The Seven Deadly Sins tier list

All 92 The Seven Deadly Sins characters ranked S to D. Each tier was researched from canon feats, official databooks and power-scaling sources, not popularity, and only compares characters within The Seven Deadly Sins. Within a tier, characters are listed by popularity.

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Who is the strongest in The Seven Deadly Sins?

The strongest The Seven Deadly Sins characters in this tier list are Meliodas, Escanor, Arthur Pendragon, Estarossa, Cath and Demon King, the S tier. Tiers are ranked within The Seven Deadly Sins only, from canon feats, official databooks and power-scaling sources rather than popularity.

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The Seven Deadly Sins tier list

S
A
B
C
D

* Fans argue about this one's tier: Meliodas, Arthur Pendragon, Ban, Merlin, Ludociel and Gowther (Demon).

Why each character got their tier

The reasoning behind every placement: the feats, wins and losses that decided it, and the rankings and databooks it was checked against. "Disputed" means fans and sources split on it, so we picked a side and say why. "VSB" is the VS Battles wiki's power tier, and "#3 Looper" means third in that site's ranking. More on how we rank characters.

S tier

Meliodas S · disputed
Reading 142,000 in Assault Mode, then absorbed the Commandments and killed the Demon King with Elizabeth; #1 Game Rant demons and Epicdope; disputed: CBR names Escanor the strongest Sin, and Escanor did beat his Assault Mode
Escanor S
114,000 before noon and no number for The One, when he tops every living being for one minute; one-shot Assault Mode Meliodas and beat Estarossa, Galand and Melascula; CBR's strongest Sin; stats are noon only, he reads 15 at night
Arthur Pendragon S · disputed
Reading 40,000 before Chaos, then King of Chaos: bends reality at will and absorbed Cath Palug whole; VS Battles' highest rating in the series; #1 Quote The Anime; disputed: Game Rant's visible list and Epicdope skip him, and he barely used it on page
Estarossa S
Really Mael, strongest Archangel, and Ludociel admits he can't match Mael at noon; reading 200,000+ with his Commandments; killed Derieri and Monspeet, and it took Gowther, King, Diane and Elizabeth to stop him; #4 Game Rant demons
Cath S
Chaos-associated cosmic threat requires more than regular commandment-tier A.
Demon King S
The Demon King, ruler of his clan and source of the Commandments; beat Wild 120,118 times and took the whole Sins and Archangels alliance to the limit; only Meliodas could finish him; no official reading exists

A tier

Ban A · disputed
Only 3,220 before Purgatory, then centuries there let him match the Demon King in Meliodas' body without Snatch; #9 Game Rant, #3 Epicdope; disputed: Epicdope's 700,000 is a fan estimate, and CBR ranks him last by the old number
King A
Reading 41,600 after growing wings, strongest Fairy King in history; helped stop Mael and beat Helbram and Albion; #12 Game Rant, Screen Rant cites the same number; strength reading 0, so str is 1
Diane A
Reading 15,100 at human size and 50,000+ at giant size with Drole's Dance; named his successor, and Melascula compared her strength to his; #16 Game Rant, last on Epicdope
Elizabeth Liones A
107th rebirth of the Supreme Deity's daughter; wounded the Demon King alone with her Ark and joined the killing blow; her Ark blade matched Ludociel's; #10 Game Rant; strength reading of 5 from before her memories explains str 1
Merlin A · disputed
Greatest sorcerer in Britannia; beat Grayroad at 39,000 and raised the alliance's power with Limit Break; CBR says she handled foes above 160,000; disputed: her only reading is an early 4,710, and Epicdope puts her fifth of the Sins
Gowther A
Reading 35,400 after regaining his memories; a doll holding a master wizard's magic; helped stop Mael and fights by mind control; #11 Game Rant; VS Battles marks the peak unknown, likely 4-B
Zeldris A
Reading 61,000, the top base number among the Commandments; leader and Piety holder, surpassed by few of his race; lost to the full alliance even with the Original Demon, then fought beside it; #6 Game Rant demons
Derieri A
Reading 52,000 with 48,000 strength, Purity of the Commandments; Combo Star broke both of Meliodas' forearms and she killed Nerobasta with ease; #17 Game Rant
Melascula A
Reading 34,000 with 31,500 magic, Faith of the Commandments; revived the dead by soul magic and trapped Meliodas; lost to Escanor and the Sins
Monspeet A
Reading 53,000, Reticence of the Commandments and one of the best users of hellfire; #18 Game Rant; died taking Estarossa's blow for Derieri
Gloxinia A
Reading 50,000, Repose of the Commandments and first Fairy King; 47,000 magic but strength 0, so str is 1; beat King with Drole; VS Battles 4-B with magic only
Tristan Liones A
Four Knights of the Apocalypse demon-goddess power.
Galand A
Reading 27,000, 40,000 with Critical Over, Truth of the Commandments; beat Meliodas in the Albion arc and petrified Merlin; lost to Escanor, was turned to stone by his own rule, and Estarossa finished him
Drole A
Reading 54,000, Patience of the Commandments and legendary Giant King; beat Diane and King together with Gloxinia; died protecting Diane after naming her his successor; VS Battles 4-B
Sariel A
One of the Four Archangels, gift of Tornado; unhurt by Monspeet's flame and held the Commandments 3,000 years ago; no reading on record; lost to Estarossa and Mael
Ludociel A · disputed
Highest accurate reading, 201,000, though in Margaret's body; took hits from Indura Derieri and hurt the Original Demon; disputed: the number says top, but he admits Mael outdoes him and Game Rant ranks him 14th
Fraudrin A
Reading 31,000, the lowest Commandment number; stand-in for Selflessness who wore Dreyfus' body for ten years; killed Liz; held off by Dreyfus, Hendrickson and Zaratras together; VS Battles 4-B at full size
Tarmiel A
One of the Four Archangels, gift of Ocean; fought the Commandments 3,000 years ago and is #15 on Game Rant; no reading on record; lost to Estarossa and Mael
Chandler A
Reading 173,000; Meliodas' teacher and half of the Original Demon; beat Drole and Gloxinia and helped beat pre-Chaos Arthur; #7 Game Rant demons
Cusack A
Reading 168,000; Zeldris' teacher and the other half of the Original Demon; beat Cath and ended pre-Chaos Arthur by mind control; lost to the assault force
Grayroad A
Reading 39,000 with 26,500 magic, Pacifism of the Commandments and a mutant gray demon; lost to Merlin; VS Battles 4-B with darkness
The Original Demon A
The Original Demon; rebelled against the Demon King, split into Chandler and Cusack; merged, he overpowered Escanor past noon and took on the alliance; #3 Game Rant demons but #13 overall; no reading, no VS Battles page found

B tier

Gilthunder B
Reading 2,330, a Diamond-ranked Holy Knight and son of Zaratras; matched early Meliodas and fought Hendrickson; helped stop the Gray Demon
Elaine B
Reading 2,830, then 21,050 after growing wings; alone she guarded the Fountain of Youth and could overpower an army of Holy Knights; beat Torah and Jigumo; the top of the B range
Guila B
Early reading 1,350, later Vice Great Holy Knight, so she sits above that number by rank; drank demon blood and held off the Sins, then lost to King
Howzer B
Reading 2,350 after Istar; the 7,600 on the wiki is sequel only; rose to Great Holy Knight of Liones; beat Taizoo and lost to Diane at the festival
Hendricksen B
Reading 2,650, 5,800 in his Ash-Gray form; a Great Holy Knight whose demon experiments beat the Sins at their early readings; helped hold off Fraudrin
Helbram B
Reading 1,400 alone, but Link let him overwhelm King and match partly awakened Meliodas; King killed him in the rematch; B is for the Link version
Slader B
Reading 2,790, Captain of Dawn Roar; his Overpower held Gowther to an indecisive fight
Dreyfus B
Reading 3,000, former Great Holy Knight with immense durability; possessed by Fraudrin for ten years, then helped hold him off with Hendrickson and Zaratras
Wild B
No reading; lost to the Demon King 120,118 times and survived them all; his speed dodged Meliodas and Ban in Purgatory; fought beside them
Gelda B
Reading 4,080 with 2,450 magic; vampire royalty, twice as strong at night, with strong regeneration; lost to Meliodas
Matrona B
Reading 7,600 with 4,400 strength; former warrior chief of the Eastern Giants, master of their fighting style; beat the giant chief Dumbelbas
Zaneri B
Reading 3,000 with 2,540 magic; a former goddess and head of the Druids, attacks with lightning; lost to Jelamet's curse
Jenna B
Reading 3,000 with 2,050 magic; a former Divine Soldier and head of the Druids; summons amber trials for training
Gowther (Demon) B · disputed
Original holder of Selflessness; his forbidden magic rewrote Mael's whole life and everyone's memory of him; disputed: Game Rant ranks him #5 among demons, but the wiki records no fight and no reading, so he stays at B
Nerobasta B
No reading; Ludociel's Divine Lance Corporal, killed two lesser demons with ease; below Commandment level, Derieri killed her without trouble
Gerheade B
Reading 2,370 with 1,890 magic; adviser to the Fairy Kings for 3,000 years; took Ban down in the Albion arc
Zaratras B
Reading 3,060; once the strongest Holy Knight, called the only match for the Sins; lost to Meliodas and was poisoned by Dreyfus and Hendrickson
Nanashi B
Former goddess warrior; killed an Earth Crawler and a Gray Demon alone with an ordinary blade; no reading; rated on main-story feats only
Vivian B
Reading 2,580 with 2,200 magic; recognised as the greatest mage in Liones, but Merlin toyed with her; Ludociel took her out at once
Denzel Liones B
Reading 2,870, Assistant Great Holy Knight of the Pleiades; fought on par with Fraudrin, though Monspeet rated him only slightly above average
Dale B
Reading 1,220 as a human and 2,490 in demon form; the Armor Giant, took on Dawn Roar and needed the Sins to stop him
Orlondi B
Reading 3,100 with 1,750 magic; vampire royalty who took over Edinburgh Castle; beaten by Ban, then used as Merlin's spy
Calmadios B
Original Piety of the Commandments; his surprise attack slammed Drole into the ground; beaten by Meliodas, Diane and King in the past; no reading, so B, not A

C tier

Hawk C
Reading 30, up to 1,030 in his Red Demon form; a Purgatory creature who fought alongside the Sins in the final fights
Jericho C
Reading 270 at first, more after drinking demon blood; briefly pinned Ban and fought Elaine to a standstill
Hawk Mama C
An empty moss shell that held Chaos; swallowed a flame that ate through a mountain; never fights, so C on that one feat
Griamor C
Reading 1,520 with magic defence as his strength; lost to Diane and Meliodas; helped beat demons at Istar
Zhivago C
Exceptional thief and Beastman, killed the knights who hunted his son; no reading; gave his life so Ban could survive
Bartra Liones C
Reading 530; Vision founded the Seven Deadly Sins; rarely fights, so C for his impact on the plot
Deldry C
Reading 930 with 720 magic and just 30 strength; Love Drive lured Fraudrin into the Pleiades' ambush
Gustav C
Ruby-ranked Holy Knight with Ice Fang; Helbram used him as a shield, and he survived; no reading
Marmas C
Led Guila and Jericho's assault on Vaizel and survived Diane's surprise hit; no reading, assumed near their level
Simon C
Dawn Roar member who wounded the Armor Giant with whirlwind strikes; no reading
Deathpierce C
Reading 1,690, a Diamond-ranked Holy Knight of the Pleiades; clashed with Fraudrin beside Denzel; only his main-story role counts
Cain Barzard C
Former Holy Knight of Danafor; punched King at surprising speed, then forfeited to Meliodas; no reading
Waillo C
Reading 1,710 with 870 strength, Platinum rank; took Fraudrin's chop on his arm and landed the winning hit in the ambush
Arden C
Reading 1,320; his Vain arrows raised Fraudrin's magic burden and made the Pleiades' ambush possible
Golgius C
Ruby-ranked Weird Fang who helped capture Ban; lost to Meliodas; no reading
Weinheidt C
Dawn Roar's marksman; illusions and a charged arrow, held his own against the Sins; no reading
Friesia C
Reading 440, Ruby-ranked Weird Fang; her bugs tore through a town before Diane beat her
Ro C
One of the few humans able to fight in the Holy War; he and three comrades nearly wiped out Stigma; no reading
Arbus C
Killed an Earth Crawler and several knights with a staff; his body later served Tarmiel; no reading
Dogedo C
Reading 860, Platinum Holy Knight; fast fists, but Meliodas crippled his hands and sent him flying
Theo C
Reading 1,650; priest and protector of the Druid heads; no fight on record, so judged from the reading
Jude C
Ruby-ranked Weird Fang and Ban's torturer; stabbed Ban before he noticed, then lost to him; no reading
Ruin C
Reading 420, Ruby-ranked Weird Fang; helped capture Ban and pinned Meliodas down, then lost to him
Ganon C
Holy Knight who led 330 men against Matrona and Diane; killed in that battle; no reading, side story only

D tier

Margaret Liones D
Reading 110, no combat skill; the 201,000 reading belongs to Ludociel inside her body
Liz D
Holy Knight of Danafor around Twigo's level, per the wiki; 106th rebirth of Goddess Elizabeth; killed by Fraudrin
Veronica Liones D
Reading 80, the lowest of the princesses, though her 35 strength is their highest; no combat skill
Zeal D
Ordinary child with no powers; matters to the story as Guila's reason to fight
Nadja Liones D
Frail princess who never left the castle; matters through Gowther's story
Twigo D
Apprentice who could cut a cliff, lost to Meliodas at once and died from demon blood; a fan meme, not a threat
Sennett D
Ordinary human held as a hostage against her father
Dolores D
A giant, so str is 3 by nature; too scared to fight and protected by Matrona in her one battle
Rosa D
Ordinary human; matters only because she saved Escanor
Peronia D
Small demon with a looping illusion trap; a nurse in the story, not a fighter
Solaseed D
A troubadour with a lute, carried Sariel; Escanor saved her at the festival
Mead D
Orphan of Bernia with no powers; his one stand was against Gilthunder over the ale
Ellen D
A deceased villager with no abilities, part of one arc
Taizo D
Strong for a human, but he says he can't beat a Holy Knight and Howzer proved it
Dana D
No powers; a skilled doctor with herbs and poisons, so skl and int are his only high marks
Pelliot D
Ordinary child in the main story; later ranks are sequel only
Daymond D
Escanor's brother in the flashbacks; his later Beltreipe role is sequel only and isn't counted

Best at each trait

Every rating

Each trait is rated 1 to 5 within The Seven Deadly Sins. These ratings set the prices in Build a Character, so a $5 Speed pick really is one of the fastest.

CharacterTierStrSpdIntDurSkillCha
MeliodasS554555
EscanorS543545
Arthur PendragonS443445
EstarossaS553554
CathS454543
Demon KingS554555
BanA453544
KingA143354
DianeA532444
Elizabeth LionesA133445
MerlinA145355
GowtherA244353
ZeldrisA553454
DerieriA552453
MelasculaA244343
MonspeetA344453
GloxiniaA144353
Tristan LionesA232233
GalandA442543
DroleA533544
SarielA453443
LudocielA454454
FraudrinA433443
TarmielA443543
ChandlerA454453
CusackA454453
GrayroadA333442
The Original DemonA553554
GilthunderB343343
ElaineB133244
GuilaB233333
HowzerB342343
HendricksenB334343
HelbramB233343
SladerB333333
DreyfusB333443
WildB341523
GeldaB233344
MatronaB432444
ZaneriB134343
JennaB234344
Gowther (Demon)B124253
NerobastaB233332
GerheadeB134343
ZaratrasB333344
NanashiB343353
VivianB134243
Denzel LionesB333343
DaleB321422
OrlondiB233332
CalmadiosB332342
HawkC122325
JerichoC232233
Hawk MamaC321414
GriamorC322433
ZhivagoC233243
Bartra LionesC214225
DeldryC123234
GustavC222332
MarmasC222331
SimonC232231
DeathpierceC233333
Cain BarzardC233233
WailloC322332
ArdenC232232
GolgiusC232231
WeinheidtC223231
FriesiaC222231
RoC233233
ArbusC322331
DogedoC232232
TheoC222323
JudeC232231
RuinC322321
GanonC223222
Margaret LionesD113114
LizD223224
Veronica LionesD122114
ZealD112113
Nadja LionesD113114
TwigoD211112
SennettD112113
DoloresD312213
RosaD112114
PeroniaD123122
SolaseedD112123
MeadD112113
EllenD112113
TaizoD211222
DanaD114133
PelliotD112113
DaymondD112112

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