Greatest Harry Potter Villain & Antagonist Rankings
An exhaustive matrix of the Dark Lord's inner circle, treacherous Ministry bureaucrats, school rivals, and monstrous dark creatures.
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▲ Top 5
#1
Lord Voldemort (Tom Riddle)
Dark Lord / Leader of the Death Eaters
+5
#2
Severus Snape
Double Agent / Potions Master
+4
#3
Bellatrix Lestrange
Death Eater / Voldemort's Lieutenant
+3
#4
The Dementors of Azkaban
Dark Spectral Guardians
+2
#5
Fenrir Greyback
Werewolf / Death Eater Ally
+1
▼ Bottom 5
#1
Lucius Malfoy
Death Eater / Hogwarts School Governor
-5
#2
Draco Malfoy
Slytherin / Death Eater
-4
#3
Gilderoy Lockhart
Fraudulent Author / Obliviator
-3
#4
Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail)
Death Eater / Traitor to the Potters
-2
#5
Cornelius Fudge
Minister for Magic (Bureaucratic Denialist)
-1
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Lord Voldemort (Tom Riddle) — Dark Lord / Leader of the Death Eaters+5
Severus Snape — Double Agent / Potions Master+4
Bellatrix Lestrange — Death Eater / Voldemort's Lieutenant+3
The Dementors of Azkaban — Dark Spectral Guardians+2
Fenrir Greyback — Werewolf / Death Eater Ally+1
Dolores Umbridge — Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic / High Inquisitor—
Gellert Grindelwald — Dark Wizard / Former Master of the Elder Wand—
Barty Crouch Jr. — Death Eater / Impersonator of Mad-Eye Moody—
Quirinus Quirrell — Vessel of Lord Voldemort—
Alecto Carrow — Death Eater / Muggle Studies Professor—
Amycus Carrow — Death Eater / Dark Arts Professor—
Thorfinn Rowle — Death Eater—
Antonin Dolohov — Death Eater—
Corban Yaxley — Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement—
Pansy Parkinson — Slytherin / Inquisitorial Squad—
Vincent Crabbe — Slytherin / Death Eater—
Gregory Goyle — Slytherin / Death Eater—
Nagini — Maledictus / Voldemort's Horcrux Snake—
The Basilisk — Serpent of Slytherin—
Aragog — Acromantula Colony Patriarch—
Argus Filch — Hogwarts Caretaker (Student Antagonist)—
Cornelius Fudge — Minister for Magic (Bureaucratic Denialist)-1
Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) — Death Eater / Traitor to the Potters-2
Gilderoy Lockhart — Fraudulent Author / Obliviator-3
Draco Malfoy — Slytherin / Death Eater-4
Lucius Malfoy — Death Eater / Hogwarts School Governor-5