The X-Men are some of the strongest mutants in Marvel’s history. These individuals are the strongest of the bunch.
Marvel Comics introduced the X-Men as a group of powerful mutants who stepped up and saved civilization despite the fact many humans were not appreciative of them. The X-Men featured a wide array of powers that led them to be strong in many different ways. But which X-Men are the strongest?
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Some have super strengths while others have amazing healing abilities and adamantium shells on their skeletons. Still, others could control people’s minds or the weather. While strength can be measured in a number of ways, the strongest X-Men always rose to the occasion to help when the world needed them.
Updated on January 15, 2024, by Ben Painter: The X-Men were the biggest Marvel team before the Avengers’ popularity rose with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With a rich history dating back to 1963, there are countless X-Men that have shown immense strength throughout the long history of comics. The lore of X-Men goes way beyond what is seen on screen, hopefully with the introduction of the superhero team in the MCU so that some of these powerful characters can be shown in all their glory. Here are three more X-Men that have shown, on many occasions, that they are the strongest.
18 Nightcrawler
Greatest Show Of Strength: Teleporting A Full Moon Back Into Orbit
First Appearance:
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (April 1975)Powers:
Teleportation, wall-crawling, flexible bone structure, camouflage, prehensile tail, night vision, superhuman agility, superhuman reflexes
His real name may be Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich circus, he was known as the Amazing Nightcrawler. Wagner possessed superhuman speed and agility, and he was able to teleport almost anywhere. He was perfect for stealth missions and daring rescues.
In the films, Nightcrawler first appears working for Stryker before joining the X-Men after they were able to subdue him. He would help Professor X’s team in the original trilogy. A younger version would appear in later X-Men films, including saving Jean Grey at the beginning of Apocalypse.
16 Colossus
Greatest Show Of Strength: Defeating The Unstoppable Juggernaut
First Appearance:
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (April 1975)Powers:
Metal mimicry, superhuman strength, superhuman stamina, superhuman durability, peak human speed
Colossus is a giant of a mutant with enough strength to throw Wolverine around like a rag doll. Colossus was, at times, shown to be capable of lifting up to 100 tons, easily making him one of the physically strongest mutants. In the comics, Colossus can stand toe to toe with The Thing and Hulk.
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Two versions of Colossus found their way into movies. In the original trilogy, he was tasked with protecting the kids when Stryker’s crew invaded the school. But in the Deadpool films, he appeared far more comics-accurate even if he really didn’t get time to shine.
15 Beast
Greatest Show Of Strength: Used His Intelligence To Cure The Legacy Virus
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (July 1963)Powers:
Genetic atavism, superhuman strength, superhuman speed, superhuman stamina, superhuman durability, superhuman agility, superhuman reflexes, regenerative healing factor, superhuman senses, razor-sharp claws and fangs, genius intelligence
What happens when one of the greatest brains in Marvel also gets muscles, strength, and fur? Dr. Hank McCoy becomes Beast. Debuting in the first issue of X-Men, Beast is the perfect mixture of brawn and brains. He is as smart as Professor Xavier while being as strong as, if not stronger than, Wolverine.
In the films, he starts as just a regular, intelligent human until he takes a serum that he thinks will make him a more valuable member of the team. He does become a more physically valuable member but also turns into a blue, furry beast as well.
14 Cyclops
Greatest Show Of Strength: Became The Phoenix And Held His Own Against Wolverine
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (July 1963)Powers:
Optic blast, trajectory bending, spatial awareness, energy resistance
While Cyclops isn’t going to go toe to toe physically with a lot of other mutants, his command of his powers makes him a formidable opponent for any foe. He emits optics blasts through his eyes which can cut through solid material.
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Much like Ice Man, Cyclops was one of the original students of Professor X. His demeanor and command of his powers made him an ideal leader for the earliest iteration of the X-Men.
12 Iceman
Greatest Show Of Strength: Turned Light Itself Into Ice
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (July 1963)Powers:
Thermokinesis, cryokinesis, hydrokinesis, molecular moisture conversion, molecular moisture inversion, ice clone generation, cryokinetic perception, cellular replacement
Bobby Drake may not be physically as strong as other members of the X-Men, but he more than makes up for it with his ability to turn anything into ice. In the comics, Iceman was one of the original X-Men, joining the team as a teenager and honing and perfecting his skills. Eventually, he learned how to absorb enough water to make ice clones.
In the films, he is already at the school when Rogue shows up, and he often steps up to help the four main film characters, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm. He’s shown to still be helping the team through the events of Days of Future Past.
11 Storm
Greatest Show Of Strength: Becoming The Goddess Of Thunder
First Appearance:
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (April 1975)Powers:
Weather manipulation
Much like Iceman, what Storm lacks in physical strength, she makes up for with her ability to control the weather. She can harness any kind of weather event and use it as a weapon. From something as simple as summoning wind to throwing lightning bolts, if it’s connected to weather, Storm is unstoppable.
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In the films, Ororoe Munro is mostly sidelined despite these epic powers. She is able to use them to stop Toad in the first film, complete with a terrible pun, but most of the rest of the time, she isn’t allowed to show off her immense powers. Storm is a threat not to be taken lightly.
10 Wolverine
Greatest Show Of Strength: Defeated The Entire X-Men At Once
First Appearance:
Incredible Hulk #180 (July, 1974)Powers:
Regenerative healing factor, retractable claws, superhuman acute senses, superhuman strength, superhuman speed, superhuman stamina, superhuman durability, superhuman agility, superhuman reflexes, animal empathy
Logan is easily the most famous X-Men mutant. He is a skilled fighter with a unique healing ability and extra strength added by the adamantium shell on his skeleton. Wolverine is essentially unkillable, having survived for more than a century. However, he comes up just short in other areas where certain mutants like Professor X, Jean Grey, and Magneto are stronger.
In the films, he is almost always the protagonist, leading the team into battle as he can destroy most objects with his claws. In the second film, he’s shot in the head and still survives. It’s no wonder he was the character given his spinoff trilogy.
9 Magneto
Greatest Show Of Strength: Reversed Earth’s Magnetic Pull
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (July 1963)Powers:
Magnetism manipulation, telepathic resistance, astral projection
Although he is most famously known as being the mortal enemy of the X-Men, Max Eisenhardt or Erik Lehnsherr has joined his fellow mutants as a member of the team on many occasions, even becoming headmaster of the school.
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As an Omega-Level mutant, he has shown immense strength and a mastery of his abilities, his control of magnetism has been shown to move metal light years away, hold together a celestial, and control the entire magnetic field of the year. With this control of his powers, there are no limits to what he can do. Magneto’s goal is for mutants to be the dominant species on Earth and he will stop at nothing to make that happen.
8 Rogue
Greatest Show Of Strength: Absorbing The Powers Of Every X-Men And Avenger To Take On A Celestial
First Appearance:
Avengers Annual #10 (August, 1981)Powers:
Power, life force, and memory absorption
Rogue is a mutant whose true strength can’t be measured. She can absorb other mutants’ powers just by touching them. That’s on top of her ability to fly and her super physical strength. In the comics, she has proven to be as powerful as Colossus and can destroy Sentinels with a single punch.
In the original X-Men trilogy, Rogue absorbs Wolverine’s mutant healing ability when he accidentally impales her with his claws while having a nightmare. She absorbs his powers and almost kills him in the process. Few mutants can match that kind of power.
7 Vulcan
Greatest Show Of Strength: Strong Enough To Manipulate The Nova Force
First Appearance:
X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (November 2005)Powers:
Energy manipulation, superhuman strength, superhuman durability, psionic resistance
The younger brother of Cyclops and Havoc, Vulcan is much more powerful than both of them being an Omega level mutant with unstoppable energy-based powers.
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Gabriel Summers was artificially born on the Shi’ar throne world as a pregnant Katherine Summers had the child ripped out of her and artificially aged. He found his way to Earth and eventually joined up with the X-Men, but his first mission went astray and he found himself adrift in space. He was awakened by M-Day and set out on a quest of vengeance, he destroyed all those who opposed him and claimed the throne of the Shi-ar empire. Vulcan deserves some play as a major X-Men villain on the big screen.
6 Kid Omega
Greatest Show Of Strength: Become The Host Of The Phoenix Force
First Appearance:
New X-Men #134 (November, 2002)Powers:
telepathy, telekineses, psychic intelligence
Quentin Quire is one of the strongest and most powerful telepaths, telekinetics, and psions in the Marvel Universe he was even powerful enough to become an avatar of the Phoenix force and eventual host.
With psychic powers to rival, those of Professor X and Jean Grey, Kid Omega is like his name suggests, an Omega-level mutant, and his strength is often overlooked due to his young age. As a newer character, he has not been given much play outside the comics, but there is no questioning the power that he has at his disposal.
5 Legion
Greatest Show Of Strength: Creating And Ending The Age Of X
First Appearance:
New Mutants #26 (December, 1984)Powers:
Power manifestation, each personality has a different set of powers.
Legion, David Haller, is the child of Professor Charles Xavier, so there is no wonder that Legion possesses immense power. The level of his strength comes from the fact his powerset is completely unpredictable, which can be very dangerous.
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As a sufferer of dissociative identity disorder, Legion’s powers change depending on which personality is present and they are seemingly unlimited. Some of his personalities possess unlimited power. His most famous one is The Legion (Personality 005), who have the power to manipulate time and reality. Arguably the strongest X-Men due to this fact.
3 Darwin
Greatest Show Of Strength: Becoming The Lord Of Death
First Appearance:
X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2 (December 2005)Powers:
superior adaption
Darwin’s, as his alias suggests, powers are evolution, he can evolve and adapt to anything that is thrown at him, tamer examples are he grows gills when underwater, develops night vision when in the dark, and has fireproof skin when exposed to fire.
There are no limits to what Darwin can survive as his body adapts to anything, he has survived Hela’s death touch and survived in the vacuum of space. Despite being shown as one of the strongest X-men in the comics, he somehow managed to die in X-Men First Class, which was very disappointing for fans, perhaps he will be redeemed in the MCU.
2 Professor Charles Xavier
Greatest Show Of Strength: Defeated The Omega-level Mutant Proteus
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (July 1963)Powers:
Telepathy
The man who brought the X-Men together and who lent the first letter of his last name for the name of the team is one of the strongest comic book characters ever. At first glance, he doesn’t look like he would be that powerful, but his telepathy and telekinesis make him stronger than almost every other member of the team.
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Professor X can get into people’s minds and speak to them without ever moving his mouth. He can also control other people and use them to communicate with his target. Very few mutants can prevent the Professor from reading or controlling their minds.
1 Jean Gray
Greatest Show Of Strength: Rewrote The Universe In The Future
First Appearance:
X-Men #1 (July, 1963)Powers:
Empathy, telepathy, telekineses, psychic energy manipulation, self resurrection
While early Jean Gray seems to be a simple telepath, her use of the Phoenix Force would turn her into the most powerful member of the X-Men and the most powerful mutant Marvel has ever introduced. As Phoenix, Jean Gray can fly, make force fields, and control other mutants. And, as the Dark Phoenix, these powers are even stronger, making her very lethal.
The films have tried to tackle the Phoenix storyline twice with questionable results. Both X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Dark Phoenix brought this version of Jean Gray to the screens. However, the quality of these stories is left up to the viewer, as some people loved these versions and others hated them.
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