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The 20 Best X-Men Characters of All Time

By YPB Team

The X-Men have given us some of the most compelling characters in comics history — from iconic legends to complex antiheroes and tragic figures. Who is the greatest mutant of them all?

  1. Wolverine — ranked #11
    Wolverine
    The regenerating Canadian mutant with adamantium-laced bones and retractable claws, the most iconic X-Man ever created.
    1000pts
  2. Jean Grey — ranked #22
    Jean Grey
    The telekinetic and telepathic founding X-Man who became the host of the cosmic Phoenix Force, dying and reborn multiple times.
    555pts
  3. Bishop — ranked #33
    Bishop
    The energy-absorbing lawman from a dystopian future whose time-traveling mission brought him into conflict and camaraderie with the X-Men.
    500pts
  4. Gambit — ranked #44
    Gambit
    The charming Cajun card-thrower from New Orleans whose kinetic energy powers and on-again-off-again romance with Rogue are franchise legend.
    428pts
  5. Nightcrawler — ranked #55
    Nightcrawler
    The blue-furred, swashbuckling German mutant who can teleport with a bamf and brings warmth and heart to every team.
    333pts
  6. Mystique — ranked #66
    Mystique
    The shape-shifting blue assassin who has cycled between terrorist and reluctant X-ally, making her one of the most complex characters in the franchise.
    333pts
  7. Jubilee — ranked #77
    Jubilee
    The mall-rat firecracker whose plasma fireworks and Valley Girl attitude made her the defining young X-Man of the beloved 1990s animated series.
    333pts
  8. Storm — ranked #88
    Storm
    The weather-controlling Kenyan goddess who became one of the most powerful X-Men and served as the team's leader for years.
    200pts
  9. Kitty Pryde — ranked #99
    Kitty Pryde
    The phasing prodigy who phased through walls as a teenager and grew into one of the X-Men's most courageous and resourceful leaders.
    200pts
  10. Professor X — ranked #1010
    Professor X
    The world's most powerful telepath and visionary founder of the X-Men who built a school for the dream of human-mutant coexistence.
    200pts
  11. Beast — ranked #1111
    Beast
    The blue-furred genius scientist and acrobat whose intellect and agility make him as valuable in the lab as on the battlefield.
    200pts
  12. Cable — ranked #1212
    Cable
    The time-traveling cybernetic soldier from a plague-ravaged future who channels telekinesis through a techno-organic arm to save the present.
    200pts
  13. Psylocke — ranked #1313
    Psylocke
    The British-born telepath and deadly martial artist famous for wielding a psionic katana and her striking purple-hued powers.
    200pts
  14. Colossus — ranked #1414
    Colossus
    The gentle Russian giant who transforms into living organic steel and is beloved for his kindness and raw physical power.
    200pts
  15. Rogue — ranked #1515
    Rogue
    The Southern mutant whose power-absorbing touch forces her into permanent isolation until the X-Men give her a place to belong.
    1pts
  16. X-23 — ranked #1616
    X-23
    The female clone of Wolverine who escaped a brutal Weapon X program and forged her own identity as Laura Kinney.
    1pts
  17. Magneto — ranked #1717
    Magneto
    The master of magnetism whose tragic past drives his mission to protect mutantkind, making him the franchise's greatest antihero.
    1pts
  18. Emma Frost — ranked #1818
    Emma Frost
    The White Queen turned reluctant headmistress whose diamond-hard exterior hides a fierce and complicated commitment to protecting mutantkind.
    1pts
  19. Cyclops — ranked #1919
    Cyclops
    The stoic field leader whose ruby-quartz visor controls optic blasts that can level mountains, and whose devotion to Xavier's dream is absolute.
    1pts
  20. Iceman — ranked #2020
    Iceman
    The Omega-level cryokinetic founding X-Man who can freeze all moisture in the air to create bridges, shields, and devastation.
    0pts

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