Top 200 Batman Villains

The top 200 Batman villains on all time from 1939 to the end of 2022.

This is summary of previous videos:

Golden Age (1939-1956)

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (Golden Age)  

Silver Age (1956-1969)

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (Silver Age)  

Bronze Age (1970-1985)

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (Bronze Age)  

Dark Age (1985-1998)

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (Dark Age)  

Millennium (1999-2011)

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (Millennium)  

Modern Age (2012-present)

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (Modern Age)  

DC Animated Universe

   • Top 20 Batman Villains (DCAU)  



Extra remarks:

#194 Mainly enemies of Jason Todd/Red Hood
#187 Appeared in comic strips as early as in 1967.
#169 Daughter of Jeramiah Arkham.
#168 He tried to bring his parents back from dead.
#159 Separated from original version because he started to live his own life.
#154 Father of original Batwoman.
#153 More connections to Connor Hawke, Green Arrow.
#127 In DC#2.27 they hint that he could be original Joker because of similar stories.
#119 Original was Dr Fate/JSA foe but DC Rebirth version is Batman villain.
#116 He killed Damian Wayne.
#111 Originally Green Arrow's villain.
#108 Arkham's bully, rarely contact with Batman.
#81 Hatters are separated because they are too different. This (mainly SA) version is obsessed with hats.
#74 "John" version appeared in Nolan's Batman Trilogy.
#71 Original GA version was Robin and Boy Commandos' foe.
#70 Modern version is a vampire and one of Batwoman's worst enemies.
#60 The first appearance was in Batman Animated Series.
#50 Matrix-style villain with "bullet time" reflex.
#56 Sometimes he was a joke, but in recent years it has made a comeback.
#54 The Millennium version was Darkseid's Hyper-Adapter that traveled through time with the intention of destroying the earth.
#52 He has been more and more part of Batman's rogues lately so I accepted him here.
#45 Original version was Green Arrow's enemy but Temple Fugate version is pure Batman villain.
#44 One of main Bat-villains in 70s but then disappeared.
#42 Very dangerous with his rats, he appeared also in The Suicide Squad-Movie.
#40 Fighting for his daughter Cassandra Cain's "soul" against Batman.
#39 Lincoln March version in New 52, main villain in Court of Owls.
#36 Former Robin "killed" by Joker, he didn't die and corrupted by Talia and Hush against Batman. Later more of Dick Grayson's villains.
#34 Cassandra Cain's father. He staged Bruce as a murderer.
#26 Originally he was a formidable opponent for Batman but turned into more of a joke when he was made Barbara Gordon opponent.
#24 Master tracker and trapster, obsessed with original Batwoman and Catwoman. Later joined Secret Six and disappeared from Bat-rogues.
#22 Nowadays he is mostly a member of Suicide Squad.
#18 Nowadays she is mostly a member of Suicide Squad and more good than bad. Everything important about him was developed in the Batman Animated Series.
#17 Unlike #18 she is now more bad than good and she has done worse things so I place her higher.
#14 Bruce's old buddy and now mortal enemy. His plots are usually very complicated and often go wrong.
#13 Creepy murder who lives in dream world.
#11 Pure antihero since 70s. She has made a small comeback in DC Rebirth.
#10 Karlo and Hagen versions has been combined here because people usually confuse them (even in Batman Animated Show) and they even merged together into Ultimate version. Clear place 10 for me.
#9 I would say without the long antihero period in 00s, he would be a couple of places higher.
#8 Common Bat-family foe with peak era 90s - 00s, since then not so much development.
#7 like #8 but more variation in her development so I place her higher.
#6 Clear place #6 in this ranking.

Then Batman's great 5. They have always been a nuisance.

#5 He has long antihero period in 00s like #9 when he was detective so in this strict ranking, place 5.
#4 In the 21th century he has become one of the worst enemies perhaps even the second worst after #1. so place 4.
#3 I would say he was the second worst enemy (after #1) from 70s to the beginning of 2000 until Hush took his place in Bat-rogues as former friend now enemy mastermind. Without this he would be second.
#2 Throughout the Bat-period 1939-2022 he has consistently been one of the most important enemies and the most prominent crime boss in Gotham and crimes against Gotham is crimes against Batman's true love, the City itself. I would say he deserves place 2.
#1 Hardly surprised anyone, especially if you have watched the reference videos.