#445 (+141) Sersi
#473 (new) Avalanche (Dominikos Petrakis)
#474 (new) Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)
#475 (new) Ikaris
#476 (new) Karkas
#477 (new) Makkari
#478 (new) Thena
#479 (new) Madame Menace (Sunset Bain)
#480 (-12) Granny Goodness
#500 (-12) Rikki Barnes (Rebecca Barnes)
#600 (-16) Trickster (Jesse James)
#615 (new) Wildside (Richard Gill)
#616 (new) Reaper (Pantu Hurageb)
#617 (new) Tempo (Heather Tucker)
#618 (new) Forearm (Michael McCain)
#619 (new) Gorgon (Gorgon Petragon)
#620 (new) Metron
#621 (new) Battlestar (Lemar Hoskins)
#622 (new) Diamondback (Rachel Leighton)
#623 (new) Caliban
#634 (+248) Blob (Frederick Dukes)
#700 (-24) Karate Kid (Val Armorr)
#800 (-22) Fire Giant
#900 (-21) The Owl (Leland Owlsley)
#959 (new) Queen Clea
#960 (new) Batwoman (Kathy Kane)
#961 (new) Hardaway (Unknown)
#962 (new) Professor Power (Anthony Power)
#963 (new) Titan (Unknown)
#964 (new) Major Force (Clifford Zmeck)
#965 (new) Peacemaker (Christopher Smith)
#966 (new) Death-Dealer (Li Ching-Lin)
#967 (-21) Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
#978 (-281) The Mandarin (Unknown)
#979 (-268) Loki (Loki Laufeyson)
#1000 (-29) Master Man (Wilhelm Lohmer)
#1003 (-26) Taskmaster (Tony Masters)
#1011 (-28) Red Hulk (Thaddeus Ross)
#1012 (-28) Brick (Daniel Brickwell)
#1013 (-39) Falcon (Samuel Wilson)
#1014 (-29) Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)
#1015 (-29) Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
#1016 (-29) Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)
#1017 (-29) Dan Hibiki
#1018 (-29) Lizard (Curt Connors)
#1019 (-29) Zangief
#1020 (-29) Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
#1021 (-29) Sabretooth (Victor Creed)

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