ANNUAL PUNCH-UP: 2024 RANKINGS RECAP
Weaving through every entry on Secret Wars on Infinite Earths is the constant thread of the Fight Club Rankings! Each result impacts the overall standings, with character-specific updates nestled at the bottom of every new battle -- but only here can we see the true consequence of another year of wins & losses!Season 2024 was a short but sweet series that once again drew inspiration from multimedia adaptations, boosting some of the mainstream darlings of the major companies, while also propelling a few unexpected comic book and video game favourites further up the Fight Club Rankings!
Nobody came close to touching our biggest mover this year: The Kingpin organized a massive +609 rise through the ranks with a mildly controversial victory. Far behind our Most Improved, but still making a respectable showing, were Professor X, Two-Face, Kraven The Hunter, and Scarlet Witch -- all jumping almost three hundred spots! No such luck for Microchip and Callisto -- the biggest downgrades in 2024.
The Top 10 remained unmoved by the year's action, but potential for a shuffle continues to loom, with Wolverine most notably stalking the Top 3 across multiple entries. The more hotly contested #20 spot also went unchanged this year. It could be that this section of the ranks is beginning to stabilize, moving higher stakes activity further down the list. Deadpool, Ryu, and Storm all entered the Top 25, perhaps indicating the X-Men's wind rider now occupies the new gatekeeper's position.
The complete list of Season 2024 competitors is available below, with adjusted movements based on year-end records of last year's rankings. You can also flashback to recaps of the ranking movements in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016. Don't forget to revisit all the action in the 2024 Featured Fights Recap, and stay tuned for the Top 20 Battles as chosen by you! You can also help shape Season 2025 by becoming a Patreon supporter for Discord access, sponsored content, and goodwill!
#1 (--) Batman (Bruce Wayne)
#2 (--) Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
#3 (--) Superman (Kal-El)
#4 (--) Iron Man (Tony Stark)
#5 (--) Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlet)
#6 (--) Hulk (Bruce Banner)
#7 (--) Captain America (Steve Rogers)
#8 (--) Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
#9 (--) Luke Cage
#10 (--) Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira)
#12 (--) Thanos
#20 (--) Black Adam (Teth-Adam)
#21 (--) Iron Fist (Danny Rand)
#23 (+6) Deadpool (Wade Wilson)
#24 (+6) Ryu
#25 (+11) Storm (Ororo Munroe)
#49 (--) Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau)
#54 (-1) Venom (Eddie Brock)
#55 (--) Beast (Henry McCoy)
#75 (-10) Dhalsim
#88 (-7) Punisher (Frank Castle)
#90 (--) Magneto (Max Eisenhardt)
#92 (--) Cyclops (Scott Summers)
#95 (-2) Elektra (Elektra Natchios)
#100 (--) Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne)
#125 (+1) Blade (Eric Brooks)
#141 (+295) Professor X (Charles Xavier)
#152 (+294) Two-Face (Harvey Dent)
#162 (-3) Cannonball (Samuel Guthrie)
#164 (-4) Phoenix (Jean Grey)
#165 (+289) Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
#200 (-3) Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
#300 (-3) Starfire (Koriand'r)
#371 (new) Prime Sentinels
#373 (--) Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
#400 (+4) Titania (Mary MacPherran)
#437 (+293) Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff)
#456 (+609) Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
#500 (-3) Madame Menace (Sunset Bain)
#509 (new) Nina Williams
#510 (new) Paul Phoenix
#511 (new) Ling Xiaoyu
#512 (new) Panda
#513 (new) Anna Williams
#514 (new) Blackheart
#600 (-9) Korg
#667 (new) Vernon Brooks
#700 (-10) Xorn
#800 (-9) Dai Loe
#900 (-9) Mister Freeze (Victor Fries)
#1000 (-7) Queen Clea
#1030 (new) Wendigo (Paul Cartier)
#1031 (new) Cassandra Nova
#1032 (new) Sofia Giganta Falcone
#1045 (-74) Callisto (Unknown)
#1046 (-133) Microchip (David Liberman)
#1083 (-11) Captain America (Sam Wilson)
#1084 (-11) Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
#1085 (-11) Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)
#1086 (-11) Lizard (Curtis Connors)
#1087 (-19) Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)
#1088 (-12) Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
#1089 (-12) Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)
#1090 (-12) Dan Hibiki
#1091 (-12) Zangief
#1092 (-12) Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
#1093 (-12) Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
#1088 (-12) Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
#1089 (-12) Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)
#1090 (-12) Dan Hibiki
#1091 (-12) Zangief
#1092 (-12) Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
#1093 (-12) Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
