Top 10 Most Powerful Harry Potter Witches

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She is a professor of Transfiguration and the head of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Over the course of the series, she becomes deputy headmistress and eventually headmistress of the school... read more

Deputy Head of Hogwarts, Head of Gryffindor House, and eventually Headmistress after Severus Snape's death. That just says it all.

Versatile and confident, it seems like she's holding back what she could actually do to people.

This is obvious. She is the best witch and the third most powerful among wizards and witches.

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. She is a psychotic Death Eater who escaped from Azkaban and is fiercely loyal to Lord Voldemort. She murdered Sirius Black and tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity.

The greatest dark witch of all time. Who's voting for Umbridge?

Obviously the most powerful witch.

She was trained by Voldemort.

Hermione Granger

Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She is one of the main characters and best friends of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Hermione is known for her intelligence, strong work ethic, and loyalty.

She was a master at charms and spells that didn't require emotion or personal feelings. However, for spells that needed more than just a flick and swish - like a Patronus or the Killing Curse - Ginny was better.

Hermione Granger was described as one of the most powerful witches of her age. She knew more spells than anyone else in her year and played an immense role in Voldemort's downfall.

Wise beyond her years, or just an amazing memory.

Narcissa Malfoy

She's not my favorite, but she has inner strength. I'm referring to her inner power, not her magical abilities.
She defied Voldemort because she was a mother and, in that moment, saw Harry not as an enemy but as a boy fighting for freedom, liberty, and safety. You can see the conflict in her eyes when she examined Harry. She realized he was alive and asked about her son. As a mother, she cared for Harry because, in her eyes, he was a child - just like her son - forced to grow up too fast. She stood up to the most ruthless, evil wizard, who would kill without hesitation, because of a mother's love.
Harry wasn't saved solely by his own mother's love. He was also saved by Narcissa Malfoy.
It bothers me that I never hear Harry in fanfiction or the main story honoring her for this.

Lily Potter

Lily placed a protection on Harry that was more powerful than any spell Dumbledore could produce, including his most powerful spells and charms. She kept Harry safe until he was seventeen using the power of love, which is the most powerful magic of all.

She did something that ultimately led to Voldemort's defeat.

She was the one who protected Harry from Voldemort.

Molly Weasley

She cares deeply for Ginny, which gave her the power to defeat Bellatrix. A mother's love can be incredibly powerful.

Molly killed Bellatrix Lestrange, the most powerful dark witch.

Umm… she killed Bellatrix. I mean, Hermione couldn't do that. Why is she ranked lower than both of them?!

Nymphadora Tonks

Too bad JKR didn't let her use that power. Becoming OBSESSED over a dude and growing a baby is not powerful, but becoming an Auror and having the ability to shapeshift is.

Tonks should be higher up on the list. She's really powerful, and she's an Auror!

You have to be really powerful to be an Auror.

Poppy Pomfrey

Dolores Umbridge

Dolores Umbridge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. She first appears in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as a Ministry of Magic official who becomes the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Umbridge is widely regarded as one of the... read more

Sure, Umbridge is annoying, but how many dark characters have a quill that makes you bleed when you write? Not to mention, she survived being taken away by the centaurs with only injuries. She could send a Dementor from Azkaban to Surrey and controlled the Ministry of Magic in the last book.

People may hate her, but you can't deny that Umbridge is powerful and strong.

Olympe Maxime

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Amelia Bones

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Parvari Patil

Rolanda Hooch

Luna Lovegood

Luna Lovegood is a character from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. She was the only child of Xenophilius and Pandora Lovegood. Her mother died in a magical accident when Luna was nine, and she was raised by her father in a rook-like house near the village of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon.... read more

She was incredibly clever and intelligent. She also survived the Battle of Hogwarts! That's no small feat.

I'm voting for her because she was sane and I adore her.

She was clever because she's in Ravenclaw.

Ginny Weasley

Ginny Weasley is a central character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. She is the youngest child and only daughter of the Weasley family. Initially introduced as a shy girl with a crush on Harry Potter, Ginny evolves into a strong, independent young woman.... read more

She is very skilled with magic and, in my opinion, is the strongest witch of them all.

14th place?! She should at least be 9th!

Pomona Sprout

Rowena Ravenclaw

We explore Rowena Ravenclaw much more deeply than the other founders. She kept a secret for decades, loved a traitorous daughter for years, and believed in her until the end. This woman, along with Helena Ravenclaw, is incredible! She's also known for her wisdom and beauty.

Ahem! Ravenclaw was the founder of the smart house. It's said that she invented the Pensieve and the Time-Turner!

Come on! She was a founder of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!

Fleur Delacour

Fleur Weasley, née Delacour, is a character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. She comes from France and first appears at Hogwarts as a participant in the Triwizard Tournament. Fleur later marries Bill Weasley and joins the Weasley family.... read more

She was a Triwizard competitor. She definitely deserves to be in the top ten.

She was the only female participant!