Top 10 Most Powerful Dragon Ball Z Characters

Beerus would absolutely wipe the floor with, say, Vegito (officially stated, you know), and Whis was able to take Beerus out in one move.
Whis is the strongest in the regular fields, only someone capable of absorbing him could win, and even then, Whis moves faster than anyone else shown so far can think, so that may not even work.
As of 2016, Whis is the absolute strongest. Only until they introduce a new, even stronger character, or Goku/Vegeta complete their training, will we have competition.

How is Whis this low? In Battle Of Gods Beerus wrecked most of the z warriors and only had to use 70% against SSJG Goku and Whis knocked out Beerus with a single chop to the neck. As well as that in Resurrection F Whis was easily avoiding and countering base Goku and vegeta's attacks, base Goku and vegeta with god ki might I add. The only people who could rival Whis is his sister Vados (Who is arguably stronger) and possibly SSJGSSJ Vegito the latter of which is unlikely to happen.

Obviously Whis is the strongest since Bills is clearly stronger than everyone else including fusions and Whis put him to sleep for 3 years with a swift chop. Basic logic the real question is who is the strongest character other than Whis and Bills.

Ok, there's no doubt that Whis is the strongest,
Bills beats Goku when Goku goes ALL OUT but Whis just karate chops Bills and one hits Bills. Imagine what would happen if Whis karate chops Goku? Goku would probably die or nearly!

I'm surprised that Whis is #11... probably because of the DBZ newbs that havn't watched the movie. YOu should really watch Battle of the Gods.

Gohan is just in general had the most potential in dragonball. He was the first to transform into super Saiyan 2 and also defeated cell. The next series nobody could beat super buu. Gohan came down from the Kai planet and just dominated buu. If gohan would've trained as hard and as long as Goku and Vegeta did, there is absolutely no doubt he would be the strongest character in all of dragonball.

Ultimate (aka Mystic) Gohan not only is more powerful than a SSJ3 transformation, but is completely stable.
The only reason why it was decided Goku would defeat Kid Buu was because Goku was the 'main guy'.
I love Goku as a character, but if you pitted them both against one another Gohan would dominant simply because he has ascended to a superior form.

He is just awesome. He dominated super buu who power is about the same as ssj3 goku. It makes no sense how vegeta got hits on bills but gohan and fat buu got demolished. They are both a lot stronger than him and gohan is way stronger than fat buu. He is also stronger than kid buu

Because of Chi Chi, that Gohan was dead. Kill her off and let Goku trained Gohan since he was a kid, then a lot of threats to the Earth would have been solved much quicker and We'd have an almighty Gohan here now, not just a weak nerd.

Are you serious! Goku super sayain 4 is way stronger than Vegeta could never be. Goku beat even majin Vegeta. He beat Vegeta multiple times. Vegeta never stood a chance. The only time Vegeta won was the first time they fought. Goku is the one who beats all of the strongest villains. Even Vegeta himself admitted that Goku is much stronger than him. Vegeta was inferior to Frieza, Buu, Cell, Broly and so many others. Goku is the one that beat Frieza, Buu, Broly and everyone else but Cell and that other guy that Gohan had to take care of himself. But seriously, anyone who truly knows this show knows that Goku is not only the very main character, but the most powerful character on the whole show!

This list in my opinion should not have fused characters and should not have all different forms of characters such as ssj3 goku instead they should all come under the base form; in this case by me voting for goku I am also voting for ssj3 goku and so on for gohan and vegeta etc. Anyways Goku will always be the strongest; he may not be by the end of DBZ but if he had to become strong and fast enough to defeat ultimate gohan he would do. The whole point of Dragon Ball is that the goku who represents good and determination will always overcome the evil when it comes down to it. This may not always be alone; as there is a huge emphasis on friendship and the importance of If it came down to it where it was goku against an enormous evil power that he initially paled in comparison to he would strive and grow above and beyond it to lead the way of good over evil. So this is why goku has my vote.

Goku should not be number six on this list, that is complete bollocks. If we're talking by the end of the manga (which is canon, whereas GT is not) Goku will be stronger than Mystic Gohan by a lot. This is 10 years later after the events with Majinn Buu, and remember that Gohan doesn't ever keep up with his training unless he has to. Goku hadn't even mastered SSJ3 yet and the gap between them wasn't big at all, so as fpr all this talk that Gohan would still beat Goku by the end of Z, after then years of training is stupid. Way too many stupid and blind Gohan and Vegeta fans giving the show a bad name. I read the manga and I've watched the anime over 10 times. Start paying respect where it's due. Also if you're going to keep using examples from GT, then look at the state of Gohan n Vegeta in that. Vegeta's pedophile mustache and Gohan looks like Japanese Clark Kent. AKA Clark Bent.

I see people saying that ultimate gohan is stronger than goku SS3 but according to the manga this is just not true. Gohan got his ass kicked by boo with the power of gotenks + piccolo. Later on the story Goku SS3 fights Boo with all his strenght regained (which means Boo+piccolo+gotenks+ultimate gohan) and they have the same level, how could ultimate gohan be stronger?

He's overrated. People said that he's more intelligent than Goku, but I disagree. Many people said Goku is stupid, but he's actually very smart. He's just too naive that it seems like he's stupid. Actually he's one of dbz most intelligent characters, way smarter than Vegeta (Goku is the smartest in my opinion). no one realized that Goku is the only one who've foreseen Cell's intention in the Cell Games, as well as his strategic mind in battles,... Bulma and Gohan are really intelligent themselves and know a lot about technology due to their studying so much, but the most natural intelligent mind must be Goku's.

Vegeta, over Goku? No way...I know a lot of you might be big fans of Vegeta, and I am too. But the whole POINT of Vegeta's character is that he will ALWAYS be weaker than Goku, no matter how much stronger Vegeta may get, he will always be two steps behind Goku. It's a classic literary technique, Vegeta is the foil to Goku. Vegeta is immeasurably arrogant in his power, refuses to acknowledge those he perceives as weaker than himself, and scoffs at the "low class warrior". A "Low class warrior" is symbolism for the everyman, ladies and gents... Meanwhile, Goku is humble, kind, and cares nothing for Vegeta's posturing about the "saiyajin master race". And that's why Vegeta will always lose...he can't get past his arrogance and that is his downfall. Vegeta will NEVER be stronger than Goku.

If you don't buy the (extremely obvious) low class/high class symbolism, than consider this: Goku got to SSJ3. Vegeta didn't. DBZ GT isn't official DB cannon, and thus it isn't real so anything ...more

Hm, Goku is higher than beerus even though he didn't get close to defeating him. And vegeta trains just as hard as Goku. Even though vegeta kicked beerus's butt more than Goku did and what makes it even more dumb is that Goku didn't even touch beerus and beerus was only using 60% of his power so explain to me how tf Goku is stronger than beerus. And keep in mind that Goku was a super Saiyan God and beerus defeated him with 40% of his power left. So don't say that Goku could go SSGSS and kick beerus's butt because if beerus could beat Goku in ssj 1 and he beat Goku in ssg than he could beat him in ssgss

VEGETA IS NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER. That is the only reason he'll always be a step behind Goku. It DOES NOT mean he's weak -hell no, quite the opposite actually- he just CANNOT be more powerful than the main.

I think it would be incredibly remarkable and exciting if he was ( because FINALLY! SOMETHING NEW HAPPENS). To have him be more powerful or reach a new level of power and form before the main character would be so satisfying because Vegeta trains hard and he's so determined. It wouldn't be something out of the blue because he's always killing himself in the GR so when it happens, we'd all probably be cheering cause we know he deserves it. It'll also shine a light on Bulma's geniusness and proof that no, you don't need to abandon your family every chance you get to train elsewhere to become powerful. It can all happen in your background.

But regardless of not being the most powerful, Vegeta IS the BEST CHARACTER in DBZ and a lot of it is because he's not the most ...more

He held back a spirit bomb that contained the power of all the z fighters, ever living being on earth, all of the namekians, the elder kia and supreme kia, king yemma and all of his attendants with goku pushing on it in base form and he was able to over power it and throw it back. Only we goku got his strength back and finished the attact with his (x100) ssj 2 strength was it enough to kill him, after which goku was exhausted again. I put my vote on kid buu.

Kid buu is stronger than Goku ssj3. Goku only defeated him because people gave him the power of the spirit bomb

Kid Buu should be second or third. He's awesome

Best and strongest dbz character ever.

First thing that pissed me off about this list was that ssj3 Goku was a separate character bas Goku. Next was the fact that Whis is actually the strongest character in dbz at the moment. Then, putting Gohan above Goku is ridiculous enough. Goku would've been able to beat kid buu at full power. Kid Buu has been stated by the characters in DBZ to be the strongest form of Buu. Gohan got totalled by Buu with Gotenks absorbed. Thus Goku is stronger than Gohan. I know what you're thinking, 'But Goku was getting beat up by Gotenksbuu too. ' Well we've been shown that sometimes Goku has some pretty silly motivations for the things he does, like, for example not killing Kid Buu (who, lets not forget is the strongest form of Buu) when he had the chance cause he wanted Vegeta to have a go. So, we can assume, that Goku didn't see a need to kill Buu himself when there was someone there to fuse with. Maybe he didn't want to take all the glory. Maybe he wanted somebody else to be able to say that ...more

I just think he strong because he took down Janemba. (I thought that was pretty cool) Anyway, he also looks super cute in that form.

Goku just can't be beat nobody can stop him. Not Cooler, Frieza, Meta Cooler, BROLY, or even Buu

Stop making multiple entries for forms.

He is so good. 'God Of Destruction' is well deserved!

She's currently the most powerful being in the DB universe. The sexism in DB makes her rated below Whis, whom she trained and is a little weaker than she is ( like the case of Cyborg #17 and Cyborg #18).

She's Whis's elder sister and martial arts teacher and surpassed him in term of power.

She's Whis's elder sister and martial arts teacher. She surpassed him in term of power.

Gohan is a baby when he is protected in goku's baby sling! He should get older and later swings on vines and branches

The kid who killed cell! If he didn't study he would be stronger then Goku.

I would say that gohan is a very powerful and potential hidden power out of the other characters

He have hidden powers

If your including the movies Broly is definitely the strongest. He is pretty much invincible with unlimited power. He was well above anyone at the time he was created. When his power gets high enough he is at or above the level of Super Saiyan God Goku or even bills. As a newborn he had a higher power level than anyone up until freiza and survived and saved his father from an exploding planet.

Broly is the hulk for the dbz universe. 4 super saiyans couldn't beat him, he was barely trying against vegeta, piccolo, gohan, trunks and Goku. And when he fought gohan at super saiyan 2 he was toying with him even when gohan got mad (wich in theory gohan taps into his hidden power) when he found out videl was hurt. Broly owns and we can all agree that we haven't seen Broly's full power yet and if you still disagree Broly was destroying galaxies not planets galaxies

Aside from fusions, broly is the most powerful dbz character, his power level is way above kid buu and kid buu can take out ultimate gohan, goku ssj3 and vegeta ssj2. Broly's power is limitless and his power keeps growing no matter what and if he gets angry it grows even more, the only reason he died is because akira toriyama didn't want to end the series with broly killing everyone

Broly isn't the strongest character in the series, but he definitely has the most potential and talent.
He was born with a power level of 10,000 the power level of Prime King Vegeta.
Goku was born with a power level of only 2.
Just think about it what if Broly had put the same time in training as Goku did.
He would've reached Legendary Super Saiyan 3 in no time.
Legendary Super Saiyan = Super Saiyan 1.5-2.5.
Super saiyan 2 doubles the Saiyan's powwr level at super saiyan.
So if Broly put in the work and reached legendary super saiyan 2.
He would be as strong as Goku Super Saiyan 3.
Broly toys with his opponents and his fight are always handicapped.
Damn they should've had a broly saga.

No he is not the strongest which is obvious because Goku first beat him while Goku was only a regular ss. Then Trunks beat him too.

The original strongest

Common all of you guys how can you forget this monster he toyed with Goku ssj4 and vegeta ssj4 he should be on no.4 or 5.

Why no one said anything about Omega Shenron? I think he is also strong :/

Destroyed Freiza, and demolished androids 17 and 18 while Gohan super saiyan could not even scratch them. He clearly has the most potential in all the series

He is very powerful

Future Trunks is the most badass characters in DBZ he killed Frieza in one episode

He defeated android 18 and 17 in the future timeline and also cell and executed 14